Eicosanoids in invertebrate signal transduction systems / David W. Stanley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanley, David W. (David Warren), 1946- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eicosanoids--Physiological effect.

Eicosanoids.

Cellular signal transduction.

Invertebrates--Physiology.

Invertebrates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

Core Textbook

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This volume generates a new paradigm for researching and understanding the biological meaning of eicosanoids. Eicosanoid is a general term for oxygenated metabolites of certain polyunsaturated fatty acids. The compounds are extremely important in human biology, in which they are well understood. Their importance to humans, however, has tended to overshadow their broader biological significance. David Stanley seeks to change that in this book, providing a general sketch of the medical background on eicosanoids and then developing a detailed critical treatment of eicosanoid actions in invertebrates and some lower vertebrates.Stanley looks at the role of eicosanoids in, for example, invertebrate reproduction, immunity, and ion transport physiology. As he explains, eicosanoids also mediate important ecological interactions, particularly host-parasite interactions. Drawing on these physiological and ecological actions, the book develops a "biological paradigm," under which we understand that eicosanoids probably exert important actions in most, if not all, animals. Because eicosanoids mediate crucial events in the lives of animals, they are endowed with unusual explanatory power. Research designed to increase our understanding of eicosanoids has thus yielded and will continue to yield important new information about animal biology. In addition to representing a major advance in our understanding of eicosanoids in animals, this book serves as an unusually comprehensive and accessible introduction to eicosanoid research in general.Originally published in 1999.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Howard, Ralph W.

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction: A Theory of the Biological Significance of Eicosanoids

Chapter 2. Eicosanoid Structures and Biosynthesis 11 The Mammalian Model of Eicosanoid Biosynthesis

Chapter 3. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

Chapter 4. Eicosanoids in the Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates

Chapter 5. Eicosanoids in Invertebrate Immunity

Chapter 6. Eicosanoids in Invertebrate Ion Transport Physiology

Chapter 7. Emerging Eicosanoid Actions

Chapter 8. Eicosanoids Mediate Ecological Interactions

Chapter 9. A Research Prospectus: Approaching the Frontiers

Abbreviations Used in References

References

Taxonomic Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-272) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63003-8

0-691-60005-8

1-4008-6505-0

OCLC:

884012607