Allergy and asthma : new trends and approaches to therapy

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Allergy and asthma : new trends and approaches to therapy

edited by A.B. Kay

Blackwell Scientific, 1989

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Includes bibliographies and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The development of new forms of therapy for bronchial asthma and diseases which have a substantial allergic component is an active area of medical research. Recent advances in these broad areas are covered in this book.

目次

  • Part 1 Lipid mediators and their antagonists: the future promise of agents which inhibit the formation and action of lipidmediators
  • agents which inhibit the 5-lipoxygenase and cycloxygebase pathways and their relationship to the treatment of allergic responses
  • leukotriene inhibitors and antagonists in asthma
  • platelet activing factor and biologically active acetylated phospholipids in asthma
  • pharmacological modulation of mediator generation and the allergic response by fish-oil diets
  • general discussion. Part 2 Modulating the specific immune response: prospects for modulation of the specific immune response in allergic diseases
  • new ideas on the preventions of allergy
  • suppression of the IgE response with human proteins developed by biotechnology
  • immunotherapy of asthma
  • general discussion. Part 3 Agents which supress inflammation: antiinflammatory agents in the treatment of bronchial asthma
  • nedocromil sodium - a review of its anti-inflammatory properties and critical activity in the treatment of asthma
  • cetizirene - a new selective H1-antagonist with effects on infiltrating inflammatory cells
  • lipocortinazelastine - a novel oral antiasthma compound with several modes of action
  • general discussion. Part 4 Concluding remarks: summing-up and general discussion.

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