Hepatic plasma proteins : mechanisms of function and regulation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowman, Barbara H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, [1993]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Physiological and clinical implications of human plasma protein abnormalities
  • Coagulation factors
  • Plasma protease inhibitors
  • Complement factors
  • Apolipoproteins
  • Acute-phase reactants
  • α1-acid glycoprotein
  • C-reactive protein
  • Serum amyloid protein
  • Serum amyloid A
  • Complement 3
  • α2-HS-glycoprotein
  • Albumin
  • Plasma proteinase inhibitors
  • Variety of human plasma proteinase inhibitors
  • α1-antitrypsin
  • Plasma protein vehicles
  • Transferrin
  • Ceruloplasmin
  • Transthyretin and the retinol binding protein
  • Haptoglobin
  • Hemopexin
  • Vitamin D binding protein
  • Biochemical regulators: cytokines and transcription factors
  • Cytokines regulate changes in plasma protein synthesis
  • Transcription factors in the nucleus regulate plasma protein gene expression by binding to specific DNA sequences
  • Transcription factors interact with DNA sequences of plasma protein genes.