Iron metabolism / editors, Ruth Porter. David W. FitzSimons

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Symposium on Iron Metabolism (1976 : London, England)

Series:

Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 51.

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iron--Metabolism--Disorders--Congresses.

Iron.

Iron--Metabolism--Congresses.

Iron proteins--Congresses.

Iron proteins.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 391 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland ; New York : Elsevier/North-Holland, 1977.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Iron Metabolism; Contents; Some physicochemical aspects of iron metabolism; Discussion; The structure and function of ferritin; Discussion; Ferritin phenotypes: structure and metabolism; Discussion; General discussion I; Haemosiderin; Iron centres and rate-limiting spans in the respiratory chains of mitochondria from adult and fetal rats; Discussion; An intracellular transit iron pool; Discussion; Siderophores: diverse roles in microbial and human physiology; Discussion; Transferrin: physiology and function in iron transport; Discussion; Iron kinetics and erythropoiesis; Discussion

Control of iron delivery to haemoglobin in erythroid cells; Discussion; Biogenic monoamine metabolism and functional activity in iron-deficient rats : 2 behavioural correlates; Discussion; Monoamine metabolism and platelet function in iron-deficiency anaemia; Discussion; Iron status, immune response and susceptibility to infection; Discussion; Haem synthesis in sideroblastic anaemia; Discussion; The liver in thalassaemia major: ultrastructural observations; Discussion; Lysosomal disruption in the pathogenesis of hepatic damage in primary and secondary haemochromatosis; Discussion

Iron, zinc, free radicals and oxygen in tissue disorders and cancer control; Discussion; General discussion II; Serum ferritin; Control of transferrin synthesis; Transfer of iron through the cell; Chairman's closing comments; Index of contributors; Subject index

Notes:

"Symposium on Iron Metabolism held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 7-9th December, 1976"--Participants page.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-444-15273-3

1-280-78365-6

9786613694041

0-470-72032-8

0-470-71801-3

OCLC:

797918388