Immunity, Tumors and Aging: The Role of HSP70

Download or read book Immunity, Tumors and Aging: The Role of HSP70 written by Igor Malyshev and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is dedicated to the topical area of biology and medicine and the role of stress proteins HSP70 in the regulation of intracellular protein homeostasis, signaling transduction and cell protection. The book is divided into chapters, which describe the discovery of HSP70 and its molecular structure, the mechanism of the synthesis and function in normal and damaged cells, examine the role of HSP70 in immunity, cancerogenesis, aging, Alzheimer's disease and cardiac surgery. In this book, the author looks at HSP70 as a factor which prevents the transformation of homeostasis mechanisms of intracellular proteins into a link in the pathogenesis of a disease.