title: Tumour necrosis factor.
abstract: The recent discovery of tumour necrosis factor has been a major advance in the understanding of the biology of the immunological system. A review of this macrophage-secreted polypeptide hormone may be of special interest to clinicians because it appears to play a role in several important disease processes and holds considerable promise as a therapeutic tool.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Cape Town.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: van der Merwe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha