Books from Biota Publishing
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Vascular Smooth Muscle Function in Hypertension
By Theodora Szasz, Rita C. A. TostesStephen Hales inserted fine tubes into arteries and measured the height to which the column of blood rose. In addition, Reverend Hales took wax casts of the ventricle of the heart and estimated how much blood the heart pumped.
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Regulation of Gastrointestinal Mucosal Growth: Second Edition
By Rao N. Jaladanki, Jian-Ying WangIn this book, we highlight key issues and factors that control gastrointestinal mucosal growth and homeostasis, with special emphasis on the mechanisms through which epithelial renewal and apoptosis are regulated at the cellular and ...
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Nitric Oxide in the Kidney
By Jennifer M. SasserHyndman, K. A. et al. Distinct regulation of inner medullary collecting duct nitric oxide production from mice and rats. Clinical and experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 40, pp.
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Developmental Genetics of the Pharyngeal Arch System
By Jeffry M. Cesario, André Landin Malt, Juhee JeongDevelopment 139, 1821–1830. doi:10.1242/dev.075796 Jin, Y. R., Turcotte, T. J., Crocker, A. L., Han, X. H. and Yoon, J. K. (2011). The canonical Wnt signaling activator, R-spondin2, regulates craniofacial patterning and morphogenesis ...
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The Exocrine Pancreas
By Stephen J. Pandol205–11. doi:10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.03.010 Maisonneuve, P., et al., Cigarette smoking accelerates progression ofalcoholic chronic ... and confers genetic risk for human inflammatory bowel disease. Cell, 2008. 134(5): pp. 743–56. Yoshida ...
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Immune Mechanisms of Hypertension
By Michael J. RyanIn the vast majority of patients, hypertension has no identifiable cause.
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Local Control of Microvascular Perfusion
By Michael Hill, Michael Davis[224] Kohler R, Heyken WT, Heinau P, Schubert R, Si H, Kacik M, Busch C, Grgic I, Maier T, and HoyerJ. Evidence for a functional role ofendothelial transient receptor potential V4 in shear stress-induced vasodilatation ...
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The Endocannabinoid System in Local and Systemic Inflammation
By Melanie E. M. Kelly, Christian Lehmann, Juan ZhouZhao, H-P., Jiang, H-M., and Xiang, B-R. (2013). Discontinued drugs in 2012: cardiovascular drugs. Expert Opin. Investig. Drugs. 22:1437–1451. DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2013.832198. Chapter 10 Amenta, P.S., Jallo, J.I., Tuma, R. F., Hooper, ...
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Respiratory Muscles: Structure, Function & Regulation
By Gary C. Sieck, Heather Gransee459–62, 1982. doi: 10.1016/0013-4694f(82)90011-6 van Lunteren E, Martin RJ, Haxhiu MA, and Carlo WA. Diaphragm, genioglossus, and triangularis sterni responses to poikilocapnic hypoxiaJApplPhysiol67: pp. 2303–10, 1989.
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Enteric Nervous System: The Brain-in-the-Gut
By Jackie D. Wood90–8, 2010. doi:10.1016/j.autneu .2009.07.009 Pimentel M, Chow EJ, and Lin HC. ... 3503–6, 2000. doi:10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02161-4; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.03368.x Poole DP, Castelucci P, Robbins HL, Chiocchetti R, and Furness JB.
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Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis: From Cell Biology to Therapeutics
By A. Wayne Orr, Arif Yurdagul Jr., Brijesh M. PatelCD000990 Dawson DL, Cutler BS, Meissner MH, Strandness DE, Jr. Cilostazol has beneficial effects in treatment of intermittent claudication: results from a multicenter, randomized, prospective, double-blind trial. Circulation.
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Clinical and Molecular Aspects of Motor Neuron Disease
By Johnathan Cooper-Knock, Thomas Jenkins, Pamela J. ShawIn this e-book, motor neuron disease (MND) shall refer to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common neurodegenerative disorder affecting both the upper and lower motor neurons.
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Molecular Mechanisms of Body Water Homeostasis
By Carolyn M. Ecelbarger, Dharmendra Kumar Chaudhary, Hwal LeeProc natlacad Sci USa 2004;101(19):7469–74. doi:10.1073/pnas.0401704101 Yang B, Bankir L, Gillespie A, Epstein CJ, Verkman AS. Urea-selective concentrating defect in transgenic mice lacking urea transporter ...
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Sex and the Developing Brain
By Margaret McCarthy... growth and innervation is also found in the songbird system, with the added twist that the estradiol appears to be derived centrally within the brain rather than from testosterone from the testes (Holloway and Clayton, 2001).
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Measuring Cell Mechanics
By Margaret Gardel, Patrick OakesWith its high sensitivity and ability to move small distances controllably, the AFM has been an incredibly useful tool to measure adhesion and unfolding of both single molecules and cells (Benoit et al., 2000; Dufrêne and Pelling, 2013; ...
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Drosophila Glia
By LinFang Wang, Honglei Wang, Margaret S. HoLinFang Wang, Honglei Wang, Margaret S. Ho. Sanchez, D., Lopez-Arias, B., Torroja, L., Canal, I., Wang, X., Bastiani, M.J., and Ganfornina, M.D. (2006). Loss of glial lazarillo, a homolog of apolipoprotein D, reduces lifespan and stress ...
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Neuropeptide Receptors
By Ivone Gomes, Jonathan H. Wardman, Steven D. Stockton Jr.is stimulated by Gαs proteins [192, 193], and that all AC isoforms except for AC9 are stimulated by forskolin (a diterpene ... 190, 191, 609, 610] AC3 ADCY3 Olfactory neurons; brain; heart; lungs; testes; brown tissue Gαs; forskolin; ...
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Short Bowel Syndrome in Childhood
By Michael E. HöllwarthFinkel Y, Brown G, Smith HJ, et al., The effect of pectin-supplemented elemental diet in a boy with short gut syndrome. Acta Paediatr. Scand. 1990; 79: 1983–1986. DOI: 10.1111/j.1651- 2227.1990.tb11368.x. Fitzgibbons SC,Jones BA, ...
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Quantitative Biology of Endocytosis
By Julien Berro, Michael M. Lacy... the heterotetrameric AP2 complex, mediate the interaction between clathrin and the plasma membrane, controlling the recruitment of clathrin and downstream endocytic proteins to specific sites (Merrifield and Kaksonen, 2014).
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The Biliary System: Second Edition
By David Q.-H. Wang, Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri, Piero Portincasa[155] Carey MC, Small DM. Micellar properties of dihydroxy and trihydroxy bile salts: effects of counterion and temperature. J Colloid Interface Sci 1969;31: pp. 382–96. doi:10.1016/ 0021-9797(69)90181-7 [156] Carey MC.