Cytokines and diseases.

Cytokines in infectious diseases

Interest in cytokines in infection is increasing exponentially both because of the central role these peptide molecules have in immune responses in a wide spectrum of human responses in health and disease1 and because they are likely to be pivotal in the development of new therapies and vaccine strategies. Immunity to infections and attempts by pathogens to avoid the host defence system provide...

Cytokines in chronic respiratory diseases

Cytokines are small, secreted proteins that control immune responses. Within the lung, they can control host responses to injuries or infection, resulting in clearance of the insult, repair of lung tissue, and return to homeostasis. Problems can arise when this response is over exuberant and/or cytokine production becomes dysregulated. In such cases, chronic and repeated inflammatory reactions ...

Cytokines in Chronic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Cytokines and eicosanoids in rheumatic diseases.

Noncoding RNAs, cytokines, and inflammation-related diseases.

Chronic inflammation is involved in the onset and development of many diseases, including obesity, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, autoimmune and degenerative diseases, asthma, periodontitis, and cirrhosis. The inflammation process is mediated by chemokines, cytokines, and different inflammatory cells. Although the molecules and mechanisms that regulate this primary defense me...