Overview
- This book covers all currently significant aspects of cholesterol-binding and transport proteins
- This book integrates diverse topics under the theme of the title
- Chapters in this book are written by active scientists in their field of study
- This book contains a thorough coverage of both fundamental science and clinical aspects of cholesterol-binding proteins
- This book fills a unique gap in the cholesterol literature by placing emphasis upon the proteins associated with cholesterol
Part of the book series: Subcellular Biochemistry (SCBI, volume 51)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Knowledge of cholesterol and its interaction with protein molecules is of fundamental importance in both animal and human biology. This book contains 22 chapters, dealing in depth with structural and functional aspects of the currently known and extremely diverse unrelated families of cholesterol-binding and cholesterol transport proteins. By drawing together this range of topics the Editor has attempted to correlate this broad field of study for the first time. Technical aspects are given considerable emphasis, particularly in relation cholesterol reporter molecules and to the isolation and study of membrane cholesterol- and sphingomyelin-rich "raft" domains. Cell biological, biochemical and clinical topics are included in this book, which serve to emphasize the acknowledged and important benefits to be gained from the study of cholesterol and cholesterol-binding proteins within the biomedical sciences and the involvement of cholesterol in several clinical disorders.
It is hoped that by presenting this topic in this integrated manner that an appreciation of the fact that there is much more that needs to be taken into account, studied and understood than the widely discussed "bad and good cholesterol" associated, respectively, with the low- and high-density lipoproteins, LDL and HDL.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cholesterol Binding and Cholesterol Transport Proteins:
Book Subtitle: Structure and Function in Health and Disease
Editors: J. Robin Harris
Series Title: Subcellular Biochemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8622-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8621-1Published: 17 March 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3174-5Published: 05 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-8622-8Published: 10 March 2010
Series ISSN: 0306-0225
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8810
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 632
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Lipidology, Protein Science, Apoptosis, Animal Biochemistry