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MSH: Factors secreted by stimulated lymphocytes that prime macrophages to become nonspecifically cytotoxic to tumors. They also modulate the expression of macrophage cell surface Ia antigens. One MAF is INTERFERON-GAMMA. Other factors antigenically distinct from IFN-gamma have also been identified.,CSP: factors secreted by stimulated lymphocytes that prime macrophages to become nonspecifically cytotoxic to tumors and modulate the expression of macrophage cell surface Ia antigens; interferon-gamma is a macrophage activating factor, and other factors antigenically distinct from interferon-gamma have also been identified.
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