tailieunhanh - MOLECULAR IMAGING OF THE LUNGS

A suite of emerging techniques, known collectively as “molecular imaging,” now offer scientists an unprecedented opportunity to identify, follow, and quantify biologic processes at the cellular level with molecular specificity in intact organisms. For instance, it is now possible to evaluate, with imaging, the distribution, magnitude, and timing of gene expression in genetically altered animals (1–3). Even though nonimaging methods are also available to monitor gene expression, such methods—usually based on tissue sampling—are invasive and unattractive as routine procedures for clinical investigations. In contrast, molecular imaging can provide a seamless translation from studies in animals to later studies in humans | Lung Biology in Health and Disease Volume 203 Executive Editor Claude Lenfant Molecular Imaging of the Lungs edited by Daniel p. Schuster Timothy s. Blackwell MOLECULAR IMAGING OF THE LUNGS LUNG BIOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Executive Editor Claude Lenfant Former Director National Heart Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda Maryland 1. Immunologic and Infectious Reactions in the Lung edited by C. H. Kirkpatrick and H. Y. Reynolds 2. The Biochemical Basis of Pulmonary Function edited by R. G. Crystal 3. Bioengineering Aspects of the Lung edited by J. B. West 4. Metabolic Functions of the Lung edited by Y. S. Bakhle and J. R. Vane 5. Respiratory Defense Mechanisms in two parts edited by J. D. Brain D. F. Proctor and L. M. Reid 6. Development of the Lung edited by W. A. Hodson 7. Lung Water and Solute Exchange edited by N. C. Staub 8. Extrapulmonary Manifestations of Respiratory Disease edited by E. D. Robin 9. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease edited by T L. Petty 10. Pathogenesis and Therapy of Lung Cancer edited by C. C. Harris 11. Genetic Determinants of Pulmonary Disease edited by S. D. Litwin 12. The Lung in the Transition Between Health and Disease edited by P. T. Macklem and S. Permutt 13. Evolution of Respiratory Processes A Comparative Approach edited by S. C. Wood and C. Lenfant 14. Pulmonary Vascular Diseases edited by K. M. Moser 15. Physiology and Pharmacology of the Airways edited by J. A. Nadel 16. Diagnostic Techniques in Pulmonary Disease in two parts edited by M. A. Sackner 17. Regulation of Breathing in two parts edited by T F. Hornbein 18. Occupational Lung Diseases Research Approaches and Methods edited by H. Weill and M. Turner-Warwick 19. Immunopharmacology of the Lung edited by H. H. Newball 20. Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases of the Lung edited by B. L. .