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Inflammatory mechanisms in asthma / edited by Stephen T. Holgate, William W. Busse - xxx, 962 pages, [2] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm - Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 117 . - Lung biology in health and disease ; volume 117 .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents Introduction Preface Contributors 1 The Pathology of Fatal Asthma 2 Bronchoscopy 3 Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Studies of Asthma 4 Evidence from Induced Sputum 5 Mast Cell Proteases in Asthma 6 Mast Cell Cytokines in Allergic Inflammation 7 Airway Responses to Antigen in Asthmatic and Nonasthmatic Subjects 8 The Role of the Basophil in the Inflammatory Mechanisms of Asthma 9 Eosinophils: Granule Proteins 10 Eosinophil Activation in Asthma 11 Eosinophil Autacoids 12 Eosinophil Cytokines 13 Eosinophils in Asthma 14 Interactions Between Eosinophils and the Airway Epithelium 15 Neutrophils and Asthma 16 Allergen Recognition Sites in Immunoglobulin E from Patients with Asthma 17 T Cells in Asthma 18 Macrophages and Macrophage Diversity in Asthma 19 Antigen Presentation in the Asthmatic Lung 20 Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Populations in Airway Tissues 21 Fibroblasts and the Extracellular Matrix in Asthma 22 Mediator Functions of Epithelial Cells 23 Epithelium as a Target 24 Airway Neuropeptides and Their Role in Inflammation 25 Neuroimmune Interactions in Airway Inflammation 26 Microvascular - Epithelial Exudation of Bulk Plasma in Airway Defense, Disease, and Repair 27 Neuroregulation of Mucosal Vasculature 28 Leukocyte - Endothelial Adhesion 29 Prostanoids 30 Leukotrienes 31 Adenosine: Its Contribution to Our Understanding of Asthma 32 Chemotaxis and Mechanisms of Cell Migration 33 Kinins 34 The Early and Late Asthmatic Response to Allergen 35 Inflammatory Mechanisms of Aspirin-Sensitive Asthma 36 Inflammatory Mechanisms in Nocturnal Asthma 37 Inflammatory Mediators and Exercise-Induced Asthma 38 Mechanisms of Airway Hyperresponsiveness 39 Transcription Factors as Activators and Repressors of Gene Transcription: NF-[kappa]B and Glucocorticoid Receptors 40 Lower Airway Responses to Viruses Index / Claude Lenfant / Alan L. James, Neil Carroll / Anthony J. Frew, Ratko Djukanovic / Mark C. Liu, William J. Calhoun / Peter G. Gibson, Frederick E. Hargreave / Andrew F. Walls / John Joseph Costa, Stephen J. Galli, Martin K. Church / Stephen P. Peters, Joseph R. Shaver, James G. Zangrilli [and others] / L. H. Thomas, J. A. Warner / Maria-Cristina Seminario, Cheryl R. Adolphson, Gerald J. Gleich / Shinji Motojima, Takeshi Fukuda, Sohei Makino / Anthony P. Sampson / Redwan Moqbel, Paige Lacy / Aparna Kumar, William W. Busse / Clive Robinson, Julia E. Carver / L. Fabbri, Piera Boschetto, G. Caramori [and others] / Rachel E. Snow, Caroline J. Chapman, Freda K. Stevenson / Chris J. Corrigan / Shoobha S. Daftary, William J. Calhoun, Nizar N. Jarjour / Jonathan D. Edgeworth, Tak H. Lee, Vanya Alasdair Gant / Patrick G. Holt, Andrew S. McWilliam / Anthony E. Redington, Patricia J. Sime, Peter H. Howarth [and others] / Katharine Knobil, David B. Jacoby / Steven R. White, Alan R. Leff / Peter J. Barnes / Karen E. Pedersen, Allen C. Myers, Bradley J. Undem / Carl G. A. Persson, J. S. Erjefalt, M. Andersson [and others] / James N. Baraniuk, Howard M. Druce / Frank P. Bell, Brydon L. Bennett, Anthony M. Manning / Arthur N. Freed, Steven R. Kleeberger / Sven-Erik Dahlen / Gerrard D. Phillips, Stephen T. Holgate / Janis K. Shute, Rabia Hidi / Bruce L. Zuraw, Sandra C. Christiansen / Ketan K. Sheth, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr. / S. M. Shuaib Nasser, Tak H. Lee / George C. Georges, Richard J. Martin / Sandra D. Anderson / Paul M. O'Byrne / Ian M. Adcock, Robert Newton / Philip G. Bardin, David J. Fraenkel, Philip J. Bates

ISBN: 0824701224

LCCN: 98016880

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Asthma--Pathogenesis
Inflammation
Asthma--immunology
Asthma--physiopathology
Inflammation--immunology

LC Class. No.: RC591 / .I534 1998

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National Library of Medicine Call No.: WF 553 / .I434 1998