Inflammatory mechanisms in asthma / edited by Stephen T. Holgate, William W. Busse

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