Body Messages

The Quest for the Proteins of Cellular Communication

Giamila Fantuzzi

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$41.00 • £32.95 • €37.00

ISBN 9780674088948

Publication Date: 09/26/2016

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296 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Foreword by Dr. Hannah Landecker
Prologue
1. The Medium Is the Message, the Message Is the Change
2. Doing Research: Ways to Study Body Messages
3. Evolution of Message Discovery: The Interleukin-1 Family
4. Achieving Balance: Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Mediators
5. Traps and Diversions: Cytokine Decoys
6. Between Inflammation and Metabolism: The Acute-Phase Response
7. The Fat Revolution: Adipokines
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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