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Allergy Frontiers:Classification and Pathomechanisms

Editors:

  1. Ruby Pawankar

    1. Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Japan

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  2. Stephen T. Holgate

    1. Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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  3. Lanny J. Rosenwasser

    1. Childrens's Mercy Hospital and Clinic, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA

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Part of the book series: Allergy Frontiers (ALLERGY, volume 2)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Classification and Pathomechanisms

    1. Basic Aspects of Allergy and Hypersensitivity Reactions

      • Isabella Pali-Schöll, Erika Jensen-Jarolim
      Pages 3-17

    5. Superantigens and Allergic Disease

      • Mark S. Schubert
      Pages 59-77

    6. Immune Complexes: Normal Physiology and Role in Disease

      • Michael M. Frank, C. Garren Hester
      Pages 79-94

    7. What Is New About Eosinophil Activation in Asthma and Allergic Disease

      • Akira Kanda, Junichi Chihara, Monique Capron, David Dombrowicz
      Pages 95-107

    8. Mast Cell and Basophils: Interaction with IgE and Responses to Toll like Receptor Activators

      • Jean S. Marshall, Michael G. Brown, Ruby Pawankar
      Pages 113-133

    9. T Cells in Allergic Disease

      • Catherine M. Hawrylowicz, Christopher Corrigan, Alex Faith
      Pages 135-149

    10. Role of NKT Cells in the Regulation of Ongoing Type 2 Immune Response

      • Christelle Faveeuw, Thomas Roumier, Monique Capron, David Dombrowicz
      Pages 151-165

    13. Dendritic Cells, Macrophages and Monocytes in Allergic Disease

      • Alexander Faith, Christopher Corrigan, Catherine M. Hawrylowicz
      Pages 195-207

    14. Function of Dendritic Cell Subsets in Allergic Disease

      • Bart N. Lambrecht, Hamida Hammad
      Pages 209-230

    17. Epithelial Cell Innate Responses to Rhinovirus Infection

      • Jean Kim, Robert Schleimer
      Pages 267-284

    18. The Role of Platelets in Allergy

      • Kristin N. Kornerup, Clive P. Page
      Pages 285-296
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About this book

When I entered the field of allergy in the early 1970s, the standard textbook was a few hundred pages, and the specialty was so compact that texts were often authored entirely by a single individual and were never larger than one volume. Compare this with Allergy Frontiers: Epigenetics, Allergens, and Risk Factors, the present s- volume text with well over 150 contributors from throughout the world. This book captures the explosive growth of our specialty since the single-author textbooks referred to above. The unprecedented format of this work lies in its meticulous attention to detail yet comprehensive scope. For example, great detail is seen in manuscripts dealing with topics such as “Exosomes, naturally occurring minimal antigen presenting units” and “Neuropeptide S receptor 1 (NPSR1), an asthma susceptibility gene.” The scope is exemplified by the unique approach to disease entities normally dealt with in a single chapter in most texts. For example, anaphylaxis, a topic u- ally confined to one chapter in most textbooks, is given five chapters in Allergy Frontiers. This approach allows the text to employ multiple contributors for a single topic, giving the reader the advantage of being introduced to more than one vi- point regarding a single disease.
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"Allergy Frontiers is a remarkable undertaking by 3 well-known experts in the field of allergy/immunology. … This text brings the reader up to date on the basic science of allergic diseases. … will serve as a catalyst for further research. … helpful to clinicians, who are often challenged to understand why some patients respond to treatment and others do not. … will serve as an invaluable resource for academicians, allergy/immunology training programs, and curious individuals who require more than a basic understanding of the subject." (Katherine Gundling, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 302 (17), November, 2009)

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Japan

    Ruby Pawankar

  • Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Stephen T. Holgate

  • Childrens's Mercy Hospital and Clinic, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA

    Lanny J. Rosenwasser

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Allergy Frontiers:Classification and Pathomechanisms

  • Editors: Ruby Pawankar, Stephen T. Holgate, Lanny J. Rosenwasser

  • Series Title: Allergy Frontiers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-88315-9

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-88314-2Published: 31 March 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-99861-7Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-88315-9Published: 13 March 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 606

  • Topics: Allergology, Internal Medicine

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