in taxon cytokine production https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/19116 cytokine secretion The appearance of a cytokine due to biosynthesis or secretion following a cellular stimulus, resulting in an increase in its intracellular or extracellular levels. GO:0042032 cytokine metabolic process GO:0042107 interferon secretion GO:0001816 GO:0042089 Note that this term is in the subset of terms that should not be used for direct gene product annotation. Instead, select one of the 'regulation' children terms. GO:0050663 interleukin production interferon production interleukin secretion cytokine biosynthetic process gene expression multicellular organismal process Bacteria Archaea