Whitsett, Jeffrey A.,

Innate immunity of the lung and adaptation to air breathing at birth [electronic resource] / Jeffrey A. Whitsett. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2009. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (35 min.) : color, sound). - Innate immunity : host recognition and response in health and disease, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Innate immunity : host recognition and response in health and disease. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: Innate host defense of the lung -- Stages of the developing lung -- Diversity of airway epithelial cell types -- Alveolar host defense -- Surfactant composition -- Respiratory distress syndrome -- Genetic networks -- Transcriptional networks and perinatal adaptation -- Diseases of alveolar homeostasis -- Histopathology of surfactant abnormalities -- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis -- Alveolar macrophage cell lines -- GM-CSF.

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Immunity, Innate.
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