The series of molecular signals initiated by the binding of a cytokine to a receptor on the surface of a cell, and ending with the regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. [ GOC:mah http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19295629 GOC:signaling ]
Synonyms: cytokine and chemokine mediated signaling pathway cytokine mediated signalling pathway