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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pathogenesis to Treatment - No. 234
ISBN: 978-0-471-49437-9
Hardcover
296 pages
January 2001
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  • Table of Contents
Overview of the pathology/pathogenesis
Overview of current therapies
Genetics
Mucus hypersecretion in COPD
Mechanisms of exacerbation
Epithelial and mesenchymal cells
Macrophage control of inflammation: negative pathways of regulation of inflammatory cytokines
Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Oxidants/antioxidants
Proteases and anti-proteases -
I
Proteases and anti-proteases -
II
Alveolus formation: critical period, plasticity and retinoid regulation
Systemic effects of COPD
Potential novel therapies for COPD