Table of Contents

I. GENETIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 1. Molecular Genetic Approaches to Respiratory Disease T. Flott 2. Genetic and Molecular Basis of Airway and Lung Development C. Bogue 3. Genetics of Lung Disease: Surfactant B Deficiency L. Nogee 4. Developmental Biology of Surfactant A. Jobe 5. Mechanisms of Lung Vascular Development S. Baldwin II. DEVELOPMENTAL ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 6. Mechanisms of Lung Development J. Shannon 7. Pre- and Post-Natal Development of the Pulmonary Circulation D. deMello & L. Reid 8. Mechanisms of Development and Repair of the Lung M Bernfield 9. Development of the Thoracic Cage J.L. Allen 10. Structural and Functional Development of Respiratory Muscle G. Sieck III. DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM MECHANICS 11. Developmental Aspects of Lung Mechanics R. Martin 12. Comparative Aspects of Lung Mechanics J. Mortola 13. Physiology of Cough V. Chernick GAS EXCHANGE 14. Oxygen Transport G. Lister 15. Pulmonary Gas Exchange J. Perez-Fontan 16. CO2 Transport and Acid-Base Balance E. Swenson 17. Cardiopulmonary Interactions S. Scharf RESPIRATORY MUSCLES 18. Skeletal Muscle Function - Developmental Aspects A. Bazzy-Asaad 19. Airway Smooth Muscle Function M. Hershenson & J. Solway LUNG LIQUID AND ION TRANSPORT 20. Pulmonary Edema/Lung Injury D. Carlton & R. Bland 21. Ion Flux and Homeostasis in the Lung M. Egan 22. Disorders of Ion Transport H. O'Brodovich CELL FUNCTION DURING HYPOXIA 23. Basic Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Hypoxia G. Haddad 24. Hypoxia and Pulmonary Circulation K. Stenmark 25. Cerebrovascular Smooth Muscle Responses to Hypoxia M. Apkon 26. Cardiopulmonary Physiology at Altitude S. Niermeyer RESPIRATORY CONTROL 27. Neural Control of the Lung and Airways S. England 28. Fetal Respiratory Control C. Blanco 29. Postnatal Respiratory Control J. Farber 30. Sleep and Respiratory Control R. Harper 31. Exercise Physiology D. Cooper IV. INFLAMMATION AND PULMONARY DEFENSE MECHANISMS 32. Ciliary Structure and Function M. Kashgarian 33. Tracheal Ciliogenesis L. Ostrowski 34. Immunology and Cellular Defence Mechanisms Z. Ballas 35. Biochemistry of Pulmonary Secretions M. Leigh 36. Mechanisms of Lung Inflammation D. Riches 37. Oxidant Lung Injury J. Davis 38. Viral-induced Inflammation J. Gern 39. Fibroproliferative Response R. Pierce & K. Albertine