Guide to Signal Pathways in Immune Cells - Couverture souple

Wardle, E. Nigel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1617379077 ISBN 13 : 9781617379079

Editeur : Humana, 2010

Synopsis

To read current biomedical science, one has to have a working knowledge of how important effector molecules cause transduction of their signal within cells, altering the control of genes. This work aims to provide that basic knowledge for medical readers. Students of immunology or cell biology will note its relevance. One will learn how platelets, macrophages, neutrophils, T and B lymphocytes and natural killer cells perform their functions and how skin, breast, prostate and colon cancers emerge. The associated diagrams and tables are used to obviate extensive text. Appropriate references to articles and reviews by workers in each field are given so that further consideration can easily be undertaken. We are all at differing stages of our appreciation of immunology and of pat- physiology. Some persons will have a profound background in biochemistry or molecular biology. Others will have a reminiscence of lectures received years ago. Since this work is principally for clinical doctors, the sections that can be avoided at first reading are marked with an asterisk (*). Always proceed line by line and think of associations that you know. Do you feel comfortable with the statement, “Interleukin 6 stimulates glucose uptake in renal proximal tubular cells, and that action is associated with Stat3, PI3K/Akt, MAPKs and NF-kB signal pathways”? If not, please read on.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This guide provides vital information on white cells and covers such topics as neutrophils and macrophages, T and B lymphocytes, natural killer cells and mast cells. The book aims to extend understanding of the basic signal transduction pathways.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Humana
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1617379077
• ISBN 13: 9781617379079
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 440
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible