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The Liver in Biology and Disease was conceived as a sequel in the series Principles of Medical Biology, whose general aim continues to be the integration of human biology and molecular cell biology into modern molecular medicine. It is a volume molded by the Information Revolution which few will den...
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Elsevier JAI,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Principles of medical biology,
v. 15 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/15692582/15 |
| Summary: |
The Liver in Biology and Disease was conceived as a sequel in the series Principles of Medical Biology, whose general aim continues to be the integration of human biology and molecular cell biology into modern molecular medicine. It is a volume molded by the Information Revolution which few will deny has forced the teaching faculties in our medical schools to curtail and prune the teaching load and focus on fundamentals and principles. With this intention in mind, a volume of this nature takes into account the close dependence of progress in the medical sciences on bioinformatics (gene and p |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvii, 607 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780762311248 076231124X 9780080459264 0080459269 |
| Index Number: | RC845 |
| CLC: | R575 |
| Contents: | Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- 1. THE INTRAHEPATIC BILIARY TREE -- 2. FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY OF INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCYTES -- 3. THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON IN LIVER FUNCTION -- 4. MECHANISMS OF BILE FORMATION AND CHOLESTASIS -- 5. THE ROLE OF BILE ACIDS IN THE MODULATION OF APOPTOSIS -- 6. GROWTH FACTORS AND THE LIVER -- 7. CHEMOKINE AND CYTOKINE REGULATION OF LIVER INJURY -- 8. DRUG METABOLISM AND HEPATOTOXICITY -- 9. ASSEMBLY AND SECRETION OF HEPATIC VERY-LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN -- 10. BILIRUBIN METABOLISM -- 11. CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE LIVER -- 12. ALCOHOLIC L |