Tryptophan Metabolism: Implications for Biological Processes, Health and Disease

Book Overview

TRYPTOPHAN RELATED SIGNALING MOLECULES: TARGETS AND FUNCTIONS.- TRYPTOPHAN AND CELL DEATH.- TRYPTOPHAN AND NITRIC OXIDE IN ALLERGY.-Tryptophan metabolites: A microbial perspective.- THE ROLE OF L-TRYPTOPHAN KYNURENINE PATHWAY METABOLISM IN VARIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASES: FOCUS ON INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE 1.- EVALUATION OF TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM IN CHRONIC IMMUNE ACTIVATION .- DIABETES AND TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM .- 3-HYDROXYKYNURENIC ACID AND TYPE 2 DIABETES: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGING, OBESITY, DEPRESSION, PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND SCHIZOPHRENIA.- THERAPEUTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MELATONIN IN ALZHEIMER S AND PARKINSON S DISEASES.- TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM AND SLEEP.- TRYPTOPHAN IN MOLECULAR HEMATOPOIESIS.- NIGHT-SHIFTS AND MELATONIN: RELEVANCE TO AGE AND BREAST CANCER.- CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN CANCER TREATMENT AND TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM.-INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE-COMPETENT REGULATORY DENDRITIC CELLS AND THEIR ROLE IN ALLOIMMUNE REGULATION AND TRANSPLANT IMMUNE TOLERANCE.- WINE FLAVOR AND TRYPTOPHAN

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319156292
• ISBN13: 9783319156293
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"