Overview
Focuses on Star function in non-steroidogenic tissues
Addresses the emerging possibilities for STARD4 and STARD5 in cholesterol homeostasis and dysregulation
Provides perspective to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and endocrinology fellows on the research discovery process
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Non-vesicular intracellular cholesterol transport is an important mechanism for maintaining membrane cholesterol homeostasis. Recent reports of studies directed at soluble cholesterol transport proteins indicate that aberrant expression of the START proteins may contribute to disease states associated with disorders in cholesterol homeostasis. This is an exciting new direction in the field and the purpose of this book will be to highlight the current research directed at potential roles for the START family in diabetes, cancer and atherogenesis.
This book also provides a personal and historical perspective of the discovery-to-publication journey that the authors had for their particular START domain family member. The goal will be to provide perspectives to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and endocrinology fellows on the research discovery process.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cholesterol Transporters of the START Domain Protein Family in Health and Disease
Book Subtitle: START Proteins - Structure and Function
Editors: Barbara J. Clark, Douglas M. Stocco
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1112-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1111-0Published: 24 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5403-2Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1112-7Published: 24 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 190
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Endocrinology, Protein Science, Biomedicine general