Cardiovascular hormone systems: from molecular mechanisms to novel therapeutics

In Cardiovascular Hormone Systems: From Molecular Mechanisms to Novel Therapeutics, leaders in the field provide a comprehensive survey of cardiovascular endocrinology. Covering all hormone systems, this clearly structured text is anessential reference for molecular biologists, cell biologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, hematologists, and pharmacologists working on the cardiovascular system and related diseases. INDICE: STEROID HORMONES Gluco- and Mineralocorticoids (Mullins) Sex Steroid Hormones (Regitz-Zagrosek) PEPTIDE HORMONES Angiotensins (Santos) Kinins (Pesquero) Natriuretic Peptides (Potter) Endothelins (Rossi) Adrenomedullin (Ruskoaho Apelin and Vasopressin (Llorens-Cortes) AMINES Serotonin (Bader) Adrenaline and Noradrenaline (Hein) Dopamine (Soares-da-Silva) Histamine (Tanner) ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLITES Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes (Habenicht) Cytochrome P450-dependent Eicosanoids (Schunck) NUCLEOTIDES, NITRIC OXIDE, ACETYLCHOLINE Nucleotides (Jankowski) Nitric Oxide (Schini-Kerth) Acetylcholine (Irigoyen)

• ISBN: 978-3-527-31920-6
• Editorial: Verlag Chemie
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 424
• Fecha Publicación: 23/07/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés