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Calcium in Biological Systems

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Table of contents (80 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Metabolic and Functional Aspects of Calcium Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. General Aspects of Calcium and Cell Function

      1. Calcium Ion
        • Howard Rasmussen
        Pages 13-22
      2. Intracellular Calcium as a Second Messenger
        • Mordecai P. Blaustein
        Pages 23-33
    3. Roles of Phosphoinositides in Calcium-Regulated Systems

      1. Calcium-Mobilizing Receptors
        • Michael J. Berridge
        Pages 37-44
      2. Receptor-Mediated Changes in Hepatocyte Phosphoinositide Metabolism
        • Joseph Eichberg, Charles A. Harrington
        Pages 53-60
      3. Hormonal Regulation of Phosphoinositide Metabolism in Rat Hepatocytes
        • John N. Fain, Michael Wallace, Sue-Hwa Lin, Irene Litosch
        Pages 61-65
      4. Implication of Phosphoinositides in Receptor-Mediated Stimulation of Phospholipid Labeling
        • Bernard W. Agranoff, Edward B. Seguin, Lucio A. A. Van Rooijen
        Pages 67-72
    4. Stimulus-Secretion Coupling

      1. Calcium and Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Pancreatic Acinar Cells
        • John A. Williams, Daniel B. Burnham
        Pages 83-91
      2. Role of Calcium in Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Bovine Adrenal Medullary Cells
        • N. Krishner, J. J. Corcoran, S. P. Wilson
        Pages 101-108
      3. The Role of Calcium and Osmosis in Membrane Fusion
        • Fredric S. Cohen, Myles H. Akabas, Alan Finkelstein
        Pages 121-126
    5. Calcium Regulation of Hemopoietic Cells

      1. Relationship between Calcium, Arachidonic Acid Metabolites, and Neutrophil Activation
        • Ramadan L. Sha’afi, Paul H. Naccache
        Pages 137-145
      2. Calcium and Diacylglycerol
        • T. J. Rink, R. Y. Tsien, A. Sanchez, T. J. Hallman
        Pages 155-164

About this book

This volume is based in part upon the proceedings of the Calcium Theme held during the 67th Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, which took place in Chicago, AprillO-lS, 1983. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics had the primary responsibility for organizing the scientific program with the assistance of other member societies, including the American Physiology Society, American Association of Pathologists, and American Institute of Nutrition. The purpose of the Calcium Theme was to review progress in the diverse areas of investigation bearing on the ubiquitous role of calcium in biological systems. In addition to contributions from those participating in the Theme, this volume also includes a number of invited papers that were added to fill certain voids in topics covered. The authors were selected because they are investigators active in the mainstream of their particular research area, possessing the acumen to analyze cogently not only their own recent findings but also to relate these findings to their respective area. New information as well as reviews of current concepts generally highlight the individual contributions. Undoubtedly, some readers may argue with the emphasis made and/or the conclusions reached on individual topics. In such cases, other volumes will hopefully provide a forum for alternative points of view. Due to the broad scope of subjects covered and the large number of contributions, the papers have been arranged in three sections.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA

    Ronald P. Rubin, James W. Putney

  • CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, Summit, USA

    George B. Weiss

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Calcium in Biological Systems

  • Editors: Ronald P. Rubin, George B. Weiss, James W. Putney

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2377-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9453-5Published: 23 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2377-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 738

  • Number of Illustrations: 84 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general

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