Book Details

Antibiotics as Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Agents

Publication year: 2005

: 978-3-7643-7310-8

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Although the potential for immunomodulation has been recognized for many years there has been an explosion of data in this field with relevance especially to the treatment of chronic airway diseases. Most of the work in this field has been conducted by Japanese investigators but in the last decade there has been a body of work outside of Japan that supports and enhances these findings. The book covers basic research like effects on bacteria, anti-inflammatory and mucoregulatory effects, but also clinical results with up-to-date information for the use of such medications to potentially treat diseases as diverse as chronic airway diseases, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and cancer.


: Medicine, Atmen, antibiotic, antibiotics, asthma, bacteria, cancer, cytokine, cytokines, diseases, immune system, immunomodulation, inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, pseudomonas, research