TY - BOOK AU - Dakshinamurti,Krishnamurti AU - Dakshinamurti,Shyamala TI - Vitamin-binding proteins: functional consequences SN - 9781439880203 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2014/// CY - Boca Raton PB - Taylor & Francis KW - Carrier proteins KW - Vitamins KW - Receptors KW - Drug carriers (Pharmacy) KW - Proteins KW - Synthesis KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - "A CRC title."; Includes bibliographical references and index; chapter 1. Retinoic acid : metabolism, developmental functions, and evolution / Jo�ao E. Carvalho and Michael Schubert -- chapter 2. Serum retinol-binding protein, obesity, and insulin resistance / Pangala V. Bhat and Daniel-Constantin Manolescu -- chapter 3. Retinoic acid and immunity / Yoshishige Miyabe, Chie Miyabe, and Toshihiro Nanki -- chapter 4. Vitamin D3 Up-regulated Protein 1 (VDUP1) and the immune system / Hyun Woo Suh ... [et al.] -- chapter 5. Rapid pre-genomic responses of vitamin D / Tremaine M. Sterling ... [et al.] -- chapter 6. The role of vitamin D in infectious processes / Russell W. Chesney -- chapter 7. Vitamin D, vitamin D binding protein, and cardiovascular disease / Diane Berry and Elina Hypp�onen -- chapter 8. Vitamins E and C : effects on matrix components in the vascular system / Jean-Marc Zingg, Mohsen Meydani, and Angelo Azzi -- chapter 9. Vitamin K and vascular calcification / Chandrasekar Palaniswamy ... [et al.] -- chapter 10. Therapeutic effects of pyridoxamine and benfotiamine / Shyamala Dakshinamurti and Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti -- chapter 11. Multifaceted therapeutic potential of vitamin B6 / Shyamala Dakshinamurti and Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti -- chapter 12. Non-prosthetic group functions of biotin / Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti -- chapter 13. Mechanisms of gene transcriptional regulation through biotin and biotin-binding proteins in mammals / Janos Zempleni ... [et al.] -- chapter 14. Folate receptor-mediated therapeutics : folate receptor- mediated particle systems for drug and gene delivery in cancer therapy / Yoshie Maitani -- chapter 15. Vitamin B12 derivatives and preferential targeting of tumors / Evelyne Furger and Eliane Fischer -- chapter 16. Ascorbic acid : binding proteins and pathophysiology / Fryad Rahman and Michel Font�es; Also available in print format UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439880203 ER -