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Global environment series. : by Sivakumar, M.

Subjects: “…Air quality.…”

Innate immunity of the lung and adaptation to air breathing at birth

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What drives phenomenal success? by Barrett, Colleen

Subjects: “…Air transportation Management.…”

The dynamic interactions between cellular-molecular physiology and the environment part 1, The cellular-molecular approach to evolution as niche construction /

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Molecular epidemiology of lung cancer

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Lung cancer in the world -- Smoking -- Secondhand smoke -- International Lung Cancer Consortium (ILCCO) -- Air pollution -- Radon -- Asbestos -- Genetics of lung cancer.…”
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COPD in never smokers

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Non-smoking risk factors -- Indoor air pollution, especially biomass fuel, burning of mosquito coil -- Outdoor air pollution -- Occupational causes -- Poorly treated asthma -- Post pulmonary tuberculosis -- Early life environmental factors, especially nutrition and socio-economic factors -- Need for more research and better understanding in this field.…”
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Use of isolated populations in disease gene identification

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Disease mutations in Finland - Molecular background of Finnish disease heritage - Finnish disease genes, novel pathways exposed - Example: APECED - AIRE protein - AIRE regulates ectopic expression in thymus - AIRE deficiency - Simplifying the complex genetic background of common diseases - Advantages of isolated populations - Internal isolates: increased genetic homogeneity - Lactose intolerance - Adult type hypolactasia - Severe coronary heart disease - Familial combined hyperlipidemia, FCHL - USF1: a transcription factor - Effect of genetic association on target cells, coronary wall and impact in population - Population based cohorts in Finland - Global effort is needed.…”
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Bruno Bozeto Spots / by TVE International

Bruno Bozeto Spots / by TVE International

Tolerance and autoimmunity

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Central and peripheral mechanisms involved in tolerance -- Aire as an important transcriptional regulator -- The importance of regulatory T cells -- The role of inhibitory molecules -- Factors than can promote tolerance.…”
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The thymus and T cell development a primer /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The thymus -- The thymus microenvironment -- T cell development -- Cortical thymic epithelial cell function -- Medullary thymic epithelial cell function -- T cell self-non-self-discrimination -- Expression of tissue-restricted antigens -- AIRE-deficiency.…”
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What is obesity definition /

Table of Contents: “…-- Body mass index (WHO categories, age groups, problems with BMI) -- Other measures of obesity: weight, waist measurement, skinfold thickness, fat mass measurement, Impedance, air displacement, body imaging.…”
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Hard tissue biology in human health and evolution part 3, Craniofacial biology /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Evolutionary history of the development of the human face -- Bone remodeling principles explain growth and displacement of the facial skeleton -- Bone growth and displacement achieve a conserved mammalian architecture -- Growth tendencies increase the probability of occlusion and airway anomalies -- Food: a functional matrix of the oral capsule -- Air: the functional matrix of the nasal cavity and nasopharynx.…”
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