[Cytokines--a general system of homeostatic regulation of cell functions].
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.
Vasil'eva
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GI
Research Institute for Plague Control, Rostov-on-the Don.
Ivanova
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IA
Tiukavkina
S Iu
SIu
D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans
D016207:Cytokines