عنوان

The lung :

(Number (ISBN

0127999418

(Number (ISBN

9780127999418

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Title Proper

The lung :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

development, aging and the environment

Edition Statement

Second edition /

Statement of Responsibility Relating to Edition

edited by Richard Harding, Kent E, Pinkerton

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 499 pages, [15] pages of plates :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

29 cm

Text of Note

Previous edition: 2004

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Part I. Critical Events in Normal Development and Aging: Lung progenitor cell specification and morphogenesis -- Development of airway epithelium -- Development of the innervation of the lower airways: structure and function -- The formation of pulmonary alveoli -- Pulmonary vascular development -- Developmental physiology of the pulmonary circulation -- Development of salt and water transport across airway and alveolar epithelia -- Physical, endocrine, and growth factors in lung development -- The development of the pulmonary surfactant system -- Ontogeny of the pulmonary immune system -- Development of antioxidant and xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme systems -- Stretch and grow: mechanical forces in compensatory lung growth -- Pulmonary transition at birth -- Normal aging of the lung -- Cell-based strategies for the treatment of injury to the developed lung -- Epigenetics and the developmental origins of lung disease -- Part II. Environmental Influences on Lung Developmental and Aging: Pulmonary consequences of preterm birth -- The effects of neonatal hyperoxia on lung development -- The influence of nutrition on lung development before and after birth -- Genetic factors involved in susceptibility to lung disease -- Effects of environmental tobacco smoke during early life stages -- Nicotine exposure during early development: effects on the lung -- Exposure to allergens during development -- The epidemiology of air pollution and childhood lung diseases -- Environmental toxicants and lung development in experimental models -- Effect of environment and aging on the pulmonary surfactant system -- Environmental determinants of lung aging

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Lungs-- Aging

Lungs-- Diseases

Lungs-- Growth

Lung-- growth & development

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Harding, Richard,Dr.

Pinkerton, Kent Ed,1950-

Date of Transaction

20150225014455.0

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rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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