Connective Tissue Disease (eBook, PDF)

Molecular Pathology of the Extracellular Matrix
Redaktion: Uitto, Jouni

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a collection of works that canvass many of the recent developments in various areas of connective tissue research. It focuses on the structure of the components, molecular organization and pathology of the extracellular matrix.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000444490
• Artikelnr.: 62339645

Autorenporträt

Jouni Uitto (Harbor-UCLA Med Center, Torrance, California, USA) (Edited by)

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Structure and Biology of the Components of the Extracellular Matrix
1. The Collagen Family of Proteins 2. Elastin: Structure and Biology 3. The
Microfibrillar Component of the Elastic Fibers: Morphology and Biochemistry
4. Advances in the Biochemistry of Proteoglycans Part II: Molecular
Organization of the Extracellular Matrix 5. Diseases of the Extracellular
Matrix: Structural Alterations of Collagen Fibrils in Skin 6. The Molecular
Organization of Basement Membrane 7. Vascular Connective Tissue: Normal
Biology and Derangement in Human Diseases 8. Cell-Matrix Interactions:
Biochemistry of Close and Tight-Focal Adhesive Contacts of Fibroblasts to
Extracellular Matrices 9. Matrix Interactions of Cell Surface Proteoglycans
10. Intracellular Degradation as a Modulator of Collagen Production Part
III: Pathology of the Extracellular Matrix 11. Disorders Associated with
Collagen Biosynthesis: Dermatological Diseases as Prototypes for Collagen
Abnormalities 12. Posttranslational Modifications of Collagen and Their
Alterations in Heritable Diseases 13. Genetic Diseases of Collagen in
Animals 14. The Molecular Pathology of Pulmonary Fibrosis 15. Fibrotic Skin
Diseases: Keloids as a Model to Study the Mechanisms of Collagen Deposition
in Tissues 16. Pharmacological and Environmental Modulation of Wound
Healing 17. Molecular Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid Action on Connective
Tissue Metabolism 18. Pathology of the Elastic Fibers 19. Pulmonary
Emphysema: From Animal Models to Human Diseases 20. Fibronectin and Disease
Processes 21. Vascular and Cutaneous Complications of Diabetes Mellitus:
The Role of Nonenzymatic Glucosylation of Collagens 22. Diseases of
Glycosaminoglycan and Proteoglycan Metabolism 23. The Role of Connective
Tissue Degrading Enzymes in Human Pathology