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The Role of Pendrin in Health and Disease

Molecular and Functional Aspects of the SLC26A4 Anion Exchanger

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Overview

  • Written by experts in pendrin research

  • Provides readers with detailed knowledge about pendrin genetics, structure and pharmacology

  • Helps in understanding the molecular mechanisms of pendrin related disorders

  • Combines in the best way cutting-edge research with clinical aspects of pendrin function

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. The Role of Pendrin in the Inner Ear

  2. The Role of Pendrin in the Thyroid

  3. The Role of Pendrin in the Kidney

  4. The Role of Pendrin in the Airways

  5. The Pendrin Gene and Protein

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About this book

This book reviews the current state of knowledge on the genetics, molecular biology and physiology of pendrin, with a particular focus on pendrin dysfunction and the consequences for human health. 


Pendrin is a membrane transport protein expressed in the thyroid, inner ear, kidney and airways, and was recently found in a variety of other tissues and organs. Pendrin malfunction may cause a genetic disease called Pendred syndrome or non-syndromic deafness.


The book provides a thorough description of the multifaceted role of pendrin in human health and disease. As such, it offers an invaluable tool for physiology and pathology researchers, while also providing essential guidance for otorhinolaryngologists and endocrinologists in the diagnosis of Pendred syndrome and pendrin-related deafness.

Reviews

“The purpose is to summarize the current knowledge about the role of pendrin in normal physiology and disease pathology. The intended audience is predominantly researchers and physicians interested in a detailed description of the multifaceted function of pendrin. However, the book also could serve as a good source for undergraduate and graduate students and postgraduate trainees interested in thyroid physiology and pathology as well as physiology, pathology, and diagnosis of deafness in general.” (Partha Kasturi, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2017) 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Paracelsus Medical University Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Salzburg, Austria

    Silvia Dossena

  • Paracelsus Medical University Institut of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Salzburg, Austria

    Markus Paulmichl

About the editors

Prof. Dr. Markus Paulmichl Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria

Silvia Dossena, PhD Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Role of Pendrin in Health and Disease

  • Book Subtitle: Molecular and Functional Aspects of the SLC26A4 Anion Exchanger

  • Editors: Silvia Dossena, Markus Paulmichl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43287-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43285-4Published: 10 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82780-3Published: 20 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43287-8Published: 02 March 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 226

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Molecular Medicine, Otorhinolaryngology, Endocrinology, Human Genetics

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