Inducible Enzymes in the Inflammatory Response

Buch | Softcover

IX, 214 Seiten

2012 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Springer Basel (Verlag)
978-3-0348-9755-6 (ISBN)

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This volume will be of great value to all those researchers in the area of the inflam matory response, notably academics, clinicians and members of the pharmaceutical industry. The book has in the main been restricted to three inducible enzymes, namely nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and hemeoxygenase (HO-l), although matrix metalloproteinases, xanthine oxidoreductase and tissue transgluta minases are reviewed. The modulation of these enzymes is viewed as possible novel therapeutic advances in the area of inflammation and also cancer. The latter topic may well be the subject of a further book. It will be interesting to observe the progress of such new therapies in the next decade. Already some of these enzyme modulators have been approved for the treat ment of inflammatory disease, as evidenced by the new families of COX-2 inhibitors. We believe such advances will herald a series of new and exciting agents to be included in the clinician's armamentarium in the constant struggle against inflammatory disease. The editors wish to thank all contributors to this volume on inducible enzymes. It should however be stressed that the views expressed by the authors are personal and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors. Indeed, the reader may find con flicting statements in a number of the chapters. We believe that this is entirely appro priate as this volume reflects the latest work in a rapidly developing area.

Overview of COX-2 in inflammation: from the biology to the clinic.- Inducible nitric oxide synthase and inflammation.- Overview of HO-I in inflammatory pathologies.- Inducible enzymes in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.- iNOS and COX-2 in atherosclerosis.- The role of the inducible enzymes cyclooxygenase-2, nitric oxide synthase and heme oxygenase in angiogenesis of inflammation.- Role of the inducible forms of cydooxygenase and nitric oxide synthase in inflammatory pain.- Neuroinflammation.- Inducible enzymes in inflammation: advances, interactions and conflicts.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.10.2012
Reihe/Serie	Progress in Inflammation Research
Zusatzinfo	IX, 214 p.
Verlagsort	Basel
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	355 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pathologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
Schlagworte	Clinic • Enzyme • inflammation • Research • Rheumatism
ISBN-10	3-0348-9755-3 / 3034897553
ISBN-13	978-3-0348-9755-6 / 9783034897556
Zustand	Neuware