Gebundenes Buch

Glucose Homeostatis and the Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus

Volume 121

Herausgegeben: Tao, Ya-Xiong

Beschreibung

Diabetes mellitus is a disease with tremendous health and economic burden. A better understanding of how normal glucose homeostasis is maintained and the pathogenesis is important to identify new ways for diabetes treatment. This book addresses multiple aspects of this area of research.

Autor

Dr. Ya-Xiong Tao is currently Professor of Physiology at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in Auburn, Alabama, USA. He has been working on several G protein-coupled receptors, including gonadotropin receptors regulating reproduction, and melanocortin receptors regulating energy and glucose homeostasis. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed biomedical journals and obtained funding for his research from National Institutes of Health, American Diabetes Association and American Heart Association, among others. He has delivered numerous lectures at universities and research institutes in USA, Canada, China, India, and Mexico. He has edited ten volumes, including seven volumes in Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science. He teaches several courses, including Physiology, Receptorology, Genomics and Personalized Medicine, and Molecular Endocrinology, for veterinarian, graduate, and undergraduate Honors students.

Produktdetails

• Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science Volume 121
• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2013-0-13234-5
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 918g
• ISBN-13: 9780128001011
• ISBN-10: 0128001011
• Artikelnr.: 40338098

Rezensionen

Praise for the series:
"Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist-for whom the numerous references will be invaluable-but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell." --British Medical Journal