Advances in medicine and biology. Volume 96 / Leon V. Berhardt, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berhardt, Leon V., editor.

Series:

Advances in Medicine and Biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internal medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Biomedical, 2016.

Summary:

The chapters in this volume of Advances in Medicine and Biology, present the latest research in medical research. The first chapter provides recent findings from animal studies and human intervention studies are reviewed and evaluated with respect to the preventive/protective effects of cranberries against metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Chapter Two discusses the use of the North American cranberry to decrease matrix metalloproteinase activity in aortic smooth muscle cells in vitro, which occurs via modulation of key cellular signaling activities. Chapter Three examines how dietary whole cranberry modulates plasma cholesterol profiles and prevents liver toxicity in response to cholesterol-feeding in the JCR. Chapter Four discusses the known characteristics and functions of macrovascular pericytes and describes the role of these cells in the development of atherosclerotic lesions. Chapter Five reviews the putative role of pericytes in thyroid gland and rare/orphan thyroid tumors. Chapter Six discusses the synthesis, regulation and physiological effects of the luteinizing and follicle-stimulation hormones in women. Chapter Seven presents the epidemiology of legionellosis as well as clinical features and control strategies of the microorganism. Chapter Eight provides insights on neuronal vulnerability and astrocytic abnormalities during stroke. Chapter Nine provides an overall perspective of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and the potential role of the Scientist in the Community. Chapter Ten describes the active regulatory process that maintains corneal avascularity, describes the pathogenesis of the neovascular process, provides an overview of the most common aetiologies of corneal neovascularization (CoNV), as well as current and future treatments available. Chapter Eleven describes the clinical, histological, and molecular changes occurring in the skin after ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure, and reviews the specific cellular and biochemical mechanisms contributing to the clinical phenotype of photoaged skin. The last chapter studies medication error reduction at transitions of care through a better multiciplinary intervention.

Contents:

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY: VOLUME 96; ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY: VOLUME 96; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CRANBERRY (VACCINIUM MACROCARPON) AND METABOLIC SYNDROME; ABSTRACT; HEALTH BENEFITS OF CRANBERRIES; RESEARCH ON THE PREVENTIVE EFFECTS OF CRANBERRIES AGAINST TYPE 2 DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES

Chapter 2: NORTH AMERICAN CRANBERRY (VACCINIUM MACROCARPON) MEDIATED DECREASES IN MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE ACTIVITY IN AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IN VITRO OCCURS VIA MODULATION OF KEY CELLULAR SIGNALING ACTIVITIESABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: DIETARY WHOLE CRANBERRY (VACCINIUM MACROCARPON) MODULATES PLASMA CHOLESTEROL PROFILES AND PREVENTS LIVER TOXICITY IN RESPONSE TO CHOLESTEROL-FEEDING IN THE JCR: LA-CP CORPULENT RAT MODEL; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS AND MATERIALS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCESChapter 4: PERICYTES: CELL BIOLOGY, FUNCTIONS AND ROLE IN HUMAN ATHEROGENESIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; STRUCTURE OF NORMAL AND ATHEROSCLEROTIC ARTERIAL INTIMA; PERICYTES OF THE AORTIC INTIMA; IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MACROVASCULAR PERICYTES; ROLE OF PERICYTES IN ATHEROGENESIS; PERICYTES IN INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES; CELLULAR NETWORK IN THE VASCULAR WALL; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: PUTATIVE ROLE OF PERICYTES IN THYROID GLAND AND RARE/ORPHAN THYROID TUMORS; ABSTRACT

A. PUTATIVE ROLE OF PERICYTES IN THYROID GLAND: REGULATION OF ANGIOGENESIS AND MICROENVIRONMENTB. RARE/ORPHAN THYROID TUMORS DERIVED FROM PERICYTIC LINEAGE TRANSFORMATION; C. CONCLUSION: PERSONALIZED THERAPIES INRARE/ORPHAN THYROID TUMORS DERIVED FROM PERICYTIC LINEAGE TRANSFORMATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: LUTEINIZING AND FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONES IN WOMEN: SYNTHESIS, REGULATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ANTERIOR PITUITARY CELL ORGANIZATION; LUTEINIZING AND FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONES; SYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF GONADOTROPINS

PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF LH AND FSH WOMENCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 7: LEGIONELLOSIS: EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL FEATURES AND CONTROL STRATEGIES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EPIDEMIOLOGY; 3. CASE DEFINITION; 4. CLINICAL FEATURES; 5. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; 6. CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: STROKE-PRONE SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS: INSIGHTS ON NEURONAL VULNERABILITY AND ASTROCYTIC ABNORMALITIES ON STROKE; ABSTRACT; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NEURONAL VULNERABILITY AND REDOX REGULATION IN THE BRAIN OF SHRSP RATS UNDER ISCHEMIC CONDITIONS

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF SHRSP RAT ASTROCYTES AND CORRELATIONS WITH STROKE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63484-529-3