Free Radicals in Inflammation

Reactive oxygen/nitrogen species and acute inflammation: A physiological process.- Free radicals and pathology: current concepts.- The NADPH oxidase of neutrophile and other cells.- Nitric oxide - a novel antimicrobial agent.- Xanthine oxidoreductase.- Inflammatory mediators free radicals and gene transcription.- Reactive metabolites of oxygen and nitrogen adhesion molecule expression and chronic joint inflammation.- Role of thioredoxin in the redox regulation of gene expression in inflammatory diseases.- Reactive oxygen species and the regulation of metalloproteinase expression.- Nitric oxide and inflammatory joint diseases.- Nitric oxide and bone destruction.- Why does chronic inflammation persist? A radical autoimmune perspective.- Radicals granuloma formation and fibrosis.- Reactive oxygen species nitric oxide and apoptosis.- Evolving measurements of radical products - how much do they tell us about inflammation?.- Do antioxidants have a role in the therapy of human inflammatory diseases?.

• | Author: David R. Blake
• | Publisher: Birkhauser Basel
• | Publication Date: Feb 03, 2000
• | Number of Pages: 276 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 3764358513
• | ISBN-13: 9783764358518