The Vertebrate Blood-Gas Barrier in Health and Disease Structure, Development and Remodeling /
This comprehensive volume on the blood-gas barrier (BGB) among vertebrates covers its structure and composition along with aspects of evolution, bioengineering, and morphometry. The book also discusses the embryological development of the BGB, including chronology of events and molecular control in...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1 Generalities of gas diffusion applied to the vertebrate blood-gas barriers
- Chapter 2 Morphological and morphometric properties of the blood-gas barrier: comparative perspectives
- Chapter 3 Prenatal and postnatal development of the vertebrate blood-gas barrier
- Chapter 4 Molecular mechanisms regulating the pulmonary blood-gas barrier (BGB)
- Chapter 5 Barrier enhancing signals
- Chapter 6 Trans-barrier ion and fluid transport
- Chapter 7 Stress failure of the pulmonary blood-gas barrier
- Chapter 8 The lung endothelial barrier in acute inflammation
- Chapter 9 Lung transplantation and the blood-gas-barrier
- Chapter 10 Stereological studies on transient gas-exchangers, with emphasis on the structure and function of the human placenta in normal and compromised pregnancies.