| Infectious diseases have always been one of the | | | | therapeutic strategies. They are very important |
| biggest health concerns in the world. Microbial | | | | to our body, but not just to gain muscle mass or |
| strains have become more resistant to antibiotics, | | | | stay in shape. Damaged tissues can be rebuilt with |
| people have weaker immune systems because of | | | | the help of proteins and our day to day activity |
| their life choices, international traffic and | | | | requires the use of proteins as well. |
| globalization favour the spread of deadly diseases | | | | Proteins, like cytokines, represent a form of |
| and the threat of bioterrorism are all factors in | | | | treatment for different diseases. Studies have |
| the growing health concern and the need for new | | | | shown, for example, that proteins extracted from |
| and improved therapeutic and prophylactic | | | | mammal liver, especially goat liver, are able to |
| strategies. | | | | lower blood levels of TNF (Tumor Necrosis |
| Immune modulatory molecules are the hope of a | | | | Factor). They can be used to treat and even cure |
| healthier future. Apart from classic antibiotics, | | | | multiple illnesses, such as septic shock, rheumatoid |
| cytokines and its inhibitors represent a promise in | | | | arthritis and even multiple sclerosis. |
| antimicrobial therapy or immune adjuvant, for | | | | Proteins, mainly cytokines, can also be used in |
| vaccination purposes. | | | | veterinary medicine, especially for cattle, pigs and |
| Cytokines are the signaling glycoproteins and | | | | horses. They can be used to diagnose and treat |
| proteins category used in cellular communication. | | | | certain diseases that can appear in animals. This |
| Cytokines are essential to the development of | | | | type of protein cannot only serve as treatment |
| the adaptive and innate immune response, as well | | | | for certain diseases, but it can also monitor them. |
| as in the proper functioning of the immune | | | | Cytokines can serve as vaccine adjutants but |
| response. | | | | they can also have a significant role in |
| Cytokines, whether in the form of transgenes or | | | | chemotherapy. |
| recombinant proteins exert antimicrobial effect | | | | There are numerous diseases that have no cure |
| through memory development or by dampening | | | | and there are even more others for which the |
| undesired immune responses that result from | | | | available treatment is ineffective. Most diseases |
| infection. Cytokines enhance immune activation | | | | must be discovered in early stages in order to be |
| and dampen undesired inflammatory responses. | | | | successfully treated and even then, there is a |
| They can therefore be considered the cure of | | | | chance that the disease may come back. |
| the future. | | | | Existing treatments are mostly effective, but we |
| Over the last twenty years, many clinical trials | | | | face new challenges everyday and need to find |
| and experiments have been conducted in order to | | | | new ways of treatment for both old and new |
| find successful cytokine and protein therapies. For | | | | diseases. Proteins in general, and cytokines in |
| example, hepatitis C is successfully being treated | | | | particular, represent a solid, successful treatment, |
| using cytokines, and many other cytokines and | | | | as well as a hope for future improved treatment |
| inhibitors are yet to be tested and used to cure | | | | strategies. The full benefic effects of proteins are |
| horrible infectious diseases. | | | | yet to be discovered. |
| Other types of proteins are also the future of | | | | |