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Title

Lung surfactant function and disorder / edited by Kaushik Nag.

Publication

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2005.

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Additional Authors

Nag, Kaushik.

Description

xix, 493 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Lung biology in health and disease ; 201

Uniform Title

Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 201.

Subject

• Pulmonary surfactant
• Pulmonary surfactant > Pathophysiology
• Pulmonary Surfactants > chemistry
• Pulmonary Surfactants > therapeutic use
• Pulmonary Alveoli > physiology
• Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins > metabolism
• Surface Tension > drug effects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Claude Lenfant -- 1. Lung surfactant phospholipid molecular species in health and disease / Tony Postle and Wolfgang Bernhard -- 2. New insights into the thermal dynamics of the surfactant system from warm and cold animals / Carol J. Lang, Christopher B. Daniels and Sandra Orgeig -- 3. Molecular and functional properties of surfactant protein A / Cristina Casals and Ignacio Garcia-Verdugo -- 4. Receptors and ligands for collections surfactant proteins A and D / Nades Palaniyar, Jeya Nadesalingam and Kenneth B. M. Reid -- 5. Structure-function relationships of hydrophobic proteins SP-B and SP-C in pulmonary surfactant / Jesus Perez-Gil, Antonio Cruz and Ines Plasencia -- 6. Chain dancing, super-cool surfactant, and heavy breathing : membranes, rafts, and phase transitions / Kaushik Nag, Sangeetha Vidyashankar, Amiya K. Panda and Robert R. Harbottle -- 7. The basis of low surface tensions in the lungs / Sandra Rugonyi and Stephen B. Hall -- 8. Surfactant and airway liquid flows / Donald P. Gaver III, Oliver E. Jensen and David Halpern -- 9. Lung surfactants : a molecular perspective from computation / Yiannis N. Kaznessis and Ronald G. Larson -- 10. Analysis of surface topology and chemical composition of microstructures formed in planar surfactant films under compression / Hans-Joachim Galla, Stefan Malcharek and Nikolaus Bourdos -- 11. SP-B peptides : synthesis, structure, and surface activity / Josh W. Kurutz, Chutima Jiarpinitnun, Tom Witten, Ka Yee C. Lee, Haim Diamant and Alan J. Waring -- 12. Structure and function of the molecular film of pulmonary surfactant at the air-alveolar interface : the role of SP-C / Mathias Amrein, D. Knebel and M. G. Haufs -- 13. Analysis of SP-C function using transgenic and gene targeted mice / Stephan W. Glasser and Thomas R. Korfhagen -- 14. Alternative functions of SP-B and SP-C / David G. Oelberg -- 15. The physiological significance of a dysfunctional lung surfactant / Timothy C. Bailey and Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen -- 16. Pulmonary surfactant in asthma and allergy / Jens M. Hohlfeld -- 17. Surfactant treatment for inflammatory lung disease / Egbert Herting and Bengt Robertson -- 18. Alteration of alveolar surfactant function by reactive oxygen species / Karina Rodriguez-Capote, Jonathan R. Faulkner, Fred Possmayer and Kaushik Nag -- 19. Novel surfactant therapy for developing countries : current status and future directions / Rinti Banerjee.

ISBN

0824757920 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005043987
• 9780824757922

OCLC

• ocm59002617
• SCSB-5206975

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries