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Platelet activating factor and human disease

edited by Peter J. Barnes, Clive P. Page, Peter M. Henson

(Frontiers in pharmacology & therapeutics)

Blackwell Scientific Pub., c1989

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PAF and human disease

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Up-to-date high level research monograph on platelet activating factor, its structure, function and role in various human disease states and physiological systems such as cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, nervous, reproductive and immune systems. The book also covers cellular sections of platelet activating structure and its recognition by specific receptors. This book is intended for pharmacologists, chest physicians and immunologists.

Table of Contents

  • Overview of PAF biosynthesis and catabolism
  • Cellular origins of PAF
  • PAF receptors
  • PAF receptor antagonists
  • PAF and cell activation
  • PAF and cardiovascular disease
  • PAF and lung disease
  • PAF and renal disease
  • PAF and the gastrointestinal tract
  • Effects of PAF on blood elements
  • PAF and the skin
  • PAF and the nervous system
  • PAF and the immune system
  • PAF and the establishment of pregnancy
  • PAF and fetal development.

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