Table of Contents

Vitamin EStructure and Function of Alpha Tocopherol Transfer Protein: Implications for Vitamin E Metabolism and AVEDThe Alpha Tocopherol Transfer ProteinMolecular associations of vitamin EStudies in Vitamin E: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Tocopherol QuinonesVitamin E and NF-kB Activation: A ReviewSynthesis of Vitamin ETocotrienols: The Emerging Face of Natural Vitamin EVitamin E Biotransformations in HumansAlpha-Tocopherol StereoisomersAddition Products of Alpha -Tocopherol with Lipid-Derived Free RadicalsVitamin E and ApoptosisVitamin E During Pre- and Postnatal PeriodsAlpha-Tocopherol: a Multifaceted Molecule in PlantsVitamin E and Mast CellsTocotrienols in CardioprotectionVitamin E and CancerVitamin E Analogs and Immune Response in Cancer TreatmentThe Roles of Alpha -Vitamin E and Its Analogs in Prostate CancerVitamin E, Inflammation and AtherosclerosisVitamin E in Chronic Liver Diseases and Liver Fibrosis

About the Author

Trained in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dr. Litwack worked on enzymology and the effects of hormones on enzyme systems. Then he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis at the Biochemical Institute of the Sorbonne in Paris. Dr. Litwack's first position was as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Rutgers University in 1954. Six years later, he joined the University of Pennsylvania as associate professor and four years later went to the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, as full professor, eventually becoming Deputy Director of the Institute. In 1991, he accepted the Chair of Pharmacology at Thomas Jefferson University where he is also Deputy Director of the Jefferson Cancer Institute and Associate Director for Basic Science in the Jefferson Cancer Center. Dr. Litwack's work has been in the area of mechanisms of steroid receptor action involving especially the glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors, immunophi.