Edited by
Lisa Schwiebert, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Cell Biology, Research Scientist of The Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
Series Editor:
Dale Benos, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
Sidney Simon, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Description
This volume in the
Current Topics in Membranes series discusses the biology of chemokines and their binding partners, chemokine
receptors, in normal and disease-related states. Chemokines are small proteins that are important in normal immune responses. Recent
research demonstrates a role for these proteins in a variety of diseases such as heart disease, allergy, asthma, and cancer. As a result
of the discovery of this link to disease, the topic of chemokines and drugs that block their actions has become an intense are of study.
This book presents the topics of chemokines, chemokine receptors, and related pathologies in an integrated manner that provides the reader
with a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of these topics.
Included in series
Current Topics in Membranes and Transport
Audience:
Basic scientists and clinicians studying biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, and biotechnology.
