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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298289203321

Titolo

Allergens and Airway Hyperreactivity / / edited by Mieczyslaw Pokorski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-10009-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (67 p.)

Collana

Neuroscience and Respiration ; ; 838

Disciplina

616.202

Soggetti

Medicine

Allergy

Respiratory organs—Diseases

Medical biochemistry

Pharmacotherapy

Cell physiology

Biomedicine, general

Allergology

Pneumology/Respiratory System

Medical Biochemistry

Cell Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Influence of L-NAME on iNOS Expression and Markers of Oxidative Stress in Allergen-Induced Airway Hyperreactivity -- Influence of Roflumilast on Airway Reactivity and Apoptosis in Ovalbumin-Sensitized Guinea Pigs -- Antitussive Activity of Withania Somnifera and Opioid Receptors -- Effects of Provinol and Its Combinations with Clinically Used Antiasthmatics on Airway Defense Mechanisms in Experimental Allergic Asthma -- Potassium Ion Channels and Allergic Asthma -- Impulse Oscillometry in the Diagnosis of Airway Resistance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Efficacy of Noninvasive Volume Targeted Ventilation in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure due to Kyphoscoliosis.



Sommario/riassunto

Respiratory allergy is constantly encountered and is sharply on the rise, particularly in the two most vulnerable age-groups: young children and seniors. Allergy results in airway hyperactivity and increased airway resistance, with all inflammatory sequelae being ensued. The chapters show how respiratory allergy research is interconnected with other disciplines by discussing neurotransmitter, membrane receptor, and ionic channel mechanisms of allergy and by giving diagnostic and pharmacological cues on desensitization and therapy.