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The Cytokine Network and Immune Functions (Hardcover)
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The Cytokine Network and Immune Functions (Hardcover)
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The great scientific progress in our understanding of the genetics,
chemistry, biology and pathophysiology of the cytokines has made
clear the need for a comprehensive discussion of these molecules as
part of a unified system. The Cytokine Network and Immune Functions
provides just such a treatment. It represents the efforts of many
of the most prominent scientists studying these molecules. Not only
does it present a general discussion of each of the major cytokines
or sets of cytokines; it deals in detail with how these molecules
affect all aspects of immune function, and how they contribute to a
wide range of pathological conditions. As the title clearly
indicates, this book does not treat individual cytokines in
isolation; it recognizes that they act in a complex web of
synergistic and counter-regulatory effects so as to provide
opportunities for the very fine control of immune responses.
Cytokine biology is not only a fascinating scientific discipline,
giving insight into how the immune and inflammatory systems are
linked and regulated, but also it is a subject of profound
importance in modern medicine. As the chapters in the section of
this book entitled Cytokines in Pathology indicate, virtually all
insults to the organism, be they r ste or chronic, call upon
cytokine responses and virtually every disease entity has a
component involving the function of cytokines. In some diseases,
such as allergy and asthma and many of the autoimmune disorders,
'abnormal' cytokine responses are at the very heart of the disease
process; in others, their impact may be more peripheral. There can
be no doubt, however, that the study of cytokine biology has
contributed greatly to the growing power of molecular medicine,
transforming our approach to disease and building a new
armamentarium of drugs and other treatments that promise to
revolutionize our capacity to control a wide range of disease
states.
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