Human Airway Inflammation
Subtitle: Sampling Techniques and Analytical Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine)
Contributors: Duncan F. Rogers (Editor); Louise E. Donnelly (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: March 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780896039230
Subjects: Respiratory medicine; Pathology; Inflammation; Respiratory Diseases; Cellular Pathology; Medical / Nursing; Microbiology; Medical; Lungs; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Asthma; Airway (Medicine); Diagnosis; Diseases, Obstructive
First sentence: Asthma is a heterogeneous disorder of the airways with intermittent airflow obstruction frequently accompanied by increased responsiveness of the bronchi to a wide variety of exogenous and endogenous stimuli.
Description: European, North American, and Australian researchers compile many of the important methodologies and protocols for assessing inflammation in human airways. They begin with techniques for collecting samples as airways liquids, sputum, or exhaled gases; and for using them to isolate and characterize cells or to measure markers of inflammation. To appeal to both novice and veteran researchers, they combine specialized chapters on such topics as tracing intracellular mediator storage, with more general chapters such as on Northern blotting. They include tips and nuances along with the recipes, and sometimes color figures. c. Book News Inc.