Focusing on all the major cytokine families, this reference book provides coverage of cytokine regulatory processes in the lung and other tissues and comprehensive descriptions of cytokine functions specific to the lung.;Discussing the diverse cytokine-binding proteins and the role of cytokines in tissue injury and repair processes and extracellular matrix regulations, the book supplies information on amino acid structure and gene regulatory sequences, examines the receptor biology of individual cytokines, illustrates cytokine interactions with their cognate receptors and surveys the phenotypic effects of individual cytokines on target cells. With over 2700 literature citations and figures, this book is a resource for pulmonologists, physiologists, immunologists, cell and molecular biologists, environmental toxicologists, oncologists, and graduate-level and medical school students in these disciplines.

Jason Kelley is Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, and Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Medical Center Hospital of \fermont, Burlington. He is the author or coauthor of more than 60 professional papers, reports, and abstracts that reflect his research interests in cytokines and pulmonary disease. Dr. Kelley is a member of the American Society for Cell Biology, the Biochemical Society, the American Thoracic Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among other organizations. He received the A.B. degree (1966) in physics from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the M.D. degree (1972) from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas.