Therapeutic targeting of cytokines.
Over recent years, with many advances in understanding the pathological processes that underlie many inflammatory conditions, it has become clear that targeting cytokines has proven to be highly effective therapeutically. The second International Cytokine symposium, held recently in Manchester UK, has provided an important forum for bringing basic and clinical scientists together to discuss many aspects of cytokine medicine from the laboratory to the clinic. In this article, we provide an overview of the main issues raised from this important conference and set the scene for more detailed reports that follow in subsequent articles in this journal.
Barnes
Theresa
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Academic Rheumatology Unit, Clinical Sciences Centre, University Hospital Aintree, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK.
Goodacre
John
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Moots
Robert J
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D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use
D016207:Cytokines; D018836:Inflammation Mediators