Description: Eicosanoids and Radiation, Paperback by Polgar, Peter (EDT), ISBN 146128970X, ISBN-13 9781461289708, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Cancer is a multi-volume series that will focus on an emerging area of cancer research. In 1968, . Williams first reported that elevated prostaglandin levels are present in human medullary car cinoma. Since that time, the concept that arachidonic acid metabolites may be in volved in cancer has expanded to include every aspect of the disease from cell transformation through metastasis. Prostaglandins and leukotrienes are generic terms used to describe a family of bioactive lipids produced from unsaturated fatty acids (principally from arachidonic acid) via the cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways, respec tively. Cyclooxygenase products consist of diverse products such as prosta glandin Ez (PGEz), prostacyclin (PGIz) and thromboxane Az (TXAz), whereas lipoxygenase products consist of hydroperoxy fatty acids and mono-, di- and tri-hydroxy acids including leukotrienes. The precursor fatty acids for the cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways are present in cellular phospholipids. This finding established an important control point in their biosynthesis-the release of substrate. This occurs in response to numerous stimuli that act at the cell surface. Dr. Bengt Samuelsson's extensive study of the metabolism of pros taglandins indicated that they are rapidly inactivated on a single pass through pulmonary circulation. Thus, they cannot act as circulating hormones and appear to be made on demand in or in the vicinity of target tissues leading to the concept that prostaglandins are local hormones or autocoids.
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Book Title: Eicosanoids and Radiation
Number of Pages: Xii, 196 Pages
Publication Name: Eicosanoids and Radiation
Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Oncology
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Subject Area: Medical
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Péter Polgár
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Cancer Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
