BASIC MECHANISMS OF PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE

I. GENETIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 1.Molecular Genetic Approaches to Respiratory DiseaseT. Flott 2.Genetic and Molecular Basis of Airway and Lung DevelopmentC. Bogue 3.Genetics of Lung Disease: Surfactant B DeficiencyL. Nogee 4.Developmental Biology of SurfactantA. Jobe 5.Mechanisms of Lung Vascular DevelopmentS. Baldwin II.DEVELOPMENTAL ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 6.Mechanisms of Lung DevelopmentJ. Shannon 7.Pre- and Post-Natal Development of the Pulmonary CirculationD. deMello & L. Reid 8.Mechanisms of Development and Repair of the LungM Bernfield 9.Development of the Thoracic CageJ.L. Allen 10.Structural and Functional Development of Respiratory MuscleG. Sieck III.DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM MECHANICS 11.Developmental Aspects of Lung MechanicsR. Martin 12.Comparative Aspects of Lung MechanicsJ. Mortola 13.Physiology of CoughV. Chernick GAS EXCHANGE 14.Oxygen TransportG. Lister 15.Pulmonary Gas ExchangeJ. Perez-Fontan 16.CO2 Transport and Acid-Base BalanceE. Swenson 17.Cardiopulmonary InteractionsS. Scharf RESPIRATORY MUSCLES 18.Skeletal Muscle Function - Developmental AspectsA. Bazzy-Asaad 19.Airway Smooth Muscle FunctionM. Hershenson & J. Solway LUNG LIQUID AND ION TRANSPORT 20.Pulmonary Edema/Lung InjuryD. Carlton & R. Bland 21.Ion Flux and Homeostasis in the LungM. Egan 22.Disorders of Ion TransportH. O'Brodovich CELL FUNCTION DURING HYPOXIA 23.Basic Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in HypoxiaG. Haddad 24.Hypoxia and Pulmonary CirculationK. Stenmark 25.Cerebrovascular Smooth Muscle Responses to HypoxiaM. Apkon 26.Cardiopulmonary Physiology at AltitudeS. Niermeyer RESPIRATORY CONTROL 27.Neural Control of the Lung and AirwaysS. England 28.Fetal Respiratory ControlC. Blanco 29.Postnatal Respiratory ControlJ. Farber 30.Sleep and Respiratory ControlR. Harper 31.Exercise PhysiologyD. Cooper IV.INFLAMMATION AND PULMONARY DEFENSE MECHANISMS 32.Ciliary Structure and FunctionM. Kashgarian 33.Tracheal CiliogenesisL. Ostrowski 34.Immunology and Cellular Defence MechanismsZ. Ballas 35.Biochemistry of Pulmonary SecretionsM. Leigh 36.Mechanisms of Lung InflammationD. Riches 37.Oxidant Lung InjuryJ. Davis 38.Viral-induced InflammationJ. Gern 39.Fibroproliferative ResponseR. Pierce & K. Albertine