Editors: Ruth Porter, John Rivers, and Maeve O'Connor.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Respiratory Tract Mucus, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 22-24 March 1977.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Structure and function of mucus-secreting cells of cat and goose airway epithelium / Peter K. Jeffery -- Site of synthesis, intracellular transport and secretion of glycoprotein in exocrine cells / M.F. Kramer, J.J. Geuze, G.J.A.M. Strous -- Stimulus-secretion coupling: variations on the theme of calcium-activated exocytosis involving cellular and extracellular sources of calcium / W.W. Douglas -- Studies on the control of mucin production / Charles F. Phelps, Aileen M. Stevens -- The roles of mediators, irritants and allergens in causing mucin secretion from the trachea / P.S. Richardson, R.J. Phipps, K. Balfre, R.L. Hall -- Regulation of Na⁺ and Cl⁻ transport and mucous gland secretion in airway epithelium / Jay A. Nadel, Brian Davis -- Chemical aspects of tracheal glycoproteins / P.W. Kent -- The glycoproteins of secretory cells in airway epithelium / Rosemary Jones -- Structure and function of mucus / F.A. Meyer, A. Silberberg -- Nasal mucociliary clearance in man / Donald F. Proctor, G. Kenneth Adams, Ib Andersen, S.F. Paul Man -- Tracheobronchial clearance in health and disease : with special reference to interciliary fluid / Josef Iravani, G. Norris Melville, Gunter Horstmann -- The isolation and partial characterization of the major bronchial glycoproteins / J. Schrager, G. Cumming -- Criteria for evaluating mucus functions and their disorders in chronic bronchitis / Paul Sadoul, Edith Puchelle, Francoise Girard -- Animal models in clinical disease / Lynne Reid.