Immunopharmacology of Respiratory System
Contributors: Page, Clive
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780080534558
Subjects: Respiratory organs; Immunopharmacology
Description: The consequences of diseases involving the immune system such as AIDS, and chronic inflammatory diseases such as bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and atherosclerosis, now account for a considerable economic burden to governments worldwide. In response there has been an enormous research effort investigating the basic mechanisms underlying such diseases, and a tremendous drive to identify novel therapeutic applications for their prevention and treatment. Though a plethora of immunological studies have been published in recent years, little has been written about the implications of such.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Immunopharmacology of the Respiratory System; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Series Preface; Preface; Chapter 1. Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Populations in the Respiratory Tract; Chapter 2. The Role of T Lymphocytes in Mucosal Protection and Injury; Chapter 3. The Regulation of Immunoglobulin E Synthesis; Chapter 4. Mast Cells and Basophils: Their Role in Initiating and Maintaining Inflammatory Responses; Chapter 5. Eosinophils: Effector Leukocytes of Allergic Inflammatory Responses; Chapter 6. Cytokine Regulation of Chronic Inflammation in Asthma.; title: Chapter 7. Neural Networks in the LungChapter 8. The Microvasculature as a Participant in Inflammation; Chapter 9. Regulation of Airway Smooth Muscle; Chapter 10. The Airway Epithelium: The Origin and Target of Inflammatory Airways Disease and Injury; Chapter 11. Transition Between Inflammation and Fibrosis in the Lung; Chapter 12. The Cell Biology of the Resolution of Inflammation; Glossary; Key to Illustrations; Index; Color Plate Sec.