Asthma
Physiology Immunopharmacology and Treatment - Fourth Treatment Symposium
Published on 18. July 1997
Book
Hardback
413 pages
978-0-12-352330-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents overviews and discussions of knowledge on the mechanisms and mediators of asthma, including the role of neuropeptides and cytokines as intercellular communication signals. The book contains edited accounts of the discussions arising from the lecture sessions of international symposia on asthma.
This volume presents overviews and discussions of knowledge on the mechanisms and mediators of asthma, including the role of neuropeptides and cytokines as intercellular communication signals. The book contains edited accounts of the discussions arising from the lecture sessions of international symposia on asthma.
This volume presents overviews and discussions of knowledge on the mechanisms and mediators of asthma, including the role of neuropeptides and cytokines as intercellular communication signals. The book contains edited accounts of the discussions arising from the lecture sessions of international symposia on asthma.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
921 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-352330-3 (9780123523303)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Environmental and genetic factors: current questions in the epidemiology of asthma, P.G.J. Burney; the pathology of asthma, J. Hogg; the role of allergens, T.A.E. Platts-Mills et al; expression of predisposing factors in early life, P.N. Le Souef. Part 2 Inflammatory cells and their mediators: the molecular biology of mast cell granule proteases and proteoglycans, C.F. Nicodemus and K.F. Austen; differentiation of human mast cells and their involvement in asthma, L.B. Shwartz; development-associated changes in mast cell Fc receptor expression and function, H.R. Katz; the role of basophil-cytokine interactions in asthma, S.M. MacDonald et al; cytokine regulation of eosinophil-mediated inflammatory reactions by modulation of 5-lipoxygenase pathway activity, W.F. Owen. (Part contents).