Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
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COPE is a project initiated some years ago by me, Horst Ibelgaufts, when I hardly dreamed it would blow up to the extent it has (see also: Some personal remarks). I still carry it out single-handedly and struggle a bit to keep it viable as a free service to the biomedical community (please, do have a look at HELP REQUEST).
COPE is the updated and revised internet version of the "Dictionary of Cytokines" that appeared in print in 1995. This book itself was an updated version of the German "Lexikon Zytokine" published in 1992. Both books were received quite favourably but are out of print now.
Below you'll find some excerpts from reviews of the COPE internet version, letters received at COPE, and from reviews of the English print edition of the Dictionary of Cytokines. As judged by access statistics, referrals to the COPE pages, and correspondence, the electronic version of The Dictionary of Cytokines appears to be even more successful than the printed books. This pleases me no end, but again, I could do with a bit of support.
Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Director, UCSF Diabetes Center and Director, Immune Tolerance Network:
"...your online encyclopedia of cytokine biology is a tremendous achievement in compilation and distillation of complex information. You cover an extraordinarily broad array of topics, truly reflecting the interdisciplinary nature and complexity of cytokine biology. Some of your subdictionaries would easily pass as stand-alone dictionaries in their own right. I am not aware that the field has been covered so extensively anywhere else. Your work is exceptionally useful for everyone professionally dealing with cytokines, cellular receptors, and mechanistic biology. You have made a great contribution to cytokine biology and also to bioinformatics in gathering, consolidating, presenting biological information and in putting things into perspective. Thanks for your outstanding contribution to the field of cytokine biology." (cited by permission from a letter to COPE received 2006)
Joost J. Oppenheim, Chief of LMI, NCI-FCRF, NIH:
" .... quite informative and educational. .... a worthwile and Herculean endeavor." (cited by permission from a letter to COPE received 2006)
Howard A. Young, Past President of the International Society of Interferon and Cytokine Research:
"... just wanted to let you know how valuable your website is to those investigators in the field of cytokine research. It is clearly one of the most comprehensive sites available to scientists worldwide. ... COPE is an all important resource." (cited by permission from a letter to COPE received 2006)
Matthias von Herrath, Member-Professor, Head, Immune Regulation Lab at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology:
“COPE is a goldmine when it comes to terminology, scientific concepts of communication biology, new developments, and all the manifold cross-connections in this multidisciplinary discipline.” (cited by permission from a letter to COPE received 2006)
Society for Endocrinology Newsletter (The Endocrinologist 67, 2003)
STRONG POINTS: Comprehensive
WEAK POINTS: None
RATING: Excellent
NSDL Scout Report for Life Sciences Vol 2(3): (Feb 7 2003)
(Internet Scout Project, Computer Sciences Dept, University of Wisconsin-Madison) (review of COPE 8.7, Feb 2003); "part super-glossary, part general guide to the jungles, morasses, and deserts of cytokine-land; incredibly extensive web site; mercifully grouped into sub-glossaries; helps researchers stay on top of newly identified proteins and previously identified but recently reevaluated proteins
Nature Reviews Immunology web site
"classic resource for cytokine enthusiasts"
2nd prize for COPE scientific information management competition
In 2001, COPE won the 2nd prize for contributions to scientific information management in a competition by the German Integrata Foundation concerning the 'Humane Utilisation of Information Technology'
Genetic Engineering News 2002 Year-End Special Edition
"one of the Top100 most influential and important biotechnology websites"
Science 288: 1131 (May 19, 2000) (review of COPE 4.0, Aug 1999)
"Cytokines: there are hundreds of them. Confused? Then check out COPE - Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia"
Finch University of Health Science, Chicago Medical School (www.finchcms.edu/biochem/Walters/reviews.html) (review of COPE 4.0, Aug 1999); "a useful tool, easy to browse; whole documentation is as good as it should be; author really did a great work gathering all of this information together"
Current Opinion in Immunology; BioMedNet page
(review of COPE 4.0, Aug 1999)
"invaluable and comprehensive"
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The following are some excerpts from some book reviews of the print version of the Dictionary of Cytokines, the forerunner of COPE
Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 20(6): 250 only (June 1995)
"more than one expects in a dictionary; a kind of Rosetta stone" (Nicola NA)
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 16(6): 213-214 (June 1995)
"probably the most extensive reference book on cytokines available; excellent cross-referencing within each entry" (Anderson GP)
Molecular Medicine Today, 1: 7-8 (April 1995)
"superb dictionary; large number of excellent thematic entries cover important cellular processes, methods and concepts"
Trends in Cell Biology, 5(10): 250 only (May 1995)
"a much needed research tool; extremely user-friendly; contents are extensive; impressively displays the information that has been accumulated in the past 20 years by systematic and methodical research"
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 49: (1995)
"a wonderful job; excellent information on cytokines
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