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 th.
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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
Descripció feta a partir del volum imprès.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (1 recurs electrònic (xiv, 403 p., [8] p. of plates)) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1423755405, 9781423755401, 0080481353, 9780080481357, 9780123247513, 0123247519
- oclc:ocn804714457
- LC Classification:QP121
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Critical Events in Normal Lung 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 Zone; Development of the Pulmonary Vasculature; Developmental Physiology of the Pulmonary Circulation; Development of Fluid Transport Across Pulmonary Epithelia; Physical, Endocrine and Growth Factors in Lung Development.
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