The Adrenergic Receptors In the 21st Century /

The adrenergic receptors control many critical functions of the heart, kidney, brain, and all organs under autonomic control. Today significant opportunities exist for molecular and genetic analysis of their function and signaling pathways. In The Adrenergic Receptors: In the 21st Century, senior sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Perez, Dianne M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2006.
Series:The Receptors
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Adrenergic Receptors
  • Structure-Function
  • Ligand Binding, Activation, and Agonist Trafficking
  • New Signal Transduction Paradigms
  • Regulation of the Cellular Localization and Trafficking of the Adrenergic Receptors
  • Adrenergic Receptors in Clinical Medicine
  • Imaging Adrenergic Receptors and Their Function
  • Use of Fluorescent Ligands and Receptors to Visualize Adrenergic Receptors
  • Localization of Adrenergic Receptor Subtypes and Transgenic Expression of Fluorescent-Tagged Receptors
  • Genetically Altered Mouse Models
  • The ?1-Adrenergic Receptors
  • The ?2-Adrenergic Receptors
  • The ?-Adrenergic Receptors
  • Lessons From Overexpressed Mouse Models
  • Adrenergic Receptor Signaling Components in Gene Therapy
  • Pharmacogenomics
  • Genetic, Molecular, and Clinical Characterization of Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms
  • Microarray Analysis of Novel Adrenergic Receptor Functions
  • Summary and Future Endeavors
  • Summary and Future Endeavors.