Pig Trait Details: Tumor necrosis factor alpha level

QTLdb Trait Hierarchy

Trait Class:	Health
Trait Type:	Immune capacity
Trait Name:	Tumor necrosis factor alpha level
Trait ID:	7273
Abbreviation:	TNFA
Custom Name:	Tumor necrosis factor level
Related / Reported trait: (Figures in parenthesis are the number of data associated with)	Tumor necrosis factor alpha level (13)
Description:	Concentration in the blood of this cytokine produced by activated macrophages and NK cells and involved in initiating local inflammatory responses
Measurement:	concentration
Scale/Unit:	ng/mL
Comments:	n/a

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