aldesleukin,IL-2,interleukin-2,involved in regulation of T-cell clonal expansion,lymphokine,T cell growth factor,T-cell growth factor,TCGF.
Produced by T-cells in response to antigenic or mitogenic stimulation, this protein is required for T-cell proliferation and other activities crucial to regulation of the immune response. Can stimulate B-cells, monocytes, lymphokine-activated killer cells, natural killer cells, and glioma cells.