How to Use cytokine in a Sentence

cytokine

noun
  • The storm idea has so far centered on one cytokine, interleukin-6, or il-6.
    — Gina Kolata, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Chronic lack of sleep causes the body to make more proteins in cells called cytokines.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 25 May 2023
  • Kelsey's immune system had reached this point, known to doctors as a cytokine storm.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • More cytokines are not always better.
    — Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2026
  • For now, the cytokine sensing part of the device needs to be replaced daily.
    — Dallas News, 16 July 2021
  • In what’s known as a cytokine storm, fever and inflammation spike out of control.
    — Clifford Marks, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2020
  • His body went through a cytokine storm, where the immune system attacks itself.
    — Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
  • But some autoimmune diseases are fueled by more than one cytokine.
    — Stephanie Watso, SELF, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Some blood samples had a more intense cytokine response than others.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • While cytokines are a vital part of the body's immune response, too much can cause what's known as a cytokine storm.
    — Alessandria Masi, CNN, 23 May 2021
  • The question then remains how best to treat a cytokine storm syndrome once it is identified.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2020
  • In a cytokine storm, the immune system goes into overdrive and winds up killing both healthy and diseased cells.
    — Mark Johnson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2020
  • In severe cases, the immune system churned out a flood of cytokine proteins.
    — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Perhaps the cytokine that testosterone induces mast cells to make, interleukin-33, might one day join them.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2018
  • In certain illnesses, too many cytokines can be harmful.
    — Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2026
  • When that happens, the immune system can do more harm than good, attacking the body in what is called a cytokine storm.
    — NBC News, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Those who got anakinra had a 72% lower chance of exhibiting signs of cytokine storm.
    — Tim Loh, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • The release of high levels of cytokines in response to cancer cells can also lead to fatigue.
    — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The study is the second this month announced by the U to target the cytokine storm reaction.
    — Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The response spun out of control, like the cytokine storm that kills so many Covid-19 patients.
    — Jonah Bader, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Four of the children ultimately died — not from the treatment or a cytokine storm, but from their cancer.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The researchers searched for drugs that could stem the flood of cytokines that the body releases in response to infection.
    — Quanta Magazine, 30 Aug. 2016
  • Why do others — despite being young and healthy — quickly collapse, go into a cytokine storm and die?
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 July 2020
  • The effect is the same as having a mutation that disrupts the production of that cytokine.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The cytokines speed up T cell cloning and knock down regulatory T cells, which put the brakes on the cloning process.
    — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 12 July 2017
  • The payload itself mustn’t cause such problems as the cytokine storm of immune overreaction.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Some patients may be dying from cytokine storms, which occur when the body mounts an overzealous response to a disease and wreaks havoc on its own cells.
    — Grace Huckins, Wired, 9 July 2020
  • This, in theory, would help to decrease the severity of the cytokine storm and help people to recover faster.
    — Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2023
  • And then, when the hordes are vanquished, more cytokines are released that signal the battle is over and your immune soldiers can head back to their barracks.
    — Houston Chronicle, 13 May 2018
  • The study said the steroid eased the intense inflammatory response, known as a cytokine storm, that happens in some patients.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020

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