Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Drug-Resistance Mechanisms
(Noura M. Al-Mutairi, Suhail Ahmad and Eiman Mokaddas – Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait)
Chapter 2. B Cell Activating Factor (Baff) as Therapeutic Target in Autoimmune and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
(Ota Fuchs – Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic)
Chapter 3. Pathophysiological Implications of the Peptic Ulcer Disease and Its Therapeutic Approaches
(Chitrakshi Consul, Virendra Singh and Sonu Chand Thakur – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India)
Chapter 4. In Vitro Biomass Production of Astragalus Species and Cycloartane Glycosides Accumulation
(Pınar Nartop – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ, Turkey)
Chapter 5. Role of B Cell Activating Factor (Baff) in Induction of Anti-apoptotic Nuclear Factor Kappa B (Nf-κb) Expression
(Ota Fuchs – Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic)
Chapter 6. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
(Mario Serradilla Martín, MD, Ana Palomares Cano, MD, José Ramón Oliver Guillén, MD, PhD and José Manuel Ramia Ángel, MD, PhD – Department of Surgery, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain, et al.)
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