The Hdl Handbook: Biological Functions and Clinical Implications

ISBN-13: 9780128125137 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 320 str.

Tsugikazu Komoda

Recenzje

"This book accomplishes its goal of bringing laboratory research from the bench to the bedside in a format that can be used by researchers and clinicians alike who are studying HDL cholesterol."--Doody's

Spis treści

1. Molecular Mechanisms of Hyperalphalipoproteinemia 2. CETP Deficiency and Concerns in CETP Inhibitor Development 3. Degenerated HDL and Its Clinical Implications 4. HDL Apoprotein Mimetic Peptides as Antiinflammatory Molecules 5. Reverse Cholesterol Transport in HDL Metabolism: Relevance to Atherosclerosis Progression and Cardiovascular Diseases 6. Role of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters A1 and G1 in Reverse Cholesterol Transport and Atherosclerosis 7. Sphingosine-1-Phosphate and HDL Metabolism 8. Role of SR-BI in HDL Metabolism 9. Paraoxonase 1 and Its Clinical Relevance 10. MicroRNA Regulation of HDL Homeostasis 11. The Application of Proteomic Techniques in the Study of HDL Particle Characterization and Biomarker Discovery 12. Therapies Targeting HDLc Levels and HDL Function

O autorze

Dr. Komoda is a visiting professor at Toho University School of Medicine in Japan. He has extensive expertise with research in alkaline phosphatase, amylase, and oxidized HDL. He co-operated the intestinal alkaline phosphatase at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the recipient of the Kodama Memorial Award from Japanese Society of Electrophoresis.