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Cytokines in Inflammation 2011 Individual course assignment

Cytokines in Inflammation 2011 Individual course assignment

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Cytokines in Inflammation

2011

Individual course assignment

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New cytokine is discovered in Sweden

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GuidelinesBackground: how your cytokine was discovered? in which context?...use your creativity;

Description/Characteristics: What cells can secrete it? What are the bioactive effects? Regulation? Signalling patways? Receptors? Other interactions? Stability? Etc...

Detection/quantification: what methods can be used? Sensitivity? Specificity? When to measure? Tissue, plasma, culture supernatants?

Diagnostic/therapeutic roles: relevance to any particular disease? Strategies to increase or decrease levels?

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- 2 pages- deadline (27/10 – 11)