The antitumor and antiviral activities of the two recently discovered interleukin 12 family cytokines, interleukin 23 and interleukin 27, and their effector mechanisms are under investigation.

• 同属介白素-12家族的介白素-23和介白素-27，其抗癌和抗病毒感染的活性也正在实验室探讨中。