Annual Reviews
Annual review of fluid mechanics; v.39, 2007.
The 19 papers in the 2007 edition of the annual volume examine internal tide generation in the deep ocean, stented artery flow patterns, the nonmodal approach to hydrodynamic stability theory, and the dynamics of detonation in explosive systems. Other topics include thermofluid modeling of fuel cells, the fluid dynamics of Taylor cones, the biomechanics of arterial aneurysms, turbulence transition in pipe flow, and the fluid mechanics inside a volcano. Both black and white and color illustrations are provided. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Annual review of medicine; v.58, 2007.
These 33 papers reflect the latest research in fields ranging from administration of records to the cardiovascular risks of antiretroviral therapies. Topics include the efficiency and safety of drug development, risk factors for idiosyncratic toxicity, new pathological insights and therapies for schizophrenia, cardiac resynchronization, cardiomyopathy in muscular dystrophy, new therapies in acute ischemic stroke, using stents to treat intracranial cerebrovascular disease, kidney disease and cardiovascular risk, cystic fibrosis and airway surface dehydration, genetics and asthma, prostate cancer, NSAIDS and cancer prevention, cancer stem cells, stem cells and chronic lung disease, regenerative medicine and its promises, T-cells in autoimmune diseases, an innovation in post-exposure therapy for rabies, end-stage renal disease, new therapies for multiple sclerosis, several new insights on AIDS treatment, macular degeneration and targeting VEGF-A to treat cancer and other conditions. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology; v.47, 2007.
Cho (U. of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles) et al. present this 47th annual collection of current research in pharmacology and toxicology. Twenty-four articles discuss topics including: allosteric modulation of G protein-coupled receptors, AMP-activated protein kinase as a drug target, aldo-keto reductases and bioactivation/detoxication, current and future pharmacological treatments for obesity, acute effects of estrogen on neuronal physiology, new insights into the mechanism of action of amphetamines, and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and nicotinic cholinergic mechanisms of the central nervous system, among others. Two indexes list authors and chapter titles from volumes 43-47. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Annual review of pathology; mechanisms of disease; v.2, 2007.
Containing 15 review articles by leading researchers, this volume surveys recent developments in the field of pathology. It opens with an essay by Henry C. Pitot (U. of Wisconsin-Madison) in which he reflects on a long career studying the mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis. Other topics include (for example) the endocrine functions of adipose tissue; VEGF-A and the induction of pathological angiogenesis; cystic disease of the kidney; and the pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension. Full-color illustrations accompany the text throughout. Editor Abbas is affiliated with the U. of California, San Francisco. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Annual review of physiology; v.69, 2007.
A special section is included in this year's edition on [Beta]-arrestins with topics that include the role of [Beta]-arrestin-mediated signaling in chemotaxis cellular process, their role in regulating signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), and the role of G protein- coupled receptor kinases and arrestins. The remaining articles summarize current research in seven major areas, with individual topics including genetic defects in ciliary structure and function, timing and computation of renal ammonia transport, regulation of intestinal cholesterol absorption, and iron homeostasis. The opening paper is an account by Clay M. Armstrong of the U. of Pennsylvania of his research career working with axons. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
