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ISBN 10: 0824757920

ISBN 13: 9781439829592

Author: Kaushik Nag

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.

Table of contents:

1. Composition, Structure, and Function

2. Lung Surfactant Phospholipid Molecular Species in Health and Disease

3. New Insights into Thermal Dynamics of the Surfactant System from Warm and Cold Animals

4. Molecular and Functional Properties of Surfactant Protein A

5. Receptors and Ligands for Collectin Surfactant Proteins A and D

6. Structure-Function Relationships of Hydrophobic Proteins SP-B and SP-C in Pulmonary Surfactant

7. Biophysics and Molecular Mechanisms

8. Chain Dancing, Super-Cool Surfactant, and Heavy-Breathing: Rafts, Membranes and Phase Transitions

9. The Basis of Low Surface Tension in the Lungs

10. Surfactant and Airway Liquid Flows

11. Lung Surfactants: A Molecular Perspective from Computation

12. Analysis of Surface Topology and Chemical Composition of Microstructures Formed in Planar Surfactant Films Under Compression

13. SP-B Peptides: Synthesis, Structure, and Surface Activity

14. Structure and Function of the Molecular Film of Pulmonary Surfactant at the Air-Alveolar Interface: The Role of SP-C

15. Analysis of SP-C Function in Transgenic and Gene Targeted Mice

16. Alternative Functions of SP-B and SP-C

17. Dysfunction and Disease

18. The Physiological Significance of a Dysfunctional Lung Surfactant

19. Pulmonary Surfactant in Asthma and Allergy

20. Surfactant Treatment for Inflammatory Lung Disease

21. Alteration of Alveolar Surfactant Function by Reactive Oxygen Species

22. Novel Surfactant Therapy for Developing Countries: Current Status and Future Directions

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