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CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 19-25Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6101(00)00019-8
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cytokine; receptor; specificity; signalling
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Cytokines mediate the transduction of proliferative. differentiation and survival signals in the hematopoietic system. Although the cytokine family is large and diverse, many different cytokines display broadly overlapping functions. This can be explained by the fact that cytokine receptors often share multiple subunits. Specificity in signal transduction can however be achieved through several mechanisms. This review focuses on how signal specificity carl be achieved within the IL-3, IL-5 and GM-CSF receptor family. This is discussed in terms of receptor expression, recent advances in our understanding of intracellular signalling components, and analysis of null mutant knock-out mice. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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