Advances in Biology. Volume 5
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Advances in Biology. Volume 5

$250.00

Charles D. Grant (Editor)

Series: Advances in Biology
BISAC: SCI008000

This book is a compilation of eight chapters on the advancements in Biology. The first chapter comprehensively reviews advancements and challenges in utilizing extracellular polymers as materials with biomedical applications. The second chapter discusses the current mechanisms of tubulointerstitial fibrosis progression and the increasingly important role of the proximal tubule injury in driving inflammation and fibrosis. Chapter Three will discuss using computational analysis, in vitro experiments, and applied methods to provide a comprehensive approach to target the synthesis of polymeric substances in pathogenic bacteria. Chapter Four is a short review of such an approach with a special focus on the use of combinatorial peptide ligand libraries (CPLL), extensively applied in proteomics investigations, for the enrichment of very low-abundance proteins in view of their identification and individual quantitation. Chapter Five is a short review of an approach that will improve the sensitivity of analytical methods, with a special focus on the use of combinatorial peptide ligand libraries (CPLL), extensively applied in proteomics investigations, for the enrichment of very low-abundance proteins in view of their identification and individual quantitation. Chapter Five goes on to discuss the function of Cyclo (L-Phenylalanine-L-Proline) on the Proteome of Staphylococcus Aureus. In Chapter Six, recent findings and ongoing progress on Pep-triggered immunity are presented, along with the recent findings of Peps orthologs in other plant species. The mechanism of the influence of celestial bodies on activity and the interaction of domains (Α- and Β-Tubulins) with their surroundings are addressed in Chapter Seven. The last chapter highlights the naturally occurring thiolane type cyclic sulfides and their therapeutical potency particularly anticancer activity. Thiolane-type cyclic sulfides are especially synthesized by Allium species.

 

 

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Biomedical Applications of Extracellular Polymers
Yessica Enciso-Martínez¹, MS, F. Javier Vázquez-Armenta², PhD, B. Shain Zuñiga-Martínez¹, MS, A. Thalía Bernal-Mercado³, PhD, Melvin R. Tapia-Rodríguez¹, PhD, and J. Fernando Ayala-Zavala¹, PhD
¹Coordinación de Tecnología de Alimentos de Origen Vegetal, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Hermosillo, Sonora, México
²Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México
³Departamento de Investigación y Posgrado en Alimentos, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México

Chapter 2. Renal Proximal Tubule Injury:Role of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor (AT1R) Blockage through Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70)
Patricia G. Vallés¹,², Andrea Fernanda Gil Lorenzo¹, Valeria Cacciamani², María Eugenia Benardon¹, and Valeria Costantino²,³
¹Área de Fisiopatología, Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
²IMBECU-CONICET (Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)
³Área de Biología Celular, Departamento de Morfofisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

Chapter 3. Targeting Extracellular Polymeric Substances of Pathogenic Bacteria: In Silico, In Vitro, and Applied Strategies
Samaria Lisdeth Gutierrez-Pacheco¹, Andres Alvarez-Armenta², M. Melissa Gutierrez-Pacheco³, Luis Alberto Ortega-Ramírez³, and J. Fernando Ayala-Zavala⁴
¹Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
²Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
³Universidad Estatal de Sonora, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, México
⁴Coordinación de Tecnología de Alimentos de Origen Vegetal, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. Hermosillo, Sonora, México

Chapter 4. Host Cell Proteins Enrichment for an In-Depth Analytical Assessment of Biopharmaceutical Quality
Egisto Boschetti¹ and Pier Giorgio Righetti²
¹Scientific Consultant, JAM Conseil, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
²Department of Chemistry, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Chapter5. The Function of Cyclo (L-Phenylalanine-L-Proline) on the Proteome of Staphylococcus Aureus
Duiyuan Ai¹, PhD, Weibing Zhang¹, PhD, and Jianmin Yun, PhD
College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China

Chapter 6. The Importance of Endogenous Plant Elicitor Peptide Signals in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
Mehdi Safaeizadeh¹, Nachelli Malpica-López², and Masoud Tohidfar¹
¹Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Velenjak, Tehran, Iran
²Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Chapter 7. The Mechanism of Influence of Celestial Bodies on Activity and Interaction of Domains (Α- and Β-Tubulins) with Their Surroundings
Anatoly Zubow², Kristina Zubow¹, and Viktor Zubow¹
¹Zubow Consulting, NPO, Germany
²Group of the Telecommunication Networks Division, TU, Berlin, Germany

Chapter 8. Naturally Occurring Thiolane-Type Cyclic Sulfides: A Review on Mode of Action
Idris Arslan
Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Biomedical Engineering, Incivez, Zonguldak, Turkey

Index

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