LUNG SURFACTANT FUNCTION AND DISORDER ppt

[...]... Receptors and Ligands for Collectins Surfactant Proteins A and D Nades Palaniyar, Jeya Nadesalingam, and Kenneth B M Reid I Introduction 88 II Collectins and Related Proteins 89 III Tissue Distribution of SP-A and SP-D 91 IV Potential Functions of SP-A and SP-D 91 V Structure of SP-A and SP-D 91 VI Ligands for SP-A and SP-D 93 VII Cells and Receptors... Beek 201 Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder, edited by Kaushik Nag 202 Pharmacology and Pathophysiology of the Control of Breathing, edited by Denham S Ward, Albert Dahan and Luc J Teppema 203 Molecular Imaging of the Lungs, edited by Daniel Schuster and Timothy Blackwell 204 Air Pollutants and the Respiratory Tract: Second Edition, edited by W Michael Foster and Daniel L Costa 205 Acute and Chronic... http://www.taylorandfrancis.com Taylor & Francis Group is the Academic Division of T&F Informa plc Introduction Our odyssey of discovery and understanding with regard to lung surfactant has been long and fascinating And indeed, the monographs found in the Lung Biology in Health and Disease series has given recognition to this journey through chapters in several monographs and through entire volumes devoted to lung. .. III Temperature and Surfactant Composition 32 IV Temperature and Control of Surfactant Secretion 41 V Summary and Future Directions 49 References 49 3 Molecular and Functional Properties of Surfactant Protein A ´ Cristina Casals and Ignacio Garcıa-Verdugo I Introduction 59 II Structure /Function Relationship 62 III SP-A Functions 69 IV... 359 II Physiological Function of Pulmonary Surfactant 360 III Surfactant Composition 362 IV Surfactant Metabolism 363 V Acute Lung Injury 363 xviii Contents VI Alterations of Surfactant During ALI 365 VII Mechanisms by Which Alterations of Surfactant Occur 366 VIII Mechanisms by Which Alterations of Surfactant Lead to a Loss in Function 368 IX Exogenous Surfactant Administration... rationale for this new monograph Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder, edited by Dr Kaushik Nag The reader is introduced to many disciplines applicable to the study of lung iii iv Introduction surfactant, including chemistry, biochemistry, physics, genetics, computer science, physiology, and medicine All are presented by well-known investigators from many countries and several continents Overall, this... Council of Canada, Ontario Thoracic Society, Canadian Lung Association, National Scientific and Educational Research Council, and recently from Canadian Institute of Health Research, Canada Foundation for Innovation, and Memorial University of Newfoundland Having actually watched the whales spray their lung surfactant in the bays of Newfoundland, to seeing and touching the terminal methyl chains of DPPC—... ix COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION 1 Lung Surfactant Phospholipid Molecular Species in Health and Disease 3 Tony Postle and Wolfgang Bernhard I Introduction 3 II Composition of Surfactant Phospholipid Molecular Species in the Adult Lungs 6 III Molecular Species of Surfactant Phospholipid During Fetal Development 9 IV... AM Page J 187 Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals: Lung Injury and Disease, edited by V Vallyathan, V Castranova, and X Shi 188 Therapy for Mucus-Clearance Disorders, edited by B K Rubin and C P van der Schans 189 Interventional Pulmonary Medicine, edited by J F Beamis, Jr., P N Mathur, and A C Mehta 190 Lung Development and Regeneration, edited by D J Massaro, G Massaro, and P Chambon 191 Long-Term Intervention... Anthony E Redington and Alyn H Morice 206 Severe Pneumonia, edited by Michael S Niederman The opinions expressed in these volumes do not necessarily represent the views of the National Institutes of Health DK3028_half-series-title.qxd 3/31/05 11:59 AM Page i LUNG SURFACTANT FUNCTION AND DISORDER Edited by Kaushik Nag Memorial University of Newfoundland St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada . Functional Lung Imaging, edited by David Lipson and Edwin van Beek 201. Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder, edited by Kaushik Nag 202. Pharmacology and Pathophysiology. Nag Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada LUNG SURFACTANT FUNCTION AND DISORDER DK3028_half-series-title.qxd