The Resolution of Inflammation (eBook)

Adriano Rossi, Deborah A. Sawatzky (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 2008
XII, 240 Seiten
Springer Basel (Verlag)
978-3-7643-7506-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

Contents 6
List of contributors 8
Preface 11
The resolution of acute inflammation: A ‘tipping point’ in the development of chronic inflammatory diseases 13
Granulocyte apoptosis 31
Innate immune mechanisms in the resolution of inflammation 50
Cell surface molecular changes associated with apoptosis 68
Fate of macrophages once having ingested apoptotic cells: Lymphatic clearance or in situ apoptosis? 85
Novel lipid mediators in resolution and their aspirin triggered epimers: Lipoxins, resolvins, and protectins 102
Beyond inflammation: Lipoxins resolution of inflammation and regulation of fibrosis
Anti-inflammatory glucocorticoids and annexin 1 148
The resolution of airway inflammation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 166
Resolution of glomerular inflammation 199
Resolution of mucosal inflammation 229
Index 241

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.3.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Reihe/Serie: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 240 p.
• Verlagsort: Basel
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Apoptosis • Asthma • Cardiovascular Disease • Cell • Cell apoptosis • Chronic inflammatory disease • COPD • Development • Diseases • Drug • drug development • Drug targets • inflammation • Lipid • Lipide • Macrophages • Mucosal inflammation • Regulation • Research
• ISBN-10: 3-7643-7506-X / 376437506X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7643-7506-5 / 9783764375065