INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; CONTENTS; Introduction to Chemokines; Chemokine Receptors Signaling Mechanisms and Roles in Immunoregulation; Regulation of Chemokine Expression by STAT Proteins; The Role of Chemokines in Lymphocyte Traf.cking to Lymph Nodes of the Lung; Genetic Models to Study Chemokine Biology in the Lung; The Role of Chemokines in Asthmatic Airway Responses; Chemokines in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Pulmonary In.ammation in Cystic Fibrosis Mechanisms and Consequences; Chemokines in Infectious Diseases of the Lung; Chemokines and HIV
Summary
Discusses the role of chemokines in mediating leukocyte trafficking, angiogenesis, tumour cell metastasis, host defence, trauma-induced lung injury, and the progression of AIDS in the lung. The text studies cytokines as natural agents for modulating diseases that affect the lung