
Advances in Clinical Chemistry
Description
Key Features
- Provides the most up-to-date technologies in clinical chemistry and clinical laboratory science
- Authored by world renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians, and research scientists
- Presents the international benchmark for novel analytical approaches in the clinical laboratory
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: CTRP1 in Liver Disease
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Adiponectin and the C1q Family
- 3 CTRP1 Characteristics
- 4 Regulation of CTRP1
- 5 CTRP1 and NAFLD
- 6 Critical Evaluation of CTRP1
- 7 Conclusion
Chapter Two: Rationally Designed Peptide Probes for Extracellular Vesicles
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Biological Importance of EVs
- 3 Isolation and Quantification
- 4 Probes for EVs
- 5 Applications
- 6 Conclusions and Future Perspectives
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Three: Droplet-Based Digital PCR: Application in Cancer Research
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Digital Procedures for Biomarker Testing: A Historical Overview
- 3 Droplet-Based Digital PCR Procedures: Applications to the Detection of Known Targets
- 4 Conclusions and Future Perspectives
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Four: Novel Biomarkers of Heart Failure
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Biomarkers of Myocardial Stretch
- 3 Biomarkers of Myocyte Injury
- 4 Biomarkers of Matrix Remodeling
- 5 Biomarkers of Inflammation
- 6 Biomarkers of Renal Dysfunction
- 7 Biomarkers Neurohumoral Activation
- 8 Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress
- 9 Future Aspects
- 10 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Five: Advances in Clinical Mass Spectrometry
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
- 3 Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
- 4 Sample Preparation
- 5 Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry
- 6 Recent Advances in Clinical Mass Spectrometry
- 7 Conclusions
Chapter Six: Testing for Chronic Diarrhea
- Abstract
- 1 Definition of Chronic Diarrhea
- 2 Classification of Chronic Diarrhea
- 3 Diagnosis of Chronic Diarrhea
- 4 Testing for Chronic Diarrhea
- 5 Testing for Steatorrhea
- 6 Secretory Diarrhea
- 7 Inflammatory Diarrhea
- 8 Osmotic Diarrhea
- 9 Hypermotility-Related Diarrhea
- 10 Integrated Approach to Investigating Chronic Diarrhea
Product details
- No. of pages: 264
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: February 14, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128121795
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128120767
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Gregory Makowski

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