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Metabolic Activities of the Lung.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y. :
Excerpta Medica ; Elsevier/North-Holland,
1980.
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| Colección: | Ciba Foundation symposium ;
new ser. 78. Novartis Foundation Symposia. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Metabolic Activities of the Lung; Contents; lntroduction; Ultrastructural organization of the alveolar-capillary unit; Discussion; Hypoxia and pulmonary vascular endothelium; Discussion; Methods for the study of lung metabolism; Discussion; Substrate utilization by the lung; Discussion; Inactivation of monoamines by the lung; Discussion; The fate of circulating biologically active peptides in the lungs; Discussion; The lung as a generator of prostacyclin; Discussion; Interrelationships between prostacyclin and thromboxane A2; Discussion.
- Regulation of pulmonary arachidonic acid metabolism by anti-inflammatory steroidsDiscussion; Slow-reacting substances and their structural elucidation; Discussion; The lung in relation to vasoactive polypeptides; Discussion; Endocrine influences on aspects of lung biochemistry; Discussion; Hormonal influences during fetal lung development; Discussion; Pulmonary angiotensin-converting enzyme and its inhibition: a historical survey; Discussion; Modulation of converting enzyme activity by hypoxia and its physiological effect?; Discussion.
- Non-respiratory functions of the lung in the perinatal periodDiscussion; Prostaglandin receptors in the airways; Discussion; The lung, whole-body metabolism and disease; Discussion; General discussion; Surface charge and pulmonary endothelial transport; Metabolic studies and clinical applications; Summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index.