Description
In recent years huge advances have been made in the understanding
of the processes involved in chronic (pathological) inflammation.
There is now unequivocal evidence showing that cytokines play
a major role in the pathophysiology of inflammation. The greater
understanding of the processes involved has enabled the re-thinking
of the strategies used in the treatment of chronic inflammatory
disease so that specific mediators of the processes can now
be targeted. The role of cytokines in three of the major chronic
inflammatory diseases is reviewed and new therapeutic strategies
outlined.
