The exploitation of cytokines for therapeutic use has been limited by their pleiotropic activity, which has contributed to dose-limiting toxicity and lack of efficacy. Here, Garcia and colleagues discuss how recent insights from structural biology, protein engineering and receptor pharmacology have unveiled strategies to overcome cytokine pleiotropy and enable the design of new and improved cytokine-based therapeutics.
- Robert A. Saxton
- Caleb R. Glassman
- K. Christopher Garcia
