1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782093903321

Titolo

Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes [[electronic resource] ] : Expression, Distribution and Functional Regulation of GLUT Isoforms by Hypoxia, Hypoxia Mimetics, Growth Factors and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines / / by Ali Mobasheri, Carolyn A. Bondy, Kelle Moley, Alexandrina Ferreira Mendes, Susana Carvalho Rosa, Stephen Richardson, Judith A Hoyland, Richard Barrett-Jolley, Mehdi Shakibaei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2008

ISBN

3-540-78899-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (vi, 88 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, , 2192-7065 ; ; 200

Altri autori (Persone)

MobasheriA (Ali)

Disciplina

612.75

613.283

Soggetti

Medicine - Research

Biology - Research

Orthopedics

Endocrinology

Biomedical Research

Orthopaedics

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Articular Cartilage: Structure, Function, and Pathophysiology -- Does Arthritis Have a Nutritional Etiology? -- Metabolic Dysfunction in Arthritis -- Glucose: An Essential Metabolite and Structural Precursor for Articular Cartilage -- Mammalian Sugar Transporter Families: GLUT and SGLT -- Molecular Diversity of Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes -- Regulation of Glucose Transport by Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs -- Glucose Transporters in the Intervertebral Disc -- Glucose Transporter Expression and Regulation in Embryonic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells -- Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

Articular cartilage is a unique and highly specialized avascular connective tissue in which the availability of oxygen and glucose is



significantly lower than synovial fluid and plasma. Glucose is an essential source of energy during embryonic growth and fetal development and is vital for mesenchymal cell differentiation, chondrogenesis and skeletal morphogenesis. Glucose is an important metabolic fuel for differentiated chondrocytes during post-natal development and in adult articular cartilage and is a common structural precursor for the synthesis of extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycans.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785075103321

Autore

Scerri Eric R

Titolo

The periodic table [[electronic resource] ] : its story and its significance / / Eric R. Scerri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-988554-0

1-280-84650-X

0-19-534567-3

1-4294-5942-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (671 p.)

Disciplina

546/.8

Soggetti

Periodic law

Chemical elements

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. 387-328) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The periodic system : an overview -- Quantitative relationships among the elements -- Discoverers of the system -- Mendeleev -- Prediction and accommodation : the acceptance of Mendeleev’s periodic system -- The nucleus and the periodic table : radioactivity, atomic number, and isotopy -- The electron and the chemical periodicity -- Electronic explanations of the periodic system developed by chemists -- Quantum mechanics and the periodic table -- Astrophysics, nucleosynthesis, and more chemistry.

Sommario/riassunto

The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and embodies the most fundamental principles of



the field. The one definitive text on the development of the periodic table by van Spronsen (1969), has been out of print for a considerable time. The present book provides a successor to van Spronsen, but goes further in giving an evaluation of the extent to which modern physics has, or has not, explained the periodic system. The book is written in a lively style to appeal to experts and interested lay-persons alike.