Research Catalog

Title

The molecular biology and pathology of elastic tissues / [editors Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode].

Publication

Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Chadwick, Derek.
• Ciba Foundation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023182
• Goode, Jamie.
• Symposium on the Molecular Biology and Pathology of Elastic Tissues (1994 : Nairobi, Kenya) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95118228

Description

xi, 361 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 192

Uniform Title

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 192.

Subjects

• Elastin
• Elastin > Congresses
• Elastic tissue > Diseases > Molecular aspects > Congresses
• Connective Tissue
• Congress
• Elastic Tissue
• Connective tissues

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Symposium on the Molecular Biology and Pathology of Elastic Tissues, held at the Windsor Golf and Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya, 1-3 November 1994"--P. v.
• Editors: Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode.

Contents

• Chairman's introduction / L. Robert -- Molecular biophysics of elastin structure, function and pathology / D. W. Urry, C.-H. Luan and S. Q. Peng -- Ulstrastructure of elastin / I. Pasquali-Ronchetti, C. Fornieri, M. Baccarani-Contri and D. Quaglino -- Structure of the elastin gene / J. Rosenbloom, W. R. Abrams, Z. Indik, H. Yeh, N. Ornstein-Goldstein and M. M. Bashir -- Regulation of elastin synthesis in pathological states / J. M. Davidson, M.-C. Zhang, O. Zoia and M. G. Giro -- Catalytic properties and structural components of lysyl oxidase / H. M. Kagan, V. B. Reddy, N. Narasimhan and K. Csiszar -- The structure and function of fibrillin / D. P. Reinhardt, S. C. Chalberg and L. Y. Sakai -- Elastin gene mutations in transgenic mice / J. L. Sechler, L. B. Sandberg, P. J. Roos, I. Snyder, P. S. Amenta, D. J. Riley and C. D. Boyd -- Elastic fibre assembly: macromolecular interactions / R. P. Mecham, T. Broekelmann, E. C. Davis, M. A. Gibson and P. Brown-Augsburger --
• The 67 kDa spliced variant of [beta]-galactosidase serves as a reusable protective chaperone for tropoelastin / A. Hinek -- Elastin in lung development and disease / R. A. Pierce, T. J. Mariani and R. M. Senior -- Elastin and mechanoreceptor mechanisms with special reference to the mammalian carotid sinus / J. K. Kimani -- Skin elastic fibres: regulation of human elastin promoter activity in transgenic mice / J. Uitto, S. Hsu-Wong, S. D. Katchman, M. M. Bashir and J. Rosenbloom -- Elastin in systemic and pulmonary hypertension / F. W. Keeley and L. A. Bartoszewicz -- Elastin in blood vessels / L. Robert, M. P. Jacob and T. Fulop -- Elastase in the prevention of arterial ageing and the treatment of atherosclerosis / T. Ooyama and H. Sakamato -- Interaction of tumour cells with elastin and the metastatic phenotype / J. Timar, Cs. Dichazi, A. Ladanyi, E. Raso, W. Hornebeck, L. Robert and K. Lapis -- A role for neutrophil elastase in solar elastosis / B. Starcher and M. Conrad --
• Closing reflections / L. Robert.

ISBN

0471957186

LCCN

95231696

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Columbia University Libraries