Antibiotics as Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Agents

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rubin, Bruce K. (Editor), Tamaoki, Jun (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2005.
• Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Subjects: 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...