Molecular Basis of Health and Disease

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Das, Undurti N. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Internal medicine.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Human Physiology.; Molecular Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

The book describes how the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory molecules is related to health and disease. It is suggested that many diseases are initiated and their progress is influenced by inflammatory molecules and a decrease in the production and/or action of anti-inflammatory molecules...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• About the Author
• Preface
• Dedication
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Health and Disease as two sides of the same coin
• Chapter 3: Inflammation
• Chapter 4: Essential fatty acids-Biochemistry, Physiology and Clinical Significance
• Chapter 5: Cell membrane organization
• Chapter 6: Low-grade systemic inflammation is common in iseases/disorders
• Chapter 7: Obesity
• Chapter 8: Hypertension
• Chapter 9: Insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes Mellitus and metabolic syndrome
• Chapter 10: Atherosclerosis
• Chapter 11: Osteoporosis
• Chapter 12: Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and depression
• Chapter 13: Rheumatological conditions
• Chapter 14: Cancer
• Chapter 15: Aging
• Chapter 16: Adult diseases and low-grade systemic inflammation  have their origins in the perinatal period
• Chapter 17: Clinical implications.