The Lung
Development, Aging and the Environment
2nd Edition
Published on 23. October 2014
544 pages
978-0-12-800288-9 (ISBN)
Description
The second edition of The Lung: Development, Aging and the Environment provides an understanding of the multi-faceted nature of lung development, aging, and how the environment influences these processes. As an essential resource to respiratory, pulmonary, and thoracic scientists and physicians it provides an interface between the "normal and "disease cluster of chapters, allowing for a natural complement to each other. The interface between different lung diseases affecting the pediatric lung also adds a useful source for comparing how different lung diseases share key pathophysiological features. This same complementarity comes across in the logical line up of chapters dealing with the "normal pediatric lung. New research, including cell-based strategies for infant lung function, epigenetics, and prenatal alcohol exposure on lung development and function are some of the important additions to this edition of this reference work.
- Describes the normal processes of lung development, growth and aging
- Considers the effects of the environmental contaminants in the air, water, soil, and diet on lung development, growth and health
- Describes genetic factors involved in susceptibility to lung disease
- Covers respiratory health risk in children
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Content
Chapter 1: Lung Progenitor Cell Specification and MorphogenesisChapter 2: Development of Airway EpitheliumChapter 3: Development of the Innervation of the Lower Airways: Structure and FunctionChapter 4: The Formation of Pulmonary AlveoliChapter 5: Pulmonary Vascular DevelopmentChapter 6: Developmental Physiology of the Pulmary CirculationChapter 7: Development of Salt and Water Transport across Airway and Alveolar EpitheliaChapter 8: Physical, Endocrine, and Growth Factors in Lung DevelopmentChapter 9: The Development of the Pulmonary Surfactant SystemChapter 10: Ontogeny of the Pulmonary Immune SystemChapter 11: Development of Antioxidant and Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzyme SystemsChapter 12: Stretch and Grow: Mechanical Forces in Compensatory Lung GrowthChapter 13: Pulmonary Transition at BirthChapter 14: Normal Aging of the LungChapter 15: Cell-Based Strategies for the Treatment of Injury to the Developing LungChapter 16: Epigenetics and the Developmental Origins of Lung DiseaseChapter 17: Pulmonary Consequences of Preterm BirthChapter 18: The Effects of Neonatal Hyperoxia on Lung DevelopmentChapter 19: The Influence of Nutrition on Lung Development before and after BirthChapter 20: Genetic Factors Involved in Susceptibility to Lung DiseaseChapter 21: Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke during Early Life StagesChapter 22: Nicotine Exposure during Early Development: Effects on the LungChapter 23: Exposure to Allergens during DevelopmentChapter 24: The Epidemiology of Air Pollution and Childhood Lung DiseasesChapter 25: Environmental Toxicants and Lung Development in Experimental ModelsChapter 26: Effect of Environment and Aging on the Pulmonary Surfactant SystemChapter 27: Environmental Determinants of Lung Aging
