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Accession
GO:0005125
Name
cytokine activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
autocrine activity, paracrine activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The activity of a soluble extracellular gene product that interacts with a receptor to effect a change in the activity of the receptor to control the survival, growth, differentiation and effector function of tissues and cells. Source: PMID:11530802, ISBN:0198599471
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005125 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
None
Subset
goslim_chembl
Include "regulates"
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Parents of cytokine activity (GO:0005125)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
cytokine activity [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity (GO:0048018)
Children of cytokine activity (GO:0005125)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
chemokine activity (GO:0008009) [is_a relation] is_a  cytokine activity
negative regulation of cytokine activity (GO:0060302) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  cytokine activity
regulation of cytokine activity (GO:0060300) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  cytokine activity
positive regulation of cytokine activity (GO:0060301) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  cytokine activity
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