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Interleukin-12 also known as <scene name='84/843022/Il-12/1'>IL-12</scene>. There are different cells including macrophages, some B cells, and neutrophils that produce IL-12 to generate immunity to pathogens. It can also stimulate the proliferation of natural killer cells, which kills cells in someone’s body that has been affected by a pathogen, and T cells. IL-12 is also a heterodimeric glycoprotein. In IL-12 there are two subunits that are di-sulfide linked. That di-sulfide bonds in not necessary for the formation of IL-12. It is also not necessary for the secretion of IL-12, but the di-sulfide bonds help to stabilize the subunits. There have been studies done to see its affects for immunotherapy