Keywords:
Allergy.
;
Tissue metabolism.
;
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Allergy and Tissue Metabolism covers some of the more important features of the state of knowledge in the relevant areas of allergy and tissue metabolism. This book is composed of nine chapters, and starts with a survey of the link between immune system and allergic diseases. The subsequent chapters deal with the evaluation of anaphylactic shock mechanisms using some animal models and the relationship between eosinophils and anaphylaxis. These topics are followed by discussions on the role of histamine, bradykinin, and serotonin in allergy. A chapter examines the slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis. The final chapters consider the therapeutic management of allergic diseases. This book is of value to allergists, allergologists, immunologists, and researchers and workers in the allied fields.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (119 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483225388
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1609044
DDC:
576
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Allergy and Tissue Metabolism -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. The immunological basis of allergic disease -- Anaphylactic shock in animals -- Allergy in humans -- The effects of antigen-antibody reactions in hypersensitive tissue -- Chapter 2. Anaphylactic shock in experimental animals -- Anaphylaxis in the dog -- Anaphylaxis in the rabbit -- Anaphylaxis in the guinea pig -- Anaphylaxis in the rat -- Anaphylaxis in the mouse -- The chemical mediation of anaphylaxis -- Chapter 3. The connective tissue mast cells and blood eosinophils -- The morphology and distribution of mast cells -- The release of histamine from mast cell granules -- Tissue response to injury -- The role of mast cells in anaphylaxis -- Eosinophils -- Chapter 4. Histamine -- Histamine release by peptone -- Histamine release by trypsin -- Histamine release by snake venoms -- Histamine release by compounds of simple chemical structure -- Proteolytic and lecithinase theories of histamine release in anaphylaxis -- Chapter 5. The slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis -- Early studies of slow reacting substance -- Recent studies of slow reacting substance -- Chapter 6. Bradykinin -- Structure and formation -- Pharmacological activity -- Chapter 7. Serotonin -- Distribution, metabolism and pharmacology -- Role of serotonin in anaphylaxis -- Chapter 8. Anaphylaxis and intermediary metabolism -- Chapter 9.The therapeutic control of allergic disease -- References -- Index.
