Author: John W. Phillis Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9780849369285 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 460
Book Description
This book provides valuable information for investigators interested in the signaling and regulatory functions of adenosine and the adenine nucleotides. Topics covered in this comprehensive volume include the historical development of research on adenosine and adenosine triphosphate; various aspects of the formation, metabolism, release, transport, and receptors for endogenous adenosine and the adenosine triphosphate; functions of purines at the cellular level; the role of adenosine in the regulation of flow in different vascular beds; and angiogenesis. The book also addresses the purinergic regulation of the cardiac, renal, gastro-intestinal, and central nervous system, as well as potential therapeutic avenues for purine use. The book will be valuable to physiologists, pharmacologists, and other basic and clinical scientists interested in updating their knowledge of the expanding biological roles of these substances.
Author: Luiz Belardinelli Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1461520118 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 515
Book Description
This book contains a selection of lectures given during the 5th International Symposium on Adenosine and Adenine Nucleotides, recently held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Adenosine and Adenine Nucleotides: From Molecular Biology to Integrative Physiology covers a wide range of subjects from molecular and cellular biology to clinical applications. A great emphasis has been placed on cutting edge information derived from studies using molecular and cellular biology techniques applied to the field of adenosine and adenine nucleotide research. The book also includes information on potentially promising developments in the therapeutic applications of adenosine related drugs and ATP. The tradition of past meetings is also maintained by including in the program presentations of new research in the areas of purine metabolism and physiology, and pharmacology of adenosine and adenine nucleotides. Adenosine and Adenine Nucleotides: From Molecular Biology to Integrative Physiology is an excellent, up-to-date reference book for basic and clinical scientists in the field of adenosine and adenine nucleotides.
Author: Robert M. Berne Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 146133909X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 557
Book Description
The principal objective of this symposium was to bring together investigators from all over the world who work in diverse areas of research but share a common interest in the physiologic and pathophysiologic funetions of the nueleoside adenosine. In 1978, the "International Conference on Physiological and Regulatory Funetions of Adenosine and Adenine Nueleotides," held in Banff, Canada, served as an effective catalyst in enabling scientists with differ ent points of view to exchange information and ideas on this subject. Since 1978, the amount of research on different as peets of adenosine metabolism, mechanism of action, transport, and function in various tissues (in both nor maI and abnormal states) has increased exponentially, and there was an urgent need for another meeting for updating information on this burgeoning subject. The focus of the meeting was extremely sharp, but the scope of the subject material was very broad. Scientists categorized as chemists, biochemists, physiologists, pharmacologists, and immunologists, working with cells and eelI fragments, with tissues such as heart, brain, musele, fat, kidney, and with human beings having immune deficiency diseases participated in the sym posium. They had an opportunity to air their differences, reinforce their areas of agreement, and, most important, they educated each other with respeet to research on adenosine; it is hoped that they also enriched their own research programs from the information they gained from their fellow participants.
Author: Shōichi Imai Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company ISBN: Category : Adenine nucleotides Languages : en Pages : 748
Book Description
This book provides a broad view of the current research activities in adenosine and adenine nucleotide research, with contributions from many leading experts in the field. Like the three previous Symposia, the 4th International Symposium on Adenosine was designed to integrate the recent advances made in the rapidly expanding field of adenosine research by various biological and medical disciplines. Over 70 presentations were made, with over 60 posters displayed, and all the papers presented by the invited speakers and related discussions, as originally submitted by the authors are contained in this proceedings. This comprehensive text covers all important aspects of the subject and is a must for any scientist with an interest in adenosine research.
Author: V. Stefanovich Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Adenosine Languages : en Pages : 490
Book Description
This book thoroughly reviews research on adenosine and offers new ideas and information concerning the role and function of adenosine in mammalian systems.
Author: Kenneth A. Jacobson Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 146123400X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 459
Book Description
Research on purine derivatives as potent and selective modulators of physiologic functions has moved to center stage. This volume covers the biology and chemistry of purines and of their receptors broadly under these section headings: - Adenosine Receptors and Effector Systems - Adenine Nucleotide Receptors and Effector Systems - Phosphodiesterase Enzymes and Inhibitors The presentations focus on the potential development of clinically useful drugs and powerful agents that activate or block purinergic receptors or that inhibit phosphodiesterases. Xanthines (caffeine and theophylline) represent one class of such agents. This volume is for pharmacologists, biochemists, and medical chemists in research labs of universities, gov- ernment, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Author: Evgenia Gerasimovskaya Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9048134358 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
Extracellular purines and pyrimidines (ATP, ADP, UTP and adenosine) are released into the extracellular milieu in response to a variety of stress conditions and act as important regulators of vascular homeostasis. This new book is uniquely focused on the signaling actions of extracellular purines in endothelial cells and the crucial role of extracellular purines in regulation of angiogenesis, vascular tone, cell permeability, wound healing, inflammation and cell-to-cell communication. This book examines the responses of endothelial cells, originating from various tissues (such as cornea, pancreas and uterus), to extracellular nucleotides and adenosine under physiological and pathological conditions, i.e. pregnancy, hypoxia, hypertension, inflammation and diabetes. In the book’s 12 chapters, the role of purinergic signaling in endothelium-dependent tissue perfusion, regulation of endothelial barrier function, and angiogenesis are discussed. The mechanisms of ATP release and its role in intercellular communication are also presented. In addition, the book provides the most up to date mechanisms of extracellular nucleotide metabolism by purine-converting ecto-enzymes and their contribution to purinergic signaling in endothelial cells originating from various vascular beds. This book is a valuable resource for biomedical research scientists, clinical scientists, graduate students and health science professionals interested in the mechanisms of extracellular purine function in endothelial cells under physiologic and pathologic conditions.
Author: A. Rapado Publisher: Springer ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 480
Book Description
However, there have been many new developments during the last three years and the scope of the communications reflects not only increasing depth of knowledge, but also a widening of the field. This publication has clinical and fundamental implications for internal medicine, pediatrics, urology, biochemistry, immunology, genetics, and oncology. It is interesting to compare the scope of this volume with that of its predecessors. The main emphasis has shifted from the study of gout and the dissection of metabolic pathways to encompass investigations in the fields of oncology, immunology, and lymphocyte physiology. There are pointers to possible implications in relation to cardiology and neuromuscular diseases, which may well prove to be growing points for the future. In spite of considerable work on the mechanism of urinary stone formation, the inter-relationship between uric acid and calcium oxalate urolithiasis remains obscure.
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