William Harvey
Press Books - Leukotrienes New concepts and targets for therapy
CONTENTS
List of contributors
Preface
Molecular mechanisms of leukotriene synthesis: the
changing paradigm Marc Peters-Golden
Leukotriene receptors
Sven-Erik Dahlén
Enzymes involved in the production of leukotriene and
related molecules
Anthony Ford-Hutchinson and Per-Johan Jakobson
Cysteinyl-leukotriene receptors and transduction mechanisms
in airway cells
Simonetta Nicosia, Enrico Rovati, Valérie Capra, Saula
Ravasi, Maurizio Mezzetti, Teresa Viganò, Maria Rosa Accomazzo,
Alicia Hernandez. Albino Bonazzi, Manlio Bolla, Elisabetta Galbiati,
Monica Di Luca, Antonio Caputi, Anna Maria Villa, Sara Esposito,
Silvia Doglia, Massimiliano Rovelli and Giancarlo Folco.
How to measure leukotrienes in man
Maria Kumlin.
Influence of leukotrienes and anti-leukotrienes on airway
tone and migration of inflammatory cells
Tak Lee and Boris Lams.
Leukotrienes in airways obstruction and inflammation
evoked by antigen
Neil Barnes and Alison Macfarlane.
Leukotrienes in induced airway obstruction
Klaus Rabe.
Role of leukotrienes in aspirin-induced asthma
Andrew Szczeklik and Marek Sanak.
How to use anti-leukotrienes in the treatment of asthma
Johan Kips and Romain Pauwels.
Transcription factors HSF and NF-kB as targets for cytoprotective
eicosanoids: a new strategy for therapeutic intervention
Gabriella Santoro.
Vascular biology of the leukotrienes
Charles Brink and Jean-Pierre Gascard.
Leukotrienes in cardiovascular disease
Angelo Sala.
Leukotriene B4: agonist for the fat regulator PPARa
Pallavi Devchand and Walter Wahli.
The role of leukotrienes in rhinitis
Peter Howarth.
