Autoimmune diseases result from complex interactions among different immune cell types,
including both T and B lymphocytes and professional antigen-presenting cells, such as …

This volume is ideal for individuals interested in taking an in-depth look at how cytokines
and chemokines participate in autoimmune disorders, and how cytokines and chemokines …

Although cytokines are the intermediary intercellular protein signals of the immune system,
overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines or deficient production of immunosuppressive …

Leukocyte recruitment, accumulation, and activation have been both a unifying and
enigmatic feature of a variety of autoimmune pathologies. While these processes were not …

Growing evidence indicates that structural cells play a crucial role in the chronic
inflammation of autoimmunity by their recruitment of chemokine-dependent cells. Members …

The incidence and prevalence of autoimmune disease marked increased over the second
half of the 20th century, and it has become a major health problem. These diseases are …

Cytokines play an important role in the induction and regulation of autoimmune diseases.
They mediate the expansion and differentiation of T helper (Th) cells to generate …

Review of pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and their dependence on the local
concentration of a given cytokine, the stage of disease in which it is administered, and its …

Cytokines are important protein mediators of immunity, inflammation, cell proliferation,
differentiation, fibrosis, etc.(Oppenheim and Saklatvala, 1993). As these are the major …

Cytokines have crucial functions in the development, differentiation and regulation of
immune cells. As a result, dysregulation of cytokine production or action is thought to have a …