Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease pathogenesis to treatment.
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Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Novartis Foundation symposium ; 234. |
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Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0470868678 |
Item Description: |
Edited by Derek Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode. Based on a symposium held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 25-27 January 2000. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: |
047086866X 9780470868669 0471494372 9780471494379 0470868678 9780470868676 |
Index Number: | RC776 |
CLC: | R563-532 |
Contents: | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : an overview of pathology and pathogenesis / James C. Hogg -- Overview of current therapies / Peter M.A. Calverley -- Genetics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Edwin K. Silverman -- Mucus hypersecretion in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Duncan F. Rogers -- Mechanisms of exacerbations / Jadwiga A. Wedzicha -- Epithelial cells and fibroblasts / Stephen I. Rennard -- Macrophage control of inflammation : negative pathways of regulation of inflammatory cytokines / Alberto Mantovani, Marta Muzio, Cecilia Garlanda, Silvano Sozzani and Paola Allavena -- Neutrophils in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Timothy J. Williams and Peter J. Jose -- Lymphocytes, chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Peter K. Jeffery -- Oxidants/antioxidants and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : pathogenesis to therapy / William MacNee -- Proteases and antiproteases / Robert A. Stockley -- Matrix metalloproteinases and TIMPs : properties and implications for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Tim Cawston, Severine Carrere, Jon Catterall, Richard Duggleby, Sarah Elliott, Bill Shingleton and Andrew Rowan -- Pulmonary alveolus formation : critical period, retinoid regulation and plasticity / Donald Massaro and Gloria DeCarlo Massaro -- Systemic effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Alvar G.N. Agustí -- Potential novel therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Peter J. Barnes. |