Platelet-Activating Factor Acetylhydrolases (PAF-AH)

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-803908-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 514 g

Reihe: The Enzymes

This volume of The Enzymes summarizes the most important discoveries associated with a group of enzymes that play an important role in normal biological processes as presented and discussed by leaders authorities in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko

Stafforini, Diana

Inoue, Keizo

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Enzymologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Overview of PAF Degrading Enzymes
Ken Karasawa and Keizo Inoue
- Intracellular PAF Acetylhydrolase Type I
Mitsuharu Hattori and Hiroyuki Arai
- Platelet-Activating Factor Acetyl Hydrolase and Brain Development
Gary D. Clark
- Intracellular Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) Acetylhydrolase, Type II: A  Unique Cellular Phospholipase A2 that Hydrolyzes Oxidatively-Modified Phospholipids
Nozomu Kono and Hiroyuki Ara
- Trafficking and Oligomeric Regulation of Platelet-Activating Factor         Acetylhydrolase Type II
Meghan M. Klems and Brian J. Bahnson
- Plasma PAF-AH (PLA2G7): Biochemical Properties, Association with LDLs and HDLs, and Regulation of Expression
Diana M. Stafforini
- Crystal Structure and Atomic Level Analysis of Plasma PAF-AH 
Tara D. Gonzalez and Brian J. Bahnson
- Naturally Occurring Missense Mutation in Plasma PAF-AH Among the  Japanese Population
Ken Karasawa
- Plasma PAFAH/PLA2G7 Genetic Variability, Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Trials
Sonia Karabina and Ewa Ninio
- Diverse Functions of Plasma PAF-AH in Tumorigenesis
Diana M. Stafforini

Über Autor(innen)

Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko
Fuyu Tamanoi is a biochemist who has served on the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA College faculty since he joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics in 1993. He became a full professor in 1997.

Inoue, Keizo
Professor Inoue works at the Teikyo University, School of Pharmacy, Japan.

Stafforini, Diana
Dr. Diana Stafforini works at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah School of Medicine.