Term Information

Accession

GO:0001816

Ontology

biological process

Synonyms

None

Definition

The appearance of a cytokine due to biosynthesis or secretion following a cellular stimulus, resulting in an increase in its intracellular or extracellular levels. [source: GOC:add, ISBN:0781735149]

Comment

Note that this term is intended for use when a gene product is seen to cause apparent increases in intracellular or extracellular cytokine levels, without specific regard as to whether the increase is due to increased biosynthesis, increased secretion of preexisting cytokine molecules, or increased conversion from precursor molecules.

Subset

• goslim_pir

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