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• n  any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system

• Pessimists counter that the effects of H5N1 seem to resemble those of the Spanish flu, including evidence of cytokine storms and ARDS, and note that no one can predict what a new .
• To do this, it links simultaneously to an adjacent section on CD4 known as a cytokine receptor.
• Once the virus has bound to both CD4 and the cytokine, chemical changes take place that alter the structure of the cell's membrane, and the lock .

News & Articles

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• Research and Markets: Interfering With Cytokine-Cytokine Receptor Interaction for the Treatment of Cancer Drug ...
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Interfering With Cytokine-Cytokine Receptor Interaction
  June 14, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Richard Ulevitch in EurekAlert (press release)
  The resulting beneficial effect of cytokine hyper-production runs contrary to some of the current thinking in sepsis research,Ulevitch said. "The general thinking is that this initial cytokine 'storm' is harmful, and that belief has been...