Moyamoya Disease Explored Through RNF213 Genetics, Molecular Pathology, and Clinical Sciences /

This book presents the latest findings on biological, epidemiological, and clinical investigations of RNF213, which is thought to be involved in many biological processes and plays a key role in cerebro- and cardiovascular disease . By discussing the epidemiology and genetic epidemiology of the dise...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Koizumi, Akio (Editor), Nagata, Kazuhiro (Editor), Houkin, Kiyohiro (Editor), Tominaga, Teiji (Editor), Miyamoto, Susumu (Editor), Kure, Shigeo (Editor), Tournier-Lasserve, Elizabeth (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Prologue
  • 1. A prologue to moyamoya disease and RNF213
  • 2. Concept of moyamoya Disease
  • Part II: Genetic Epidemiology
  • 3. Molecular Epidemiology in East Asian Countries and in the World
  • Part III: Biochemistry, Function and Molecular Pathology
  • 4. Molecular Biology of Mysterin/RNF213
  • 5. Physiological Role of Mysterin/RNF213 in Zebrafish
  • 6. Pathological Investigation on RNF213: Animal Models Knockout and Transgenic Mice in Diabetes and Signal Transduction
  • 7. Pathological Investigation on RNF213: Animal Models of Rnf213-knockout and Knock-in Mice
  • 8. RNF213 and Circulating Factors in Patients with Moyamoya Disease
  • 9. Genetics of Moyamoya beyond RNF213. Monogenic Moyamoya Syndromes
  • Part IV: Clinical Management 10. Natural History and Long-term Clinical Outcome after Conservative and Surgical Management
  • 11. Significance of RNF213 in Clinical Management in Japan
  • 12. Significance of RNF213 in Clinical Management in China
  • 13. The Different Forms of Moyamoya Disease and Their Clinical Management
  • 14. Vascular Diseases Attributable to RNF213 Other than Moyamoya Disease
  • Part V: Epilogue
  • Future Clinical Perspectives on RNF213 in Moyamoya Disease.