Title: Pharmacology of the respiratory tract : experimental and clinical research /
Authors: Chung, K. Fan, 1951-; Barnes, Peter J., 1946-
Publisher: Dekker,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Respiratory System physiopathology; Respiratory Tract Diseases drug therapy; Respiratory organs Pathophysiology.; Respiratory organs Effect of drugs on.; Respiratory organs Diseases Molecular aspects.
Contents: Molecular biology of receptors in the respiratory tract / Peter J. Barnes -- Receptor-effector coupling in airway smooth muscle / Michael I. Kotlikoff -- Guanine-nucleotide binding regulatory proteins in receptor-mediated actions / Nigel J. Pyne and Ian W. Rodger -- Mechanisms and pharmacology of receptor-mediated Ca² influx in nonexcitable tissues / Karl-Heinz Krause, Nicolas Demaurex and Daniel P. Lew -- Phosphoinositide metabolism in airway smooth muscle / Edwin R. Chilvers and Ian P. Hall -- Potassium channels in airways / Roger C. Small [and others] -- Phosphodiesterase isozymes in airways / Theodore J. Torphy and George P. Livi -- Adhesion molecules that regulate inflammatory cell interactions / Craig D. Wegner and Robert W. Wallace -- Cytokines in the respiratory tract / William J. Calhoun and Jason Kelley -- Airway macrophage / R.W. Fuller -- Eosinophil in airway inflammation: potential role and pharmacologic modulation / K. Fan Chung -- Neutrophil / C.G. Llewellyn-Jones and R.A. Stockley -- Mast cell and basophil responses / F.L. Pearce and K.E. Barrett.