Glycoproteins and disease / 
editors, J. Montreuil, J.F.G. Vliegenthart, H. Schachter. 
 - Amsterdam ;  New York :  Elsevier,  1996. 
 - xxvi, 486 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  25 cm. 
 - New comprehensive biochemistry ;  v. 30 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/><br/>Introduction to the volume <br/>(A. Kobata). <br/><br/>Chapter 1a. Normal and Pathological catabolism of glycoproteins. The enzymes (G.W. Jourdian). <br/><br/>Chapter 1b. Normal and pathological catabolism of glycoproteins. Catabolicpathways (J.-C. Michalski). <br/><br/>Chapter 2a. Glycoproteins of parasites. Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma cruzi (B.K.Hayes, G.W. Hart). <br/><br/>Chapter 2b. Glycoproteins of parasites. Glycoconjugates of Leishmania (S.J.Turco). <br/><br/>Chapter 2c. Glycoproteins of parasites. Glycoproteins of malaria parasites (A. Dieckmann-Schuppert,P. Gerold, R.T. Schwarz). <br/><br/>Chapter 2d. Glycoproteins of parasites. Schistosoma glycoconjugates andtheir role in host-parasite pathological interactions (G.J. van Dam, A.M. Deelder). <br/><br/>Chapter 3. Cancer cells andmetastasis. Introduction (A. Kobata). <br/><br/>Chapter 3a. Cancer cells and metastasis. Choriocarcinoma and hCG (R.Nishimura, A. Kobata). <br/><br/>Chapter 3b. Cancer cells and metastasis. Hepatocellular carcinoma (K. Yamashita, A.Kobata). <br/><br/>Chapter 3c. Cancer cells and metastasis. The Warren-Glick phenomenon - a molecular basis oftumorigenesis and metastasis (A. Kobata). <br/><br/>Chapter 3d. Cancer cells and metastasis. Carcinoembryonic antigenand related normal antigens. (K. Yamashita, A. Kobata). <br/><br/>Chapter 3. Cancer cells and metastasis. Concludingremarks (A. Kobata). <br/><br/>Chapter 4. Tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens and modified blood group antigens(S. Hakomori). <br/><br/>Chapter 5. Rheumatoid arthritis and serum IgG (T. Endo, K. Furukawa). <br/><br/>Chapter 6. Glycoproteins ininflammatory bowel disease (M. Tomana). <br/><br/>Chapter 7. HEMPAS: A genetic disorder caused by a defect in N-linked oligosaccharide synthesis (M.N. Fukuda). <br/><br/>Chapter 8. Leukosialin and the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (M.Fukuda). <br/><br/>Chapter 9. Progeroid form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (H. Kresse). <br/><br/>Chapter 10. Paroxysmal nocturnalhemoglobinuria (M. Tomita). <br/><br/>Chapter 11. Human mucosal mucins in diseases (P. Roussel, G. Lamblin). <br/><br/>Chapter 12.Glycoproteins and lectins in multiple sclerosis and immune demyelinating human diseases (J.-P.Zanetta). <br/><br/>Chapter 13. Leucocyte adhesion deficiency Type II (J.C. Paulson). <br/><br/>Chapter 14. Polysialic acids of vertebrates:biosynthesis, structural diversity, tissue expression and functions (J. Roth). <br/><br/>Chapter 15. Glycosylation defectsin blood clotting (M. Matsuda). <br/><br/>Chapter 16a. Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome. Type I (K.Yamashita, K. Ohno). <br/><br/>Chapter 16b. Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome. Type II: an autosomalrecessive disease due to mutations in the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase II gene (J. Jaeken, G. Spik,H. Schachter). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0444823964 (acidfree paper) 0444803033 (ser. : acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Glycoproteins--Metabolism--Disorders.<br/>Glycoproteins.<br/>Disease--etiology.
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QU 55.5 G568 1996