Respiratory tract mucus

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, , 1978
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 599.01/2
• Soggetto topico: Mucus; Respiratory organs
• Note generali: "Symposium ... held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 22-24 March 1977."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Respiratory Tract Mucus; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Structure and function of mucus-secreting cells of cat and goose airway epithelium; Discussion; Site of synthesis, intracellular transport and secretion of glycoprotein in exocrine cells; Discussion; Stimulus-secretion coupling: variations on the theme of calcium-activated exocytosis involving cellular and extracellular sources of calcium; Discussion; Studies on the control of mucin production; Discussion; The roles of mediators, irritants and allergens in causing mucin secretion from the trachea; Discussion ; Regulation of Na+ and Cl- transport and mucous gland secretion in airway epithelium; Discussion; General Discussion II; General Discussion; Chemical aspects of tracheal glycoproteins; Discussion; The glycoproteins of secretory cells in airway epithelium; Discussion; General Discussion III; Structure and function of mucus; Discussion; Nasal mucociliary clearance in man; Discussion; Tracheobronchial clearance in health and disease: with special reference to interciliary fluid; Discussion; The isolation and partial characterization of the major bronchial glycoproteins; Discussion ; General Discussion IV; Criteria for evaluating mucus functions and their disorders in chronic bronchitis; Discussion; Animal models in clinical disease; Discussion; Final discussion: Clinical aspects; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index
• Titolo autorizzato: Respiratory tract mucus
• ISBN: 1-280-78372-9; 9786613694119; 0-470-72035-2; 0-470-71804-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996202076003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 54.