Oxygen Sensing Molecule to Man
Proceedings of the XIVth International Symposium on Arterial Chemoreception, held June 24-28, 1999, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This volume, containing the proceedings of the fourteenth biannual ISAC meeting presents a new departure from their traditio
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ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Editorial Board: NATHAN BACK, State University of New York at Buffalo IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science DAVID KRITCHEVSKY, Wistar Institute ABEL LAJTHA, N. S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan Recent Volumes in this Series Volume 467 TRYPTOPHAN, SEROTONIN, AND MELATONIN: Basic Aspects and Applications Edited by Gerald Huether, Walter Kochen, Thomas J. Simat, and Hans Steinhart Volume 468 THE FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF GLIAL CELLS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: Dialogue between Glia and Neurons Edited by Rebecca Matsas and Marco Tsacopoulos Volume 469 EICOSANOIDS AND OTHER BIOACTIVE LIPIDS IN CANCER, INFLAMMATION, AND RADIATION INJURY, 4 Edited by Kenneth V. Honn, Lawrence J. Marnett, and Santosh Nigam Volume 470 COLON CANCER PREVENTION: Dietary Modulation of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Edited under the auspices of the American Institute for Cancer Research Volume 471 OXYGEN TRANSPORT TO TISSUE XXI Edited by Andras Eke and David T. Delpy Volume 472 ADVANCES IN NUTRITION AND CANCER 2 Edited by Vincenzo Zappia, Fulvio Delia Ragione, Alfonso Barbarisi, Gian Luigi Russo, and Rossano Dello Iacovo Volume 473 MECHANISMS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF ENTERIC DISEASES 2 Edited by Prem S. Paul and David H. Francis Volume 474 HYPOXIA: Into the Next Millennium Edited by Robert C. Roach, Peter D. Wagner, and Peter H. Hackett Volume 475 OXYGEN SENSING: Molecule to Man Edited by Sukhamay Lahiri, Naduri R. Prabhakar, and Robert E. Forster, II
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OXYGEN SENSING MOLECULE TO MAN Edited by
Sukhamay Lahiri University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nanduri R. Prabhakar Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
and
Robert E. Forster, II University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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PREFACE
By a close vote in Chile, 1996, the membership decided to hold the XIV meeting of the International Society of Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) in Philadelphia,, USA, with Sukhamay Lahiri as its president. The XIV meeting of the ISAC was held on June 24-28, 1999, in Philadelphia. Since its inception, these meetings have been focused on arterial chemoreceptors and their functions. This time, it was expanded to inc