Clinical safe and rational application of cytokines

Author: Zhan Zhengsong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is one of the "Clinical Pharmacy Series." It consists of 15 chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the basic knowledge of cytokines and the current status of clinical research, methods for safe and rational clinical application, analysis of efficacy and adverse reactions, and the mechanisms of cytokine therapy. Chapters 2 to 15 introduce Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), Interferon (IFN), Interleukin (IL), Colony-Stimulating Factor (CSF), Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF), Recombinant Human Erythropoietin (rhEPO), Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF), Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), Transforming Growth Factor (TGF), Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF), Stem Cell Factor (SCF), Thrombopoietin (TPO), Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), and Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF), covering over ten categories and more than twenty types. The book explains their domestic and international research, clinical applications, and efficacy analysis, with detailed comparisons of the efficacy of cytokines used alone versus in combination with other drugs. The book summarizes more than 100 tables of clinical cases of various common and prevalent diseases treated with different doses and administration methods of cytokines in clinical practice, both domestically and internationally. Each chapter includes both Chinese and English references, and the entire book cites over a thousand references with sources, making it a highly targeted and practical medical technology information book specifically for clinical doctors. This book can serve as a reference for clinicians in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics when applying cytokines, as well as for researchers in biotechnology development institutions, pharmaceutical company scientists, university teachers, and graduate students in relevant fields.