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Allergens and respiratory pollutants is a collection of 12 authoritative papers that draws upon the collective expertise of world leaders in the fields of innate immunity,… Read more
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Chapter 1: An introduction to allergic inflammation and the innate immune sensing of dangerous ambient pollutants by the dendritic cell
Chapter 2: Asthma: primary immunomodulatory pathways
Chapter 3: Environmental lung injury and pattern recognition receptors
Chapter 4: Asthma exacerbations: a paradigm of synergy between allergens, pollutants and viruses
Chapter 5: Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and lung inflammation induced by allergic immune response and oxidative stress: role of innate and adaptive immune responses
Chapter 6: Effects of air pollutants on allergic sensitization through the airway
Chapter 7: Particulate matter and oxidative stress: dangerous partners in inflammation, vascular dysfunction and innate immunity
Chapter 8: Diesel exhaust particles and the airway epithelial cell - dendritic cell interface in the control of immune homeostasis
Chapter 9: Role of macrophages in adverse pulmonary effects of particulate pollutants
Chapter 10: Particulate air pollution and vulnerability to respiratory infections in children
Chapter 11: The intersection of respiratory syncytial virus infection, innate immunity and allergic lung disease
Chapter 12: Interactions between allergens and dendritic cells: pattern recognition receptors and their function in the pathogenesis of allergic respiratory diseases
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