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Cytokine Receptor Activation
Any interaction between a cognate ligand and any of a series of cytokine receptors. Activation of cytokine receptors is involved in regulation of the immune system, cell proliferation, cell death, as well as other multicellular processes. (NCI Thesaurus)
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