Bookedited by Marc A. Williams.
Contents:
An introduction to allergic inflammation and the innate immune sensing of dangerous ambient pollutants by the dendritic cell
Asthma: primary immunomodulatory pathways
Environmental lung injury and pattern recognition receptors
Asthma exacerbations: a paradigm of synergy between allergens, pollutants and viruses
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and lung inflammation induced by allergic immune response and oxidative stress: role of innate and adaptive immune responses
Effects of air pollutants on allergic sensitization through the airway
Particulate matter and oxidative stress: dangerous partners in inflammation, vascular dysfunction and innate immunity
Diesel exhaust particles and the airway epithelial cell
dendritic cell interface in the control of immune homeostasis
Role of macrophages in adverse pulmonary effects of particulate pollutants
Particulate air pollution and vulnerability to respiratory infections in children
The intersection of respiratory syncytial virus infection, innate immunity and allergic lung disease
Interactions between allergens and dendritic cells: pattern recognition receptors and their function in the pathogenesis of allergic respiratory diseases.