Inflammasomes: Clinical and Therapeutic Implications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cordero, Mario D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Alcocer-Gómez, Elísabet (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Experientia Supplementum, 108
• Subjects: Molecular biology.; Medical biochemistry.; Molecular Medicine.; Medical Biochemistry.

This volume focuses on the role of inflammasomes in a variety of diseases and their therapeutic options. It gives an overview of the current studies elucidating the molecular implications in the medical and clinical contexts. It covers inflammasomes as potential therapeutic targets and evaluates the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Bases of the inflammasomes in the clinical practice. A brief introduction
• Chapter 2: The Inflammasomes in Cardiovascular Disease
• Chapter 3: Inflammasomes in CNS diseases
• Chapter 4: Lung Diseases
• Chapter 5: Traumatic Injury
• Chapter 6: Inflammasome in the pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases
• Chapter 7: Inflammasome and Oral Diseases
• Chapter 8: Inflammasomes in the kidney
• Chapter 9: Pro-inflammatory actions of red blood cell-derived DAMPs
• Chapter 10: Role of Inflammasomes in the Development of Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Chapter 11: Inflammasomes in bone diseases
• Chapter 12: Inflammasome in Cancer
• Chapter 13: Aging and the inflammasomes
• Chapter 14: Genetics of inflammasome
• Chapter 15: Therapeutic implications of the inflammasomes.