Ciba Foundation Symposium 78 - Metabolic Activities of the Lung

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Ciba Foundation Symposium 78 - Metabolic Activities of the Lung

Editor(s): Ruth Porter, Julie Whelan

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780444901590

Online ISBN: 9780470720615

DOI: 10.1002/9780470720615

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–ix)

    2. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–10)

      J.R. Vane

    3. Chapter 2

      Ultrastructural Organization of the Alveolar-Capillary Unit (pages 11–36)

      Maya Simionescu

    4. Chapter 3

      Hypoxia and Pulmonary Vascular Endothelium (pages 37–60)

      Lynne Reid and Barbara Meyrick

    5. Chapter 4

      Methods for the Study of Lung Metabolism (pages 61–83)

      H.F. Woods, A. Meredith, G.T. Tucker and J.R. Shortland

    6. Chapter 5

      Substrate Utilization by the Lung (pages 85–104)

      H. Datta, W.A. Stubbs and K.C.M.M. Alberti

    7. Chapter 6

      Inactivation of Monoamines by the Lung (pages 105–128)

      M.B.H. Youdim, Y.S. Bakhle and R R. Ben-Harari

    8. Chapter 7

      The Fate of Circulating Biologically Active Peptides in the Lungs (pages 129–145)

      Sergio H. Ferreira, Lewis J. Greene, Maria Cristina O. Salgado and E.M. Krieger

    9. Chapter 8

      The Lung as a Generator of Prostacyclin (pages 147–164)

      R.J. Gryglewski

    10. Chapter 9

      Interrelationships between Prostacyclin and Thromboxane A2 (pages 165–183)

      S. Moncada and J. R. Vane

    11. Chapter 10

      Regulation of Pulmonary Arachidonic acid Metabolism by Anti-Inflammatory Steroids (pages 185–201)

      R.J. Flower

    12. Chapter 11

      Slow-Reacting Substances and Their Structural Elucidation (pages 203–215)

      Priscilla J. Piper, Marwa N. Samhoun, J. R. Tippins, H. R. Morris and G. W. Taylor

    13. Chapter 12

      The Lung in Relation to Vasoactive Polypeptides (pages 217–237)

      Sami I. Said, Viktor Mutt and Ervin G. Erdös

    14. Chapter 13

      Endocrine Influences on Aspects of Lung Biochemistry (pages 239–250)

      Walter K. Morishige

    15. Chapter 14

      Hormonal Influences During Fetal Lung Development (pages 251–274)

      Philip L. Ballard

    16. Chapter 15

      Pulmonary Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme and Its Inhibition: A Historical Survey (pages 275–292)

      Y. S. Bakhle

    17. Chapter 16

      Modulation of Converting Enzyme Activity by Hypoxia and Its Physiological Effects (pages 293–311)

      S. Alex Stalcup, Joel S. Lipset and Robert B. Mellins

    18. Chapter 17

      Non-Respiratory Functions of the Lung in the Perinatal Period (pages 313–331)

      Robert B. Mellins, Dennis Davidson and S. Alex Stalcup

    19. Chapter 18

      Prostaglandin Receptors in the Airways (pages 333–350)

      H. O. J. Collier and P. J. Gardiner

    20. Chapter 19

      The Lung, Whole-Body Metabolism and Disease (pages 351–386)

      W. A. Stubbs and K. G. M. M. Alberti

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      Index of Contributors (pages 387–388)

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      Subject Index (pages 389–401)

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