Regulation of the Acute Phase Response by Cytokines

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Cytokines appear to function as part of a complex regulatory network, a signaling language in which informational content resides in the combinations, and perhaps sequence, of cytokines and other extracellular messenger molecules received by a cell. The effects of combinations of cytokines are complex and often differ from their in vitro effects or when administered by themselves. (From this perspective, to use a...

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