Innate immunity to pulmonary infection [[electronic resource] /] / [editors: Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie Goode]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910840821103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, : John Wiley, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-73980-0; 9786610739806; 0-470-03539-0; 0-470-03538-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Collana: Novartis Foundation symposium ; ; 279
• Altri autori (Persone): ChadwickDerek; GoodeJamie
• Disciplina: 616.24; 616.24079
• Soggetti: Lungs - Infections; Lungs - Immunology; Natural immunity; Respiratory infections; Lungs - Diseases
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Symposium on Innate Immunity to Pulmonary Infection, held at the Wolfson Pavillion, University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa, 28-30 November 2005."--Contents.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Chair's introduction; Lung diseases in South Africa: an overview; DISCUSSION; TB epidemiology and human genetics; DISCUSSION; Bacterial infections of the lung in normal and immunodeficient patients; DISCUSSION; Pathogenesis of avian flu H5N1 and SARS; DISCUSSION; Immunity and tolerance to Aspergillus fumigatus; DISCUSSION; Pentraxins in innate immunity and inflammation; DISCUSSION; How superoxide production by neutrophil leukocytes kills microbes; DISCUSSION; Linking innate to adaptive immunity through dendritic cells; DISCUSSION; Macrophage receptors and innate immunity: insights from dectin-1DISCUSSION; Toll-like receptors and control of mycobacterial infection in mice; DISCUSSION; Population of lungs by mast cells; DISCUSSION; ; Innate immunity and mucus structure and function; DISCUSSION; Collectins and host defence; DISCUSSION; Infections and asthma pathogenesis: a critical role for dendritic cells?; DISCUSSION; Innate and adaptive immunity in lung cancer; DISCUSSION; Summing-up; Contributor index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Part of the prestigious Novartis Foundation series, this volume uniquely addresses the use of innate immunity to treat or prevent infectious diseases of the lung. Innate Immunity to Pulmonary Infection:Provides a comprehensive overview of pulmonary infectious diseases, including basic pathology, current and potential therapies, and detailed consideration of the innate biological resistance mechanisms in the lungThoroughly examines the major topic of innate immunity in immunology, which is now seen as key to the pathogenesis of and vaccination strategie