Allergens and Respiratory Pollutants
eBook - ePub

Allergens and Respiratory Pollutants

The Role of Innate Immunity

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Allergens and Respiratory Pollutants

The Role of Innate Immunity

About this book

Allergens and respiratory pollutants is a collection of 12 authoritative papers that draws upon the collective expertise of world leaders in the fields of innate immunity, immunotoxicology and pulmonary biology. The book critically explores the biological and immunological mechanisms that contribute to immune dysfunction on exposure to allergens and the susceptibility to infectious disease on exposure to ambient pollutants. The clinical relevance of exposure to ambient airborne xenobiotics is critically discussed and collectively, this book provides an educational forum that links the health effects of environmental exposures, immune dysfunction and inflammatory airways disease. - Discusses recent advances in our understanding of cell-mediated innate immune mechanisms that occur during allergic inflammation and provides important timely coverage of diseases of concern and how such diseases are influenced by a dysfunctional immune system - Provides useful information on linking environmental 'danger signals' that provoke immune dysfunction and exacerbation of existing disease - Draws upon the collective expertise of an international college of leaders in the field, but also provides chapters that provide essential reference material

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Information

Publisher
Woodhead Publishing
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781908818065
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Diseases & Allergies

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. List of illustrations
  6. Editorā€™s note
  7. About the editor and contributors
  8. Chapter 1: An introduction to allergic inflammation and the innate immune sensing of dangerous ambient pollutants by the dendritic cell
  9. Chapter 2: Asthma: primary immunomodulatory pathways
  10. Chapter 3: Environmental lung injury and pattern recognition receptors
  11. Chapter 4: Asthma exacerbations: a paradigm of synergy between allergens, pollutants and viruses
  12. Chapter 5: Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and lung inflammation induced by allergic immune response and oxidative stress: role of innate and adaptive immune responses
  13. Chapter 6: Effects of air pollutants on allergic sensitization through the airway
  14. Chapter 7: Particulate matter and oxidative stress: dangerous partners in inflammation, vascular dysfunction and innate immunity
  15. Chapter 8: Diesel exhaust particles and the airway epithelial cellā€“dendritic cell interface in the control of immune homeostasis
  16. Chapter 9: Role of macrophages in adverse pulmonary effects of particulate pollutants
  17. Chapter 10: Particulate air pollution and vulnerability to respiratory infections in children
  18. Chapter 11: The intersection of respiratory syncytial virus infection, innate immunity and allergic lung disease
  19. Chapter 12: Interactions between allergens and dendritic cells: pattern recognition receptors and their function in the pathogenesis of allergic respiratory diseases
  20. Index