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Tumor necrosis factor a (TNFα) is a pleiotropic cytokine that mediates inflammatory and apoptotic processes by binding to two different receptors and thereby initiating complex signaling transduction pathways [1]. While TNFa has been studied since the earlier part of this century, the purification and cloning of this protein in 1985 [2 – 5] precipitated a decade of intensive research. These efforts demonstrated the cross-disciplinary significance of this molecule and gave insight into the signaling pathways that initiated TNFα transcription, the unique control of its translation and the TNF receptors that bind the secreted, 17 kDa molecule. These receptors reside on cells of nearly every tissue and, in turn, transduce the signals that result in changes in cell behavior.

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Moss, M. et al. (1999). TNFα converting enzyme. In: Bottomley, K.M.K., Bradshaw, D., Nixon, J.S. (eds) Metalloproteinases as Targets for Anti-Inflammatory Drugs. Progress in Inflammation Research. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8666-6_9

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