Asthma: Pathophysiology, Herbal and Modern Therapeutic Interventions

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Over the past 40 years, a drastic increase in global prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and economic burden have been observed due to asthma especially in children. The rising numbers of hospital admissions for asthma, especially young children, reflect an increase in severe asthma, poverty and lack of proper disease management.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-03-27
Mått155 x 235 x 5 mm
Vikt137 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringerBriefs in Immunology
Antal sidor69
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030702694

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Dr Rayees Sheikh is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on the inflammation signaling mechanisms of lung diseases. He was recently awarded prestigious Ramalingaswami Fellowship by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals as well as contributed book chapters on plant-based therapeutics for human disorders.Dr Inshah Din is a research scholar at Government Medical College at Srinagar, India. She also worked as a Junior Reseach Fellow at the prestigious Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, and has published primary research articles and book chapters with international publishing houses. Her clinical research evaluates the possible connection between diabetes development via the adipokine and vitamin D axis. Her other work studies the efficacy of herbal medicine on chronic human conditions.

Asthma.- Pathophysiology asthma.- Airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness.- Effects of inflammation.- Inflammatory cells involved in asthma.- Transcription factors involved in Th2 cell differentiation.- Current asthma treatments.- Cytokine-based therapies.- Transcription factor modulators.- Preclinical mouse models of asthma used to evaluate drug efficacy and properties and associated drawbacks.- Herbal treatments of asthma.- Traditional plants with anti-asthmatic potential.- Asthma Chinese Herbal Remedies.- Future potential of herbal-based medicinal treatment for management of asthma.