The IL-6-like family of cytokines is an intensively investigated group of cytokines with well-accepted functions in fertility and pregnancy. Trophoblast cells of all pregnancy stages express ...

IL17 is part of a cytokine family that includes five other members: IL17B, IL17C, IL17D, IL17E/IL25 and IL17F. The sequences of IL17 and IL17F are the most similar. To signal through the receptor ...

Together, the two studies suggest that the immune system, and a single family of cytokines, can exert a variety of effects in the brain. “We have now different combinations of IL-17 receptors ...

Together, the two studies suggest that the immune system, and even a single family of cytokines, can exert a variety of effects in the brain. “We have now different combinations of IL-17 receptors ...

Diseases such as covid-19 and influenza can be fatal due to an overreaction of the body’s immune system called a cytokine storm. Cytokines are small proteins released by many different cells in ...

The interleukin-17 (IL-17) family cytokines are strong inducers of inflammation and help to protect us against invading pathogens. However, they also have a dark side and contribute to the tissue ...

Together, the two studies suggest that the immune system, and even a single family of cytokines, can exert a variety of effects in the brain. “We have now different combinations of IL-17 receptors ...

A team of researchers from the Rice Biotech Launch Pad at Rice University has developed an implantable "cytokine factory" that safely triggers potent immune responses against hard-to-treat cancers ...

Writing in Science Translational Medicine, London and colleagues present a new way of combating the cytokine storm via strengthening of the host's vasculature. The Slit family of neurovascular ...