Respiratory tract mucus.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Symposium on Respiratory Tract Mucus (1977 : London, England)

Series:

Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 54.

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mucus--Congresses.

Mucus.

Respiratory organs--Congresses.

Respiratory organs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

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; 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; General Discussion; 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

Notes:

"Symposium ... held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 22-24 March 1977."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613694119

9781280783722

1280783729

9780470720356

0470720352

9780470718049

0470718048

OCLC:

797918398