Metabolismof Human Diseases

Abstract

The scientifi c community has increasingly recog- nized metabolic alterations as being critical com- ponents or even drivers of human disease. Metabolism of Human Diseases discusses the metabolism and signaling pathways in tissues and organs known to be relevant for common human diseases. It thus bridges the existing gap between biochemistry and physiology textbooks, on the one hand, and pathology textbooks, on the other hand. Metabolism of Human Diseases is directed at advanced students, doctors, and scientists from all categories of life sciences and medicine (e.g., biochemists, biologists, physiologists, pharma- cologists, pharmacists, toxicologists, and physi- cians) with an interest in the metabolism and molecular mechanisms of human diseases, irre- spective of their specialization.