1. Proteoglycans of the lung / Peter J. Roughley -- 2. Hyaluronan in lung function : an overview / Paul W. Noble -- 3. Morphological tools for studying lung proteoglycans / Paulo Sampaio Guitierrez and Vera Demarchi Aiello -- 4. Proteoglycans, lung physiology, and mechanical strain / Mara S. Ludwig -- 5. Hyaluronan and its receptors in lung health and disease / Rashmin C. Savani and Horace M. Delisser -- 6. Hyaluronan and hyaladherin signaling in the lung / Sara R. Hamilton, Fu-Sheng Wang, and Eva A. Turley -- 7. Hyaluronan in malignant mesothelioma / Anders L. Thylen and Gunnar Martensson -- 8. Matrix proteoglycans in development of pulmonary edema / Daniela Negrini. [et al.] -- 9. The role of small proteoglycans in the formation of fibrosis / Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson -- 10. Versican in the cell biology of pulmonary fibrosis / Clive R. Roberts -- 11. Decorin in asthma / Anthony E. Redington -- 12. Role of proteoglycans in the development and pathogenesis of emphysema / Ymke M. Van Der Geld. [et al.] -- 13. Proteoglycans in normal and pathological bronchial mucus / K. Ramakrishnan Bhaskar -- 14. Vascular proteoglycans / Hannu Jarvelainen and Thomas N. Wight -- 15. Degradation of lung matrix proteoglycans in bronchiectasis / Daisy Kwok-Yan Shum and Mary Sau-Man Ip -- 16. Effect of hypoxia on glycosaminoglycan synthesis by lung cells / Eleni Papakonstantinou, George Karakiulakis, and Michael Roth -- 17. Integrins, proteoglycans, and lung disease / Jiahua Xu -- 18. Heparin as a potential therapeutic agent to reverse vascular remodeling / Hari G. Garg, Charles A. Hales, and Robert J. Linhardt.