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Title Oxygen/nitrogen radicals : lung injury and disease / edited by Val Vallyathan, Xianglin Shi, Vincent Castranova
Published New York : Marcel Dekker, Inc., ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 529 pages) : illustrations
Series Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 187
Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 187.
Contents 1. Reactive oxygen/nitrogen species : generation and reactions in the lung -- 2. Oxidative stress/antioxidant status in health and disease -- 3. Reactive oxygen species in the activation and regulation of intracellular signaling events -- 4. Mediators of lung inflammation : role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species -- 5. Pulmonary complications of chronic granulomatous disease -- 6. Genotoxic and carcinogenic mechanisms of mineral fibers : role of reactive oxygen species -- 7. Influence of mineral dust surface characteristics and generation of reactive species -- 8. Oxygen/nitrogen radicals and silica-induced diseases -- 9. Asbestosis and asbestos-related cancers : role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species -- 10. Interactions of exogenous or evoked reactive oxygen species and inhaled particles in the lung -- 11. Smoking-induced inflammation, injury and disease : molecular mechanisms -- 12. Respiratory health effects of ambient air pollution particles : role of reactive species -- 13. Ozone-induced lung injury : role of macrophages and inflammatory mediators -- 14. Oxidative stress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- 15. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : mechanisms of disease development and prevention strategies with antioxidants -- 16. Acute respiratory distress syndrome and oxidative stress : mechanisms of disease development and opportunities for antioxidant prevention -- 17. Asthma and oxidative stress -- 18. Cellular responses of the lungs to hyperoxia -- 19. Vanadium and chromium-induced cell signal transduction -- 20. Molecular mechanisms of oxidant-induced pulmonary carcinogenesis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Lungs -- Pathophysiology
Active oxygen -- Pathophysiology
Active nitrogen -- Pathophysiology
Free radicals (Chemistry) -- Pathophysiology
Lung Diseases -- physiopathology
Lung Diseases -- etiology
Reactive Oxygen Species -- physiology
Reactive Oxygen Species -- toxicity
Reactive Nitrogen Species -- physiology
Reactive Nitrogen Species -- toxicity
Oxidative Stress -- physiology
Free Radicals -- toxicity
Lung -- physiopathology
MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
Active oxygen -- Pathophysiology.
Free radicals (Chemistry) -- Pathophysiology.
Lungs -- Pathophysiology.
Doenças respiratórias.
Pulmão (fisiopatologia)
Radicais livres (fisiopatologia)
Form Electronic book
Author Vallyathan, Val
Shi, Xianglin, Ph. D.
Castranova, Vincent.
ISBN 9781420030341
1420030345