How to Use tumor necrosis factor in a Sentence

tumor necrosis factor

noun
  • The researchers injected some of the mice with the cytokines interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor.
    Tim Hornyak, Scientific American, 10 May 2018
  • Enbrel is known as a tumor necrosis factor (or TNF) blocker.
    John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2019
  • Furthermore, the agency has limited the drug’s use to patients who’ve tried but failed on at least one tumor necrosis factor inhibitor.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The first generation of these drugs were TNF-alpha agents that targeted the tumor necrosis factor to limit the immune response.
    Sun Pharmaceuticals, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2019
  • However, tumor necrosis factor alpha, another key response to acute injury that can also cause problems long term, did not change, the study found.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 12 Feb. 2020
  • This blocks the action of an inflammatory protein called tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) in order to stop the immune system from attacking the colon wall.
    Leah Schaffer, CNN, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The researchers also hope to test an inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor, which is involved in inflammation, and another drug that inhibits the complement system, an arm of the immune system.
    Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Apart from a surge in interleukin-6, the body may also show high swirling levels of molecules called interleukin-1, interferon-gamma, C-reactive protein and tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
    Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
  • These prevent the tumor necrosis factor protein from binding to its corresponding receptors and causing inflammation8.
    Stephanie Watso, SELF, 27 Aug. 2021
  • For example, your doctor might suggest an anti-tumor necrosis factor drug that blocks a protein called TNF-alpha that promotes inflammation.
    Jennifer Larson, SELF, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The vaccine, according to the researchers, helps the body boost production of tumor necrosis factor, a hormone especially beneficial to Type 1 diabetics.
    Fiza Pirani, ajc, 21 June 2018
  • In psoriasis, these overactive cells can lead to elevated levels of tumor necrosis factor, which is secreted via the inflammatory process.
    Sun Pharmaceuticals, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Many older people have increased concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF), suggesting that a slight inflammatory state exists throughout the body at this point in life.
    Kenneth S. Kosik, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Infliximab is an antibody given as a single infusion that blocks tumor necrosis factor alpha, a pivotal signaling molecule in the immune system, and is used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
    Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Several targeted therapies focus on a particularly powerful cytokine called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF.
    Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021

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