Acute Phase Proteins covers all major aspects of acute phase proteins (APP) starting with molecular mechanisms regulating their synthesis and ending with their functional significance. The book features 36 chapters addressing such topics as acute phase response and the APP; major APP and their structure and functions; regulation of APP synthesis, the cytokines and hormones implicated in these processes, and molecular mechanisms involved; signal transduction of cytokines in hepatocytes and posttranscriptional processes; and quantitative and qualitative evaluation of APP in clinical practice. The book will be an important reference for immunologists, molecular biologists, cellular biologists, biochemists, and clinical chemists.

Acute Phase Proteins covers all major aspects of acute phase proteins (APP) starting with molecular mechanisms regulating their synthesis and ending with their functional significance. The book features 36 chapters addressing such topics as acute phase response and the APP; major APP and their structure and functions; regulation of APP synthesis, the cytokines and hormones implicated in these processes, and molecular mechanisms involved; signal transduction of cytokines in hepatocytes and posttranscriptional processes; and quantitative and qualitative evaluation of APP in clinical practice. The book will be an important reference for immunologists, molecular biologists, cellular biologists, biochemists, and clinical chemists.

Amusant und unterhaltsam schildert Karl Heinz Baumann Gedanken und Empfindungen des aufgeweckten Mischlingshundes, dem die Menschen manchmal wirklich ein Ratsel sind. Wieso sagen sie oft dasselbe, ob er sie gegen einen bedrohlichen Hund verteidigen will oder eine betorende Hundedame erblickt hat? "Bleib lieb, Kitt. Aus, Kitt " Trotzdem sagt Kitt: "Dass ich mich bei meinen Herrschaften sehr, sogar sehr, sehr wohlfuhle, bedarf aus meiner Sicht keiner besonderen Erwahnung. Das ist nun einmal so Punktum "