Sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (Na+/K+-ATPase) is an enzyme located in the plasma membrane of most eukaryotic cells, responsible for maintaining ion concentration gradients against their concentration scale using ATP hydrolysis as a source of energy.
A Closer Look at Membrane Proteins opens with a description of the insulin-like growth factor system, with focus on the insulin-like growth factor receptors and functions associated with them.
Tight Junctions: Classification, Structure and Functions compiles current knowledge sourced from pre-clinical and clinical research and discusses, in detail, the role of tight junctions in different chronic liver diseases.
The main function of the Leydig cells is to synthesize testosterone, but growing evidence supports the idea that Leydig cells are important in regulating the testicular immune environment.
"e;A Closer Look at Hormones"e; provides the essential information necessary for students and scientists in the life and health sciences and chemistry of biologically active substances.