The cytokine handbook /

The fourth edition of The Cytokine Handbook provides an encyclopedic coverage of the molecules that induce and regulate immune responses. Now expanded to two volumes, co-edited by Michael T Lotze, and written by over 120 international experts, the scope of the book has been broadened to include a ma...

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Other Authors: Thomson, Angus W., Lotze, Michael T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2003.
Edition:4th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1
  • Preface
  • Foreward
  • Section I Basic Cytokine Biology
  • 1Cytokines Overview
  • 2Cytokine Genetics
  • 3The Phylogeny of Cytokines
  • 4Cytokine Signalling
  • Section II The Cytokines and Chemokines
  • Subsection A. The Hematopoietin Family Members
  • 5Growth Hormone and its Receptors
  • 6Prolactin
  • 7Erythropoietin
  • 8Interleukin 2
  • 9Interleukin 3
  • 10Interleukin 4
  • 11Interleukin 5
  • 12Interleukin 6
  • 13Interleukin 7
  • 14Interleukin 9
  • 15Interleukin 11
  • 16Interleukin 12 Family: IL-12
  • 17Interleukin 13
  • 18Interleukin 15 and Interleukin 21
  • 19Interleukin 16
  • 20Interleukin 17
  • 21Granulocyte-Macrophage
  • 22Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor and its Receptor
  • 23M-CSF Subsection B. The Interferon Family Members
  • 24Type I Interferons
  • 25Interferon-g
  • 26Interleukin 10
  • 27Interleukins 19, 20, 22, 24 and 26
  • Volume II.
  • Subsection C. The beta trefoil cytokines
  • 28Interleukin 1 a and b
  • 29Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist
  • 30Novel Interleukin-1 Homologues
  • 31Interleukin 18
  • 32The Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • 33The Hepatocyte Growth Factor The HGF Receptor, MET
  • 34Toll-like Receptors: The Origins of Inflammation
  • 35Lymphotoxins
  • 36Tumor Necrosis Factor
  • 37TRAIL/apo2L
  • 38RANK-L : Receptor Activator of NF-kB Ligan
  • 39CD95L/FasL its receptor CD95 (APO-1/Fas)
  • 40HMGB-1/Amphoterin
  • 41EGF Family Ligand
  • 42FLT3 Ligand
  • 43Stem Cell Factor
  • 44Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
  • 45Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF)46Interleukin-8 and other CXC Chemokines
  • 47C-C Chemokines
  • 48Fractalkine-A Cell Surface Chemokines
  • 49Transforming Growth Factor b
  • 50Inhibin/Activin Family
  • 51Bone Morphogenic Proteins
  • Section III. Clinical Application of Cytokines and Cytokine Inhibition
  • 52Autoimmunity and Cytokines: Pathogenesis and Therapy
  • 53Cytokines and Cancer Caligiuri
  • 54Interferon alpha: biology, pharmacology, and therapy for chronic viral hepatitis
  • 55Haemopoietic Cytokines
  • 56Antiangiogenesis
  • 57Transplantation
  • 58Cytokines and Asthma
  • 59Cytokine Gene Transfer
  • 60Antisense Therapy
  • 61Assays for Cytokines.