The liver:biology and pathobiology

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Arias Irwin M.; Alter Harvey J.
Published: Wiley-Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Chichester, UK Hoboken, NJ
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 5th ed.
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xxii, 1191 p., [24] p. of plates: ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 9780470723135
0470723130
Index Number: R333
CLC: R333.4
R575.02
Call Number: R333.4/L784/5th.ed.
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Organizational principles of the liver -- Embryonic development of the liver -- Microtubules, actin filaments and motor-mediated vesicular transport -- Molecular motors -- Ion pumps and molecular motors: P-, F-, and V-type ATPases -- Hepatocyte surface polarity: its dynamic maintenance and establishment -- Endocytosis as an essential process in liver function and pathology -- Membrane transport in hepatocellular secretion -- Mitochondria -- Nuclear pore complex -- Protein maturation and processing at the endoplasmic reticulum ... Gene regulation and in vivo function of liver transcription factors -- Liver repopulation by cell transplantation and the role of stem cells -- Hepatic encephalopathy -- The kidney in liver disease -- Critical role of the liver in coagulation -- Inheritable cholestatic disorders -- Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency -- Adaptive regulation of hepatocyte transporters in cholestasis -- Pathogenesis of portal hypertension -- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a pathophysiological perspective -- Pathophysiology of alcoholic liver disease -- Inflammation and drug-induced liver injury -- Hepatocyte apoptosis -- Back to the future: a backward glance at the forward progress of hepatitis virus research ...