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Advances in medicine and biology. Volume 7 /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge, N.Y. :
Nova Science Publishers,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Advances in biology and medicine series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. VOLUME 7; ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. VOLUME 7; Contents; Preface; Cell-Based Therapy of Liver Cirrhosis; Abstract; Introduction; Hepatocellular Regeneration versus Hepatic Fibrogenesis; Hepatocellular Regeneration; Hepatocellular Senescence and Apoptosis; Pathogenesis of Hepatic Fibrosis and Cirrhosis; Cellular sources of ECM in cirrhotic liver; Molecular regulations of ECM accumulation; Reversibility of hepatic cirrhosis; Cell-Based Therapy of Liver Cirrhosis; Intrahepatic Stem Cells; Hepatocytes; Liver progenitor cells; Extrahepatic Adult Stem Cells.
- Embryonic Stem CellsInduced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Mechanisms of Cell-Based Intervention; Homing and functional integration; Replacement of hepatocytes in the injured liver; Attenuation of hepatic fibrogenesis progression; Clinical Application and Perspectives; References; Thalidomide and its Analogs: A Potential Immunomodulatory Alternative for Treating Liver Diseases and Cirrhosis; Abstract; Introduction; History of Thalidomide; Thalidomide Chemical Properties; Thalidomide and its Analogs: Characteristics and Mechanisms of Action.
- Thalidomide and its Analogs: Pharmacokinetics and MetabolismCurrent Uses for Thalidomide and Some Analogs; Cytokines and Liver Damage; Immunomodulation on Cytokines: Restoring the Proinflammatory and Antiinflammatory Disequilibrium; Cytokines Role in Deleterious Processes of Liver Damage; Thalidomide Effects on Liver Damage and Cirrhosis; Thalidomide Effects on Liver Damage; Thalidomide Effects on Fibrosis, Cirrhosis and its Complications; Thalidomide in Experimental and Clinical Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC); Adverse Effects by Thalidomide: Hepatotoxicity; Conclusion; References.
- Exercise & Nutrition: Implications for Leg Muscle Growth in HumansAbstract; Introduction; Translation Initiation and Its Regulation; mTOR Signaling and Regulation of Translation Initiation; Upstream Regulators of mTOR; Nutritional Influence on Leg Muscle Protein Synthesis; Exercise Influence on Leg Muscle Protein Synthesis; Combined Exercise and Nutritional Influence on Leg Muscle Protein Synthesis; Conclusion; References; Neural Adaptations Associated with Locomotor Muscle Fatigue; Abstract; Introduction; 1. Functional Consequences of Fatigue on Locomotor Patterns and Related Injuries.
- 1.1. Changes in Force Profile due to Fatigue and Adaptability of the Muscle Function1.2. Changes in Kinematic Behaviour due to Fatigue and Compensatory Muscle Processes; 2. Neural Control of Force and Fatigue when Moving; 2.1. Motor Pathways for Producing Force Output during Voluntary Movement; 2.2. Central Motor Drive during Muscle Fatigue; 2.3. Spinal Loop Adaptations During Locomotion and Fatigue; Conclusion; References; Primary Biliary Cirrhosis- Pathology and Pathogenesis; Abstract; Introduction; Anatomy of the Intrahepatic Bile Duct; Clinical and Laboratory Features.