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Respiratory Tract Mucus.
Title:
Respiratory Tract Mucus.
Author:
Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
ISBN:
9780470718049
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (344 pages)
Series:
Novartis Foundation Symposia ; v.922

Novartis Foundation Symposia
Contents:
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 -- General 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 -- 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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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