The lung: development, aging and the environment
by Harding, Richard,, Dr Pinkerton, Kent Ed Plopper, Charles G.
This unique book provides a concise account, written by world authorities in their fields, of how the mammalian lung grows and matures before birth and how the lungs, and their ability to function well, can be affected by the environment and by genetic factors, both before and after birth. It provides an understanding of the basis of some major lung diseases affecting infants and children. The book also deals with how the lung changes with age, and how the process of lung aging can be affected …
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- Full title :The lung : development, aging and the environment / editors Richard Harding, Kent E. Pinkerton, Charles G. Plopper.
Summary
This unique book provides a concise account, written by world authorities in their fields, of how the mammalian lung grows and matures before birth and how the lungs, and their ability to function well, can be affected by the environment and by genetic factors, both before and after birth. It provides an understanding of the basis of some major lung diseases affecting infants and children. The book also deals with how the lung changes with age, and how the process of lung aging can be affected by the environment. * Discusses the mechanisms that regulate the initial events of lung morphogenesis * Provides a better understanding of the cellular and biochemical events involved in alveolarization * Development of the pulmonary immune system and how the exposure to allergens during development may lead to diseases such as asthma.
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- Publication Date:©2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Elsevier Academic Press
- Place of Publication:London, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2004.
Notes
Libros electrónicos descargables.
XCS612X.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 403 p., [8] p. of plates) : : ill
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780123247513, 0123247519, 9781423755401, 1423755405, 9780080481357, 0080481353
- oclc:ocn928693958
- Dewey Decimal:612.2
Table of Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- CRITICAL EVENTS IN NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGING -- Lung Morphogenesis, role of growth factors and transcription factors -- Development of Airway Epithelium -- Development of the Airway Innervation -- Development of Alveoli -- Development of the Pulmonary Basement Membrane -- Development of the Pulmonary Vascular -- Developmental Physiology of the Pulmonary Circulation -- Development of Fluid Transport Across Pulmonary Epithelia -- Physical, Endocrine and Growth Factors in Lung Development -- Development of the Pulmonary Surfactant System -- Development of the Pulmonary Immune System -- Development of Antioxidant and Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzyme Systems -- Compensatory Lung Growth -- Pulmonary Transition at Birth -- Normal Aging of the Lung -- ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON LUNG DEVELOPMENT AND AGING -- Pulmonary Consequences of Premature Birth -- Role of Nutrition in Lung Development Before and After Birth -- Influence of High Altitude on Lung Development and Function -- Genetic Factors Involved in Susceptibility to Lung Disease -- Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Lung Development -- Nicotine Exposure During Early Development- effects on the lung…
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