Gangliosides in Health and Disease, Volume 154 presents the latest information on Gangliosides, a class of glycolipids that are found on all vertebrate cell surfaces, and are particularly abundant in the brain. Individual chapters in this new volume cover Gangliosides as Toxin Receptors, Gangliosides in Cancer Cell Signaling, Gangliosides in inflammation and neurodegeneration, Gangliosides as functional galectin receptors, Gangliosides in signal transduction, Gangliosides in brain tumor immunology, and Gangliosides in axon regeneration and stability, amongst other related topics. This book brings together world experts in ganglioside structure and function who have been assembled to contribute to this thorough update of the field. Contains accessible content that is ideal for students and researchers alikeWritten by leading authorities in the field INDICE: Gangliosides as Toxin ReceptorsJoseph T. BarbieriGangliosides in Cancer Cell SignalingPhilippe DelannoyGangliosides in inflammation and neurodegenerationKoichi FurukawaGangliosides as functional galectin receptorsHans-Joachim GabiusGangliosides in signal transductionJin-ichi InokuchiGangliosides in brain tumor immunologyStephan LadischGangliosides in axon regeneration and stabilityPablo Hector Horacio Lopez Sr.Biological and pathological roles of ganglioside sialidasesTaeko MiyagiGangliosides in wound healing and painAmy PallerGangliosides metabolism in health and diseaseKonrad SandhoffDisorders of ganglioside biosynthesisRonald L. SchnaarGangliosides in membrane organizationSandro SonninoGanglioside autoimmune diseasesHugh WillisonGanglioside-mediated aggregation of amyloid ?-protein in Alzheimer's diseaseKatsuhiko YanagisawaGangliosides in nerve cell specificationRobert K. YuGangliosides, ?-synuclein and Parkinson's diseaseRobert W. Ledeen
- ISBN: 978-0-12-812341-6
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés