Cytokines in Health and Disease; Inflammation: Basic Principles and Clinical Correlates

doi:10.1056/NEJM199311043291924

Volume 329:1433-1434		November 4, 1993		Number 19

Cytokines in Health and Disease
Inflammation: Basic Principles and Clinical Correlates

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Edited by Steven L. Kunkel and Daniel G. Remick. 568 pp., illustrated. New York, Marcel Dekker, 1992. $185. ISBN 0-8247-8648-3.
Second edition. Edited by John I. Gallin, Ira M. Goldstein, and Ralph Snyderman. 1186 pp., illustrated. New York, Raven Press, 1992. $185. ISBN 0-88167-880-5.

A prodigious amount of information is available regarding thebiochemistry, structure, and function of cytokines and theircontribution to immune and inflammatory events associated withdifferent diseases. Cytokines in Health and Disease providesa succinct compilation of the literature and presents the informationin a readily digestible form. Several chapters review the structureand function of cytokines. Others discuss the role of cytokinesin septic shock, viral and bacterial infections, malaria, lunginjury, transplantation, skin diseases, cancer therapy, andrheumatic diseases. There are very strong sections on the functionalroles of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1, 6, and8 . . . [Full Text of this Article]