The Cytokines of the Immune System : the Role of Cytokines in Disease Related to Immune Response

__The Cytokines of the Immune System__ catalogs cytokines and links them to physiology and pathology, providing a welcome and hugely timely tool for scientists in all related fields. In cataloguing cytokines, it lists their potential for therapeutic use, links them to disease treatments needing further research and development, and shows their utility for learning about the immune system. This book offers a new approach in the study of cytokines by combining detailed guidebook-style cytokine description, disease linking, and presentation of immunologic roles. * Supplies new ideas for basic and clinical research * Provides cytokine descriptions in a guidebook-style, cataloging the origins, structures, functions, receptors, disease-linkage, and therapeutic potentials * Offers a textbook-style view on the immune system with the immunologic role of each cytokine

The Cytokines of the Immune System catalogs cytokines and links them to physiology and pathology, providing a welcome and hugely timely tool for scientists in all related fields. In cataloguing cytokines, it lists their potential for therapeutic use, links them to disease treatments needing further research and development, and shows their utility for learning about the immune system. This book offers a new approach in the study of cytokines by combining detailed guidebook-style cytokine description, disease linking, and presentation of immunologic roles.

• Supplies new ideas for basic and clinical research
• Provides cytokine descriptions in a guidebook-style, cataloging the origins, structures, functions, receptors, disease-linkage, and therapeutic potentials
• Offers a textbook-style view on the immune system with the immunologic role of each cytokine

Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Foreword, Pages ix-x Acknowledgments, Page xi Chapter 1 - Introduction—Common Features About Cytokines, Pages 1-16 Chapter 2 - The Immune System—Definition and Development of Immunity, Pages 17-56 Chapter 3 - Activation of Cells of the Immune System, Pages 57-98 Chapter 4 - The Role and Regulation of the Immune Responses, Pages 99-122 Chapter 5 - Cytokines of the Immune System: Interferons, Pages 123-142 Chapter 6 - Cytokines of the Immune System: Interleukins, Pages 143-239 Chapter 7 - Cytokines of the Immune System: Chemokines, Pages 241-262 Chapter 8 - Cytokines Important for Growth and/or Development of Cells of the Immune System, Pages 263-281 Chapter 9 - Theories about the Function of the Immune System, Pages 283-302 Index, Pages 303-310