Chemokines in the Lung (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
Contributors: Robert Strieter (Editor); Steven L. Kunkel (Editor); Theodore Standiford (Editor)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: January 22, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780824708580
Subjects: Respiratory medicine; Respiratory Diseases; Pathology; Pediatrics; Medical / Nursing; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical; Pneumonia; Pathophysiology; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Chemokines; immunology; Lung Diseases
First sentence: The chemokine superfamily consists of a group of small (approximately 8- to 12-kDa) peptides that are characterized by the presence of four conserved cysteines in their primary amino acid sequence (1).