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mechanisms, pathophysiology, and therapy
xviii, 857 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Introduction to lung injury -- Principles of lung development, growth, and repair -- Acute lung injury : etiologies and basic features -- Mediators and inflammatory cell recruitment in acute lung injury -- Chronic lung injury : basic features and clinical relevance -- Mediators and mechanisms in chronic lung injury and fibrosis -- Roles of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in lung injury -- Vascular dysfunction in lung injury -- Surfactant activity and dysfunction in lung injury -- Cell and animal models of lung injury -- Genetically modified mouse models of lung injury and repair -- Inhalation toxicology : methods and models -- Ventilation therapies and strategies for acute lung injury -- Anti-inflammatory therapies for lung injury -- Surfactant replacement therapy in lung injury -- Antioxidant therapy for lung injury -- Vascular therapies in lung injury -- Gene therapy for lung injury -- Combination therapies for lung injury -- Summary and future research directions
edited by Robert H. Notter, Jacob N. Finkelstein, Bruce A. Holm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lung biology in health and disease ; 196