Nitric Oxide in Bone and Joint Disease

Herausgeber: Hughes, Sean P. F.; Polak, Julia M.; Hukkanen, Mika V. J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1998 book draws together knowledge on the actions of this mediator and its role in such common diseases as arthritis and osteoporosis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780521175135
• ISBN-10: 0521175135
• Artikelnr.: 32465758

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Julia M. Polak; Part I. Nitric Oxide and Cytokines: An
Introduction: 1. A brief overview of the biology of nitric oxide P.
Vallance and S. Moncada; 2. Nitric oxide and immune responses I. B.
McInness and F.Y. Liew; 3. Bone biology and pathophysiological mechanisms
of bone disease R. G. G. Russell, P. Croucher, B. Oyajobi, S Rahman, M.
Rogers and A. Scutt; Part II. Nitric Oxide in Arthritis: 4. Nitric oxide
and blood flow in arthritis J. C. Lockhart, L. McMurdo and W. R. Ferrell;
5. Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors in experimental models of
arthritis C. H. Evans and M. Stefanovic-Racic; 6. Nitric oxide and
prostaglandin interactions in acute and chronic inflammation D. Salvemini;
7. Nitric oxide and cartilage matrix turnover M. Cao, H. J. Hauselmann, M.
Stefanovic-Racic and C. H. Evans; 8. Nitric oxide production in human
inflammatory arthritides N. Miyasaka and Y. Hirata; 9. The complex
influences of reactive oxygen species on rheumatoid erosions and synovitis
J. M. Kanczler, T. Sahinoglu, C. R. Stevens and D. R. Blake; Part III.
Nitric Oxide, Bone Cell Function and Osteoporosis: 10. Nitric oxide and
osteoblast function F. J. Hughes, L. D. K. Buttery, M. V. J. Hukkanen and
J. M. Polak; 11. Nitric oxide as a mediator of cytokine effects on bone S.
H. Ralston; 12. The osteoclast, bone homeostasis and postmenopausal
osteoporosis L. Mancini, N. Moradi-Bidhendi and I. MacIntyre; Part IV.
Nitric Oxide and Mechanical Factors: 13. Modulation of bone blood flow by
nitric oxide I. D. McCarthy; 14. Fluid shear stress T. N. McAllister and J.
A. Frangos; 15. Mechanical strain-associated nitric oxide production by
bone cells A. A. Pitsillides and L. E. Lanyon; 16. The response of bone and
bone cells to mechanical stimulation T. J. Chambers, J. W. M. Chow, S. Fox,
R. L. Howard, C. J. Jagger, J. M. Lean, F. T. Mitchell and R. Smalt; 17.
Aseptic loosening of total hip prostheses S. A. Corbett, M. V. J. Hukkanen,
S. P. F. Hughes and J. M. Polak; Index.