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

Describes the role of cytokines in basic immune responses and guides through the structure, source, function, receptor(s), link with diseases, and therapeutic potentials of interleukins, immunomodulatory cytokines, and chemokines

Zlatko Dembic (Author)

9780124199989

Paperback, published 3 June 2015

320 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.52 kg

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.

ForewordChapter 1. INTRODUCTIONChapter 2. THE IMMUNE SYSTEMChapter 3. ACTIVATION OF CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEMChapter 4. THE ROLE AND REGULATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSESChapter 5. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DISFUNCTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEMChapter 6. CYTOKINES IN IMMUNOLOGIC REACTIONS, DISEASES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALChapter 7. CHEMOKINESChapter 8. OTHER CYTOKINES IMPORTANT FOR CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEMChapter 9. OTHER CYTOKINES IMPORTANT FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTChapter 10. THEORIES ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Subject Areas: Immunology [MJCM]