Integration of metabolism, energetics, and signal transduction
Subtitle: unifying foundations in cell growth and death, cancer, atherosclerosis, and Alzheimer disease
By: Robert K. Ockner.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780306484711
Subjects: Energy Metabolism -- physiology; Cells -- metabolism; Alzheimer Disease -- physiopathology; Arteriosclerosis -- physiopathology; Cell Death -- physiology; Cell Division -- physiology; Neoplasms -- physiopathology; Signal Transduction -- physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Disparate themes: origins and integration.; title: Nutrient and energy metabolism in cell proliferation.; title: Fatty acids and growth regulation.; title: Mitochondrial function in cell growth and death.; title: Metabolic effects of antiproliferative agents.; title: Fatty acids and mitochondria, cell growth and injury: broader implications.; title: Metabolism and gene expression in liver regeneration.; title: Energetics of neuronal activation.; title: Utilization of oxidizable substrates in brain.; title: Astrocyte metabolism and astrocyte-neuron interaction.; title: Neuronal energy metabolism in brain: astrocyte as metabolic 'buffer' and mediator of neuronal injury.; title: Pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease: metabolic factors.; title: Looking back, looking ahead.