Regulation of Cytokine Gene Expression in Immunity and Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ma, Xiaojing (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 941
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gene expression.; Immunology.; Cytokines.; Growth factors.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Gene Expression.; Cytokines and Growth Factors.; Cell Biology.

This book explores the major cytokines, such as IL-1 and IFN-γ, with respect to the regulation of their gene expression and protein production in specific immune cell types. It discusses both healthy physiological settings and in pathological situations in which the expression of some cytokines coul...