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Seminars in Medicine of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Volume 334:1717-1725 June 27, 1996 Number 26
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The Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand and Receptor Families
Flavia Bazzoni, Ph.D., and Bruce Beutler, M.D.

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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and lymphotoxin-{alpha} were isolated more than 10 years ago, on the basis of their ability to kill tumor cells in vitro and to cause hemorrhagic necrosis of transplantable tumors in mice.1 The complementary DNAs and genes encoding each protein were cloned immediately thereafter.2,3 Concurrently, a factor known as cachectin was isolated from mouse macrophages, sequenced, and shown to be identical to TNF.4,5 Cachectin was identified not as a cytolysin, but as a catabolic hormone that suppressed the expression of lipoprotein lipase and other anabolic enzymes in fat.6,7,8 Still other studies demonstrated the powerful pro-inflammatory effects of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The TNF-Ligand and TNF-Receptor Families

Functions of TNF Ligands and Receptors

How the Receptors Work

Proteins Used by the TNF-Receptor Family for Signal Transduction

Clinical Effects of TNF and Lymphotoxin-{alpha} Blockade

The Future of TNF

Discussion


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From Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235-9050, where reprint requests should be addressed to Dr. Beutler.

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