Environmental impact on the airways : from injury to repair

Author(s)

• Chrétien, Jacques
• Dusser, Daniel

Bibliographic Information

Environmental impact on the airways : from injury to repair

edited by Jacques Chrétien, Daniel Dusser

（Lung biology in health and disease, v. 93）

M. Dekker, c1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This single-source reference presents current knowledge of the mechanisms of airway injury and repair in response to environmental factors such as chemicals, infectious agents, pollution, mechanical irritants, and toxic agents.

Table of Contents

General Defense Mechanisms to Airway Injury Environmental Injuries of the Airways: Overview of Mechanisms and Pathology, Jacques Chretien and Micheline Nebut Morphological Characteristics of Human Airway Structures: Diversity and Unity, Claire J. Danel Immunological Defenses in Airways, Dario Olivieri, Alberto Pesci, and Guiseppina Bertorelli Nonimmunological Cellular Defense Mechanisms in Airways, J. F. Bernaundin, Roger Lacave, Anne Fajac, and Thierry Urban Role of Neural Mechanisms in Airway Defense, Peter J. Barnes Role of Peptidases in Airway Defense Mechanisms, Giovanni Piedimonte and Jay A. Nadel Airway Remodeling and Repair in Response to Injury Repair Processes of the Airway Epithelium, Edith Puchelle and Jean-Marie Zahm Cell Matrix in Response to Airway Injury, Alison D. Cambrey, Juan S. Campa, and Geoffrey J. Laurent Airway Remodeling in Disease, Jean Bosquet, Pascal Chanez, Francois-Bernard Michel, Philippe Godard, Francoise Capony, and Antonio Maurizio Vignola Bronchiectasis: Model of Subversion of Respiratory Host Defenses into Inflammatory Disease, Peter Cole Heat Shock Proteins in the Cell Defense Mechanisms of the Lung, Constance Barazzone, Pandora Christie, and Barbara S. Polla Toxic Chemicals Airway Inflammation in Isocyanate-Induced Asthma, L. M. Fabbri, Marina Saetta, Piero Maestrelli, and Cristina Mapp Cigarette Smoke-Induced Damage of Airway Mucosa, Peter Key Jeffery Role of Free Radicals in Airways Injury, Annick Clement and Bruno Housset Models for Studying Airways Response to Environmental Injury, Michael L. Russell and James D. Crapo Infectious Agents and the Airway Changes in Airways Structure and Function After Viral infection, David B. Jacoby Bacterial Infection and Airway Epithelium, Philippe Roussel, Genevieve Lamblin, and Reuben Ramphal Changes in Airway Structure After Airway Infection, Dominique Gaillard and Maria Christina Plotkowski

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Details

• NCID: BA27602391
• ISBN:
  • 0824794850
• LCCN: 96013129
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 571 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC732
  • NLM : W1 LU62 v.93 1996
  • NLM : WF 140 E615 1996
  • DC20 : 616.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Environmental aspects
  • MESH : Airway Obstruction -- physiopathology
  • MESH : Respiratory System -- immunology
  • MESH : Lung Diseases, Obstructive -- therapy
  • MESH : Environmental Pollutants -- adverse effects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00563007