Histamine and inflammation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falus, AndrĂ¡s
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : R.G. Landes, 1994.
Series:Medical intelligence unit.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Histamine: a general inter- and intracellular messenger molecule
  • Biochemistry of histamine
  • Chemistry
  • Biosynthesis
  • Catabolic pathways
  • Histamine receptors: biochemistry and molecular biology
  • Types of histamine receptors
  • Molecular biology of histamine receptors: genes and predicted protein structures
  • Intracellular signal transducing characteristics
  • Histamine release: cellular sources of histamine
  • Mast cells and basophils
  • Non-mast cell, non-basophil sources
  • Inflammation: the role of histamine.
  • Inflammation: a general overview
  • Provoking factors: physiological and pathophysiological inducers of inflammation
  • Transducing machinery of inflammatory factors
  • Hepatic acute phase proteins and their action
  • Neuroendocrine interactions in the regulation of inflammation
  • Interaction of histamine with cytokine network
  • Effect of histamine on cytokine production
  • Effect of histamine on cytokine receptor expression
  • Effect of histamine on acute phase proteins
  • Direct and indirect regulation of complement proteins by histamine.
  • Interaction of histamine with fibrinogen and collagen production
  • Physiological and pathophysiological significance of histamine
  • Major effects of histamine
  • Extracellular actions of histamine
  • Intracellular actions of histamine
  • Histamine and allergy: allergic inflammation
  • Asthma
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Urticarias
  • Possible medical maneuvers for intervention in allergic reactions
  • Avoidance of allergen
  • Immunotherapy
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Histamine and autoimmunity
  • Histamine in malignancies.
  • Histamine and malignant cell proliferation
  • Histamine agonists and antagonists in tumor therapy
  • Role of histamine in normal physiological regulation
  • Gastric acid production
  • Regulation of vascular permeability
  • Muscle contraction
  • Immune response
  • Neuronal and neuroendocrine functions
  • Cellular growth and wound healing
  • Hepatic metabolism
  • Reproductive biology.