Pharmacology of Cytokines

Download or read book Pharmacology of Cytokines written by Alberto Mantovani and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cytokines are the "words" of immunity, serving as mediators within and outside the immune system. There is tremendous interest in their expliotation as therapeutic tools in diverse human diseases and considerable effort has been made to understand and utilize their pharmacology. This book examines this pharmacology, from developments and characterization of simple chemicals and their mechanism of action to the use of biotechnology-based approaches. The book puts cytokines and their pharmacology in context and examines their involvement in individual organ-disease systems.