Neutrophils

Lifespan, Functions & Roles in Disease

Buch | Hardcover

405 Seiten

2011
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61668-666-6 (ISBN)

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Neutrophils are the most abundant type of white blood cells in mammals and form an essential part of the innate immune system. This book presents topical data on neutrophils including neutrophils as biological age markers and predictors of longevity and the role of neutrophils in acute myocardial infarction, Behcet's Disease and bladder cancer.

Neutrophils are the most abundant type of white blood cells in mammals and form an essential part of the innate immune system. However, during the beginning (acute) phase of inflammation, particularly as a result of bacterial infection and some cancers, neutrophils are one of first-responders of inflammatory cells to migrate toward the site of inflammation, firstly through the blood vessels, then through interstitial tissue, following chemical signals in a process called chemotaxis. This book presents topical data on neutrophils including neutrophils as biological age markers and predictors of longevity; the role of neutrophils in acute myocardial infarction, Behcet's Disease, bladder cancer, tuberculosis and others.

Preface; Neutrophils: Focus in Andrology & Male Infertility; Neutrophils: Markers of Biological Age & Predictors of Longevity; Neutrophil Activation Induced by Plant Lectins; Natural Agents against Neutrophil Involvement in H.pylori Induced Chronic Gastritis; Odds & Ends of Neutrophil Phagocytosis: Reflections on Current Research & Future Trends; The Role of Neutrophils & TRAIL in BCG Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer; Regulation of Neutrophil Homeostasis by Spontaneous Apoptotic Death; Modulation of Neutrophil Function by Short Chain Fatty Acids; Roles of Flagellin of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in Neutrophil Functions; The Effect of Rhodobacter Capsulatus Lipopysaccharide on Human Blood Phagocytes: A Functional Response & Protection from the Endotoxin-Induced Apoptosis; Neutrophil Responsiveness & Proinflammatory Activity of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Patients on Exacerbation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis; The Respiratory Oxidative Burst & its Clinical Manifestations; Role of Neutrophils in Acute Myocardial Infarction; Neutrophil Activation in Behcet's Disease: Implications for Mucocutaneous Conditions; Functions of the Phagocyte NADPH Oxidase & Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD); Index.

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	924 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
ISBN-10	1-61668-666-9 / 1616686669
ISBN-13	978-1-61668-666-6 / 9781616686666
Zustand	Neuware