Title | Allergy and Allergic Diseases [electronic resource] : The New Mechanisms and Therapeutics / edited by Judah A. Denburg |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2776-0 |
Descript | XVI, 599 p. online resource |
I. Epidemiology/IgE -- 1 Molecular Mechanisms of Isotype Switching to IgE -- 2 Cytokines and IgE Regulation -- 3 Environmental Allergens -- 4 Ontogeny of Allergy -- II. Inflammation: Cellular Aspects -- 5 The Role of the Bone Marrow in Allergic Disease -- 6 The Role of Mast Cells in Inflammation and Homeostatis -- 7 Human Langerhans Cells -- 8 Eosinophils -- 9 Role of Basophils in Allergic Reactions -- 10 Neurogenic Inflammation in Allergic Disease -- 11 Inflammation: Thl/Th2 Cells -- 12 T-Cells in the Pathogenesis of Asthma and Allergic Diseases -- 13 Role of CD8+ T-Cells in the Regulation of Immunoglobulin E -- 14 Airway Wall Structure -- 15 Epithelium -- III. Inflammation: Molecular Aspects -- 16 Proinflammatory Cytokines in Allergic Disease -- 17 Hemopoietic Cytokines: Function, Receptors, and Signal Transduction -- 18 Adhesion Receptors in Allergic Disease -- 19 Cell/Cytokine Interactions -- 20 Signaling in Mast Cells -- 21 Signaling in Human Basophils -- 22 Eosinophil Signal Transduction -- IV. Pathogenesis -- 23 Pathogenesis of Allergic Rhinitis -- 24 Pathogenic Mechanisms of Urticaria -- 25 Atopic Eczema -- 26 Pathogenesis of Asthma -- 27 Pathogenesis of Allergic Conjunctivitis -- V. Therapeutics -- 28 Glucocorticoids (Corticosteroids) -- 29 Beta-Agonists -- 30 Sodium Cromoglycate and Nedocromil Sodium -- 31 Airway Remodeling and Repair