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Format: 1 online resource (392 p.)

ISBN: 3-318-00424-3 , 0-585-44152-9

Series Statement: Progress in respiratory research, v. 31

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""General Aspects""; ""The Need for New Therapy""; ""Current Therapy for Asthma""; ""Current Therapy for COPD""; ""Pharmacogenetics""; ""Delivery of Biologics to the Lung""; ""Immunopathology: Comparison of COPD and Asthma""; ""Monitoring Lung Function""; ""Airway Hyperresponsiveness""; ""Airways Remodelling""; ""Exhaled Breath Analysis""; ""Clinical Studies on New Drugs""; ""Bronchodilators""; ""Bronchodilators: An Overview""; ""Long-Acting ß""; ""Agonists""; ""Single-Isomer ß-Agonists""; ""Anticholinergics: Tiotropium"" , ""Potassium Channel Openers""""Urodilatin""; ""Steroids""; ""Steroids: An Overview""; ""Ciclesonide: An On-Site-Activated Steroid""; ""Soft Steroids""; ""Dissociated Steroids""; ""Oestradiol Metabolites""; ""Leukotriene Inhibitors""; ""Leukotriene Inhibitors: An Overview""; ""Cysteinyl Leukotriene Antagonists""; ""5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors""; ""LTB4 Antagonism""; ""Mediator Inhibitors and Agonists""; ""H1-Antihistamines""; ""Histamine H3 Antagonists""; ""Kinin Receptor Antagonists""; ""Endothelin Antagonists""; ""Tachykinin Antagonists""; ""Antioxidants""; ""Selective iNOS Inhibitors"" , ""Mucus Regulation""""P2Y Receptor Agonists""; ""Protease Inhibitors""; ""Tryptase Inhibition""; ""Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitors""; ""Macrophage Metalloelastase Inhibitors""; ""Allergen- and IgE-Directed Therapies""; ""Allergen, IgE and Mast-Cell-Directed Therapies: An Overview""; ""Allergen Immunotherapy""; ""Peptide Immunotherapy""; ""Recombinant Allergens""; ""Anti-IgE Antibody""; ""CD23""; ""T Cell Immunomodulation""; ""T Cell Immunomodulation: An Overview""; ""Costimulatory Molecules in T Cell Activation""; ""GATA-3: A Th2-Selective Target""; ""Mycobacterial Immunization"" , ""Adhesion Molecule Inhibitors""""Adhesion Molecule Antagonism: An Overview""; ""Small-Molecule VLA-4 Antagonists""; ""Selectin Antagonists""; ""ICAM- 1 and VCAM- 1 Antagonists""; ""Inhibition of Cell Signalling""; ""Eosinophil G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Signalling: An Overview""; ""Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors""; ""Therapies Acting on Transcription""; ""Therapies Acting on Transcription: An Overview""; ""Chromatin Modification""; ""Activator Protein- 1 and Nuclear Factor- Kappa B""; ""Inhibition of p38 MAP Kinase""; ""STAT6""; ""Retinoids""; ""Genetic Therapy"" , ""Asthma and COPD Genetics and Genomics: An Overview"" , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-8055-6862-2

Language: English