Meet the editor

Dr. Maitham Khajah completed his BPharm degree from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, in 2003 and obtained his PhD degree in December 2009 from the University of Calgary, Canada (Gastrointestinal Science and Immunology). He was employed as an assistant professor in 2010 and was recently promoted to associate professor at Kuwait University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He

is currently the Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. His research interest is to study new molecular targets for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and breast cancer. He has supervised many students for the MSc Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Programs, College of Graduate Studies, Kuwait University. He joined Kuwait University in 2010, and received various grants such as PI and Co-I. He was awarded the Best Young Researcher award by Kuwait University, Research Sector, for the Year 2013–2014.

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 5** Cannabinoid Receptors as Regulators of Neutrophil Activity in Inflammatory

**Chapter 3 23**

**Chapter 4 43**

**Chapter 5 61**

Neutrophilic Granulocytes in Acute

CD11b+

Essence of Reducing Equivalent Transfer Powering Neutrophil Oxidative

*by Irina V. Nesterova, Galina A. Chudilova, Svetlana V. Kovaleva,* 

Introductory Chapter: Background Summary Regarding Neutrophils

*by Mariana Conceição Souza and Elaine Cruz Rosas*

Neutrophil Activation by Antibody Receptors *by Carlos Rosales and Eileen Uribe-Querol*

*Lyudmila V. Lomtatidze and Tatyana V. Rusinova*

Microbicidal Action and Chemiluminescence

Remodeling of Phenotype CD16+

Viral and Acute Bacterial Infections

*by Maitham Khajah*

Contents

*by Robert C. Allen*

Diseases
