"Inflammation, Chronic Diseases and Cancer - Cell and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Clinical Bases" ed. by Mahin Khatami

This book is a collection of excellent reviews and perspectives contributed by experts in the multidisciplinary field of basic science, clinical studies and treatment options for a wide range of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases or cancer. The goal has been to demonstrate that persistent or chronic (unresolved or subclinical) inflammation is a common denominator in the genesis, progression and manifestation of many illnesses and/or cancers, particularly during the aging process.

Understanding the fundamental basis of shared and interrelated immunological features of unresolved inflammation in initiation and progression of chronic diseases or cancer are expected to hold real promises when the designs of cost-effective strategies are considered for diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a number of age-associated illnesses such as autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases as well as many cancers.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Dynamics of Immune System and Inflammatory Diseases
1 Inflammation. Aging and Cancer: Friend or Foe?
2 The Impact of Macrophage Membrane Lipid Composition on Innate Immune Response Mechanisms
3 The Innate Immune Response Mediated by TLRs in Atherosclerosis
4 Autoimmunity, Atherosclerosis andApoptotic Cell Clearance
5 he Platelet as an Immunomodulator: The Old Thespian with New Roles in Atherosclerosis, Sepsis and Autoimmune Disease
6 Regulatory T Cells and Viral Disease
7 Inflammation, Immunity and Redox Signaling
8 Complement Receptors in Inflammation
9 Parasitic Infections and Inflammatory Diseases
10 The Role of Chemokines and Cytokines in the Pathogenesis of Periodontal and Periapical Lesions: Current Concepts
11 Involvement of Microglial Cathepsin В in Pro-lnterleukin-1b Processing and Persistent Pain
12 Review of Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis
13 'Suppressor of Cytokine Signalling' Molecules in Infection and Inflammation
14 Role of the Neutrophil NADPH Oxidase and S100A8/A9 in the Pathophysiology of Chronic Inflammation
Part 2 Medical and Pharmacological Aspects of Inflammatory Diseases
15 Inflammation in COPD and New Drug Strategies
16 Malnutrition and Inflammation
17Anti-CXCL13 and Anti-TNFa Monoclonal Antibodies Combinatorial Treatment Inhibits Autoimmune Disease in a Murine Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
18 Ocular Involvement in Behcet's Disease
19 Biologic Agents for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (The Current, the Future and the Controversy)