1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996215870303316

Titolo

Culture, society and sexuality : a reader / / edited by Richard Parker and Peter Aggleton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : UCL Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-36002-2

1-135-36003-0

1-280-40087-0

0-203-02017-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

483 p

Collana

Social aspects of AIDS Culture, society and sexuality

Altri autori (Persone)

ParkerRichard G <1956-> (Richard Guy)

AggletonPeter

Disciplina

306.7

Soggetti

Sex

Sex customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sexual matters : on conceptualizing sexuality in history / Robert A. Padgug -- Sexual scripts / William Simon and John H. Gagnon -- Anthropology rediscovers sexuality : a theroetical comment / Carole S. Vance -- 'Gender' for a Marxist dictionary : the sexual politics of a word / Donna J. Haraway -- 'That we should all turn queer?' : homosexual stigma in the making of manhood and the breaking of a revolution in Nicaragua / Roger N. Lancaster -- Discourse, desire and sexual deviance : some problems in a history of homosexuality / Jeffrey Weeks -- Thinking sex : notes for a radical theory of politics of sexuality / Gayle S. Rubin -- 'The unclean motion of the generative parts' : frameworks in western thought on sexuality / Robert W. Connell and Gary W. Dowsett -- Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence / Adrienne Rich -- The hijras of India : cultural and individual dimensions of an institutionalized third gender role / Serena Nanda -- Capitalism and gay identity / John D'Emilio --

'Within four walls' : Brazilian sexual culture and HIV/AIDS / Richard Parker -- Silences : 'Hispanics', AIDS and sexual practices / Ana Maria Alonso and Maria Teresa Koreck -- HIV, Heroin and heterosexual



relations / Stephanie Kane -- Prostitution viewed cross-culturally : toward recontextualizing sex work in AIDS intervention research / Barbara O. de Zalduondo -- Sexual diversity, cultural analysis and AIDS education in Brazil / Richard Parker -- Sexuality, identity and community : the experience of MESMAC / Katie Deverell and Alan Prout -- AIDS, homophobia and biomedical discourse : an epidemic of signification / Paula Treichler -- Inventing 'African AIDS' / Cindy Patton -- Safer sex as community practice / Simon Watney -- Sexual culture, HIV transmission and AIDS research / Richard G. Parker, Gilbert Herdt and Manuel Carballo -- Mapping terra incognita : sex research for AIDS prevention, an urgent agenda for the 1990s / Ralph Bolton -- Feminist methodology and young people's sexuality / Janet Holland. [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

This work offers an introduction to the central debates in sexuality research. Among the issues examined are the social and cultural dimensions of sex, human sexuality and sex research.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959970903321

Titolo

Osteoclasts : morphology, functions and clinical implications / / Alexander J. Brown and Johanna S. Walker, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2012

ISBN

1-62081-340-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Cell biology research progress

Human anatomy and physiology

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownAlexander J

WalkerJohanna S

Disciplina

616.71

Soggetti

Osteoclasts

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

Intro -- OSTEOCLASTS -- OSTEOCLASTS -- Contents -- Preface -- Modulation of Osteoclast Differentiation and Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Introduction -- Osteoclasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Growth Factors -- Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor -- Granulocyte Macrophage- Colony Stimulating Factor -- Transforming



Growth Factor-Beta -- Tumor Necrosis Factor Super Family -- Receptor Activator of NF-Kappa B Ligand -- Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha -- Osteoprotegerin -- Interferon Family -- Interleukin Family -- Interleukin 1 -- Interleukin 6 -- Interleukin 10 -- Conclusion -- Refrences -- Osteoclast Formation and Function  and Its role in Skeletal Bone Disease -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Multinucleation -- Sealing Zone -- Ruffled Border -- Basolateral Membrane -- OCs and Clinical Implications -- Osteopetrosis -- Pycnodysostosis -- Paget's Disease -- Osteoporosis -- Cancer -- Inflammatory Arthritis -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The High Osteoclastogenic Potential of Human Osteosarcoma Cells: Reciprocal Interaction between MG63 Osteoblast-Like Cells and Osteoclast Precursors -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cell Culture Models -- 2.1. MG63 Cell Line -- 2.2. Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) -- 3. Osteoclastogenic Potential of the MG63 -- Cell Line -- 3.1. Paracrine-Mediated Mechanisms -- 3.2. Cell-to-Cell Contact Mechanisms -- 4. Modulation of the MG63 Cell Behavior  by Osteoclastic Cells -- Conclusion -- References -- Osteoclast Biology  in Paget's Disease of Bone -- Abstract -- Osteoclast Phenotype in PDB -- Viral and Genetic Factors in Paget's Disease of Bone -- Role of p62 in Osteoclast Signaling -- p62 as a Shuttling Factor -- Role of p62 Mutations in Paget's Disease of Bone -- Conclusion -- References -- Osteoclasts: The Major Actors  in Bone Resorption -- Abstract -- Introduction.

Osteoclast Differentiation and Activation -- Osteoclasts and Immune System Talk -- Osteoclasts in Bone Metastases -- Osteoclasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Osteoclasts in Periprosthetic Osteolysis -- Osteoclasts in Pedriatic Disease -- Osteoclasts in Osteoporosis -- Conclusion -- References -- Role of the Immuno-Skeletal Interface  in Physiological and Pathological Osteoclast Regulation -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. Physiological Osteoclast Formation and the Role  of the RANK/RANKL/OPG Axis -- 2. Role of the Immuno-skeletal Interface in Physiological Osteoclast Renewal -- a) T Cells and B Cells, the Centerpiece of Cell-mediated Immunity -- b) T Cells and B Cells, Critical Regulators of Basal Osteoclastogenesis -- c) Disruption of the Immuno-skeletal Interface and Bone Loss Associated with HIV-Infection -- d) The immuno-skeletal Interface and Osteoclastic Bone Loss Associated with inflammatory Disease -- e) Role of the Immuno-skeletal interface in Estrogen Deficiency-induced Bone Loss -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Multiple Functions of Osteoclasts  and Potential Usefulness  of Phosphatidylserine-Containing  Liposomes on Bone Diseases -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Immune Fuctions of OCs -- Angiogenic Functions of OCs -- HSC Regulation Function of OCs -- Effects of PSLs on OCs -- Effects of PSLs on Macrophages/Miroglia -- Effects of PSLs on DCs -- Conclusion -- References -- Bone Formation and Osteoclastic Resorption after Implantation  of beta-Tricalcium Phosphate (beta-TCP) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Experiment 1 -- Experiment 2 -- Results -- Experiment 1 -- Experiment 2 -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Osteoclasts of Patients with Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) -- Abstract -- Short Communication -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the morphology, functions and clinical implications of osteoclasts. Topics include osteoclast formation and function and its risk in skeletal bone disease.