TY - BOOK AU - Holgate,S.T AU - Busse,W.W. TI - Inflammatory mechanisms in asthma T2 - Lung biology in health and disease SN - 0824701224 AV - RC591 .I534 1998 PY - 1998///] CY - New York PB - Dekker KW - Asthma KW - Pathogenesis KW - Inflammation KW - immunology KW - physiopathology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; Introduction; / Claude Lenfant ; Preface ; Contributors ; 1 The Pathology of Fatal Asthma; / Alan L. James, Neil Carroll; 2 Bronchoscopy; / Anthony J. Frew, Ratko Djukanovic; 3 Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Studies of Asthma; / Mark C. Liu, William J. Calhoun; 4 Evidence from Induced Sputum; / Peter G. Gibson, Frederick E. Hargreave; 5 Mast Cell Proteases in Asthma; / Andrew F. Walls; 6 Mast Cell Cytokines in Allergic Inflammation; / John Joseph Costa, Stephen J. Galli, Martin K. Church; 7 Airway Responses to Antigen in Asthmatic and Nonasthmatic Subjects; / Stephen P. Peters, Joseph R. Shaver, James G. Zangrilli [and others]; 8 The Role of the Basophil in the Inflammatory Mechanisms of Asthma; / L. H. Thomas, J. A. Warner; 9 Eosinophils: Granule Proteins; / Maria-Cristina Seminario, Cheryl R. Adolphson, Gerald J. Gleich; 10 Eosinophil Activation in Asthma; / Shinji Motojima, Takeshi Fukuda, Sohei Makino; 11 Eosinophil Autacoids; / Anthony P. Sampson; 12 Eosinophil Cytokines; / Redwan Moqbel, Paige Lacy; 13 Eosinophils in Asthma; / Aparna Kumar, William W. Busse; 14 Interactions Between Eosinophils and the Airway Epithelium; / Clive Robinson, Julia E. Carver; 15 Neutrophils and Asthma; / L. Fabbri, Piera Boschetto, G. Caramori [and others]; 16 Allergen Recognition Sites in Immunoglobulin E from Patients with Asthma; / Rachel E. Snow, Caroline J. Chapman, Freda K. Stevenson; 17 T Cells in Asthma; / Chris J. Corrigan; 18 Macrophages and Macrophage Diversity in Asthma; / Shoobha S. Daftary, William J. Calhoun, Nizar N. Jarjour; 19 Antigen Presentation in the Asthmatic Lung; / Jonathan D. Edgeworth, Tak H. Lee, Vanya Alasdair Gant; 20 Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Populations in Airway Tissues; / Patrick G. Holt, Andrew S. McWilliam; 21 Fibroblasts and the Extracellular Matrix in Asthma; / Anthony E. Redington, Patricia J. Sime, Peter H. Howarth [and others]; 22 Mediator Functions of Epithelial Cells; / Katharine Knobil, David B. Jacoby; 23 Epithelium as a Target; / Steven R. White, Alan R. Leff; 24 Airway Neuropeptides and Their Role in Inflammation; / Peter J. Barnes; 25 Neuroimmune Interactions in Airway Inflammation; / Karen E. Pedersen, Allen C. Myers, Bradley J. Undem; 26 Microvascular - Epithelial Exudation of Bulk Plasma in Airway Defense, Disease, and Repair; / Carl G. A. Persson, J. S. Erjefalt, M. Andersson [and others]; 27 Neuroregulation of Mucosal Vasculature; / James N. Baraniuk, Howard M. Druce; 28 Leukocyte - Endothelial Adhesion; / Frank P. Bell, Brydon L. Bennett, Anthony M. Manning; 29 Prostanoids; / Arthur N. Freed, Steven R. Kleeberger; 30 Leukotrienes; / Sven-Erik Dahlen; 31 Adenosine: Its Contribution to Our Understanding of Asthma; / Gerrard D. Phillips, Stephen T. Holgate; 32 Chemotaxis and Mechanisms of Cell Migration; / Janis K. Shute, Rabia Hidi; 33 Kinins; / Bruce L. Zuraw, Sandra C. Christiansen; 34 The Early and Late Asthmatic Response to Allergen; / Ketan K. Sheth, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr; 35 Inflammatory Mechanisms of Aspirin-Sensitive Asthma; / S. M. Shuaib Nasser, Tak H. Lee; 36 Inflammatory Mechanisms in Nocturnal Asthma; / George C. Georges, Richard J. Martin; 37 Inflammatory Mediators and Exercise-Induced Asthma; / Sandra D. Anderson; 38 Mechanisms of Airway Hyperresponsiveness; / Paul M. O'Byrne; 39 Transcription Factors as Activators and Repressors of Gene Transcription: NF-[kappa]B and Glucocorticoid Receptors; / Ian M. Adcock, Robert Newton; 40 Lower Airway Responses to Viruses; / Philip G. Bardin, David J. Fraenkel, Philip J. Bates; Index ER -