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The liver in biology and disease /

The Liver in Biology and Disease was conceived as a sequel in the series Principles of Medical Biology, whose general aim continues to be the integration of human biology and molecular cell biology into modern molecular medicine. It is a volume molded by the Information Revolution which few will den...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bittar, E. Edward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier JAI, 2004.
Colección:Principles of medical biology ; v. 15.
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  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • PREFACE
  • 1. THE INTRAHEPATIC BILIARY TREE
  • 2. FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY OF INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCYTES
  • 3. THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON IN LIVER FUNCTION
  • 4. MECHANISMS OF BILE FORMATION AND CHOLESTASIS
  • 5. THE ROLE OF BILE ACIDS IN THE MODULATION OF APOPTOSIS
  • 6. GROWTH FACTORS AND THE LIVER
  • 7. CHEMOKINE AND CYTOKINE REGULATION OF LIVER INJURY
  • 8. DRUG METABOLISM AND HEPATOTOXICITY
  • 9. ASSEMBLY AND SECRETION OF HEPATIC VERY-LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
  • 10. BILIRUBIN METABOLISM
  • 11. CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE LIVER
  • 12. ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE
  • 13. FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE
  • 14. PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS
  • 15. CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS
  • 16. HEPATITIS B VIRUS
  • 17. CURRENT ISSUES IN HEPATITIS B VACCINES
  • 18. THE MOLECULAR VIROLOGY OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS
  • 19. THE ROLE OF THE HEPATIC STELLATE CELL IN LIVER FIBROSIS
  • 20. ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
  • 21. BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES AND NOVEL THERAPIES IN LIVER CELL TRANSPLANTATION
  • 22. FLUID TRANSPORT IN THE GALLBLADDER
  • AUTHOR INDEX
  • SUBJECT INDEX
  • Last Page.