The Vertebrate Blood-Gas Barrier in Health and Disease : Structure, Development and Remodeling /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Makanya, Andrew N. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:	1st ed. 2015.
Subjects:	Human physiology. Respiratory organs-Diseases. Angiology. Human Physiology. Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Generalities of gas diffusion applied to the vertebrate blood-gas barriers
Chapter 2 Morphological and morphometric properties of the blood-gas barrier: comparative perspectives
Chapter 3 Prenatal and postnatal development of the vertebrate blood-gas barrier
Chapter 4 Molecular mechanisms regulating the pulmonary blood-gas barrier (BGB)
Chapter 5 Barrier enhancing signals
Chapter 6 Trans-barrier ion and fluid transport
Chapter 7 Stress failure of the pulmonary blood-gas barrier
Chapter 8 The lung endothelial barrier in acute inflammation
Chapter 9 Lung transplantation and the blood-gas-barrier
Chapter 10 Stereological studies on transient gas-exchangers, with emphasis on the structure and function of the human placenta in normal and compromised pregnancies.

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