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Title: |
Vitamin A & Lung Development |
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| By (author): |
M L Pinto, P Rodrigues, A Honório, C Gonçalves, V Bairos |
| ISBN10-13: |
1617613118 : 9781617613111 |
| Illustrations: |
tables & charts |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
155x230mm |
| Pages: |
77 |
| Weight: |
.152 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - June 2011 |
| List Price: |
52.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Public health & preventive medicine |
| Lung development is a methodical and co-ordinated process that culminates in the creation of an organ that contains airways, alveoli, blood vessels, multiple innate and acquired host defence systems, and processes to weaken the harmful effects of oxygen in the environment. By regulating cellular differentiation and branching morphogenesis, vitamin A plays an essential role during lung development. Retinoic acid is required for normal alveolar development and vitamin A administration increases lung's elastic fibre contents at birth. Additionally, several experiments showed that retinoic acid restores alveolar architecture to dexamethasone-treated lungs and maintains alveolar development in lungs treated with an angiogenic inhibitor. This book discusses and presents data on vitamin A and its role in lung development. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Introduction; Stages of Lung Development; Vitamin A Signaling Pathways during the Early Stages of Lung Development; Vitamin A Signaling Pathways during Lung Maturation; Biometric & Morphological Data from Lungs Developed under the Influence of Vitamin A; Vitamin A & Lungs Elastic Fibers; Vitamin A & Its Derivatives during Gestation & in the Postnatal Period; Vitamin A & Its Derivatives in the Adult; Lessons from Lung Injury Animal Models & Therapeutic Interventions with Vitamin A; Conclusion; Index. |
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