Main description:

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.

Contents:

Foreword
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chapter 3. ACTIVATION OF CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chapter 4. THE ROLE AND REGULATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES
Chapter 5. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DISFUNCTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chapter 6. CYTOKINES IN IMMUNOLOGIC REACTIONS, DISEASES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL
Chapter 7. CHEMOKINES
Chapter 8. OTHER CYTOKINES IMPORTANT FOR CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chapter 9. OTHER CYTOKINES IMPORTANT FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 10. THEORIES ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM