Biological activity of cytokines: An evolutionary perspective

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 3071-3081

  Scapigliati, G ^a   Buonocore, F ^a   Mazzini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Cytokine; Evolution; Fish immunology; IL 1; Teleost

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; INTERLEUKIN-1; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES;

EID: 33747194687     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161206777947489     Document Type: Review

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