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Tables of Contents for The Lung
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface,
vii
List of Contributors,
ix
Introduction,
xiii
Part I: Critical Events in Normal Lung Development and Aging
1 Lung Morphogenesis, Role of Growth Factors and Transcription Factors,
3
10
Wellington V. Cardoso
2 Development of Airway Epithelium,
13
20
Charles G. Plopper, Michelle V. Fanucchi
3 Development of the Airway Innervation,
33
22
Malcolm P. Sparrow, Markus Weichselbaum, Jenny Toilet, Peter K. McFawn, John T. Fisher
4 Development of Alveoli,
55
20
Stephen E. McGowan, Jeanne M. Snyder
5 Development of the Pulmonary Basement Membrane Zone,
75
6
Michael J. Evans, Philip L. Sannes
6 Development of the Pulmonary Vasculature,
81
24
Rosemary Jones, Lynne M. Reid
7 Developmental Physiology of the Pulmonary Circulation,
105
14
Steven H. Abman
8 Development of Fluid Transport Across Pulmonary Epithelia,
119
12
Jonathan H. Widdicombe
9 Physical, Endocrine and Growth Factors in Lung Development,
131
18
Stuart B. Hooper, Megan J. Wallace
10 Development of the Pulmonary surfactant system,
149
20
Sandra Orgeig, Christopher B. Daniels, Lucy C. Sullivan
11 Development of the Pulmonary Immune System,
169
8
Lisa A. Miller
12 Development of Antioxidant and Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzyme Systems,
177
10
Michelle V. Fanucchi
13 Compensatory Lung Growth: Relationship to Postnatal Lung Growth and Adaptation in Destructive Lung Disease,
187
14
Connie C.W. Hsia, Robert L. Johnson, Jr, Ewald R. Weibel
14 Pulmonary Transition at Birth,
201
12
Stuart B. Hooper, Richard Harding
15 Normal Aging of the Lung,
213
24
Kent E. Pinkerton, Francis H.Y. Green
Part II: Environmental Influences on lung Development and Aging
16 Pulmonary Consequences of Preterm Birth,
237
16
Kurt H. Albertine, Theodore J. Pysher
17 Role of Nutrition in Lung Development Before and After Birth,
253
14
Richard Harding, Megan L. Cock, Cheryl A. Albuquerque
18 Influence of High Altitude on Lung Development and Function,
267
10
David P. Johns, David W. Reid
19 Genetic Factors Involved in susceptibility to Lung Disease,
277
14
Steven R. Kleeberger
20 Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Lung Development,
291
10
Jesse Joad
21 Nicotine Exposure During Early Development: Effects on the Lung,
301
10
Gert S. Maritz
22 Exposure to Allergens During Development,
311
10
Laurel J. Gershwin
23 Development of Atopy in Children,
321
12
David B. Peden
24 Effects of Air Pollution on Lung Function Development and Asthma Occurrence,
333
12
Frank D. Gilliland, Rob McConnell
25 Environmental Toxicants and Lung Development in Experimental Models,
345
8
Michelle V. Fanucchi, Charles G. Plopper
26 Repair of Environmental Lung Injury During Development,
353
10
Suzette Smiley Jewell, Laura S. Van Winkle
27 Effects of Aging, Disease and the Environment on the Pulmonary Surfactant system,
363
14
Sandra Orgeig, Christopher B. Daniels
28 Environmental Determinants of Lung Aging,
377
20
Francis H.Y. Green, Kent E. Pinkerton
Index,
397