Immune Dysfunction and Immunotherapy in Heart Disease
About this book
The outstanding editor team of two internationally recognized immunologists -- Ronald Watson, who has studied heart disease in immune dysfunction for a decade and has a patent for an immunotherapy of heart disease by immune regulation, and Douglas Larson, whose experience in cardiac transplantation immunology has provided the foundation for research into novel therapeutics for heart failure and hypertension – makes Immune Dysfunction and Immunotherapy in Heart Disease the definitive reference to the state of the science in this area.
The four parts of the book address:
- Immune Dysfunction Leading to Heart Disease: Induction by Physiological Changes
- Immune Dysfunction Promoting CVD: Induction by Transplantation Drugs
- Immune Dysfunction Leading to Heart Dysfunction: Induction or Prevention by Cardiotherapeutic Drugs
- Immune Dysfunction Leading to Heart Disease: Induction by Pathogens
Both researchers and practitioners will find this authoritative volume an excellent source of information on novel immune targeted therapeutics.
Author Bios
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Ronald Ross Watson Ph.D.
Professor Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Sarver Heart Center in the School of Medicine, University of Arizona, P. O. Box 245155, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85749.
(520) 626 2850, Fax (520) 626 6093 [email protected]
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Douglas F. Larson Ph.D.
Professor Surgery and the Sarver Heart Center in the School of Medicine, University of Arizona, P. O. Box 245066, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85749. (520) 626 6494 [email protected]