Lung development and regeneration. (©2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Donald J. Massaro, Gloria DeCarlo Massaro, Pierre Chambon.
• Other Names: Massaro, Donald, 1932-; Massaro, Gloria DeCarlo; Chambon, Pierre
• Contents: I. Diseases: bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Arrested alveolar development in bronchopulmonary dysplasia -- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in the postsurfactant era -- What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? -- Small airways disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Alveolar and bronchiolar inflammation in COPD -- Pathophysiological basis for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Clinical approaches for evaluating retinoids as a treatment for human emphysema -- II. Technological and theoretical foundations for studies aimed at remedial therapy: Detecting differentially expressed genes by differential display -- Expression profiling as a tool for diagnosis and pathway discovery: experimental design and technical considerations -- Plasticity of circulating adult stem cells -- The mechanical and cytoskeletal basis of lung morphogenesis -- III. Comparative lung structure and mechanics: Morphogenesis of the mammalian lung: aspects of structure and extracellular matrix -- Structure and function of nonmammalian vertebrate lungs -- IV. Branching morphogenesis: Lung branching morphogenesis: potential for regeneration of small conducting airways -- V. The gas-exchange region: Apoptosis and emphysema -- Genetic analysis of emphysema and animal models of COPD -- Pulmonary alveoli: development, structural stability, and regeneration -- Molecular response to pneumonectomy -- Pulmonary limitations to exercise performance: the effects of health ageing and COPD -- Pulmonary adaptation to sustained changes in metabolic rate.
• Publisher Details: New York : Marcel Dekker
• Publication Date: 2004
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 593 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 612.2; Lungs -- Growth; Lungs -- Diseases; Lung -- growth & development; Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Lung -- embryology; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lungs -- Diseases; Lungs -- Growth; Lungs; MEDICAL -- Physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology; Lungs -- Diseases; Lungs -- Growth; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420030531; 9781420030532
• Related ISBNs: 0824754395
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.