title: Negative regulation of cytokine signaling and inflammatory diseases.
abstract: Immune and inflammatory systems are controlled by multiple cytokines, including interleukins and interferons. These cytokines exert their biological functions through Janus tyrosine kinases and signal transducer and activators of transcription (STATs). The cytokine-inducible SH2 proteins (CIS) and suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) are a family of intracellular proteins, several of which have emerged as key physiological regulators of cytokine responses, including those that regulate the inflammatory system. Several recent advances have been made in this field, including treatment of inflammatory diseases by modulating extracellular and intracellular signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inagaki-Ohara
authors.forename: Toshikatsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanada
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; D015534:Trans-Activators