Therapeutic targets in airway inflammation /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Eissa, N. Tony, Huston, David P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [2003]
Series:Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 177.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pathophysiology of airway inflammation in asthma
  • Primary human lung cells in the evaluation of airway inflammation
  • Airway pH homeostasis in asthma and other inflammatory lung diseases
  • Monitoring of exhaled breath to assess airway inflammation in asthma
  • The modulatory effects of carbon monoxide on the inflammatory response
  • Reactive nitrogen species and tyrosine nitration in airway inflammation
  • S-nitrosothiols in lung inflammation
  • Contribution of nitric oxide synthase isoforms to allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation : lessons from murine models
  • Molecular mechanisms of increased nitric oxide in airway inflammation
  • Regulation of nitric oxide synthesis by inducible nitric oxide synthase
  • Novel strategies for selective inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase
  • Leukocyte recruitment in allergic pulmonary inflammation
  • Neutrophil emigration in the lungs
  • Dendritic cells
  • Roles of mast cells in airway hyperreactivity, inflammation and remodeling, and immunoregulation in asthma
  • Mast cell exocytosis in airway inflammation
  • Mast cell proteases
  • Peroxidases and asthma
  • Chemokines in allergic airway inflammation
  • Role of the eotaxin subfamily of chemokines in allergic eosinophilic inflammation
  • Interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 in human and experimental asthma
  • Interleukin-5 and eosinophils as therapeutic targets for the treatment of asthma
  • Modulating the interleukin-5 response in asthma
  • The role of interleukin-9 in allergic inflammation of asthma
  • Epithelial production of IL-12 p80 during viral infection and asthma supports an altered paradigm for airway inflammation
  • Interleukin-16 and airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma
  • Modulation of the allergic response : the role of IL-18
  • Inhibition of cytokine signaling
  • Eicosanoids as mediators and therapeutic targets in airway inflammation
  • Nitric oxide, reactive nitrogen species, and lipid mediator generation in the lung
  • Adenosine signaling and lung inflammation
  • Complement factor 5 in asthma
  • Complement anaphylatoxin receptors in asthma
  • Inflammatory and structural changes in airway remodeling of asthma
  • The role of proteases in airway remodeling
  • Airway smooth muscle : an immunomodulatory cell?
  • Cellular trafficking of beta-₂-adrenergic receptors
  • Genetic targets in asthma
  • Application of pharmacogenetics to the therapeutics of asthma
  • DNA-based immunotherapy for asthma
  • Allergen Immunotherapy : therapeutic vaccines for allergic diseases
  • Peptide-based therapy for asthma
  • Reducing IgE levels as a strategy for the treatment of asthma
  • Strategies to reduce excessive mucus secretion in airway inflammation