The realisation that epithelial tissues are not simply passive barriers to the adsorption of materials into internal environments has brought about an enormous growth of investigation of mucosal functions and their active and passive protective roles. Epithelia are highly organized but complex structures, subserving numerous functions, including immunological defence. The use of pharmacological tools in these systems is increasing, which is improving our understanding of epithelial immunobiology. This volume adopts a step-by-step approach, whereby each chapter builds upon the previous one, progressively adding important foundation information, culminating in a series of chapters concerning particular epithelia, including respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal and ocular. The result is a comprehensive but integrated treatise of epithelial function and its immunopharmacology, which aims to serve as an appropriate starting point at which the clinical pulmonologist and the research scientist can obtain an appreciation of some aspects of epithelial immunopharmacology as they are currently understood.
| ISBN: | 9780122880308 |
| Publication date: | 21st February 1994 |
| Author: | Clive Professor of Pharmacology, Kings College London and Director of the Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology, Page |
| Publisher: | Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Handbook of Immunopharmacology |
| Genres: |
Immunology Histology Pharmacology |
The realisation that epithelial tissues are not simply passive barriers to the adsorption of materials into internal environments has brought about an enormous growth of investigation of mucosal functions and their active and passive protective roles. Epithelia are highly organized but complex structures, subserving numerous functions, including immunological defence. The use of pharmacological tools in these systems is increasing, which is improving our understanding of epithelial immunobiology. This volume adopts a step-by-step approach, whereby each chapter builds upon the previous one, progressively adding important foundation information, culminating in a series of chapters concerning particular epithelia, including respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal and ocular. The result is a comprehensive but integrated treatise of epithelial function and its immunopharmacology, which aims to serve as an appropriate starting point at which the clinical pulmonologist and the research scientist can obtain an appreciation of some aspects of epithelial immunopharmacology as they are currently understood.
Immunopharmacology of Epithelial Barriers features in the following genres: Immunology, Histology, Pharmacology
Immunopharmacology of Epithelial Barriers is available in Hardback
Immunopharmacology of Epithelial Barriers was written by Clive Professor of Pharmacology, Kings College London and Director of the Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology, Page and published by Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Immunopharmacology of Epithelial Barriers has 296 pages
Yes it is part of Handbook of Immunopharmacology series