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Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
(
GM-CSF
), also known as
colony stimulating factor 2 (CSF2)
, is a
monomeric
glycoprotein
secreted by
macrophages
,
T cells
,
mast cells
,
NK cells
,
endothelial cells
and
fibroblasts
that functions as a
cytokine
. The
pharmaceutical
analogs of naturally occurring GM-CSF are called
sargramostim
and
molgramostim
.
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