Synopsis
The Retinoids is a collection of papers that deals with the biochemistry and metabolism of the retinoids and of specific retinoid-binding proteins that are found in plasma and in cells. Some papers describes the biosynthesis and metabolism of retinol, with plasma retinol-binding protein, with intracellular retinoid-binding proteins, as well as with the metabolism and role of retinoids in the eye. Other papers review the metabolism of retinoic acid and synthetic retinoids, the cellular and molecular mechanisms of action of the retinoids, and applied biology of the retinoids. Several papers discuss toxicology, teratology, immunology, and the applications of retinoids in the fields of cancer and dermatology. One paper describes the transport of retinoic acid and other acidic retinoids in plasma in association with serum albumin. Another paper hypothesizes that vitamin A affects differentiation at the cellular level and addresses how tissue specificity of this action can arise. One paper examines the role of retinoid-binding proteins in vertebrate visual system, particularly how these proteins transport retinoids in the serum, cell sap, and interstitial spaces of the eye. The collection can prove useful for biologists, microbiologists, cellular biologists, students and professors of biology, oncology, ophthalmology or dermatology.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Search results for The Retinoids: v. 2
Seller Image
The Retinoids - Volume 2. First Edition and First Printing
Published by
Academic Press, Inc. / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Orlando, FL, 1984
ISBN 10: 0126581029
ISBN 13: 9780126581027
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition and First Printing. Near Fine - very. See scans and description. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, Inc. / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1984. 'The Retinoids - Volume 2', edited by Michael B. Sporn, Anita B. Roberts, and DeWitt S. Goodman. ISBN 0126581029. Octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt and black imprinting on front cover and spine, 459 pp. (xiii + 446). Near Fine - in fact, fine, but for the neatly rubber-stamped name and position of a former Syracuse University physics professor on the front free endpaper, that professor having been the only prior owner of this otherwise almost immaculately preserved volume. See all scans. Volume 2 of the memorable set covering every facet of study of retinoids by a variety of scholars; see scan of list of contributors. Tables, photographs, etc. throughout. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L21. Seller Inventory # 62322