Antibiotics as Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Agents

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rubin, Bruce K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tamaoki, Jun (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2005.
• Σειρά: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Pharmacology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Microbiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Medical Microbiology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Although the potential for immunomodulation has been recognized for many years there has been an explosion of data in this field with relevance especially to the treatment of chronic airway diseases. Most of the work in this field has been conducted by Japanese investigators but in the last decade t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Basic research
• Effects of antibiotics on Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors and quorum-sensing system
• Antibiotics, inflammation and its resolution: An overview
• The cytoprotective interactions of antibiotics with human ciliated airway epithelium
• Chemotaxis
• Cytokines
• Antibacterial agents and the oxidative burst
• Immune system
• Macrolides and mucus production
• Ion channel regulation
• Clinical results
• The use of macrolides for treatment of diffuse panbronchiolitis
• Macrolides in cystic fibrosis
• Macrolides and upper airway/sinus disease
• Benefits of macrolides in the treatment of asthma
• Roles of macrolides in treatment of lung injury
• Macrolides and cancer, arthritis and IBD
• Anti-inflammatory properties of antibiotics other than macrolides.