Editor: Catherine M. Greene

Toll-Like Receptors in Diseases of the Lung

eBook: US $39 Special Offer (PDF + Printed Copy): US $151
Printed Copy: US $131
Library License: US $156
ISBN: 978-1-60805-509-8 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-60805-362-9 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2012
DOI: 10.2174/97816080536291120101

Introduction

This e-book is a review on current understanding of the role of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the lung in health and disease. Topics covered include 1) the expression, function and activation of TLRs during bacterial, viral and fungal infection of the airways, 2) the role of TLRs in the pathogenesis of genetic and environmental pulmonary disorders, and 3) TLR biology in lung transplantation. Each chapter highlights recent advances in a selected domain in lung disease research. This e-book serves as a comprehensive resource for both scientists and clinicians studying innate immune mechanisms in the lung and provides a single reference comprising both basic and specialized information.

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Contributors

Editor(s):
Catherine M. Greene
Respiratory Research Division
Department of Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Ireland




Contributor(s):
Gillina Bezemer
Division of Pharmacology
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
Utrecht
The Netherlands


Sanjay H. Chotirmall
Respiratory Research - Dept. Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital
Dublin 9
Ireland


Catherine A. Coughlan
Respiratory Research - Dept. Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital
Dublin 9
Ireland


Gert Folkerts
Division of Pharmacology
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
Utrecht
The Netherlands


J. Garssen
Division of Pharmacology
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
Utrecht
The Netherlands
/
Danone Research - Centre for Specialised Nutrition
Wageningen
The Netherlands


Niki A. Georgiou
Division of Pharmacology & Pathophysiology , Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faulty of Science, Utrecht University
Utrecht
The Netherlands
/
Danone Research Centre for Specialised Nutrition
Bosrandweg 20
6704 PH Wageningen
The Netherlands


Catherine M. Greene
Respiratory Research - Dept. Medicine
RCSI Education and Research Centre
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin 9
Ireland


Markus O. Henke
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Philipps-University Marburg
Baldingerstraße 1
Marburg, 35043
Germany


Toshihiro Ito
Department of Pathology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor
Michigan, 48109
USA


Gerrit John
Comprehensive Pneumology Center
Institute of Lung Biology and Disease
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1
Neuherberg, 85764
Germany


Sebastian Johnston
Department of Respiratory Medicine
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College London
London, W2 1PG
UK


Shaf Keshavjee
The Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories
Toronto General Research Institute
University Health Network

/
Department of Surgery
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Canada


Sylvia Knapp
Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Medicine 1
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Medical University Vienna
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
Vienna, 1090
Austria


Aletta D. Kraneveld
Division of Pharmacology
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty of Science
Utrecht University, PO box 80082
Utrecht
TB, 3508
The Netherlands


Steven L. Kunkel
Department of Pathology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor
Michigan, 48109
USA


Mingyao Liu
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
101 College Street
Toronto Medical Discovery Tower
Room 2-814
Toronto
Ontario, M5G 1L7
Canada


Valerie Quesniaux
University of Orleans and CNRS UMR6218 Molecular Immunology and Embryology
3B rue de la Ferollerie
Orleans, 45071 Cedex 2
France


Emer P. Reeves
Department of Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital
Dublin 9
Ireland


Siel Sagar
Division of Pharmacology & Pathophysiology
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faulty of Science, Utrecht University
Utrecht
The Netherlands
/
Danone Research Centre for Specialised Nutrition
Bosrandweg 20
Wageningen
PH, 6704
The Netherlands


Stephanie Traub
Department of Respiratory Medicine
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College London
London, W2 1PG
UK


Jeroen van Bergenhenegouwen
Danone Research – Centre for Specialised Nutrition
Wageningen
The Netherlands
/
Division of Pharmacology
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
Utrecht
The Netherlands


Jonathan C. Yeung
The Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories
Toronto General Research Institute
University Health Network

/
Department of Surgery
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Canada




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