Overview
Covers the relevance of dysregulated pH in a wide variety of human diseases
First title to cover molecular genetic analysis of dysregulated pH homeostasis
Summarizes the molecular genetics on the detailed mechanisms by which different mammalian cells sense and response acidity
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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“Response to Acidity”
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Back Matter
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About this book
Most biological reactions and functions occur within a narrow range of pH. Any changes in the pH have great impacts on the biological functional at every level, including protein folding, enzymatic activities and proliferation and cell death. Therefore, maintain the pH homeostasis at the local or systemic level is one of the highest priorities for all multicellular organisms. Many redundant mechanisms are in place to maintain the pH homeostasis, a topic that is well covered in the scientific literature and medical textbooks. However, when the pH homeostasis is disrupted in various physiological adaptations and pathological situations, resulting acidity may trigger significant pathophysiological events and modulate disease outcomes. Therefore, understanding how various cells sense and react to acidity have broad impact in a wide variety of human diseases, including cancer, stroke, myocardial infarction and diabetes, renal and infectious diseases. In this book, many investigators have summarized the molecular genetics on the detailed mechanisms by which different mammalian cells sense and response acidity. These chapters cover the acidity with broad impact in biological understanding and human diseases and review various sensing mechanism and cellular responses to pH alterations in both physiological (taste, pain) and pathological settings (ischemia and cancers). Furthermore, these authors present a broad spectrum of investigative approaches to cellular response to acidosis in a in wide variety of human diseases.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular Genetics of Dysregulated pH Homeostasis
Editors: Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1683-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1682-5Published: 21 October 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5317-2Published: 22 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1683-2Published: 20 October 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 160
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Genetics, Cell Biology, Biomedicine general