tumor necrosis factor biosynthetic process

id: GO:0042533
name: tumor necrosis factor biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of tumor necrosis factor, an inflammatory cytokine produced by macrophages/monocytes during acute inflammation and which is responsible for a diverse range of signaling events within cells, leading to necrosis or apoptosis.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0042089cytokine biosynthetic process