Lung Development Biological and Clinical Perspectives. Biochemistry and Physiology

Content: 
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Contributors, Pages xv-xvi
Foreword, Pages xvii-xviii, Mary Ellen Avery
Preface, Pages xix-xxi, Philip M. Farrell
Terminology, Pages xxiii-xxiv
Contents of Volume II, Pages xxv-xxvi
Introduction to Lung Development and Hyaline Membrane Disease, Page 1
1 - Lung Development and Hyaline Membrane Disease, Pages 3-9, PHILIP M. FARRELL
Introduction to The Study of Lung Development, Page 11
2 - Morphologic Aspects of Lung Maturation, Pages 13-25, PHILIP M. FARRELL
3 - The Cytology of the Lung: Ultrastructure of the Respiratory Epithelium and Extracellular Lining Layers, Pages 27-55, CHARLES KUHN III
4 - Physiologic Assessment of Lung Surfactant, Pages 57-86, ROBERT V. KOTAS
5 - Tissue Slices in the Study of Lung Metabolism, Pages 87-99, JOHN J. O'NEIL, STEPHEN L. YOUNG
6 - The Isolated Perfused Lung as a Model for Studies of Lung Metabolism, Pages 101-110, WILLIAM J. LONGMORE
7 - Bronchoalveolar Fluid and Subcellular Surfactant Fractions, Pages 111-134, M.F. FROSOLONO
8 - Isolation of Alveolar Type II Cells, Pages 135-150, ROBERT J. MASON
9 - Lung Cell Culture Systems, Pages 151-164, WILLIAM H.J. DOUGLAS, SALLY S. SMITH
Introduction to Overview of Lung Biochemistry, Page 165
10 - Introduction to Lipid Biochemistry, Pages 167-178, RONALD L. SANDERS
11 - The Chemical Composition of the Lung, Pages 179-192, RONALD L. SANDERS
12 - The Composition of Pulmonary Surfactant, Pages 193-210, RONALD L. SANDERS
13 - Major Phospholipids in Surfactant, Pages 211-219, RONALD L. SANDERS
Introduction to The Developmental Biochemistry of Lung Phospholipid Metabolism, Page 221
14 - General Features of Phospholipid Metabolism in the Developing Lung, Pages 223-238, PHILIP M. FARRELL
15 - Cellular and Subcellular Sites of Lung Lipid Metabolism, Pages 239-258, MICHAEL J. ENGLE
16 - Phosphatidic Acid Production and Utilization, Pages 259-294, JOHN E. BLEASDALE, JOHN M. JOHNSTON
17 - The CDPcholine Pathway: Choline Kinase, Pages 295-316, RODNEY E. ULANE
18 - The CDPcholine Pathway: Cholinephosphate Cytidylyltransferase, Pages 317-335, SEAMUS A. ROONEY, ARLETTE BREHIER
19 - The CDPcholine Pathway: Cholinephosphotransferase, Pages 337-358, LAMBERT M.G. VAN GOLDE
20 - The Phosphatidylcholine-Lysophosphatidylcholine Cycle, Pages 359-390, JOSEPH J. BATENBURG
21 - The Regulation of Saturated Phosphatidylcholine Synthesis in the Developing Lung, Pages 391-397, PHILIP M. FARRELL
Index, Pages 399-407