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Studies showed higher efficacy of
anticytokine therapy such as anti-IL-6 and anti-TNF.
Anticytokine therapy is a powerful tool to fight autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases in addition to many other diseases in which the inflammatory process enhances the disease activity.
However, none of our patients were treated with
anticytokine therapy, such as cytokine receptor antibodies, cytokine signaling inhibitors, TNF-[alpha] blockers, or thalidomide.
It is striking that most successful
anticytokine therapy has targeted the Th17 inflammatory axis.
Anticytokine therapy in the patients with inflammatory intestinal diseases.
Next comes reviews of cytokines and their role in tumor stoma or metastasis, and the final papers cover discoveries in how cytokines can actually figure in treatment, including in combination cytokines therapy, vaccines,
anticytokine therapy, and in supportive care.