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This book gives insight into the current highlights in cytokine research. Since the end of the 1980s this field has developed with enormous speed, and new cytokines as mediators of acute and chronic inflammation are being recognized. Therapeutic options with antagonists or soluble receptors are discussed. Donald Metcalf, known for his fundamental work on the hierarchy of hematopoiesis and its regulation has contributed an introductory review on the role of cytokines in leukemia. The reader will gain profound insight into this complex field of research.
