Narula / Coffman New Cytokines as Potential Drugs

2000
ISBN: 978-3-0348-8456-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 141 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Inflammation Research

Over the past ten years, a number of cytokines and growth factors have

proven to be as effective therapeutics. While these products have

certainly established recombinant biologics as a major pharmaceutical

growth sector, the continued interest in this class of drugs arises from

the fact that today we have a far better understanding of the human

immune response, both at a cellular and molecular level.

This has resulted in a more methodical characterisation of these factors

which has given clinical researchers an opportunity to plan Phase 1

clinical trials that can provide substantial information on the activity

of the cytokine in humans. Currently, a great deal of effort is also

being channelled into identifying cytokines from the various DNA

databases.

Our major objective for this book is to profile cytokines that have been

recently identified. The therapeutic potential of these cytokines based

on their known properties will be discussed by the authors. The main aim

of this book is to provide...

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Narula, Satwant K.

Coffman, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Interleukin 5.- Interleukin 10.- Interleukin 16.- Interleukin 17.- Interleukin 18.- FLJ3 ligand.- Keratinocyte growth factor-2.- Chemokines.