The hormones the body needs for healing activate a condition called the tumor necrosis factor.
This substance, known as tumor necrosis factor, is thought to do much of the actual damage from septic shock.
When they come upon tumor necrosis factor in a blood vessel, they remain there.
And the tumor necrosis factor that is always present stimulates them to lay eggs.
Interleukin 17 acts synergistically with tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1.
Then he added genes for an immune system hormone, tumor necrosis factor, to the cells.
Why would healthy people have waxing and waning levels of tumor necrosis factor in their blood?
That reaction generates tumor necrosis factor, which is released into the bloodstream.
Remicade works by reducing the level of a chemical in the body called tumor necrosis factor alpha.
Scientists had raised hopes as well around interleukin-2, tumor necrosis factor and monoclonal antibodies.