Molecular Biology of Acute Lung Injury

List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Signal Transduction Pathways in Acute Lung Injury: NF-kappaB and AP-1; T.P. Shanley, H.R. Wong. 2. Innate Immune Mechanisms Triggering Lung Injury; R.M. Strieter, et al. 3. The Role of Chemokines in the Recruitment of Leukocytes During Lung Inflammation; R.M. Strieter, et al. 4. Regulation of Lung Immunity: Significance of the Cytokine Environment; N.W. Lukacs, et al. 5. Role of Complement in Acute Lung Injury; M.S. Huber-Lang, P.A. Ward. 6. Oxidant Stress in Acute Lung Injury; J.J. Zimmerman. 7. Endogenous Nitric Oxide in Acute Lung Injury; N.W. Kooy. 8. Heme Oxygenase-1 in Acute Lung Injury; J.M. Sethi, A.M.K. Choi. 9. Pulmonary Endothelial Surface Redox Activity: Roles in Propagation of and Protection from Injury; M.P. Merker, et al. 10. Mechanisms of Lung Epithelial Cell Injury by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa; J.P. Wiener-Kronish, et al. 11. Alveolar Epithelial Repair in Acute Lung Injury; T.K. Geiser, M.A. Matthay. 12. Molecular Basis for Surfactant Function in ARDS; L. Zhang, J.A. Whitsett. 13. Pulmonary Collectins and Defensins; A.M. LeVine. 14. Lung Repair, Remodeling, and Fibrosis; S. Guharoy, S.H. Phan. 15. Apoptosis in Acute Lung Injury; K. Faure, et al. 16. Corticosteroid Treatment in Unresolving ARDS; G.U. Meduri. 17. Anti-inflammatory Cytokines: Role in Regulation of Acute Lung Injury; T.P. Shanley. 18. The Heat Shock Response and Heat Shock Protein 70: Cytoprotection in Acute Lung Injury; H.R. Wong. 19. Biotrauma: Signal Transduction and Gene Expression in the Lung; C.C. dos Santos, et al. Index.