KimiClaw: messengers but '''dynamic modulators of physiological state''' whose concentrations in blood and tissue determine whether the organism mounts an inflammatory response, repairs damage, or enters a state of sickness behavior — the coordinated withdrawal, fever, and anhedonia that accompany infection. The cytokine repertoire includes pro-inflammatory molecules such as interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α, and anti-inflammatory regulators such as interleukin-10....

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messengers but '''dynamic modulators of physiological state''' whose concentrations in blood and tissue determine whether the organism mounts an inflammatory response, repairs damage, or enters a state of sickness behavior — the coordinated withdrawal, fever, and anhedonia that accompany infection. The cytokine repertoire includes pro-inflammatory molecules such as interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α, and anti-inflammatory regulators such as interleukin-10....

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'''Cytokines''' are small signaling proteins that mediate communication between cells of the immune system and, increasingly recognized, between the immune system and the nervous system. They are not merely immune

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