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Endocrinology of the Lung

Development and Surfactant Synthesis

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Carole R. Mendelson

    1. Department of Biochemistry and Obstetrics-Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, USA

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Glucocorticoid Domain in the Lung and Mechanisms of Action

    • Philip L. Ballard
    Pages 1-44

  3. Fetal Responses to Glucocorticoids

    • Alan H. Jobe, Machiko Ikegami
    Pages 45-57

  4. Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate and Glucocorticoid Regulation of Surfactant Protein-A Gene Expression

    • Carole R. Mendelson, Laura F. Michael, Pampee P. Young, Jinxing Li, Joseph L. Alcorn
    Pages 59-80

  5. Hormonal Regulation of Surfactant Protein-B and Surfactant Protein-C Gene Expression in Fetal Lung

    • Vijayakumar Boggaram
    Pages 81-90

  6. Glucocorticoid Regulation of Fatty Acid Synthase in Fetal Lung

    • Seamus A. Rooney
    Pages 91-104

  7. The Genetics of Glucocorticoid-Regulated Embryonic Lung Morphogenesis

    • Tina Jaskoll, Michael Melnick
    Pages 105-124

  8. Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and the Lung

    • Maria Venihaki, Louis J. Muglia, Joseph A. Majzoub
    Pages 125-140

  9. Sex Differences in Fetal Lung Development

    • Heber C. Nielsen, John S. Torday
    Pages 141-159

  10. Retinoids and Lung Development

    • Richard D. Zachman, Mary A. Grummet
    Pages 161-179

  11. Insulin and Lung Development

    • Jeanne M. Snyder, Thomas N. George, Olga L. Miakotina
    Pages 181-200

  12. The Insulin-like Growth Factor System and Lung

    • Wayne A. Price, Alan D. Stiles
    Pages 201-224

  13. Platelet-Derived Growth Factor and Lung Development

    • Nicholas J. Cartel, Martin Post
    Pages 225-240

  14. Transforming Growth Factor-β Receptor Signaling and Lung Development

    • Yun Zhao
    Pages 241-254

  15. Transgenic Mouse Models for the Study of Growth Factor Signaling During Lung Morphogenesis

    • Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Thomas R. Korfhagen
    Pages 255-267

  16. Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein

    • Lewis P. Rubin, John S. Torday
    Pages 269-297

  17. Role of Neuroendocrine Cells in Fetal and Postnatal Lung

    • Mary E. Sunday, Ernest Cutz
    Pages 299-336

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 337-344
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About this book

Carole Mendelson has assembled a panel of leading investigators to critically review the various classes of endocrine, paracrine, and neuroendocrine factors that play a role in the regulation of lung development and surfactant production. Special attention is accorded the actions of glucocorticoids in lung development and the synthesis of surfactant glycerophospholipids and proteins. Also extensively treated are the roles of cell-cell interactions and the elaboration of various growth factors and bioactive peptides in pulmonary cell differentiation, gene expression, and pathophysiology. State-of-the-art and comprehensive, Endocrinology of the Lung constitutes a powerful new standard guide that illuminates the complex endocrinology of the lung for all those actively investigating hormone action in pulmonary biology and medicine today.

Reviews

"The book is well organized and generally well written, with fewer overlaps and disagreements between authors than is normally seen in a multiauthored book. This book provides a welcome review of the role of hormones in fetal lung maturation. The book succeeds in appealing to pulmonary and developmental biologists."-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

"This book will be welcomed by neonatologists, pediatric endocrinologists consulting on neonatal wards, obstetricians and last but not least pulmonologists. To the best of my knowledge it brings together for the the first time the latest knowledge on the role of hormones especially glucocorticoids on lung development and surfactant production." -Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry and Obstetrics-Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, USA

    Carole R. Mendelson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Endocrinology of the Lung

  • Book Subtitle: Development and Surfactant Synthesis

  • Editors: Carole R. Mendelson

  • Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-014-8

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-676-5Published: 29 May 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-9608-6Published: 23 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-014-8Published: 29 May 2000

  • Series ISSN: 2523-3785

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 360

  • Number of Illustrations: 90 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Endocrinology

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