Drugs of Abuse and Immune Function

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

1990
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-6747-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This important publication provides up-to-date reviews using data from human patients and animal models. The goal is to understand the relationship between immunological modification by drugs of abuse and disease resistance. Examined are the major drugs of abuse and their effects on lymphoid cell function, numbers, development, and interactions. Also addressed are reviews of how ethanol, cocaine, morphine, and marijuana effect the immune function. The book includes evaluations of the relationship of immunomodulation by drugs of abuse on resistance to infectious diseases. This is critical to understanding how drugs modulate diseases and cancer development. This invaluable publication is important to those in biochemistry, physiology, chemistry, biology, immunology, cancer, medicine, pharmacology, microbiology, psychology, psychiatry, and additive studies. It is also of value to those in nutrition, pathology, pediatrics, family medicine, gerontology, surgery, sociology, and anatomy. Specialty groups, such as those in tropical medicine and public policy, will have a strong interest in the book. It is also of significant interest to organizations that deal with major numbers of patients using drugs of abuse and with their associated diseases including AIDS.

Inhalt

Opiates: Cell-Medicated Immunity. Ethanol and Its Effects on Mucosal Immunity. Effects of Drugs of Abuse on Granulocyte Development/Function and Myeloid Cell Differentiation. Effects of Prenatal Drugs of Abuse on Development of Lymphoid Organs. Marijuana and Immunosuppression in Man. Modulation of Murine Immune Cell Function by Marijuana Components. Nicotine and Immunology. Does Alcohol-Produced Malnutrition Lead to Immunosuppression? Immunomodulation and Tobacco. Effect of Morphine on Lymphocyte Function: Possible Mechanisms of Interaction. Ethanol and the B-Cell: Humoral Immunity. Ethanol and Overall Immunoregulation. Alcohol and the Macrophage. Opiate Binding to Cells of the Immune System. Index, c. 240 pp., 6x9, due May 1990, ISBN 0-8493-6747-6.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.7.1990
• Zusatzinfo: 3 Halftones, black and white; 38 Tables, black and white
• Verlagsort: Bosa Roca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 178 x 254 mm
• Gewicht: 513 g
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
• ISBN-10: 0-8493-6747-6 / 0849367476
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8493-6747-2 / 9780849367472
• Zustand: Neuware