Oxidants in Biology (eBook)

Preface by Valacchi G and Davis PA; OLD PLAYERS: 1. Hydrogen Peroxide, the good, the bad and the ugly, Henry Forman; 2. Peroxynitrite, a Key Molecule in Skin Tissue Response to Different Types of Stress, Meital Portugal and Ron Kohen; 3. Cellular and Environmental Electrophiles: Balancing Redox Signaling, Inflammation, and Cell Death Pathways, Albert van der Vliet*, Milena Hristova, Sean McCarthy and David Kasahara; 4. The role of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in the activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NFkB) and its implications for biological systems-the question of balance, Predrag Ljubuncic, Marina Bar-Shai and Abraham Z. Reznick; 5. Neutrophil-derived oxidants as modulators of polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism, Lukas Kubala and Antonin Lojek; 6. Fatty acids in modulation of reactive oxygen species balance in cancer, Jirina Hofmanová, Karel Soucek, Alena Vaculova and Alois Kozubík; 7. The question of balance: the interaction between blood and ozone, Velio Bocci; 8. Iron and erythrocytes: physiological and pathophysiological aspects, Lucia Ciccoli, Silvia Leoncini, Cinzia Signorini and Mario Comporti; 9. The adventures of superoxide dismutase in health and disease: Superoxide in the balance, Kristy M. Powers, Larry W. Oberley and Frederick E. Domann; 10. Glutathione metabolism: favorable vs unfavorable effects, Cimino Francesco and Saija Antonina; 11. Dual role of oxidative stress in the lungs, Tzipora Goldkorn and Elaine Khan; 12. Antioxidants: how they work, Elisabetta Damiani, Paola Astolfi, Patricia Carloni, Pierluigi Stipa and Lucedio Greci; NEW PLAYERS: 13. The role of DUOX isozymes in the respiratory tract epithelium, Richard Harper; 14. Hypertension, diabetes, oxidative stress and cardiovascular remodeling: making the connection with p66shc, Elisa Pagnin, Angelo Avogaro and Lorenzo A Calò; 15. A role of BRCA1-associated protein BARD1 in oxidative stress response and signaling and proliferation control,Irmgard Irminger-Finger and Shazib Pervais; 16. Postprandial events as a trigger for redox unbalance: role of dietary lipid hydroperoxides and antioxidants, Fausta Natella, Arianna Ramberti and Cristina Scaccini; 17. F2-Isoprostanes: markers and mediators of an imbalanced redox status in the liver, Concetta Gardi, Beatrice Arezzini, Cinzia Signorini, Daniela Vecchio, Barbara Monaco and Mario Comporti; Index