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Main description:
This book provides readers with an up-to-date and comprehensive view on the resolution of inflammation and on new developments in this area, including pro-resolution mediators, apoptosis, macrophage clearance of apoptotic cells, possible novel drug developments.
Contents:
The resolution of acute inflammation: A 'tipping point' in the development of chronic inflammatory diseases.- Granulocyte apoptosis.- Innate immune mechanisms in the resolution of inflammation.- Cell surface molecular changes associated with apoptosis.- Fate of macrophages once having ingested apoptotic cells: Lymphatic clearance or in situ apoptosis?.- Novel lipid mediators in resolution and their aspirin triggered epimers: Lipoxins, resolvins, and protectins.- Beyond inflammation: Lipoxins; resolution of inflammation and regulation of fibrosis.- Anti-inflammatory glucocorticoids and annexin 1.- The resolution of airway inflammation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.- Resolution of glomerular inflammation.- Resolution of mucosal inflammation.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Publication date: December, 2007
Pages: 250
Weight: 629g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Biochemistry, Diseases and Disorders, General Issues, Immunology, Pharmacology
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