Bookedited by Maria Foti, Massimo Locati.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction to cytokines as tissue regulators in health and disease
Chapter 2. Physiology and pathophysiology of adipose tissue-derived cytokine networks
Chapter 3. Cytokine networkds in the ovary
Chapter 4. Cytokines in the liver: cytokine mechanisms in liver health and disease
Chapter 5. The role of adipokines and adipogenesis in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis
Chapter 6. Cytokines in atherosclerosis
Chapter 7. Cytokines in diabetes and diabetic complications
Chapter 8. Proinflammatry and regulatory cytokines in sarcoidosis
Chapter 9. Cytokines and their implication in axon degeneration and regeneration following peripheral nerve injury
Chapter 10. Cytokines as orchestrators of skeletal muscle tissue maintenance and the inflammation associated with acquired autoimmune and hereditary muscle diseases
Chapter 11. Airway epithelial cytokines in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chapter 12. Eosinophil cytokines in allergy
Chapter 13. Cytokines in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Chapter 14. Cytokine therapy in the tumor microenvironment: old players, new tricks
Chapter 15. Cytokines from mesenchymal stem cells induce immunosuppressive cells
Index.