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This latest edition of a series first published in 1943 on Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press, providing up-to-date information on vitamin and hormone research spanning data from molecular biology to the clinic, with volumes focusing on a single molecule or on a disease that is related to vitamins or hormones

Table of Contents

1. Klotho-Related Protein KLrP: Structure and FunctionsYasuhiro Hayashi and Makoto Ito2. The FGF21 Receptor Signaling Complex: KLOTHO?, FGFR1c and Other Regulatory InteractionsDawn M. Kilkenny and Jonathan V. Rocheleau3. Klotho-Dependent Cellular Transport RegulationMentor Sopjani and Miribane Dërmaku-Sopjani4. Klotho and the Growth Hormone/Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Axis: Novel Insights Into Complex InteractionsTami Rubinek and Dalit Modan-Moses 5. Klotho Prevents Translocation of NF?BPaula Buendía, Rafael Ramírez, Pedro Aljama and Julia Carracedo6. The FGF23/KLOTHO Regulatory Network and its Roles in Human DisordersSaori Kinoshita and Masanobu Kawai7. MicroRNA-34a and Impaired FGF19/21 Signaling in ObesityTing Fu and Jongsook Kim Kemper8. The Role of Alpha-Klotho as a Universal Tumor SuppressorTami Rubinek and Ido Wolf9. Klotho is a Neuroprotective and Cognition-Enhancing ProteinCarmela R. Abraham, Patrick C. Mullen, Tracey Tucker Zhou, Cidi Chen and Ella Zeldich10. Function and Change with Aging of a-Klotho in the KidneyKeiko Akasaka-Manya, Hiroshi Manya and Tamao Endo11. aKlotho and Chronic Kidney DiseaseJavier A. Neyra and Ming Chang Hu12. Deficiency of Soluble a-Klotho as an Independent Cause of Uremic CardiomyopathyJian Xie, Yueh-Lin Wu and Chou-Long Huang

About the Author

Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)