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Inflammatory Diseases - Immunopathology, Clinical and Pharmacological Bases
Edited by Mahin Khatami, ISBN 978-953-307-911-0, Hard cover, 396 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 10, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Immunology, Allergology and Rheumatology
DOI: 10.5772/2436
This book is a collection of comprehensive reviews contributed by experts in the diverse fields of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, with emphasis on current pharmacological and diagnostic options. Interested professionals are also encouraged to review the contributions made by experts in a second related book entitled "Inflammation, Chronic Diseases and Cancer"; it deals with immunobiology, clinical reviews, and perspectives of the mechanisms of immune inflammatory responses that are involved in alterations of immune dynamics during the genesis, progression and manifestation of a number of inflammatory diseases and cancers, as well as perspectives for diagnosis, and treatment or prevention of these disabling and potentially preventable diseases, particularly for the growing population of older adults around the globe.
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Book contents
- Chapter 1Dementia – A Complete Literature Review on Various Mechanisms Involves in Pathogenesis and an Intracerebroventricular Streptozotocin Induced Alzheimer’s Disease
- Chapter 2Cachexia – The Interplay Between the Immune System, Brain Control and Metabolism
- Chapter 3Innate Immune System in Sepsis Immunopathogenesis and Its Modulation as a Future Therapeutic Approach
- Chapter 4Psoriasis and Diabetes
- Chapter 5Inflammation and Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Chapter 6Inflammation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration – Implications for Therapy
- Chapter 7Inflammatory Periprosthetic Bone Loss
- Chapter 8Acute Appendicitis – Propedeutics and Diagnosis
- Chapter 9Neoplastic Pericardial Disease
- Chapter 10Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells for Therapy of Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
- Chapter 11Prohepcidin and Hepcidin in Acute Phase Reaction Accompanying Large Cardiac Surgery
- Chapter 12Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase – An Evolving Therapeutic Target
- Chapter 13Relationship Between Protein Oxidation Markers and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers
- Chapter 14Characterization of Acute-Phase Proteins (Apps)
- Chapter 15Polymerized Type I Collagen Reverts Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Fibrosis in a Guinea Pig Asthma Model
- Chapter 16Genetic Variation in Resistance to Inflammation and Infectious Disease
- Chapter 17Acute Phase Proteins – Analysis, Clinical Applications and Potentials
- Chapter 18Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Oregano (Origanum vulgare) Essentials Oils Show some In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory Effects Based on Modifying Adipokine Secretion and Gene Expression on TNF-a-Induced Adipocytes
