Diabetic Cardiomyopathy : Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Turan, Belma. (Editor), Dhalla, Naranjan S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease ; 9
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Cardiac defects in diabetes
  • Hormonal imbalance and neuropathy
  • Role of oxidative stress
  • Role of cation channel defects
  • Abnormalities in glucose transport
  • Fatty acid utilization
  • Sarcolemmal Na+-K+ ATPase
  • Sarcolemmal Ca2+-transport
  • Sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+-transport
  • Intracellular Ca2+-homeostasis
  • Mitochondrial function
  • Contractile proteins
  • β-adrenoceptor mechanisms
  • Protein kinases and signal transduction
  • Regulation of phopholipases
  • Endothelin defects and cardiac dysfunction
  • Metabolic changes in smooth muscles
  • Metabolic defects in skeletal muscles
  • Metabolic defects in brain
  • Role of microangiopathy in heart dysfunction
  • Role of nephropathy in heart dysfunction
  • Prevention of diabetic-induced cardiac dysfunction
  • Molecular targets for the therapy of diabetic cardiomyopathy.