NOUN
- a proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages); has an antineoplastic effect but causes inflammation (as in rheumatoid arthritis)
How To Use tumour necrosis factor In A Sentence
- Treatment options comprise analgesics, non-steroidal inflammatory drugs, disease modifying drugs such as methotrexate, steroids, and the new biologicals (for example, anti-tumour necrosis factor agents).
- Infliximab cross links tumour necrosis factor bound to T cells, thus inactivating or destroying it.
