




INFLAMMATION AND FEVER
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Inflammation is a manifestation of the body's response to tissue damage and infection. The discovery of the detailed processesof inflammation has revealed a close relationship betweeninflammation and the immune response.
Inflammation is a complexstereotypical reaction involving a number of cellular andmolecular components and important changes in the physiologicalsystems as well. The result of each inflammatory reaction may be beneficial (defence the body against agents deranging itshomeostasis) or harmful (damage to surrounding tissues). Thereforethe basic information about this process is necessary for undergraduateand postgraduate students, clinicians, pathologists and otherspecialists in medicine, imunology, and molecular biology to whomthe book is devoted.
It provides a short but comprehensive introductionto cellular and molecular aspects of exudation and sweling,cells participating in inflammation, mechanisms of their accumulationin inflamed tissue through the adhesive interaction between leukocytesand endothelial cells within the microcirculation, products of thecomplex plasma enzyme systems (the complement, kinin, haemocoagulationand fibrinolytic pathways), categories of inflammation mediated by theimmune system and the role of fever.
The special chapters are focusedon the regulatory functions of the adhesion molecules and inflammatory mediators, namely histamine and serotonin, bioactivelipids, proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines,chemotactic factors and the acute phase reactants. Regulationand control of body temperature and pathogenesis of fever are alsodiscussed. Starting from the basic knowledges, the book offerssurvey of current concepts from both research and clinical pointsof view.
113 pages, 14 tables, 6 figures.
Published by:
Viera Stvrtinová, assistent professor of Internal Medicine,
Ján Jakubovský, associated professor of Pathology,
Ivan Hulín, professor of Pathophysiology
--- all in the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava,Slovak Republic.




Peter Slavkovsky
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