Mitochondrial research in translational medicine
By: issue editors, Yau-Huei Wei, Chii-Ruey Tzeng, Horng-Mo Lee
Contributors: Wei, Y.-H. (Yau-Huei); Tzeng, Chii-Ruey; Lee, Horng-Mo; New York Academy of Sciences
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1201; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1201.
Publisher: Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781573318037
Subjects: Translational Medical Research; Mitochondria; Congresses
Notes: "This volume presents manuscripts stemming from the 6th Conference of the Asian Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine, entitled 'Mitochondrial Research in Translational Medicine,' held on October 30 to November 1, 2009 at Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan."--Contents p.

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Glycoxidative stress-induced mitophagy modulates mitochondrial fates; title: Neuroprotective mechanisms of brain-derived neurotrophic factor against 3-nitropropionic acid toxicity: therapeutic implications for Huntington's disease; title: Advantages and considerations in the confirmation of mitochondrial DNA mutations by denaturing HPLC and pyrosequencing; title: Physiological functions of mitochondrial fusion; title: Evaluating mitochondrial DNA in cancer occurrence and development; title: Dynamic regulation of mitochondrial fission through modification of the dynamin-related protein Drp1; title: A novel function of mtDNA: its involvement in metastasis; title: The NADH-fumarate reductase system, a novel mitochondrial energy metabolism, is a new target for anticancer therapy in tumor microenvironments; title: Bioenergetics and cell death; title: A role for the CISD2 gene in lifespan control and human disease; title: Roles of GSK3 in metabolic shift toward abnormal anabolism in cell senescence; title: Manganese superoxide dismutase versus p53: the mitochondrial center; title: Role of autophagy in diabetes and mitochondria; title: Mitochondrial Q cycle-derived superoxide and chemiosmotic bioenergetics; title: Animal and human studies with the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ; title: MELAS and l-arginine therapy: pathophysiology of stroke-like episodes; title: Metabolic analysis of 13C-labeled pyruvate for noninvasive assessment of mitochondrial function; title: Redefining the role of mitochondria in exercise: a dynamic remodeling; title: RelB regulates manganese superoxide dismutase gene and resistance to ionizing radiation of prostate cancer cells; title: Functional effects of cancer mitochondria on energy metabolism and tumorigenesis: utility of transmitochondrial cybrids; title: Mitochondrial respiratory dysfunction-elicited oxidative stress and posttranslational protein modification in mitochondrial diseases; title: Mitochondrial dysfunction in insulin insensitivity: implication of mitochondrial role in type 2 diabetes; title: Persistent organic pollutants, mitochondrial dysfunction, and metabolic syndrome; title: Potential therapeutic applications of tetrahydrobiopterin: from inherited hyperphenylalaninemia to mitochondrial diseases; title: Oxidative stress caused by mitochondrial calcium overload.