Interleukins: Molecular Biology and Immunology (Hardcover)

With the recent advent of molecular biology techniques, many of the factors once postulated to be involved in immune responses have been identified and characterized and are now known as the interleukins. Today, the availability of recombinant interleukins and molecular probes for their genes have provided a vast amount of new information. Many receptors for interleukins have recently been cloned and characterized and accumulating evidence suggests several interleukins are involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases and malignancies. This volume brings together the latest knowledge about interleukins and their receptors.