Welcome to PharmTao’s Cytokine Portal!
Cytokine Glossary
Cytokine: Molecules secreted from
one cell that signals another cell through binding to its specific receptor.
Cytokine
antagonist:
A molecule that inhibits cytokine function.
Cytokine
pleiotropism: A cytokine has multiple functions.
Cytokine
receptor: A
membrane molecule that particularly binds cytokine.
Cytokine
redundancy:
Multiple cytokines have the same function.
Cytokine
synergism:
The ability of cytokines to work together to generate more activity than one cytokine
dose alone.
PharmTao's Cytokine Database: Disease Related Cytokines
Cytokine Databases and Web
Sources
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Category |
Databases and Web resources |
Note |
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Databases
and encyclopedia |
cDNA (including EST), gene and protein records of
cytokines deposited in public databases |
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Cytokine Reference,
Academic Press |
Comprehensive information
on all known cytokines, including chemokines,
growth factors and neuropeptides |
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Web
portal |
Structure and Function of
Cytokines and their Receptors, 3D-Models |
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A lose collection of
cytokine data |
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Interest
group |
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NIH
Cytokine Interest Group |
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