Guidebook to Cytokines and Their Receptors

The number of cytokines and related growth factors has increased dramatically in recent years to several dozen. This text provides a succinct reference manual for all known cytokines, growth factors, interleukins and lymphokines as well as their receptors.

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The number of cytokines and related growth factors has increased dramatically in recent years to several dozen. Moreover, the names of the cytokines are generally uninformative of biological function, or are now recognized as misleading as new and unexpected activities are discovered in new bioassays. This text provides a succinct reference manual for all known cytokines, growth factors, interleukins and lymphokines as well as their receptors.