I'm My Own Cytokine.

CYTOKINES; GROWTH factors; CELLULAR immunity; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERLEUKINS; MACROPHAGES; TUMOR necrosis factors

This article presents information on various types of cytokines. The cytokines are growth factors or proteins that bind to receptors on the surface of cells, with the primary result being the influence of cellular proliferation and/or differentiation. Cytokines and their receptors can be classified into many types, taking into account both the ability of a single cytokine to act on several different cell types and the ability of multiple types of cytokines to act on a single-cell receptor site. Cytokines can be easily broken into categories or families that affect the skin in particular ways. The interleukins 1 to 29 are known as the first of the cytokines to be detected in the skin. The other type of cytokines is those forming the tumor necrosis factor. Cytokines can emerge from the monocytes, macrophages, mast cells, fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, keratinocytes and T cells.