Acute Lung Injury and Repair : Scientific Fundamentals and Methods

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the incidence is predicted to increase with the aging population Several clinical disorders can initiate ARDS, including pneumonia, sepsis, gastric aspiration and trauma but despite intens...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Schnapp, Lynn M. (Editor), Feghali-Bostwick, Carol (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2017.
SeriesRespiratory Medicine,
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319465272
ISSN2197-7372
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-46527-2
Physical DescriptionVIII, 185 p. 23 illus., 20 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Methods to Study Lung Injury and Repair
  • Mouse Models of Acute Lung Injury
  • Transgenic Animal Models in Lung Research
  • Fundamental Methods for Analysis of Acute Lung Injury in Mice
  • Invasive Measurement of Pulmonary Function in Mice
  • Analysis of Epithelial Injury and Repair
  • Flow Cytometric Evaluation of Acute Lung Injury and Repair
  • Lung Imaging in Animal Models
  • Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Acute Lung Injury
  • MicroRNA Analysis in Acute Lung Injury.