Biochemistry of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Cancer, cartea 1

1. Mechanisms of Cyclooxygenase and Peroxidase Catalysis.- 2. Lipoxygenase Mechanisms.- 3. Enzymes Synthesizing and Metabolizing Prostanoids.- 4. Enzymatic Formation of Leukotrienes.- 5. Cellular and Subcellular Compartmentation of Prostaglandin and Thromboxane Synthesis.- 6. Role of Active Oxygen in the Formation of Lipid Hydroperoxides.- 7. Peroxidatic Activation of Procarcinogens: A Role for Prostaglandin H Synthase in Initiation of Chemical Carcinogenesis.- 8. Selenium-Dependent Glutathione Peroxidase and Eicosanoid Production.- 9. Radiation Effects on Eicosanoid Formation.- 10. Phospholipases.- 11. Glucocorticoid-Induced Anti-Phospholipase Proteins.- 12. Lipid Nutrition, Prostaglandins and Cancer.- 13. Biological Effects of Hydroxy Fatty Acids.- 14. Chemotaxis.- 15. Prostanoid Receptors.- 16. Leukotrienes: Biological Properties, Evidence for Specific Receptor Sites and Evidence for the Involvement of Leukotrienes in Pathological Situations.- 17. Cyclic Nucleotides.- 18. Cell-Cell Signalling.- 19. Proteolytic Enzymes and Arachidonic Acid Metabolites.- 20. Extracellular Nucleotide Hydrolysis and Integration of Signalling.- 21. Eicosanoids and Tumor Promotion.- 22. High Pressure Liquid Chromatography of Eicosanoids.- 23. Radioimmunoassay of Eicosanoids Associated with Tumor Growth.- 24. Mass Spectrometry and Eicosanoid Analysis.