Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Cellular Networks for Cytokines
  • 2. Biology and Characterization of Hematopoietic Cytokines
  • 3. Characterization of Cytokine Receptors: Structure and Signaling Domains
  • 4. Regulation of Cytokine Receptor Signal Transduction
  • 5. Tyrosine Kinases Implicated in Cytokine Signaling
  • 6. Cytokine Receptor Activation Through Associated Tyrosine Kinases
  • 7. Coupling Cytokine Receptor Activation to Gene Transcription: The Stat Connection
  • 8. Cytokine Receptors Activate Multiple Signaling Pathways
  • 9. Summary and Perspectives: A Common Theme for Cytokine Receptor Signaling
  • App. 1. Amino Acid Codes
  • App. 2. Sequence Alignment of Jak Kinases
  • App. 3. Sequence Alignment of Stat Transcription Factors.