Overview
- An expert overview of the most recent knowledge about tryptophan metabolism and related diseases
- Includes discussion of the clinical application of the developments in the scientific area; translational knowledge
- Discusses the relationship between cellular immunity and tryptophan metabolism in the development of several diseases ?
Part of the book series: Molecular and Integrative Toxicology (MOLECUL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book discusses the relationship between cellular immunity and tryptophan metabolism, as well as its products, serotonin and melatonin, in the development of several diseases and reappraises the common signal transduction pathways of the neurodegenerative diseases, carcinogenesis, immune tolerance, inflammation, hypersensitivity reactions, neuropsychiatric disorders, in addition to bacterial tryptophan biosynthesis and novel antimicrobials.
Tryptophan Metabolism: Implications for Biological Processes, Health and Disease presents fundamental information on tryptophan related metabolic pathways and metabolites, implications of these products for specific biological processes, diseases and conditions.
This book focuses on effects of tryptophan metabolites on human health and will appeal to researchers, clinicians and students within this field.
Reviews
“This is a biochemical physiology textbook concerning the metabolic pathways of serotonin, kyneurenic, melatonin, and related chemicals in brain/mind disorders. … I recommend this book to all students and practitioners in Neurology, Neurophysiology, and Psychiatry.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, May, 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tryptophan Metabolism: Implications for Biological Processes, Health and Disease
Editors: Atilla Engin, Ayse Basak Engin
Series Title: Molecular and Integrative Toxicology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15630-9
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15629-3Published: 13 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34716-5Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15630-9Published: 28 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2168-4219
Series E-ISSN: 2168-4235
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 382
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Molecular Medicine, Metabolic Diseases, Immunology, Biomedicine general