Free Radicals and Inflammation

As in so many fields of scientific endeavour following the molecular biology revo­ lution, our knowledge of the role of radicals not only in pathological states, but in basic physiology has developed exponentially. Indeed, our evolving concepts have, like so many political parties, been forced into...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Winyard, Paul G. (Editor), Blake, David R. (Editor), Evans, Christopher H. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:Progress in Inflammation Research
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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?