Tryptophan Metabolism: Implications for Biological Processes, Health and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Engin, Atilla (Editor), Engin, Ayse Basak (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2015.
• Series: Molecular and Integrative Toxicology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Metabolic diseases.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Molecular Medicine.; Metabolic Diseases.; Biomedicine general.

This book discusses the relationship between cellular immunity and tryptophan metabolism, as well as its products, serotonin and melatonin, in the development of several diseases and reappraises the common signal transduction pathways of the neurodegenerative diseases, carcinogenesis, immune toleran...