Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 – Natriuretic Peptides (pp. 1-30)
Tsuneo Ogawa and Adolfo J. de Bold (Cardiovascular Endocrinology Laboratory, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 2 – Cellular, Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Natriuretic Peptides and Their Receptors in Health and Disease (pp. 31-76)
Kailash N. Pandey (Tulane University School of Medicine, LA, USA)
Chapter 3 – MANP: A Novel Designer Natriuretic Peptide GC-A Activator for the Treatment of Hypertension and Heart Failure (pp. 77-100)
Giuseppe Puccia, Valentina Cannone, Paul M. McKie and John C Burnett Jr. (Cardiorenal Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA)
Chapter 4 – Atrial Natriuretic Factor Receptor Guanylate Cyclase: The Journey (pp. 101-118)
Rameshwar K. Sharma and Teresa Duda (Research Divisions of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Salus University, Elkins Park, PA)
Chapter 5 – Natriuretic Peptide Receptor: Structure and Signaling Mechanism (pp. 119-136)
Kunio Misono (Reno, Nevada, US)
Chapter 6 – Physiology and Patho-Physiology of Signal Transduction via Cardiac Natriuretic Peptides and Guanylyl Cyclase-A (pp. 137-154)
Ichiro Kishimoto (Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan)
Chapter 7 – Natriuretic Peptide Receptor-C in Physiology and Pathophysiology (pp. 155-174)
Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava (Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada)
Chapter 8 – ARM, the ATP-Regulated Module of ANF-RGC Guanylate Cyclase: Structure and Function (pp. 175-200)
Teresa Duda, Alexandre Pertzev and Rameshwar K. Sharma (The Unit of Regulatory and Molecular Biology, Research Divisions of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Salus University, Elkins Park, PA, USA)
Chapter 9 – Natriuretic Peptides: Predictive, Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications in Cardiovascular Diseases with Particular Regard to Acute Cardiovascular Events (pp. 201-216)
Speranza Rubattu and Massimo Volpe (Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, and Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy)
Chapter 10 – Natriuretic Peptides Receptors: Molecular Biology, Phisiology and Clinical Implication (pp. 217-236)
Daniele Masarone, Raffaella D’Alessandro, Andrea Buono, Rita Gravino, Alessandra Rea, Gemma Salerno, Ernesto Ammendola, Giuseppe Del Giorno, Lucio Santangelo, Antonello D’Andrea, Maria Giovanna Russo, Raffaele Calabrò, Giuseppe Limongelli and Giuseppe Pacileo (Department of Cardiology. Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy)
Chapter 11 – Natriuretic Peptides Modulate Inner Ear Function (pp. 237-258)
George J. Trachte and Janet L. Fitzakerley (Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN, USA)
Chapter 12 – Mechanisms of Action of Guanylin Peptides (pp. 259-276)
Aleksandra Sindic (Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chapter 13 – N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: A Biomarker of Cardiac Dysfunction during Human Fetal Life (pp. 277-300)
Waltraut M. Merz and Ulrich Gembruch (University Bonn Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Bonn, Germany)
Chapter 14 – Transcriptional Control Mechanisms of Guanylyl Cyclase/Natriuretic Peptide Receptor A Gene (pp. 301-330)
Prerna Kumar and Kailash N. Pandey (Tulane University School of Medicine, LA, USA)
Index