Inflammation Research Perspectives

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Edition: 1
Release: 2008-05-15
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 1600218458
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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Inflammation is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. It is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli as well as initiate the healing process for the tissue. Inflammation is not a synonym for infection. Even in cases where inflammation is caused by infection it is incorrect to use the terms as synonyms: infection is caused by an exogenous pathogen, while inflammation is the response of the organism to the pathogen. In the absence of inflammation, wounds and infections would never heal and progressive destruction of the tissue would compromise the survival of the organism. However, inflammation which runs unchecked can also lead to a host of diseases, such as hay fever, atheriosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. It is for this reason that inflammation is normally tightly regulated by the body. Inflammation can be classified as either acute or chronic.Acute inflammation is the in Download Inflammation Research Perspectives for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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