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Selenium in Biology and Medicine

Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Selenium in Biology and Medicine. Held July 18-21, 1988, Tübingen, FRG

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Albrecht Wendel

    1. Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

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Table of contents (61 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Biochemistry of Selenoproteins and Selenium Compounds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Regulation of Glutathione Peroxidase Gene Expression; Implication for Species Difference and the Effect of Dietary Selenium Manipulation

      • H. Toyoda, S. Himeno, N. Imura
      Pages 3-7

    3. Regulation of Expression of Glutathione Peroxidase by Selenium

      • R. A. Sunde, M. S. Saedi, S. A. B. Knight, C. G. Smith, J. K. Evenson
      Pages 8-13

    4. Studies on New Selenoproteins and Specific Selenium Target Tissues

      • D. Behne, H. Hilmert, S. Scheid, H. Gessner, A. Kyriakopoulos, W. Elger
      Pages 14-20

    5. Selenium-Containing Proteins in Plasma of Higher Primates

      • P. D. Whanger, J. T. Deagen, J. A. Butler, M. A. Beilstein
      Pages 21-24

    6. Involvement of a Selenoprotein in Glycine, Sarcosine, and Betaine Reduction by Eubacterium acidaminophilum

      • W. Freudenberg, K. Hormann, M. Rieth, J. R. Andreesen
      Pages 25-28

    7. Dependence of Mouse Liver Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase on Dietary Selenium

      • F. Weitzel, F. Ursini, A. Wendel
      Pages 29-32

    8. Interaction of Heparin with a Selenoprotein in Human Plasma

      • B. Åkesson, B. Mårtensson
      Pages 33-37

    9. Selenium-Independent Glutathione Peroxidase in Malaria Parasites

      • A. Jung, B. Fritsch, A. Dieckmann, B. Bleiholder, R. Otchwemah
      Pages 38-42

    10. Synthesis of a Selenium Analogue of Neurospora crassa Metallothionein and Its Properties

      • H. Tanaka, T. Oikawa, M. Sugimoto, N. Esaki, K. Soda
      Pages 43-46

    11. Reactions of the Thioredoxin System with Selenium

      • A. Holmgren, S. Kumar
      Pages 47-51

    12. Selenite-Induced Variation of Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Mammalian Cells and Its Consequences for Cellular Radiation Resistance

      • B. E. Sandstrom, J. Carlsson, S. L. Marklund
      Pages 52-59

    13. Effects of Selenium Supplementation on Platelet Function as Assessed by Platelet Aggregation and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity

      • H. W. van der Torre, J. Veenstra, H. van de Pol, H. van Steenbrugge, S. Pelupessy, G. Schaafsma et al.
      Pages 60-62

    14. Role of Glutathione Peroxidase and α-Tocopherol in Protecting Rat Erythrocytes Against tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Hemolysis in Vitro

      • K. Yasumoto, C. H. Kim, T. Suzuki
      Pages 63-69

    15. Active Oxygen Generation by the Reaction of Selenite with Reduced Glutathione in Vitro

      • Y. Seko, Y. Saito, J. Kitahara, N. Imura
      Pages 70-73

    16. Studies on Selenite-Induced DNA Fragmentation and the Role of Poly(ADP Ribose)Polymerase in Selenite Toxicity

      • J. Högberg, P. Garberg, A. Ståhl
      Pages 74-78

    17. Involvement of Cellular Sulfhydryl Compounds in the Inhibition of DNA and RNA Synthesis by Selenite

      • G. D. Frenkel, D. Falvey
      Pages 79-82

  3. Influences of Selenium on the Metabolism of Animals and Man

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Selenium-Dependent Metabolic Modulations in Mouse Liver

      • R. Reiter, R. Otter, H.-M. Haney, A. Wendel
      Pages 85-89
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About this book

In July, 1988, more than 300 scientists from 29 different countries gathered at Tiibingen, W. Germany, in order to spend 4 days discussing their favourite trace element, selenium. This meeting continued the good tradition of three previous meetings held in Corvallis/Oregon, 1976, in Lubbock/Texas, 1980, and in Beijing/China, in 1984. Incidentally, the University of Tiibingen provided a unique historical background for a Symposium devoted to recent advances in biochemistry, pharmacology, human nutrition and human health; here, the first independent depart­ ment of Physiological Chemistry in Germany was founded in 1845. Pro­ fessor H9Ppe-Seyler elucidated here the hemin structure and his student Friedrich Miescher discovered the nucleic acids. This book contains one-half of the oral or poster presentations which were selected before the meeting was held on the basis of a one­ page abstract. It is the reader who will have to decide whether this time­ consuming policy of quality assessment was warranted or not.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

    Albrecht Wendel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Selenium in Biology and Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Selenium in Biology and Medicine. Held July 18-21, 1988, Tübingen, FRG

  • Editors: Albrecht Wendel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74421-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-74423-5Published: 10 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-74421-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 330

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Neurosciences, Food Science, Hepatology, Gastroenterology

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