1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144011603321

Titolo

The molecular biology and pathology of elastic tissues [[electronic resource] /] / [editors Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : J. Wiley, 1995

ISBN

1-282-45539-7

9786612455391

0-470-51477-9

0-470-51478-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 192

Altri autori (Persone)

ChadwickDerek

GoodeJamie

Disciplina

574.82

611.0182

611/.0182

Soggetti

Elastin

Elastic tissue - Diseases - Molecular aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on the Molecular Biology and Pathology of Elastic Tissues, held at the Windsor Golf and Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya, 1-3 November 1994"--P. v.

Editors: Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode.

Nota di contenuto

THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF ELASTIC TISSUES; Contents; Participants; Preface; Chairman's in trod uction; Molecular biophysics of elastin structure, function and pathology; UItrastructure of elastin; General discussion I; Structure of the elastin gene; Regulation of elastin synthesis in pathological states; Catalytic properties and structural components of lysyl oxidase; General discussion II; The structure and function of fibrillin; Elastin gene mutations in transgenic mice; Elastic fibre assembly: macromolecular interactions

The 67 kDa spliced variant of b-galactosidase serves as a reusable protective chaperone for tropoelastinGeneral discussion Ill; Elastin in lung development and disease; Elastin and mechanoreceptor



mechanisms with special reference to the mammalian carotid sinus; Skin elastic fibres: regulation of human elastin promoter activity in transgenic mice; Elastin in systemic and pulmonary hypertension; General discussion IV; Elastin in blood vessels; General discussion V; Elastase in the prevention of arterial ageing and the treatment of the rosclerosis

Interaction of tumour cells with elastin and the metastatic phenotypeA role for neutrophil elastase in solar elastosis; Closing reflections; Index of contributors; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing together contributions from a diverse group of international experts in the field, this collection of papers examines the biology and pathology of elastin at the molecular level. Topics include the structure, ultrastructure and function of elastin; elastin regulation; elastin's role in aging, lung development and disease and atherosclerosis; as well as related aspects of pharmacology and nutrition.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974588903321

Autore

Larsen Mattias

Titolo

Vulnerable daughters in India : culture, development and changing contexts / / Mattias Larsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi ; ; New York, : Routledge India, 2011

New Delhi ; ; New York : , : Routledge India, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-52054-0

9786613832993

0-203-15027-9

1-136-51599-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

306.850954

Soggetti

Female feticide - India

Sex of children, Parental preferences for - India

Women - India - Social conditions

Families - India

Daughters - India

Sexism - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Problem; 2 Intergenerational Interests and Systematic Case Comparisons; 3 Exploration and Specification of the Context; 4 Structural Continuity and the Role of the Son; 5 Contextual Changes in Two Paths to Low CSR; 6 Structure, Change and Uncertainty; Appendix; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In India, girls are aborted on a massive scale merely because they are girls. Underlying this widespread problem is the puzzling fact that daughters have become vulnerable in a time of general improvement of welfare, female status and deep economic and social changes. The findings centre on a contradiction between the continued importance of the cultural factors which for so long have established that a son is necessary, and socio-economic changes that are challenging the importance of these very same factors. This contradiction entails an uncertainty over sons fulfilling expectations which