Metabolism of Human Diseases examines the physiology of key organs e g brain eye lung heart blood vessels blood immune system gastrointestinal tract pancreas liver fat tissue kidney reproductive system teeth bone and joints and how defective metabolism and signaling pathways within these organs contribute to common human diseases The latter include depression schizophrenia epilepsy Parkinson s disease Alzheimer s disease migraine multiple sclerosis Down syndrome macular degeneration glaucoma asthma COPD pneumonia atherosclerotic heart disease heart failure stroke varicose veins Sickle cell disease hyperlipidemia fever sepsis allergies peptic ulcer gastroenteritis lactose intolerance colon cancer diabetes cirrhosis metabolic syndrome hypertension chronic kidney disease gout urinary tract infections kidney stones dental caries osteoporosis osteoarthritis rheumatoid arthritis breast cancer and prostate cancer The book also describes commonly used drugs and explains their molecular targets It provides the first comprehensive and detailed summary of the metabolism of individual organs and their physiological and pathological functioning Thus it serves as a useful supplement to previous textbooks of human physiology Metabolism of Human Diseases is a must have state of the arttextbook written by International experts for graduate students postdocs andscientists in metabolic research biochemistry physiology and pharmacy as well as for physicians interested in molecular mechanisms underlying common human diseases Principles of Metabolism and Its Common Diseases examines the metabolism of the key molecules of life water oxygen carbohydrates lipids proteins nucleic acids and minerals and how a defective metabolism of these molecules leads to common human diseases i e hypertension sepsis asthma COPD cancer diabetes stroke obesity atherosclerosis gout osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthr
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Metabolism of Human Diseases examines the physiology of key organs e g brain eye lung heart blood vessels blood immune system gastrointestinal tract pancreas liver fat tissue kidney reproductive system teeth bone and joints and how defective metabolism and signaling pathways within these organs contribute to common human diseases The latter include depression schizophrenia epilepsy Parkinson s disease Alzheimer s disease migraine multiple sclerosis Down syndrome macular degeneration glaucoma asthma COPD pneumonia atherosclerotic heart disease heart failure stroke varicose veins Sickle cell disease hyperlipidemia fever sepsis allergies peptic ulcer gastroenteritis lactose intolerance colon cancer diabetes cirrhosis metabolic syndrome hypertension chronic kidney disease gout urinary tract infections kidney stones dental caries osteoporosis osteoarthritis rheumatoid arthritis breast cancer and prostate cancer The book also describes commonly used drugs and explains their molecular targets It provides the first comprehensive and detailed summary of the metabolism of individual organs and their physiological and pathological functioning Thus it serves as a useful supplement to previous textbooks of human physiology Metabolism of Human Diseases is a must have state of the arttextbook written by International experts for graduate students postdocs andscientists in metabolic research biochemistry physiology and pharmacy as well as for physicians interested in molecular mechanisms underlying common human diseases Principles of Metabolism and Its Common Diseases examines the metabolism of the key molecules of life water oxygen carbohydrates lipids proteins nucleic acids and minerals and how a defective metabolism of these molecules leads to common human diseases i e hypertension sepsis asthma COPD cancer diabetes stroke obesity atherosclerosis gout osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthr **