Structure and Function of Plasma Proteins: Volume 1

✍ Scribed by June K. Lloyd, Audrey S. Fosbrooke (auth.), A. C. Allison (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 320
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Plasma proteins are of interest from many points of view. Biochemists have separated and purified numerous plasma proteins and studied their physical properties, aminoacid composition and sequence, the carbohydrate components of some, and binding of metals, hormones and other materials. Much work has also been carried out on the synthesis, rates of turnover and degradation of plasma proteins. Many plasma proteins show inherited variations, some of which (e.g. those of heptoglobins and transferrins) are common in various human populations while others (e.g. absence of lipoproteins or im­ munoglobins) are rare but important because of their association with clinical syndromes. Since blood is the most accessible bodily con­ stituent, geneticists have made good use of serum protein differences as genetic markers in family and population studies. Physiologists have long been interested in plasma proteins in relation to colloid osmotic pressure, transport of lipids, iron, hormones and other materials, the activities of renal glomeruli and tubules, the function of the liver, and many other bodily activities. Plasma proteins are also widely studied in relation to malnutrition and undernutrition, particularly that associated with defective intake of protein.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Plasma Lipoproteins....Pages 1-33
Hemopexin, The Heme-Binding Serum β-Glycoprotein....Pages 35-53
Haptoglobin....Pages 55-72
Acute-Phase Reactants....Pages 73-131
Fibrinogen....Pages 133-167
The Biochemistry of Blood Clotting Factors....Pages 169-193
Complement....Pages 195-222
Immunoglobulins....Pages 223-263
Plasma Albumin....Pages 265-281
Nutrition and Plasma Proteins....Pages 283-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-316

✦ Subjects

Biochemistry, general