Fatty acids and inflammatory diseases

by Schroder (Editor), Schroder, J. M. Schroder

Overview

This book combines the two major functions of fatty acids in skin biol ogy. Fatty acids play an important role in the barrier function of ski n and represent a major source of proinflammatory mediators such as pr ostaglandins, leukotrienes and other lipids in inflammatory skin disor ders (e.g. proinflammatory eicosanoids which play a role in psoriasis and a topic dermatitis). The pharmacological inhibition of eicosanoid biosynthesis is also reviewed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783764358471
Publisher:	Birkhauser Basel
Publication date:	12/28/1998
Series:	Progress in Inflammation Research Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Preface

Biosynthesis of fatty acids in the skin and their role in epidermal barrier function

Ehrhardt Proksch

Arachidonic acid metabolism in skin

Lars Iversen, Knud Kragballe

Role of eicosanoids in psoriasis and atopic skin diseases

Karsten Fogh, Knud Kragballe

Cutaneous essential fatty acids and hydroxy fatty acids: Modulation of inflammatory and hyperproliferative processes

Vincent A. Ziboh

Dietary fatty acids and skin diseases

Rudolf Stadler, Kerstin Schmidt

Inhibitors of eicosanoid biosynthesis in skin inflammation

Hans F. Merk

Keratinocytes as a cellular source of inflammatory eicosanoids

Luis Vila, Rosa Anton, Mercedes Camacho

Strategies for the analysis of fatty acid mediators of inflammation

Anthony I. Mallet

The effect of fatty acid composition and retinoic acid on human keratinocyte plasma membrane viscosity

Cynthia L. Marcelo, William R. Dunham

Index