Lung Diseases Selected State of the Art Reviews

702 Pages·2012·24.497 MB·English

by  Elvis Malcolm Irusen

LUNG DISEASES –
SELECTED STATE
OF THE ART REVIEWS

Edited by Elvis Malcolm Irusen
Lung Diseases – Selected State of the Art Reviews
Edited by Elvis Malcolm Irusen

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Lung Diseases – Selected State of the Art Reviews, Edited by Elvis Malcolm Irusen
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Contents

Preface XI
Part 1 Airways Disease 1
Chapter 1 Airway Smooth Muscle in Asthma Symptoms:
Culprit but Maybe Innocent 3
Ynuk Bossé, Peter D. Paré and Yohan Boss
Chapter 2 Polymerization and Oxidation of
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin in Pathogenesis of Emphysema 55
Aleksandra Topic and Dragica Radojkovic
Chapter 3 Recent Advances in the Research and Development of
Alpha-1 Proteinase Inhibitor for Therapeutic Use 83
Elena Karnaukhova
Chapter 4 Mechanisms Promoting Chronic Lung Diseases:
Will Targeting Stromal Cells Cure COPD and IPF? 105
Lynne A. Murray and Cory M. Hogaboam
Part 2 Neoplasia 127
Chapter 5 Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) in Lung Cancer 129
Hiroyuki Sakashita, Yuki Sumi and Naohiko Inase
Chapter 6 Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor
Genes in Small Cell Lung Carcinoma 147
Pankaj Taneja, Robert D. Kendig, Sinan Zhu,
Dejan Maglic, Elizabeth A. Fry and Kazushi Inoue
Chapter 7 Centrosome Abnormality and Human Lung Cancer 171
Kazuya Shinmura and Haruhiko Sugimura
Chapter 8 Defective Expression and DNA Variants
of TGFBR2 in Chinese Small Cell Lung Carcinoma 189
ZhenHong Zhao, Jibin Xu, Jun Xie, Yang Bao, Xiaotian Wang,
Lei Wang, Junjie Wu, Li Jin, Zhiyun Xu and Jiucun Wang
VI Contents

Chapter 9 Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung 203
Guadalupe Aparicio Gallego, Vanessa Medina Villaamil,
Ana Capdevila Puerta, Enrique Grande Pulido
and L.M. Antón Aparicio
Chapter 10 Chemotherapy for Large Cell Neuroendocrine
Carcinoma of the Lung: Should It Be Treated with
the Same Strategy as Small Cell Lung Carcinoma? 231
Katsuhiko Naoki, Kenzo Soejima, Takashi Sato, Shinnosuke
Ikemura, Hideki Terai, Ryosuke Satomi, Sohei Nakayama,
Satoshi Yoda and Koichiro Asano
Chapter 11 Radiation Therapy in Management
of Small-Cell Lung Cancer 239
Erkan Topkan and Cem Parlak
Chapter 12 Lung Parenchyma Sparing Resection
for Pulmonary Malignancies 257
Arpad Pereszlenyi
Chapter 13 Surgery in Small-Cell Lung Cancer:
Past, Present and Future 275
Cristian Rapicetta, Sara Tenconi,
Tommaso Ricchetti, Sally Maramotti
and Massimiliano Paci
Part 3 Immunity and Infection 297
Chapter 14 Interleukin-17 and T Helper 17 Cells
in Mucosal Immunity of the Lung 299
M.S. Paats, P.Th.W. van Hal, C.C. Baan,
H.C. Hoogsteden, M.M. van der Eerden
and R.W. Hendriks
Chapter 15 Current Status of the Mollicute (Mycoplasma) Lung Disease:
Pathogenesis, Diagnostics, Treatment and Prevention 331
Silvia Giono-Cerezo, Guadalupe Estrada-Gutiérrez,
José Antonio Rivera-Tapia, Jorge Antonio Yáñez-Santos
and Francisco Javier Díaz-García
Chapter 16 Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis:
Clinical, Immunological and Histopathological Aspects 359
Luz E. Cano, Ángel González, Damaris Lopera,
Tonny W. Naranjo and Ángela Restrepo
Chapter 17 Nocardia Infection in Lung Transplantation 393
Pilar Morales, Ana Gil-Brusola and María Santos
Chapter 18 In Vivo Models of Lung Disease 407
Tracey L. Bonfield
Contents VII

Chapter 19 Inhibition of Adhesion and Invasion of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Lung Epithelial Cells:
A Model of Cystic Fibrosis Infection 429
Ayman M. Noreddin, Ghada Sawy, Walid Elkhatib,
Ehab Noreddin and Atef Shibl
Part 4 Paediatrics 441
Chapter 20 Bronchitis in Children 443
Christian Peiser
Chapter 21 Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia 463
Shou-Yien Wu, Sachin Gupta,
Chung-Ming Chen and Tsu-Fuh Yeh
Chapter 22 Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia:
The Role of Oxidative Stress 485
Jean-Claude Lavoie and Ibrahim Mohamed
Chapter 23 Partial Liquid Ventilation in the Extremely
Preterm Infant: Potential Benefits and Harms 505
Mark William Davies
Part 5 Pulmonary Oedema:
Cardiogenic and Non-Cardiogenic 523
Chapter 24 Non-Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema 525
J. Gonzales and A. Verin
Chapter 25 High Altitude Pulmonary Edema 539
Zhou Qiquan and Luo Yongjun
Chapter 26 Mechanical Forces Impair Alveolar Ion Transport
Processes – A Putative Mechanism Contributing
to the Formation of Pulmonary Edema 561
Martin Fronius
Part 6 Miscellaneous 579
Chapter 27 Functional Evaluation in Respiratory Disorders 581
Cirelene Grobler, David M. Maree and Elvis M. Irusen
Chapter 28 Novel Methods for Diagnosis of Pulmonary
Microangiopathy in Diabetes Mellitus 603
Kalicka Renata and Kuziemski Krzysztof
Chapter 29 The Pneumoconioses 625
Nlandu Roger Ngatu, Ntumba Jean-Marie Kayembe,
Benjamin Longo-Mbenza and Narufumi Suganuma
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Chapter 30 Lung Transplantation:
Advances and Roadblocks in Treatment 647
Matthew T. Hardison and J. Edwin Blalock
Chapter 31 Bronchial Atresia 671
Lirios Sacristán Bou and Francisco Peña Blas
Chapter 32 A Case of Adult Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid
Malformation of the Lung with Atypical Adenomatous
Hyperplasia 685
Ho Sung Lee, Jae Sung Choi, Ki Hyun Seo, Ju Ock Na,
Yong Hoon Kim, Mi Hye Oh and Sung Shick Jou