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Mucus in Health and Disease

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Max Elstein

    1. Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, England

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  2. Dennis V. Parke

    1. University of Surrey, Guildford, England

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 89)

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Keynote Address

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Mucus in Health and Disease

      • J. R. Clamp
      Pages 1-15

  3. Mucus Production and its Regulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Functional Anatomy of Mucus-Secreting Cells

      • E. S. E. Hafez
      Pages 19-38

    3. Epithelial Cell Turnover and Mucus Production in Man

      • D. N. Croft, W. Domschke, S. Domschke, J. Hagel, L. Demling
      Pages 39-50

    4. The Morphology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

      • R. H. Teague
      Pages 51-60

    5. Mucus-Producing Cells of the Tracheobronchial Tree

      • Barbara Meyrick
      Pages 61-76

    6. Dynamic Anatomy of the Cervical Epithelium

      • A. Singer
      Pages 77-89

    7. Influence of Pilocarpine and Ammonia Vapour on the Secretion and Structure of Cat Tracheal Mucins: Differentiation of Goblet and Submucosal Gland Cell Secretions

      • J. T. Gallagher, P. W. Kent, R. Phipps, P. Richardson
      Pages 91-102

    8. Control of Biochemical Parameters in Glycoprotein Production

      • H. Schachter
      Pages 103-129

    9. Factors Regulating the Changes in Cervical Mucus in Different Hormonal States

      • Eric Chantler, Eric Debruyne
      Pages 131-141

    10. The Control of Submaxillary Gland Mucin Production

      • C. F. Phelps, Aileen M. Young
      Pages 143-154

    11. Regulation of the Secretory Cycles of Mucous and Serous Cells in the Human Bronchial Gland

      • Stephen Coles
      Pages 155-168

  4. Physical and Chemical Properties of Mucus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. Function and Properties of Epithelial Mucus

      • A. Silberberg, F. A. Meyer, A. Gilboa, R. A. Gelman
      Pages 171-180

    3. Basic Rheological Concepts

      • A. Silberberg
      Pages 181-190

    4. Functional Aspects of Mucus Rheology

      • M. Litt, D. P. Wolf, M. A. Khan
      Pages 191-201

    5. Physical Properties of Bronchial Secretion

      • Peter Mitchell-Heggs
      Pages 203-215

    6. Physical Properties of Cervical Mucus

      • E. Odeblad
      Pages 217-225
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About this book

Sir Francis Avery Jones 149 Harley Street, London, WlN 2DE, U.K. This first international symposium on Mucus in Health and Disease brought together medical scientists, physiologists, pharmacologists, physicians, surgeons, gynaecologists, ophthalmologists, anatomists, biologists, medical engineers and biochemists - a spectrum which indicates the wide field of interest in mucus both in health and in disease. The idea for the meeting came from Dr. S. Gottfried whose researches led to the development of carbenoxolone, a substance which stimulates mucus production and in this way favours the healing of peptic ulcers. The idea was enthusiastically welcomed by Professor Dennis Parke and he, and Mr. Max Elstein, have been the dynamo behind the meeting. The opening keynote address by Professor Clamp set the scene for the Symposium, painting a broad canvas and highlighting the main features. We cannot do without mucus, irritating though it may be if there is too much or too little, and in so many systems of the body it plays a vital role. For the first time the specialists in different systems of the body have had the opportunity of coming together and discussing their special problems - a cross-fertilisation which proved to be most valuable, not only for one another but also for the medical scientists who had been closely concerned with the chemistry and physical properties of mucus.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, England

    Max Elstein

  • University of Surrey, Guildford, England

    Dennis V. Parke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mucus in Health and Disease

  • Editors: Max Elstein, Dennis V. Parke

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4172-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4174-1Published: 13 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-4172-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 558

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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