Published March, 2010
By Jeremy P. T. Ward and Jason X.-J. Yuan
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Part IV (Receptors and Signaling Cascades in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension) consists of five chapters devoted to the role of bone morphogenetic protein receptors, Notch receptors, serotonin receptors, Rho kinase and vascular endothelial growth factor receptors in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Published March, 2010
By Ikuo Homma, Hiroshi Onimaru and Yoshinosuke Fukuchi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Breathing is performed by the rhythmic contraction of respiratory muscles. The control of breathing is of the utmost importance in s- taining life, and although more than 150 years have passed since research on brea- ing control was first begun, many unsolved mysteries still remain.

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Published March, 2010
By Ramkrishna Sen
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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The microbial world has given us many surprises including microbes that grow under extremely harsh conditions (122C at 40 MPa), novel metabolisms such as the uranium and perchlorate reduction, and novel chemicals that can be used to control diseases.

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Published February, 2010
By Rahul Jandial
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This volume provides a representative survey of the current science of brain repair. It offers a broad introduction into molecular imaging, stem cell biology, cell therapy, animal models, central nervous system malignancies, stroke, and neurodegeneration.

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Published January, 2010
By Jose Luis Pedraz and Gorka Orive
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Amidst these, the field of cell encapsulation brings together an array of diverse disciplines such as molecular biology and biopolymers, gene therapy and inorganic membranes, stem cell biology and physicochemistry, immunology and nanotechnology.

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Published December, 2009
By Vladimir Berezin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This book describes recent developments concerning structural, functional and possible therapeutic aspects of one particular CAM, the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM).

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Published December, 2009
By Vassilis Cutsuridis, Amir Hussain, Leslie S. Smith, Igor Aleksander, Allan Kardec Barros, Ronald Chrisley and Ron Chrisley
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Published December, 2009
By Duane F. Bruley and Eiji Takahashi
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The International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT, www. These have been published first by Plenum Publishing (1973), then by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers and presently by Springer Publishing, all in the Advances In Expe- mental Medicine and Biology Series.

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Published December, 2009
By Srinivasa T. Reddy
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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The pivotal role of the Paraoxonases (PON) family in a variety of inflammatory diseases; for eample, atherosclerosis, in preventing the toxicity of organophosphorus insecticides and nerve agents and a variety of other compounds has made them an interesting target for both clinicians and scientists alike.

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Published December, 2009
By Adam Finn, Andrew J. Pollard and Nigel Curtis
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book examines various aspects of paediatric infectious diseases. Each chapter is based on a lecture given at the sixth "Infection and Immunity in Children" course, held at the end of June 2008 at Keble College, Oxford.

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