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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971110803321

Titolo

Nuclear receptors / / Margaret K. Bates and Regina M. Kerr, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science, c2011

ISBN

1-62081-971-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Microbiology research advances

Cell biology research progress

Altri autori (Persone)

BatesMargaret K

KerrRegina M

Disciplina

572.8/845

Soggetti

Nuclear receptors (Biochemistry)

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

Glucocorticoid receptor signaling and its potential convergence with toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 and receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) signaling pathways in cardiovascular disease / Vasileios Salpeas ... [et al.] -- Steroid receptor coactivators and endocrine treatment in breast cancer / Line L. Haugan Moi ... [et al.] -- The functional role of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and Nur77 in thymocyte development / Noriko Tosa, Takahiro Fukumoto, Tadaaki Miyazaki -- Nitric oxide : a tool to block nuclear receptor activity / Klaus-Dieter Spindler, Martin Laschak, Marcus V. Cronauer -- Vitamin K as a ligand of steroid and xenobiotic receptor / Kotaro Azuma ... [et al.]  -- AR has a potential role in mediating the serotonin synthesis mechanism / Takahiro Fukumoto, Noriko Tosa, Tadaaki Miyazaki -- The EXPORTIN1 genes (XPO1A and XPO1B) in arabidopsis : are they functionally redundant? / Lian-Chin Wang, Shaw-Jye Wu -- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors : nuclear receptors with pleotropic actions / Nik Soriani Yaacob, Mohd. Nor Norazmi.

Sommario/riassunto

Nuclear receptors are involved in various aspects of intracellular signal transduction within a range of tissues and play an important role as regulators in numerous essential biological functions. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of nuclear receptors, including glucocorticoid receptor signalling in cardiovascular disease; steroid receptor coactivators and endocrine treatment in breast cancer;



the effects of nitric oxide on nuclear receptors as a tool for studying gene regulation; and, vitamin K as a ligand of steroid and xenobiotic receptors and androgen receptors and prostate cancer.