Lung development and regeneration /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Massaro, Donald J., Massaro, Gloria DeCarlo, Chambon, Pierre
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]
Series:Lung biology in health and disease ; 190.
Subjects:
Table of 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 the 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