Platelet-Activating Factor and Related Lipid Mediators 2
Subtitle: Roles in Health and Disease (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contributors: Santosh Nigam (Editor); Gert Kunkel (Editor); Stephen M. Prescott (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 30, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780306455063
Subjects: Lipids; Science; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Biochemistry; Immunology; Pharmacology; Medical / Immunology; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Congresses; Platelet Activating Factor; chemistry; physiology
Description: Comprises the proceedings of the Fifth International Congress held in Berlin in September, 1995. The volume's 62 contributions distill the current state of knowledge on the chemistry, biology, physiology, and pathology of platelet-activating factor (PAF) and reflect the sequence of the main sessions of the congress. Topics include "inter alia" PAF synthesis and transport, molecular structure and heterogeneity of PAF-receptor, regulation of gene expression by PAF, signal-transducing role of PAF and other phospholipids, the role of PAF and PAF-receptor in infectious diseases, circulation, and reproduction. Attention is given to addressing the roles and mechanisms of action of acetylhydrolase in human diseases and application of ether lipids in prevention of tumor growth. The last chapter describes clinical trials on the application of PAF antagonists for the treatment of asthma and pancreatitis.