Immune mechanisms in inflammatory bowel disease

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: NetLibrary, Inc.
Group Author: (Richard Steven); Neurath M.; (Markus); Blumberg R. S.
Published: Springer Science+Business Media Eurekah.com/Landes Bioscience,
Publisher Address: New York, N.Y. Georgetown, Tex.
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 579
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33778-4
Carrier Form: xv, 248 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9780387337784 (electronic bk.)
0387337784 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R516
CLC: R516.103
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Structure and function of the gut mucosal immune system / Reinhard Pabst and Hermann J. Rothkutter -- Functional aspects of the mucosal immune system / Cathryn Nagler-Anderson -- Recent progress in inflammatory bowel disease genetics / Judy H. Cho -- Microbial and dietary factors in the pathogenesis of chronic, immune-mediated intestinal inflammation / R. Balfour Sartor -- Experimental models of mucosal inflammation / Warren Strober and Ivan J. Fuss -- Overview of role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease / Thomas T. MacDonald and Giovanni Monteleone -- The role of the epithelial barrier in inflammatory bowel disease / Edward E.S. Nieuwenhuis and Richard S. Blumberg -- Involvement of dendritic cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease / Francisco Leon ... [et al.] -- Alterations of T lymphocytes in inflammatory bowel diseases / Charles O. Elson, Yingzi Cong and Casey T. Weaver -- The B-cell system in inflammatory bowel disease / Per Brandtzaeg, Hege S. Carlsen and Trond S. Halstensen -- Alterations of mesenchymal and endothelial cells in inflammatory bowel diseases / Claudio Fiocchi ... [et al.] -- Role of mast cells and eosinophils in neuroimmune interactions regulating mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease / Stephan C. Bischoff and Thomas Gebhardt -- Multiparameter analysis of immunogenetic mechanisms in clinical diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease / Jonathan Braun and Stephan R. Targan -- The role of probiotics and antibiotics in regulating mucosal inflammation / Rainer Duchmann -- From immunogenic mechanisms to novel therapeutic approaches in inflammatory bowel disease / Martin H. Holtmann and Markus F. Neurath.