Full Description
Molecular nutrition (the study of interactions between nutrients and various intracellular and extracellular molecules) is one of the most rapidly developing fields in nutritional science. Ultimately, molecular nutrition research will reveal how nutrients may affect fundamental processes such as DNA repair, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. This book is the only single complete volume available reviewing the field of molecular nutrition. It contains contributions from leading international experts, and reviews the most important and latest research from various areas of molecular nutrition.
Contents
Part 1: Methods in Molecular Nutrition Research 1: Genomics and beyond, 2: Perspectives in postgenomic nutrition research, Part 2: Cellular Nutrient Homeostasis, Proliferation, and Apoptosis 3: Molecular physiology of plasma membrane transporters for organic nutrients, 4: Intracellular trafficking and compartmentalization of vitamins and their physiologically active forms, 5: Nutrient homeostasis in proliferating cells, 6: Nutrients and apoptosis, Part 3: Roles for Nutrients in Signal Transduction, Gene Expression, and Proteolysis 7: Glucose regulation of gene expression in mammals, 8: Amino acid-dependent control of transcription in mammalian cells, 9: Fatty acids and gene expression, 10: Roles of RARs and RXRs in mediating the molecular mechanism of action of vitamin A, 11: Regulation of gene expression by biotin, vitamin B6 and vitamin C, 12: Selenium and vitamin E, 13: Sphingolipids: a new strategy for cancer treatment and prevention, 14: The health effects of dietary isoflavones, 15: Mechanisms of ubiquitination and proteasome-dependent proteolysis in skeletal muscle, Part 4: Nucleic Acids and Nucleic Acid-binding Compounds 16: Diet, DNA methylation and cancer, 17: Biotinylation of histones in human cells, 18: Niacin status, poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism and genomic instability, Part 5: Molecular Events Affect Physiology 19: Assembly of triglyceride transporting plasma lipoproteins, 20: Regulation of cellular cholesterol, 21: 2002 Assessment of Nutritional Influences on Risk for Cataract, 22: Nutrition and immune function, Part 6: Foods 23: Molecular mechanisms of food allergy, 24: Safety assessment of genetically modified foods,
