Zinc Signals in Cellular Functions and Disorders

This book describes the crucial role of "zinc signals" in biological processes on a molecular and physiological basis, discussing future directions and questions underlying this unique phenomenon. To accomplish this, a group of worldwide leaders in the field, who have made outstanding cont...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Fukada, Toshiyuki (Editor ), Kambe, Taiho (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Cytology.
Human physiology.
Cell Biology.
Human Physiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction - "Zinc Signaling": The Blossoming Field of Zinc Biology (Taiho Kambe)
  • 2 Molecular Aspects of Zinc Signals (Wolfgang Maret)
  • 3 Zinc Transport Proteins and Zinc Signaling (Taiho Kambe, Tokuji Tsuji, and Kazuhisa Fukue)
  • 4 Oxidative Stress and Neuronal Zinc Signaling (Hirokazu Hara and Elias Aizenman)
  • 5 Zinc Signaling by "Zinc Wave" (Keigo Nishida and Satoru Yamasaki)
  • 6 The Zinc Sensing Receptor, ZnR/GPR39: Signaling and Significance (Michal Hershfinkel)
  • 7 Genetically-Encoded Fluorescent Probes for Intracellular Zn2+ Imaging (Anne M. Hessels and Maarten Merkx)
  • 8 Zinc Signal in Brain Functions (Atsushi Takeda)
  • 9 The Clinical Implications of Impaired Zinc Signalling in the Brain (Sara M. Hancock, Ashley I. Bush, and Paul A. Adlard)
  • 10 Zinc Signals in Immunology (Lothar Rink and Martina Maywald)
  • 11 Zinc Signal in Inflammation (Ming-Jie Liu and Daren L. Knoell)
  • 12 Zinc Signal in Growth Control and Bone Diseases (Toshiyuki Fukada, Shintaro Hojyo, and Bum-Ho Bin)
  • 13 Zinc and its Role in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes (Yoshio Fujitani, Motoyuki Tamaki, Ayako Fukunaka, and Hirotaka Watada)
  • 14 Zinc Signalling and Cancer (Thirayost Nimmanon and Kathryn M. Taylor)
  • 15 Zinc as a Key Meiotic Cell Cycle Regulator in the Mammalian Oocyte (Ru Ya, Emily Que, Thomas V. O'Halloran, and Teresa K. Woodruff)
  • BM Future Perspectives (Toshiyuki Fukada)
  • Index.

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