skin reactive factor

skin reactive factor
(SRF) a lymphokine derived from antigen-stimulated lymphocytes that augments delayed hypersensitivity skin reaction, increasing capillary permeability and infiltration of monocytes; perhaps a mixture of other lymphokines.

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