Pharmacology of cytokines / by A. Mantovani, C. A. Dinarello and P. Ghezzi. — Oxford ;New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.—(63.3163/M293)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface vi
    Acknowledgements vii
    Abbreviations recurrently used ix
    1 Cytokines: a world apart? 1
    Part I Pharmacology
    2 Inhibitors of cytokine production and action 21
    3 Inhibitors of cytokine processing 84
    4 Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist 91
    5 Antibodies and soluble receptors 120
    6 Anti-inflammatory and immunosupressive cytokines 142
    7 Pharmacology of chemokines 154
    Part II Pharmacology in a context
    8 Nervous system 165
    9 Cardiovascular system 194
    10 Cancer 224
    11 Liver and lung 245
    12 Skin 255
    13 Septic shock 266
    Appendix Mechanisms of action and clinical uses of Type I interferons 279
    index 319