Table of Contents

Proteolytic enzymes and cell signaling: Pharmacological Lessons.- Serine and cysteine proteases and their inhibitors as antimicrobial agents and immune modulators.- Kallikreins protease involvement in skin pathologies supports a new view of the origin of inflamed itchy skin.- Proteases from Inflammatory Cells: regulation of inflammatory response.-  

Matrix Metalloproteinases inhibitors as new anti-inflammatory drugs.- Dual role for proteases in lung Inflammation. Proteases and Fibrosis.- Protease/Antiprotease in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.- Proteinase-activated receptors and arthritis.- Proteases, Coagulation and Inflammation.- Proteases and Inflammatory Pain.- Microbial Proteases: Relevance for Inflammatory Response.-Terminating Protease Receptor Signaling.