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[Cytokines--a general system of homeostatic regulation of cell functions]
G I Vasil'eva1, I A Ivanova, S Iu Tiukavkina
1Research Institute for Plague Control, Rostov-on-the Don.
Tsitologiia
|March 8, 2002
Abstract:
The paper reviews biological characteristics of cytokines, which are short living molecules exerting pleiotropic and redundant effects on a variety of target cell types, influencing cell activation and differentiation. Significance of cytokines for patho- and immunogenesis of infections and other diseases is analysed, in addition to further perspectives of cytokine employment for prophylaxis and treatment of various diseases.