Selenium

This book summarizes the fast-growing and current knowledge about selenium interaction with cancer, diabetes, neuro-degeneration, heart disease, muscle disorders, HIV and several more. A special focus will be placed on in-depth knowledge about gene expression, selenoprotein biosynthesis, seleno-meta...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Michalke, Bernhard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2018.
Σειρά:Molecular and Integrative Toxicology,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Part I - Overview: 1. Selenium in Human Health and Disease: an Overview
  • Part II - Bioaccessibility and Dietary Aspects of Selenium: 2. Selenium in Soils and Crops
  • 3. Dietary Aspects for Selenium and/or Selenium Compounds
  • Part III - Genes, Proteins, Pathways, and Metabolism Related to Selenium: 4. Contribution of the Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Model to Understand the Mechanisms of Selenium Toxicity
  • 5. Selenium Metabolism, Regulation And Sex Differences In Mammals
  • Part IV - The Role of Selenium within Redox System, Inflammation, and Thyroid Interaction: 6. Oxidative Stress, Selenium Redox Systems Including GPX / TXNRD Families
  • 7. Selenium and Inflammatory Mediators
  • 8. Selenium and Thyroid Function
  • Part V - The Role of Selenium in Neurodevelopment and Neurological Disorders: 9. Selenium and Neurodevelopment
  • 10. Selenium and Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • 11. Selenium in Ischemic Stroke
  • 12. Selenium neurotoxicity and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An Epidemiologic Perspective
  • Part VI - The Role of Selenium in Cancer: 13. Therapeutic Potential of Selenium Compounds in the Treatment of Cancer
  • 14. Selenocystine and Cancer
  • 15. Selenium in Radiation Oncology
  • Part VII - The Role of Selenium in Various Diseases and Health Issues: 16. Selenium and Cardiovascular Disease: Epidemiological Evidence of a Possible U-Shaped Relationship
  • 17. Selenium and Diabetes
  • 18. Uncovering the Importance of Selenium in Muscle Disease
  • 19. Selenium in Immune Response and Intensive Care
  • 20. Selenium and Toxicological Aspects: Cytotoxicity, Cellular Bioavailability and Biotransformation of Se-Species
  • 21. Selenium Nanoparticles - Biomedical Application
  • 22. Selenium Interactions with Other Trace Elements, with Nutrients (and Drugs) in Humans
  • Part VIII - Selenium Analytics, Speciation and Biomonitoring: 23. Biomarkers of Selenium Status
  • 24. Human Biomonitoring of Selenium Exposure
  • 25. Bioanalytical Chemistry of Selenium.