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CytReD: A database collecting human cytokinome information |
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Marco Miele1, 2, Ankush Sharma1, 2, Francesca Capone1, Raffaele Raucci1, 2, Eliana Guerriero1, Giovanni Colonna2, Giuseppe Castello1, Michele Di Stasio3, Susan Costantini1* |
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Affiliation |
1CROM (Oncology Research Centre of Mercogliano) Fiorentino Lo Vuolo, via Ammiraglio Bianco, 83013 Mercogliano (IT); 2Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and CRISCEB - (Interdepartmental Research Center for Computational and Biotechnological Sciences), Second University of Naples, via Costantinopoli 16, 80138 Naples (IT); 3Institute of Food Sciences -CNR Via Roma, 64 83100 - Avellino (IT)
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susan.costantini@unina2.it; *Corresponding author
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+39 0825 1911730
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+39 0825 1911705
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Database
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Received May 12, 2011; Accepted May 12, 2011; Published May 26, 2011
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Abstract |
The cytokines/related receptors system represents a complex regulatory network that is involved in those chronic inflammatory processes which lead to many diseases as cancers. We developed a Cytokine Receptor Database (CytReD) to collect information on cytokine receptors related to their biological activity, gene data, protein structures and diseases in which these and their ligands are implicated. This large set of information may be used by researchers as well as by physicians or clinicians to identify which cytokines, reported in the literature, are important in a given disease and, therefore, useful for purposes of diagnosis or prognostic.
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Citation |
Miele et al. Bioinformation 6(5): 207-208 (2011) |
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P Kangueane
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0973-2063
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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. |