Stress Adaptation, Prophylaxis and Treatment

1. Front Matter

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2. Myocardial preconditioning: Basic concepts and potential mechanisms

   • Shinji Okubo, Lei Xi, Nelson L. Bernardo, Kazu-ichi Yoshida, Rakesh C. Kukreja

   Pages 3-12

3. Regulation of cardiomyocyte apoptosis in ischemic reperfused mouse heart by glutathione peroxidase

   • Nilanjana Maulik, Tetsuya Yoshida, Dipak K. Das

   Pages 13-21

4. Thrombin releases calcium from internal stores of ultraviolet C-treated V79 fibroblasts independent of phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate hydrolysis: Role of oxidative stress

   • Sebanti Bagchi, Gayaram Bhaumik, Sanghamitra Raha

   Pages 23-30

5. Glutathione homeostasis in response to exercise training and nutritional supplements

   • Chandan K. Sen

   Pages 31-42

6. Mechanisms of beneficial effects of probucol in adriamycin cardiomyopathy

   • Natasha Iliskovic, Brian B. Hasinoff, Krisztina L. Malisza, Timao Li, Igor Danelisen, Pawan K. Singal

   Pages 43-49

7. Myocardial oxidative stress changes during compensated right heart failure in rats

   • Julieta Pichardo, Vince Palace, Firoozeh Farahmand, Pawan K. Singal

   Pages 51-57

8. Reactive oxygen species function as second messenger during ischemic preconditioning of heart

   • Dipak K. Das, Nilanjana Maulik, Motoaki Sato, Partha S. Ray

   Pages 59-67

9. The role of oxidative stress in diseases caused by mineral dusts and fibres: Current status and future of prophylaxis and treatment

   • M. Gulumian

   Pages 69-77

10. Endotoxin-induced alterations in hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase activity and gene expression

    • Subir R. Maitra, Mark L. Gestring, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Charles H. Lang, Mark C. Henry

    Pages 79-83

11. Oxidative stress in Systemic Sclerosis

    • Gabriele Simonini, Marco Matucci Cerinic, Sergio Generini, Massimo Zoppi, Mario Anichini, C. Cesaretti et al.

    Pages 85-91

12. Signal transduction and transcriptional adaptation in embryonic heart development and during myocardial hypertrophy

    • Satish Ghatpande, Shyamal Goswami, Eduardo Mascareno, M. A. Q. Siddiqui

    Pages 93-97

13. The cytotoxic effects of a novel IH636 grape seed proanthocyanidin extract on cultured human cancer cells

    • X. Ye, R. L. Krohn, W. Liu, S. S. Joshi, C. A. Kuszynski, T. R. McGinn et al.

    Pages 99-108

14. Acute and chronic stress-induced oxidative gastrointestinal mucosal injury in rats and protection by bismuth subsalicylate

    • D. Bagchi, O. R. Carryl, M. X. Tran, M. Bagchi, A. Garg, C. B. Williams et al.

    Pages 109-116

15. Stress genes and species survival

    • Prasanta K. Ray

    Pages 117-123

16. Fever: An integrated response of the central nervous system to oxidative stress

    • Walter Riedel, Gautham Maulik

    Pages 125-132

17. Enhanced expression and localization of heme oxygenase-1 during recovery phase of porcine stunned myocardium

    • Hari S. Sharma, Dipak K. Das, Pieter D. Verdouw

    Pages 133-139

18. Heterogeneity of human red blood cell membrane: Co-existence of heavy and light membranes

    • Salil K. Das, Shyamali Mukherjee

    Pages 141-149

19. Schisandrin B protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by enhancing myocardial glutathione antioxidant status

    • T. K. Yim, K. M. Ko

    Pages 151-156

20. Scavenging of superoxide anion radical by chaparral

    • Lun-Yi Zang, Greg Cosma, Henry Gardner, Kenneth Starks, Xianglin Shi, Val Vallyathan

    Pages 157-161

Stress reaction is likely to play a crucial role in a variety of degenerative diseases including cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The process of stress adaptation may appear to be simple, but in reality this is a very complex process and we are only beginning to understand the mechanism of adaptation. In January, 1998, scientists from around the world assembled to discuss the potential applicability of the concept of stress adaptation in the clinical arena. This volume contains original research papers presented on this subject during the conference Stress Adaptation, Prophylaxis and Treatment held in Calcutta, India, and serves as an up-to-date source of information for scientists, as well as clinicians interested in applying the concept of stress adaptation to the cure of diseases.

• Calcium
• Lipid
• Oxidation
• gene expression
• transcription

• Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA

  Dipak K. Das

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