All of the following reasons contribute to the current low usages of cytokine therapy in medicine EXCEPT
A. Cytokines have a short half-life, usually less than 10 min.
B. Cytokines may be bound by soluble receptors and never reach their target cell.
C. Cytokine injections often cause an allergic reaction because rabbits make the perfect cytokine factory.
D. Cytokines may result in an unexpected or overly powerful immune response.
E. Cytokines must be given multiple times on a specific schedule.
C
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