Title: Lung growth and development
Description: Carefully delineating each step in the formation of the lung, Lung Growth and Development examines prenatal and postnatal lung development ... the regulation of surfactant protein gene expression and models for the analysis of epithelial gene transcription and function ... cellular differentiation and the role of mesenchymal cells ... airway gland growth and differentiation ... growth regulation in the tracheobronchial epithelium and mucociliary differentiation ... embryonic precursors of the pulmonary nervous system and the development of lung innervation ... Clara cells, airway smooth muscle development, cell interactions in vessel formation, and the surfactant system ... respiratory distress syndrome, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and compensatory lung growth ... and more.

Written by over 30 international experts, Lung Growth and Development is a practical guide for pulmonologists and pulmonary disease specialists, physiologists, molecular and cellular biologists, pathologists, neonatalogists and pediatricians, anatomists, pathologists, and graduate-level and medical school students in these disciplines.
Subjects: Growth, Lung, Lungs, Epithelium, Growth & development, Cell Differentiation