Preferred Label : Cytokine-Cytokine Receptor Signaling Pathway;
NCIt related terms : Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction;
Alternative definition : KEGG: Cytokines are soluble extracellular proteins or glycoproteins that are crucial
intercellular regulators and mobilizers of cells engaged in innate as well as adaptive
inflammatory host defenses, cell growth, differentiation, cell death, angiogenesis,
and development and repair processes aimed at the restoration of homeostasis. Cytokines
are released by various cells in the body, usually in response to an activating stimulus,
and they induce responses through binding to specific receptors on the cell surface
of target cells. Cytokines can be grouped by structure into different families and
their receptors can likewise be grouped.;
KEGG ID : hsa04060;
Origin ID : C91469;
UMLS CUI : C2984281;
Semantic type(s)
has_gene_product_element
pathway_has_gene_element