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The pulmonary epithelium in health and disease /
"This is essential reading for everyone who would like to update their knowledge of the pulmonary epithelium. It offers a comparison between laboratory animal models and human lungs, highlighting the differences and the similarities between the two, which will be particularly useful to research...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Pulmonary Epithelium in Health and Disease; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Pulmonary Epithelium: Cell Types and Functions; 2 Epithelial Adhesive Structures and Adhesion Molecule Expression; 3 The Epithelium as a Target; 4 Epithelial Repair and Function; 5 Integration of Epithelial Ion Transport Activities into Airway Surface Liquid Volume and Ion Composition Regulation; 6 Structure and Function of Cilia; 7 Composition and Function of Airway Mucus; 8 The Pulmonary Surfactant System; 9 Microbial Recognition by Epithelium; 10 Epithelial Antimicrobial Molecules.
- 11 The Epithelium and Immunoregulation12 Interactions of Respiratory Viruses with the Epithelium; 13 Bacterial Interactions with the Airway Epithelium; 14 Interactions of Pollutants with the Epithelium; 15 Interactions between Allergens and the Airway Epithelium; 16 The Epithelium as a Regulator of Airway Inflammation; 17 The Epithelium and Airway Remodelling; 18 Modulation of Epithelial Cell Function by Glucocorticoids: Anti-inflamm.