Paper I — 2025 March (Supplementary (SAY)) (2019 Scheme) — Qi

Paper I

2025 March (Supplementary (SAY)) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

One of the following cytokine is a powerful chemo attractant

• a) Interleukin -8
• b) Interleukin -2
• c) Interleukin -6
• d) Interleukin -4

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Answer

Correct answer: a) Interleukin -8

IL-8 is a chemokine that acts as a powerful chemoattractant, primarily for neutrophils, recruiting them from the circulation to sites of tissue injury/infection during acute inflammation.

Related Concepts

1. 1Acute Inflammation

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