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MicrobiologyImmune Response

Cytokine feedback, therapeutic applications and IL-17

THE CONTEXT
Cytokines regulate one another, several have therapeutic applications, and IL-17 participates in autoimmune inflammation.

Feedback regulation

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Cytokines regulate one another through both positive and negative feedback.

Therapeutic and disease associations

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IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, colony-stimulating factors and interferons have already found therapeutic application.
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IL-17 is a proinflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in autoimmune disorders.
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