Cellular Metabolism of the Arterial Wall and Central Nervous System - Selected Aspects

International experts review the molecular biology of ion channels, diseases of the central nervous system including Alzheimer's disease, the molecular biology of atherogenesis, plasma lipproteins, lipid transport, long chain fatty acid transport and metabolism, and lipoprotein receptors. Future directions and perspectives and common features in these important areas are discussed.

List of contents

Elementary Steps in Synaptic Transmission Revealed by Currents Through Single Ion Channels.- Molecular Biology and Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease.- The Function of Oligodendrocytes in the Maturation of the Brain.- Biopsy Approach to the Study and Diagnosis of Inborn Errors of Metabolisms Affecting the Brain.- The Molecular Basis of Genetic Defects in HDL Metabolism.- Lipoprotein Receptor-Mediated Oocyte Growth.- A New Pathway of Phospholipid Biosynthesis in Animal Cells.- How Important is Lp(a) for a Clinical Decision?.- Genetic Variation of the Apolipoprotein(a) Gene and Coronary Heart Disease.- The HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Story.- LDL Receptor-Dependent Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Transport and Metabolism.- Receptor Mediated Hepatic Uptake of Lipoproteins.- Common Mutations Underlying the Hypertriglyceridaemia Low HDL Syndrome.- Triglycerides, HDL, and Atherosclerosis.- Studies on Lipoprotein Lipase.- Smoking, Lipoproteins, and Coronary Heart Disease-Is there a Link?.- Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of the Scavenger Receptors.- Cellular Interactions in Atherogenesis.- HMGCoA Reductase Enzyme Inhibitors, Effects on Poliferation of Arterial Myocytes.- Hemodynamic Changes after Acute Cholesterol Reduction: Mechanisms and Mediators.- Mechanism of Endothelial Cell Activation.- Modified Lipoproteins and the Arterial Wall.- Hypercholesterolemia as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor in the Elderly: Experience in Southern Italy.

Product details

• Assisted by: Heine Greten (Editor), Heiner Greten (Editor), Andreas J. R. Habenicht (Editor), Andreas J.R. Habenicht (Editor), Andreas J R Habenicht (Editor), Gotthard Schettler (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2012
• EAN: 9783540566038
• ISBN: 978-3-540-56603-8
• No. of pages: 301
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 550 g
• Illustrations: XI, 301 p. 29 illus.
• Series: Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften; Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften / Sitzungsber.Heidelberg 93/94; Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften; Sitzungsber.Heidelberg 93/94
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics