Cilia, Mucus, and Mucociliary Interactions. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Nadav Liron, Ervin Ostfeld, Zvi Priel, Yehudah Roth.
• Editors: Liron, Nadav; Ostfeld, Ervin; Priel, Zvi; Roth, Yehudah
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; About the Editors; Contents; Contributors; In Memory of Professor Alex Silberberg1923-1993; BASIC SCIENCE; I. Dynein Regulation; 1 Molecular Biology of Axonemal Dyneinand Its Role in Ciliary Motility; 2 Modeling Outer Dynein Arm Activityand Its Relation to the Ciliary Beat Cycle; II. Ciliary Regulation; 3 Regulation of Outer Arm Dynein Activity via Light Chain Phosphorylation; 4 Inhibitory and Excitatory Neural Regulation of the MucociliaryTransport System 10 Ionic Mechanisms in Olfactory Reception: Perspective Through lon Channels in the Vertebrate Olfactory CiliaIII. Modeling of Ciliary Function; 11 Coupling the Internal Axoneme Mechanics of Cilia and Flagella with External Fluid Dynamics; 12 Metachronal Coordination as the Result of Hydrodynamical Coupling; 13 Metachronal Wave, Ciliary Stroke, and Mucus Propulsion; 14 Roles of Cilia in Filter Feeding and Mucous Transport; IV. Basic Aspect of Mucus; 15 Digital Microrheometry; 16 Regulation of Differentiation and Mucin Secretion in Tracheobronchial Epithelial Cell Cultures 17 Intracellular Regulation of Mucin Secretion in Airway Epithelial CellsIn Vitro18 Cellular Basis for the Purinergic Regulation of Mucin Secretion in the Airways; 19 Polymer Biophysics of Mucus in Cystic Fibrosis; 20 Evolution of the Frog Palate Model for Mucociliary Clearance-1970-1997; 21 Airway Mucociliary Epithelium Injury and Repair; Clinical Practice; I. Mucociliary Clearance in Various Septal Deformities; 22 Septal Deformities Can Influence the Mucociliary Transport Impairment of the Middle Turbinate Mucosa; 23 Aspects of Mucociliary Flow and Mechanics in Nasal Cavity and Sinuses II. Clinical Studies in Human Tubal Structures24 Clearance Function of the EustachianTube: What We Know, What We Don't Know; 25 Clinical Significance of Tubotympanal Mucociliary Clearance in Otitis Media with Effusion; III. Mucociliary Function of Respiratory Epithelium-Human; 26 Effects of Urban Air Pollution on Mucociliary Clearance; IV. Bridging the Gap Between Airway Ion Transport; 27 Improved Mucociliary Clearance Following Nebulization with Hypertonic Saline in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis; 28 Ciliary Transportability of Sputum Is Governed by Its Osmolality
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 612.2; Biochemistry; Cytology; Biochemistry; Cytology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482269956; 1482269953
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