Research Catalog

Title

Respiratory infections in allergy and asthma / edited by Sebastian L. Johnston, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos.

Publication

New York : Marcel Dekker, Inc., c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Johnston, Sebastian L.

Description

xxvi, 758 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 178

Uniform Title

Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 178.

Subjects

• Papadopoulos, Nikolaos
• Respiratory Tract Infections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / Claude Lenfant -- Foreword / David Tyrrell -- 1. Overview on Asthma and the Role of Airway Epithelium / Stephen T. Holgate -- 2. Microbiology and Epidemiology of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections / Steven Myint -- 3. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Virus-Induced Asthma Exacerbations / Philip K. Pattemore -- 4. Role of Viral Infection in the Inception of Asthma / Fernando D. Martinez -- 5. Respiratory Viruses: Do They Protect From or Induce Asthma? / Patrick Mallia and Sebastian L. Johnston -- 6. Respiratory Virus Infection of the Lower Airways and the Induction of Acute Asthma Exacerbations / Stelios Psarras and Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos -- 7. Consequences of Respiratory Viral Infection in Airway Epithelial Cells / Susanne Becker and Frederick Henderson -- 8. Cytokine Network in Virus Infections and Asthma / Terry L. Noah -- 9. Molecular Mechanisms of Respiratory Virus-Induced Inflammation / Alberto Papi, Gaetano Caramori, Cinzia M. Bellettato, Ian Adcock and Sebastian L. Johnston -- 10. Nitric Oxide and Other Inflammatory Mediators / Richard B. R. Muijsers, Frans P. Nijkamp and Gert Folkerts -- 11. Effects of Virus Infection on Airway Neural Control / Richard W. Costello -- 12. Animal Models of Viral Respiratory Infections / Rosemary J. Boyton and Peter J. M. Openshaw -- 13. Modulation of Immune Responses to Virus Infection in the Lung / Tracy Hussell, Ian Humphreys and Gerhard Walzl -- 14. Animal Models of Allergen and Virus-Induced Asthma / Jurgen Schwarze and Erwin W. Gelfand -- 15. Origin of Respiratory Virus-Induced Chronic Airway Dysfunction: Exploring Genetic, Developmental, and Environmental Factors in a Rat Model of the Asthmatic Phenotype / Louis A. Rosenthal, Ronald L. Sorkness and Robert F. Lemanske, Jr. -- 16. Human Experimental Models of Virus Infection and Asthma / Philip G. Bardin and Gwendolyn Sanderson -- 17. The Interactions of Virus Infection and Allergy / G. Daniel Brooks, James E. Gern and William W. Busse -- 18. Virus-Induced Wheeze in Young Children: A Separate Disease? / Michael Silverman, Jonathan Grigg and Mike McKean -- 19. Respiratory Virus Infections in Adults and the Elderly / Iain Stephenson and Karl G. Nicholson -- 20. The Common Cold and Its Relationship to Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Otitis Media, and Asthma / Niels Mygind, Jack M. Gwaltney, Jr., Birgit Winther and J. Owen Hendley -- 21. The Role of Virus Infections in Early Life and the Development of Asthma: Epidemiology / Erika von Mutius -- 22. Does Respiratory Syncytial Virus Cause Asthma? / Robert C. Welliver -- 23. Microbiology and Epidemiology of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in Normal and Asthmatic Subjects / Pekka Saikku -- 24. Chlamydia/Mycoplasma: Do They Precipitate Acute Asthma Attacks? / Luigi Allegra, Francesco Blasi, Roberto Cosentini and Paolo Tarsia -- 25. Chlamydia/Mycoplasma: Do They Chronically Infect and Contribute to Asthma Severity? / E. Rand Sutherland and Richard J. Martin -- 26. Chlamydia/Mycoplasma: Do They Cause New-Onset Asthma in Adults? / David L. Hahn -- 27. Therapeutic Trials for Chlamydia pneumoniae in Asthma / Peter N. Black -- 28. Treatment of the Common Cold: Prospects and Implications for the Treatment of Asthma Exacerbations / Dean D. Creer, Colin M. Gelder and Sebastian L. Johnston -- 29. Therapy for Virus-Induced Asthma Exacerbations: Current Status and Future Prospects / Iolo J. M. Doull.

ISBN

0824741269

OCLC

• ocm52523397
• SCSB-4805369

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries