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Title
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CytokineDB: a database collecting biological information |
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Authors
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Susan Costantini1,2*, Francesca Capone1, Marco Miele2, Eliana Guerriero1, Maria Napolitano3, Giovanni Colonna2, Giuseppe Castello1
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Affiliation
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1 Centro Ricerche Oncologiche di Mercogliano “Fiorentino Lo Vuolo”, via Ammiraglio Bianco, 83013 Mercogliano (AV) Italy; 2 Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biofisica e Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Scienze Computazionali e Biotecnologiche, Seconda Università di Napoli, 80131 Napoli, Italy; 3 Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale”, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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Article Type
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Hypothesis | |
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Date
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Received May 11, 2009; Revised June 27, 2009; Accepted July 03, 2009; Published September 30, 2009
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Abstract |
Cytokines are subdivided in 12 sub-families and are described as multi-functional molecules that play an important biological activity in host defense system against pathogens, in homeostasis, tissue repair, cell growth and development. CytokineDB is an annotated database that collects biological information regarding the cytokines family in human and will be periodically updated by including new biological information. This database is freely available online and can be accessed at the URL: http://www.cro-m.eu/CytokineDB/
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cytokines, chemokines, database
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Citation
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Costantini et al., Bioinformation 4(3): 92-93 (2009) | |
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Edited by
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P. Kangueane
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ISSN
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0973-2063
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Publisher
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Biomedical Informatics | |
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License
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This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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