Overview
- Provides timely reviews on current topics of ECM biology.-
- Improves our understanding of the cellbiological background of diseases.-
- Published in collaboration with the American Society for Matrix Biology.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biology of Extracellular Matrix (BEM)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Initially believed to be inactive molecules, glycans are now considered essential for life, both under normal and pathological conditions.
This volume of the series “Biology of Extracellular Matrix” reviews the most recent findings on the role of glycans in the development of diseases and the possible therapeutic use of this class of molecules. It shows how the interaction of glycans with growth factors, growth factor binding proteins, extracellular proteases, protease inhibitors, chemokines, morphogens, and adhesive proteins regulates inflammation, infection, cancer, atherosclerosis, thrombosis and embryonic stem cell biology. Furthermore, an extensive survey about the structure and pharmacological effects of unique marine glycosaminoglycans is discussed as well as the possibility of using these glycans as therapeutic agents.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Glycans in Diseases and Therapeutics
Editors: Mauro S.G. Pavão
Series Title: Biology of Extracellular Matrix
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16833-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-16832-1Published: 20 April 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26794-9Published: 29 May 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-16833-8Published: 19 April 2011
Series ISSN: 0887-3224
Series E-ISSN: 2191-1959
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 188
Topics: Cell Biology, Animal Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine, Human Physiology