Inflammatory mediators induced by UVA and UVB.

Synthesis of Lipid Mediators during UVB-Induced Inflammatory Hyperalgesia in Rats and Mice

Peripheral sensitization during inflammatory pain is mediated by a variety of endogenous proalgesic mediators including a number of oxidized lipids, some of which serve endogenous modulators of sensory TRP-channels. These lipids are eicosanoids of the arachidonic acid and linoleic acid pathway, as well as lysophophatidic acids (LPAs). However, their regulation pattern during inflammatory pain a...

UVA/UVB phototherapy for atopic dermatitis revisited.

BACKGROUND Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a genetically determined pruritic skin disease affecting predominantly young people. The therapy of AD includes mainly corticosteroids (CS), antihistamines and immunosuppressors. CS are known to cause a variety of side effects and attempts have been made to reduce or eliminate their use through alternative methods such as phototherapy (UVA/UVB, UVA(1), UVB 3...

Inflammatory Mediators and Cytokines by Inflammatory Cells and Induced by Preprosomatostatin Messenger RNA Is Expressed

Silica-Induced Inflammatory Mediators and Pulmonary Fibrosis

Silicosis continues to be a lung disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Although silicainduced lung injury and cell activation and/or death has been investigated over the past several years, basic research continues to reveal the cell: cell and cell: mediator interactions critical to these events. This Chapter will emphasize the production and participation of several inflammatory cy...

Bacterial-induced release of inflammatory mediators by bronchial epithelial cells.

This review focuses on bacterial induction and release of inflammatory cytokines and adhesion molecules by human bronchial epithelial cells, with special reference to Haemophilus influenzae, a pathogen commonly associated with chronic bronchitis. Studies investigating the mechanisms underlying bacterial colonization of the airways and bacterial-induced chronic airway inflammation have suggested...