Xenobiotics and Inflammation - Roles of Cytokines and Growth Factors (Hardcover)

The effect of xenobiotics on host resistance in general and specific immune functions has become the focus of much current research. This book synthesizes current information on how chemicals (xenobiotics) can affect the immune system to cause dysfunction, focusing on the process of inflammation. Emphasis is placed on the roles of cytokines and growth factors in the inflammatory process and how such processes are altered and modulated by xenobiotics. This volume is pertinent to those exploring the mechanisms responsible for altered host resistance following exposure to xenobiotics. More generally, it is relevant to researchers of cell growth, angiogenesis, haematopoetic differentiation, and recruitment to and proliferation of cells in various tissue sites.