Biochemistry of Inflammation

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-94-010-5332-7
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 313 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Immunology and Medicine

Our understanding of inflammation has increased rapidly in recent years, due in large part to the impact of molecular biology and gene identification and cloning. This book brings together ideas from a number of different biochemical disciplines which are frequently not integrated.
The first chapter gives a visual overview of the subject; the remaining chapters are organized into three themes: the affector molecules, the regulatory components and the processes of inflammation itself.
This book is essential reading for the busy physician or pathologist who wants to be up-to-date with the latest developments in immunology as they affect the diagnosis and treatment of many conditions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evans, S. W.

Whicher, J.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Rheumatologie, Muskelerkrankungen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pathologie, Cytopathologie, Histopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 An overview of the inf lammatory response.- 2 The complement system and inflammation.- 3 The kinin system: current concepts and perspectives.- 4 Role of cellular proteinases and their protein inhibitors in inflammation.- 5 Eicosanoids (prostaglandins and leukotrienes).- 6 The role of toxic oxygen species in inflammation with special reference to DNA damage.- 7 Glucocorticoids and lipocortin.- 8 Platelet activating factor and cytokine feedback regulation ofendothelial integrity: implications for the treatment of inflammatory disease.- 9 A role for neuropeptides in inflammation.- 10 Interleukin 1 as an inflammatory mediator.- 11 Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and inflammation.- 12 Interleukin 6: a consequence of inflammation.- 13 The acute phase response.- 14 The role of leukocyte chemotaxis in inflammation.