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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877801203321

Titolo

The biology of extracellular molecular chaperones / / [editors, Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie Goode]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : John Wiley, 2008

ISBN

1-282-34320-3

9786612343209

0-470-75403-6

0-470-75402-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation symposium ; ; 291

Altri autori (Persone)

ChadwickDerek

GoodeJamie

Disciplina

572.6

612.01575

Soggetti

Extracellular matrix proteins

Molecular chaperones

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in association with the Novartis Foundation.

"Symposium on The biology of extracellular molecular chaperones, held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 5-7 June 2007" -- p. v.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Biology of Extracellular Molecular Chaperones; Contents; Chair's introduction; 1962-2007: a cell stress odyssey; DISCUSSION; The chaperone function: meanings and myths; DISCUSSION; Systems biology of molecular chaperone networks; DISCUSSION; Unusual cellular disposition of the mitochondrial molecular chaperones Hsp60, Hsp70 and Hsp10; DISCUSSION; Cell surface molecular chaperones as endogenous modulators of the innate immune response; DISCUSSION; Cell stress proteins in extracellular fluids: friend or foe?; DISCUSSION; HSP60 speaks to the immune system in many voices; DISCUSSION

Cell stress proteins: novel immunotherapeuticsDISCUSSION; General discussion; Cell stress proteins as modulators of bacteria-host interactions; DISCUSSION; Chaperonin 60 and macrophage activation; DISCUSSION; Hsp70: a chaperokine; DISCUSSION; Extracellular functions of thioredoxin; DISCUSSION; HSP27: an anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory stress protein acting to dampen immune



function; DISCUSSION; BiP, an anti-inflammatory ER protein, is a potential new therapy for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis; DISCUSSION; Final discussion; Contributor Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The heat shock, or cell stress, response was first identified in the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila. This was later related to the appearance of novel proteins within stressed cells, and the key signal stimulating this appearance was identified as the presence of unfolded proteins within the cell. It is now known that this is a key mechanism enabling cells to survive a multitude of physical, chemical and biological stresses. Since the promulgation of the 'molecular chaperone' concept as a general cellular function to control the process of correct protein folding, a large number o