Binomium chitin-chitinase : recent issues / / Salvatore Musumeci and Maurizio G. Paoletti, editors

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (481 p.)
• Disciplina: 573.7/74
• Soggetto topico: Chitin; Chitinase
• Altri autori: MusumeciSalvatore PaolettiM. G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: New aspects of chitin chemistry and enzymology / Riccardo Muzzarelli -- Role of chitinase in nature / Neetu Dahiya -- Chitin and chitinase in the human evolution / Andrea Giansanti, Fabio Mecozzi, and Salvatore Musumeci -- Chitinase in fungal and bacterial sepsis / Helen Michelakakis and Ioannis Labadaridis -- The origin and genetics of human chitinases / Rolf Boot ... [et al.] -- Polymorphism of chitinases in human populations / Andrea Angius -- The gaucher cell and chitotriosidase, the phagocyte chitinase / J.M. Aerts & R.G. Boot -- Chitinase activity in atherosclerosis disease / Ana Cenarro and Fernando Civeira -- Chitotriosidase activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and juvenile sarcoidosis / Juergen Brunner -- Chitinase in neurological diseases / Stefano Sotgiu -- Chitin in Alzheimer disease / Luis F. Gonzalez Cuyar, Rudy J. Castellani -- Chitin and chitinase in anticancer research / Xing Q. Pan -- YKL-40 in inflammation, tissue remodelling, and cancer / Julia Johansen -- Chitotriosidase in patients with beta-thalassemia / Rita Barone -- Chitotriosidase in the plasmodium, anopheles, and human interaction / Salvatore Musumeci and Maria Musumeci -- Role of amcase in the allergic ocular pathologies / Salvatore Musumeci and Maria Musumeci -- Chitinase in the immune response / Maria Musumeci and Salvatore Musumeci -- The role of chitin and chitinases in asthma / Max A. Seibold and Esteban Gonzalez Burchard -- Chitinase like lectins in humans / Julia Kzhyshkowska -- Role of amcase in the gastric digestion of chitin / Maurizio G. Paoletti ... [et al.] -- Role of chitinase in gastroenterology / Emiko Mizoguchi and Mayumi Kawada -- Chitinase inhibitors and its significance in biology / Shohei Sakuda -- Recognition of chitin and chitin-derived chitooligosaccharides in nature / Franco Falcone.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a collection of articles on binomial chitin/chitinase from authors who have all personally contributed to the development and increased acknowledgement of this topic. The book will represents a milestone for future researchers by taking into account the known archaic function of chitinases and the new description of chitin and chitinases roles in innate immunity. This recently discovered role has likely been vital in the process of genetic selection.
• Titolo autorizzato: Binomium chitin-chitinase
• ISBN: 1-61728-147-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974497203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II