Cytokine Molecular Biology

The study of cytokines is central to biomedical research as they are involved in regulating development, tissue repair, haemopoiesis, inflammation, and the immune response. The field has grown so much in the past 5 years that the third edition has expanded into two volumes, one concentrating on molecular biology and the other on cellular biology.

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Cytokine Molecular Biology concentrates on molecular biology techniques for the study of cytokines, cytokine receptors, and cytokine driven processes. Updated topics from the previous edition are: the cloning and expressing cytokine genes;; the detection of cytokine mRNA; receptor binding studies; the PC-specific phosphslipase C and sphingomylinases. In addition, new topics covered are the purification, sequencing, and synthesis of cytokines; studying
cytokine gene polymorphisms; the use of proteomics in cytokine research; and the Jak/STAT and MAPK signalling pathways. Written by experts in the field, Cytokine Molecular Biology and Cytokine Cellular Biology form a comprehensive and essential guide to cytokine research.