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Steroid Hormones and the T-Cell Cytokine Profile

Steroid Hormones and the T-Cell Cytokine Profile

1st Edition.

Hardback (10 Oct 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The fact that certain adrenal steroid hormones are immunosuppresive and anti-inflammatory has been known for many years. However, new information has led to the possibility of immunoregulatory steroids being used by physicians in novel ways. This book details these new therapies which could revolutionise the treatment of certain Th2-mediated diseases such as asthma. It provides an overview of these new concepts, starting with how the immune response triggers adrenal steroid production and finishing with in vivo models of infection and autoimmunity that demonstrate the clinical importance of these new insights into the physiological control of glucocorticoid function. The information contained is mostly very new, some of it previously unpublished, and will open up new horizons for immunologists, endocrinologists, physiologists, cell biologists and clinicians.

Book information

ISBN: 9783540760573
Publisher: Springer London
Imprint: Springer
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition.
DEWEY: 616.079
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 227
Weight: 453g
Height: 240mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 19mm