Peroxisomes: Biogenesis, Function, and Role in Human Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Imanaka, Tsuneo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shimozawa, Nobuyuki (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Human physiology.; Cell biology.; Cell physiology.; Biochemistry.; Human Physiology.; Cell Biology.; Cell Physiology.; Animal Biochemistry.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of peroxisomes and their role in human diseases. It starts by describing the history of peroxisome research and then examines in detail the current understanding of the biogenesis and function of peroxisomes. It then focuses on peroxisomal dis...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 Biogenesis and Function of peroxisome
• 1 The history of peroxisomal research
• 2 Peroxisome Biogenesis
• 3 Peroxisome Degradation and Its Molecular Machinery
• 4 The function of the peroxisome
• Part 2 Dysfunction of Peroxisome and Human Disease
• 5 Peroxisomal disorders
• 6 Model organisms used to understand peroxisomal disorders
• 7 Diagnosis of peroxisomal disorders
• 8 Therapeutic strategies for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, a representative peroxisome disease
• Part 3 Topics in Peroxisome Research
• 9 The isolation of peroxisomes
• 10 Structure Biology of peroxisomal proteins, peroxins
• 11 Lipidomics of peroxisomal disorders
• 12 Neurophysiology and neuropsychology for X-ALD. .