Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Biochemistry

This series provides a variety of different discussions on topics within the field of growth factors and cytokines in health and disease.

This volume deals with some of the multiple systems that growth factors and cytokines affect. The role of growth factors and cytokines on foetal development, in the immune and haemopoietic systems as well as in the skeletal and reproductive systems are covered. Various cancers are examined in a number of the chapters. This is the third and concluding volume of the treatise on growth factors and cytokines in health and disease.

This book brings together the behavioral, physiological, and neuroendocrine regulation of calcium. An understanding of how the brain orchestrates whole-body demands for calcium is introduced. The approach is one in which behavior in addition to physiology serves bodily maintenance. The book links basic and clinical literature surrounding calcium homeostasis, as a wide variety of clinical syndromes are tied to calcium metabolism. Because calcium is so important during life stages particular to women, an emphasis is placed on the relevance of calcium to women's health throughout the book,...

This monograph describes the theoretical bases and experimental prerequisites for methods such as spin fluorescence, triplet, Mossbauer, photochromic and electron-density labeling, including the procedures used to obtain specifically modified proteins, enzymes, biomembranes, nucleic acids, and other biological molecules. The fundamentals of the physical theory behind each technique is explained and details are given of how to interpret the experimental data obtained. Special sections deal with critical reviews of recent data on the structure, molecular dynamics and conformational transitions...

Eminent scientists at the cutting edge of pharmacology and medicinal chemistry research provide us with yet another excellent addition to this famous series. The focus on bacterial resistance mechanisms serves to highlight an important area of unmet medical need requiring the attention of medicinal chemists. Five topical subjects are reviewed: the biosynthesis, metabolism and function of Vitamin D3 and the potential application of its analogues in bone disorders and immune-related diseases; the therapeutic potential of neurokinin antagonists; opioid receptor antagonists; the mechanisms of...

In this book, a select group of researchers has contributed their state-of-the-art methodologies on protein profiling and identification of disease biomarkers in tissues, microdissected cells and body fluids. The book integrates biochemistry, pathology, analytical technology, bioinformatics, and proteome informatics. Experimental approaches are thoroughly detailed and explained through a step-by-step instructional format that ensures successful results.

Protein research is a frontier field in science. Proteins are widely distributed in plants and animals and are the principal constituents of the protoplasm of all cells, and consist essentially of combinations of a-amino acids in peptide linkages. Twenty different amino acids are commonly found in proteins, and serve as enzymes, structural elements, hormones, immunoglobulins, etc., and are involved throughout the body, and in photosynthesis. This new book gathers new leading-edge research from throughout the world in this exciting and exploding field of research.

Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among the lipids (fats) in the bloodstream and in all the body's cells. It's an important part of a healthy body because it's used to form cell membranes, some hormones and is needed for other functions. But a hi

Cholesterol is an important part of a healthy body. But a high level of cholesterol in the blood - hypercholesterolemia - is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease. Cholesterol and other fats can't dissolve in the blood. They have to be transported

Carbohydrates are present in food comprising of digestible sugars and starches and indigestible cellulose and other dietary fibres. The former are the major source of energy. This book examines and presents research of the complexity, effects and nutrition

Biomedicine is one of the important fields for the prospective applications of the information from human genome studies. However, there are many 'white spots' in the understanding of the biomedical implications of this information. This volume focuses on

This collection of research studies on oxidative stress underline the "emerging concept" that nitric oxide and related compounds are instrumental in these reactions, especially when applied to blood flow regulation, pathological hypoxia and physiological cell signaling processes. Nova staff editors Matata and Elahi have assembled a wide range of scientific data from contributors all over the world in order to inform biochemistry students and other researchers in the field of these latest findings.

A guide to the mechanisms and themes that underlie the applications of polyphenols in health.

Biochemie kompakt PLUS Pathobiochemie PLUS Klinikfalle

War der "kleine Loffler" fruher ein "Plus" ist er heute ein "Muss." In der Lehre und insbesondere den Prufungen sind die Zusammenhange zwischen biochemischen Grundlagen, Pathobiochemie und klinischen Krankheitsbildern mehr denn je gefragt. Eintauchen in die Biochemie bedeutet, das Zusammenwirken von Molekulen, Stoffwechselwegen, Organen und Zellen zu verstehen. Sind die grundlegenden Mechanismen erst mal verinnerlicht, ist der Schritt zur Pathobiochemie und den relevanten klinischen Krankheitsbildern ein Kinderspiel. Und das...

In this book the authors review the field and explore the potential role of RNAi and other RNA technologies in cardiovascular medicine and research. They highlight the impressive recent progress but also the hurdles that still must be overcome before this promising technology is finally ready for translation and clinical use.

Since the discovery of endothelin, major advances have been made in understanding the molecular structure and function of the endothelin receptors. At least two subtypes of receptors, designated ETA and ETB, have been identified through biochemical and pharmacological techniques. These subtypes are cloned and expressed and additional subtypes appear to exist. The biochemical events involved in the signal transduction processes that ultimately activate the cellular machinery involved in the end-organ responses are presented, as are the mechanisms by which the receptors recognize specific and...

Useful to nutritionists, physicians, and public health professionals as well as food scientists and technologists, and process engineers, this book reviews the metabolism and health benefits as well as international safety and regulatory information of diacylglycerol oils. The book contains long-term clinical studies diacylglycerols' effects on energy expenditure, obesity, cholesterol, and sugar levels in patients. It also reviews physicochemical properties, application technologies, and processing of diacylglycerol-containing foods.

The presence of carotenoids in the diet and their role in human health has become a subject of unprecedented interest. The chapters in this book represent an account of the information presented at a recent workshop, combined with several additional invited contributions to cover topics more completely that are currently at the cutting edge of research. Some of the highlights of this book include a thorough review of the special role that vitamin A intake plays in the health status of developing countries, the essential role of vitamin A in cell signaling, the molecular targets involved in...

This text looks at subcellular chemistry, particularly at intermediate filaments. Topics include fish intermediate filament proteins in structure, evolution, and function, and lessons from keratin transgenic and knockout mice.

The Sixth International Meeting on Cholinesterases and Related Proteins, Choli nesterases '98, was organized by Palmer Taylor and his associates at the University of California-San Diego and convened in La Jolla, California, USA, in March of 1998. This was the first conference of the series to be held in the United States, let alone on the Pa cific Rim. Nearly 200 delegates from twenty countries-from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America-heard 75 oral presentations and viewed 90 posters on current research on cholinesterases and related proteins. The meeting framework was...