Term Name: cytokine production
Synonyms: cytokine biosynthetic process, cytokine metabolic process, cytokine secretion, interferon production, interferon secretion, interleukin production, interleukin secretion
Definition: The appearance of a cytokine due to biosynthesis or secretion following a cellular stimulus, resulting in an increase in its intracellular or extracellular levels.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0001816]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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has parts: cytokine precursor processing
is a type of: gene expression multicellular organismal process
has subtype: amphiregulin production chemokine production connective tissue growth factor production cytokine production involved in immune response cytokine production involved in inflammatory response endothelin production fibroblast growth factor production glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor production granulocyte colony-stimulating factor production granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production hepatocyte growth factor production interleukin-1 production interleukin-2 production interleukin-3 production interleukin-4 production interleukin-5 production interleukin-6 production interleukin-7 production interleukin-8 production interleukin-9 production interleukin-10 production interleukin-11 production interleukin-12 production interleukin-13 production interleukin-15 production interleukin-16 production interleukin-17 production interleukin-18 production interleukin-19 production interleukin-20 production interleukin-21 production interleukin-22 production interleukin-23 production interleukin-24 production interleukin-25 production interleukin-26 production interleukin-27 production interleukin-30 production interleukin-31 production interleukin-32 production interleukin-33 production interleukin-34 production interleukin-35 production interleukin-37 production macrophage colony-stimulating factor production macrophage migration inhibitory factor production oncostatin M production platelet-derived growth factor production transforming growth factor beta production tumor necrosis factor superfamily cytokine production type I interferon production type II interferon production type III interferon production vascular endothelial growth factor production XCL1 production
inverse capable_of: Be cell CD4-positive CD11b-positive dendritic cell CD4-positive helper T cell CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytokine secreting effector T cell CD8_alpha-positive CD11b-negative dendritic cell CD11c-negative plasmacytoid dendritic cell CD16-positive, CD56-dim natural killer cell dendritic cell helper T cell innate lymphoid cell mature CD8_alpha-negative CD11b-negative dendritic cell mature microglial cell
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cytokine production
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cytokine production
regulated by: regulation of cytokine production