Overview

This collection of cutting-edge chapters summarizes in depth the state of our knowledge today concerning how cells communicate via G protein-coupled signal transduction and how defects in these proteins and their receptors can cause serious human disease involving many different organ systems. Written by leading investigators, each chapter describes in detail the structure and function of a particular G protein or receptor, lists possible mutations, and discusses fully the molecular pathogenesis of associated diseases. Full advantage is taken of insights from artificially created disorders using transgenic and gene knockout approaches. Diagnostic and therapeutic implications are also discussed where relevant. In its unique blend of basic science and clinical medicine, G Proteins, Receptors, and Disease offers deep insights into the physiological significance of this key signal transduction pathway and into the molecular basis of diseases ranging from obesity to malignancy.

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Author:   Allen M. Spiegel
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   1998 ed.
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.910kg
ISBN:  

9780896034303

ISBN 10:   0896034305
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   23 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction to G-Protein-Coupled Signal Transduction and Human Disease.- 2 Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy, Pseudohypopara-thyroidism, and Gs Deficiency.- 3 Gas-Activating Mutations: A Cause of Acromegaly, Thyroid Adenomas, Fibrous Dysplasia, and the McCune-Albright Syndrome.- 4 Ulcerative Colitis in Mice Lacking G?i2.- 5 G Proteins Regulating Insulin Action and Obesity: Analysis by Conditional, Targeted Expression of Antisense RNA in vivo.- 6 G;12- and G?3- Subunits of Heterotrimeric G Proteins : A Novel Family of Oncogenes.- 7 Hypo- and Hyperthyroidism Caused by Mutations of the TSH Receptor.- 8 Disorders Caused by Mutations of the Lutropin/ Choriogonadotropin Receptor Gene.- 9 Inactivating and Activating Mutations of the FSH Receptor Gene.- 10 Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus and Vasopressin Receptor Mutations.- 11 Disorders with Increased or Decreased Responsiveness to Extracellular Ca2+ Owing to Mutations in the Ca2+0-Sensing Receptor.- 12 Constitutively Active PTH/PTHrP Receptors Cause Jansen’s Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia.- 13 Mutation of the Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Receptor in the little Mouse.- 14 Functional Variants of the MSH Receptor (MC1-R), Agouti, and Their Effects on Mammalian Pigmentation.- 15 ACTH Resistance Syndromes.- 16 Altering Adrenergic Signaling and Cardiac Function in Transgenic Mice.- 17 Dopamine Receptors in Human Disease: Lessons from Targeted Mouse Mutants.- 18 The ?3-Adrenergic Receptor and Susceptibility to Obesity, the Insulin Resistance Syndrome, and Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus.

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Winner of one of the Best 1998 Health Sciences Books Awards! The book meets the stated objective...[of] providing the reader with a complete review of the known molecular and genetic details of the G protein signal cascade and related diseases...Each chapter is truly a state-of-the-art description. 4 Stars!-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal ...attractive in its presentation and well illustrated with good quality photographs...bibliographies are current and extensive...a pleasure to read...would complement every medical library and should be highly recommended to clinical and basic scientists. -European Journal of Endocrinology G Proteins, Receptors, and Disease is a volume worthy of a place on the bookshelf of anyone with a current interest in endocrine disease and GPCR-targeted approaches to therapeutics...it is refreshing to find a book that communicates just how much genomics-based research can accelerate understanding, not just of a discrete area of science, but of human disease. - Nature Medicine

Winner of one of the Best 1998 Health Sciences Books Awards! The book meets the stated objective...[of] providing the reader with a complete review of the known molecular and genetic details of the G protein signal cascade and related diseases...Each chapter is truly a state-of-the-art description. 4 Stars! - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal ...attractive in its presentation and well illustrated with good quality photographs...bibliographies are current and extensive...a pleasure to read...would complement every medical library and should be highly recommended to clinical and basic scientists. - European Journal of Endocrinology G Proteins, Receptors, and Disease is a volume worthy of a place on the bookshelf of anyone with a current interest in endocrine disease and GPCR-targeted approaches to therapeutics. it is refreshing to find a book that communicates just how much genomics-based research can accelerate understanding, not just of a discrete area of science, but of human disease. - Nature Medicine

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