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                                 Compound class: 
                                                            Endogenous peptide in human, mouse or rat
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: IL-5 is one of the hematopoietic family cytokines. Unlike other family members IL-3 and GM-CSF,  IL-5 is a homodimer, consisting of two identical amino acid chains linked by two disulphide bonds
                                    
                                 
                            
                                
                                    Species: Human
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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| Immunopharmacology Comments | 
| IL-5 participates in B cell growth and IgG secretion and eosinophil activation [4]. | 
| Immunopaedia Case Studies Links | 
| In the Red |