Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Nag, Kaushik

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The only source to describe the lung surfactant as a complex membranous system, this guide analyzes lung surfactant function from the aspects of molecular biology, biophysics, membrane science, and surface and interface analysis and reviews the latest basic and clinical issues relating to lung disease and (dys)function. With chapters written by contributors at the forefront of the field, the book covers state-of-the-art methodologies to detect and analyze the biomolecular structure-function properties of surfactants in areas including single-molecule analysis, mass spectrometry, atomic force microscopy, genetic-knockout systems, and microbiology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040163979
• Artikelnr.: 72522071

Autorenporträt

Kaushik Nag

Inhaltsangabe

Composition, Structure, and Function. Lung Surfactant Phospholipid
Molecular Species in Health and Disease. New Insights into Thermal Dynamics
of the Surfactant System from Warm and Cold Animals. Molecular and
Functional Properties of Surfactant Protein A. Receptors and Ligands for
Collectin Surfactant Proteins A and D. Structure-Function Relationships of
Hydrophobic Proteins SP-B and SP-C in Pulmonary Surfactant. Biophysics and
Molecular Mechanisms. Chain Dancing, Super-Cool Surfactant, and
Heavy-Breathing: Rafts, Membranes and Phase Transitions. The Basis of Low
Surface Tension in the Lungs. Surfactant and Airway Liquid Flows. Lung
Surfactants: A Molecular Perspective from Computation. Analysis of Surface
Topology and Chemical Composition of Microstructures Formed in Planar
Surfactant Films Under Compression. SP-B Peptides: Synthesis, Structure,
and Surface Activity. Structure and Function of the Molecular Film of
Pulmonary Surfactant at the Air-Alveolar Interface: The Role of SP-C.
Analysis of SP-C Function in Transgenic and Gene Targeted Mice. Alternative
Functions of SP-B and SP-C. Dysfunction and Disease. The Physiological
Significance of a Dysfunctional Lung Surfactant. Pulmonary Surfactant in
Asthma and Allergy. Surfactant Treatment for Inflammatory Lung Disease.
Alteration of Alveolar Surfactant Function by Reactive Oxygen Species.
Novel Surfactant Therapy for Developing Countries: Current Status and
Future Directions