Studies on Respiratory Disorders

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ganguly, Nirmal K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Jindal, Surinder K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Biswal, Shyam (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Barnes, Peter J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pawankar, Ruby (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2014.
• Σειρά: Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Cell biology.; Oxidative stress.; Life Sciences.; Oxidative Stress.; Cell Biology.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Studies on Respiratory Disorders considers the whole panorama of oxidative damage in different respiratory disorders for the review of clinician and laboratory investigators and makes diverse information available in a single volume.  This volume provides a comprehensive review of numerous studies o...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction to oxidative stress and anti-oxidant therapy
• Role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in respiratory diseases: general considerations
• Role of exhaled biomarkers volatiles and exhaled breath condensate
• Pulmonary infections and oxidative injury
• Role of reactive oxygen species in causing acute lung injury
• Free radicals in pulmonary tuberculosis
• Oxidative injury caused by smoking and air-pollution
• Oxidative stress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Oxidative stress in asthma and allergic disease
• Oxygen free radicals in pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary fibrosis and oxidative stress
• Oxidant injury in sarcoidosis and other granulomatous disorders
• Oxidative stress in lung cancer
• Pulmonary toxicity from drugs, heavy metals and other poisonings – oxidant injury and role of anti-oxidants
• Oxidative stress and respiratory muscle dysfunction
• The critical role of Nrf2
• Development of novel antioxidants
• Asbestosis.