Hyaluronan in the Pulmonary Alveolus and Interstitium

Chemistry and Biology of Hyaluronan

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 247-269

  Anderson Bray, Bonnie ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GLUCOSE; MACROPHAGES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEPTIDES;

ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HYALURONAN-BINDING PROTEINS; LUNG FIBROBLASTS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; PULMONARY ALVEOLUS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

HYALURONIC ACID;

EID: 80655137331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044382-9/50042-X     Document Type: Chapter

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