BookStephan Herzig, editor.
Summary: The HEP issue on Metabolic Control provides a state-of the art overview over both classical concepts and emerging areas in metabolism and associated disorders. In this context, metabolic control is highlighted at various levels of complexity ranging from transcriptional mechanisms in metabolic pathway control over metabolic communication routes in physiology and pathophysiology to current treatment modalities and options in metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes and obesity. Dedicated chapters by leading experts in their fields provide a concise overview over important areas in metabolic research at a molecular level, including the role of the central nervous system in metabolism, inflammation and metabolism, pancreatic hormone signaling, brown adipose tissue, and therapeutic concepts.
Contents:
1 Central nervous system control of metabolism
2 Glucocorticoids and metabolic control
3 Anti-lipidemic drugs
4 Genomics and metabolism
5 cAMP signaling
6 cGMP and brown adipose tissue
7 Inflammatory signaling and metabolism
8 Insulin signaling
9 Nuclear receptor co-factors in metabolism
10 Novel treatment options in diabetes
11 Adipose tissue stem cells
12 Adipokines
13 Immune cells and metabolism
14 Brown adipose tissue in humans
15 Diabetes and Cancer
16 Cancer Cell Metabolism
17 Incretins.