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Molecular Biology of the Lung

Volume II: Asthma and Cancer

Birkhäuser

Part of the book series: Respiratory Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy (RPP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
  2. Gene Therapy

    1. Gene Therapy

      • Joanne T. Douglas, David T. Curiel
      Pages 1-20
  3. Asthma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
    2. Genetics of Asthma

      • Andrew J. Walley, William O. C. M. Cookson
      Pages 23-39
    3. Transcription Factors and Inflammatory Lung Disease

      • Peter J. Barnes, Ian M. Adcock
      Pages 41-70
    4. Regulation of the Cytokine Gene Cluster on Chromosome 5q

      • David J. Cousins, Dontcho Z. Staynov, Tak H. Lee
      Pages 71-83
    5. Cytokine Expression in Asthma

      • C. J. Corrigan
      Pages 85-99
    6. β-Adrenoceptors

      • Peter J. Barnes, Judith C. W. Mak
      Pages 101-124
    7. Regulation of Eosinophil Migration

      • Peter J. Jose, Anne Burke-Gaffney, Timothy J. Williams
      Pages 125-143
    8. Proteinase Allergens of House Dust Mites: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Possible Functional Significance of Their Enzyme Activity

      • Clive Robinson, Hong Wan, Helen L. Winton, David R. Garrod, Geoffrey A. Stewart, Philip J. Thompson
      Pages 145-162
  4. Cancer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
    2. Gene Expression in Lung Cancer

      • Tariq Sethi
      Pages 165-182
    3. Gene Therapy for Cancer: Prospects for the Treatment of Lung Tumours

      • Nicola K. Green, Moira G. Gilligan, David J. Kerr, Peter F. Searle, Lawrence S. Young
      Pages 183-201
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 203-208

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK

    Robert A. Stockley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Biology of the Lung

  • Book Subtitle: Volume II: Asthma and Cancer

  • Editors: Robert A. Stockley

  • Series Title: Respiratory Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8784-7

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5968-3Published: 01 December 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9773-0Published: 16 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8784-7Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 208

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

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