Cytokines may be peptides or glycoproteins involved in cell signalling secreted by specific immune cells. Cytokines regulate inflammation, trauma, sepsis and infections. Cytokines play a major role in immune response.Journal of Cytokine Biology focuses on areas such as interleukins, chemokines, monokines, interferons and lymphokines. Articles on immune response based on cytokines, balance between innate and cell based immune responses, receptor binding studies involving cytokines, techniques used for studying cytokine function.