Under normal conditions, cytokines aid in pathogen recognition and elimination while contributing to immune system homeostasis. When the immune system malfunctions, irregularities in cytokine ...

People often get immunotherapy as a treatment for cancer. These immunotherapy treatments can be effective, but they may cause your immune system to have an unnatural response. Your body, as a result ...

Sanofi’s work with engineered cytokines has stumbled in the clinic, but the company isn’t throwing in the towel yet on such therapies, which hold potential for treating autoimmune diseases and cancer.

Cytokines are key to immune regulation. Their extensive impact on human biology and disease has led to their long-term therapeutic use in treating cancer and a range of other diseases. Interleukin-2 ...

Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by dry and scaly skin lesions, affects about 7.5 million people in the United States. Psoriasis results from abnormal proliferation of ...

Cytokines are small signaling proteins that transmit higher-level signals and coordinate activities between cells. Consider them as the final off and on switches. They are central to modulating the ...