LUNG BIOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE : Asthma and Respiratory Infections

No. Klas	:	616.23/Sko/L
Pengarang	:	David P. Skoner
Penerbit	:	Marcel Dekker, Inc., United States of America, 2001
Kolasi	:	337 p.: tab. ; fig. ; bibl.
Digital Copy	:	5
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Synopsis	:	Asrl~rna and Respircztory Infection is much more than the title of this volume; it is an issue of major importance to the understanding of asthma, its pathogenesis, as well as the reasons for its development. Indeed, rhinoviral infections, lower respiratory tract infections, allergic rhinitis, and asthma are all pathologies that are sometimes interconnected and sometimes unrelated. Today, a large body of evidence links these pathologies in one way or another, but seemingly contradictory questions persist. For example, do viral re- spiratory infections actually trigger the development of asthma, or do they merely exacerbate it‘? Conversely, are individuals with a history of asthma more likely to become infected, especially with rhinovirus? Regardless of the sequence of events that relate respiratory infection and asthma, much isto be learned about the cellular, subcellular, and molecular mechanisms that may bind these pathologies.