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(TOO-mer neh-KROH-sis FAK-ter)
| | A protein made by white blood cells in response to an antigen (substance that causes the immune system to make a specific immune response) or infection. Tumor necrosis factor can also be made in the laboratory. It may boost a person’s immune response, and also may cause necrosis (cell death) of some types of tumor cells. Tumor necrosis factor is being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. It is a type of cytokine. Also called TNF. |
| Previous Definitions: | tumor initiation, tumor load, tumor marker, tumor microenvironment, tumor model | | Next Definitions: | tumor promotion, tumor suppressor gene, tumor vasculature–targeted tumor necrosis factor alpha, tumor volume, tumor-derived |
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