edited by Kenji Izuhara, Stephen T. Holgate, Marsha Wills-Karp
Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2011
xiii, 330 p. :
ill. ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Novel anti-inflammatory drugs based on targeting lung dentritic cells and airway apithelial cells / Bart N. Lambrecht ... [et al.] -- Role of Th2 cells in the allergic diathesis / Marsha Wills-Karp -- Importance of Th17 and Th1-associated responses for the development of asthma / Tomohiro Yoshimoto, Hiroko Tsutsui & Kenji Nakanishi -- Regulatory T cells / Chris Corrigan & Kimuli Ryanna -- A role for natural kill T-cell subsets in the pathogenesis of various allergic disorders / Hiroshi Watarai ... [et al.] -- Regulatory roles of B cells in the allergy and inflammation / Kiyoshi Takatsu, Masashi Ikutani & Yoshinori Nagai -- Mast cells / Mindy Tsai & Stephen J. Galli -- Eosinophils / Nancy A. Lee ... [et al.] -- Basophils in inflammation and allergy drug design / Donald McGlashan, Jr. -- Epithelial cells / Tillie-Louise Hackett ... [et al.] -- Fibroblasts / Alastair G. Stewart, Lillian Soon & Michael Schuliga -- Airway smooth muscle cells / Andrew J. Halayko & Pawan Sharma -- Interleukin 4, interleukin 13, and interleukin 9 / Kenji Izuhara ... [et al.] -- Interleukin 3, interleukin 5, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor / Alba Llop-Guevara ... [et a.] -- Interleukin 15, interleukin 17, and interleukin 25 / Hiroshi Nakajima & Itsuo Iwamoto -- Thymic stromal lymphopoietin / Kazuhiko Arima & Yong-Jun Liu -- Interleukin 10 / Whitney W. Stevens, Larry Borish, & John W. Steinke -- Tumor necrosis factor alpha / Christopher Brightling ... [et al.] -- Profibrotic and angiogenic factors in asthma / Neville Berkman & Francesca Levi- Schaffer -- Chemokines / Luis M. Teran & Juan R. Velazquez -- Epithelial growth factors / Yasuhiro Gon & Shu Hashimoto -- Prostanoids / Sarah A. Maher, Deborah L. Clarke, & Maria G. Belvisi -- Leukotrienes / Katsuhide Okunishi & Mark Peters Golden -- Proteases in allergy / Keisuke Oboki & Hirohisa Saito -- Toll-like receptors / Jessica L. Allen, Aurelien Trompette, & Christopher L. Karp