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Cytokines

Cytokines

Cytokines include growth factors, interleukins, interferons, tumor necrosis factors and colony stimulating factors - i.e. all the proteins controlling growth and differentiation of human cells. Disordered cytokine function is important in the pathology of.

Cytokines

Cytokines are a group of peptides secreted by cells of the immune system such as macrophages, lymphocytes, and T cells. They can be divided into functional families and have-wide ranging impacts that affect cells and molecular pathways to the whole individual. Written by distinguished scholars and experts, this book is a holistic reference to enable scientists and doctors to understand cytokines in specific or broad detail. The book is divided into sections that cover general and cellular aspects, lifestyle factors, immunology and infections, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic disease, and organs and tissue systems.