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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Classification, Mode of Action and Uses of Various Immunomodulators -- Chapter 2. Potential role of herbs and spices on the immune system -- Chapter 3. Immune booster activity of Prebiotics -- Chapter 4. Antioxidants and Immunomodulation -- Chapter 5. Nanotechnology and Immunomodulators in Cancer -- Chapter 6. Advancements in the field of Oral, Intravenous and Inhaled Immunomodulators using Nanotechnology -- Chapter 7. Phytochemicals as the source of Natural Immunomodulator & their role in Cancer Chemoprevention -- Chapter 8. Immunomodulators and Autoimmune Liver Diseases -- Chapter 9. Immunomodulatory role for the treatment and management of tuberculosis -- Chapter 10. Immunomodulation in Autoimmune Disorders -- Chapter 11. Psychology, Epigenetics, Immunomodulation and Immune Dysfunction: Understanding the Connection -- Chapter 12. Herbal Immunomodulators and COVID-19 -- Chapter 13. Role of Cytokines as Immunomodulators -- Chapter 14. Immunomodulatory properties of proteins and peptides: Food derivates approach -- Chapter 15. Fatty Acids and Immunomodulation -- Chapter 16. Immunomodulatory Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.-.

Description / Table of Contents: Past, present and future perspectives of renin angiotensin system -- Biochemical pathways of renin angiotensin system -- Structure-function relationships of angiotensin II receptors -- Signal transduction mechanism of angiotensin II -- Renin angiotensin system: Pathophysiology and clinical implications in cardiovascular disease COVID-19 infection -- Angiotensin II and the pathogenesis of hypertension -- Signaling transduction of angiotensin II in hypertension -- Role of angiotensin II type 1 receptors in vascular remodeling in hypertension -- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of renin-angiotensin system in hypertension -- Tissue renin-angiotensin system and risks in hypertension -- Oxidative stress and angiotensin II-induced hypertension -- Angiotensin II: inflammatory system disorder and hypertension -- Therapeutic approaches for angiotensin receptor blockers in hypertension -- Renin-angiotensin systems: A pivotal role in the development of atherosclerosis -- Angiotensin II induced intracellular signaling pathways in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis -- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Ang II: Contribution to atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability -- Role of angiotensin II, nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in atherosclerosis -- The renin-angiotensin system and inflammatory processes in atherosclerotic lesion formation -- Role of renin-angiotensin system in alterations in blood lipids and gene expression in atherogenesis -- Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme and receptors in atherosclerosis -- Effects of angiotensin II on cardiac arrhythmia and signal transduction -- Angiotensin II induced oxidative stress contribute to ventricular arrhythmias -- Modulation of renin angiotensin system: Beneficial effect on ventricular arrhythmias -- ACE inhibitor and ventricular arrhythmia in ischemic heart disease -- The renin-angiotensin system modulators and cardiac arrhythmias -- Angiotensin receptor blockers in the treatment of arrhythmias -- Angiotensin II induced cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure -- Renin-angiotensin system: Role in cardiac remodeling and subcellular defects in heart failure -- Renin-angiotensin system: Molecular and cellular mechanisms in heart failure -- Role of angiotensin II receptor mRNA expression in heart failure -- Renin angiotensin system: Mitochondrial dysfunction in the progression of heart failure -- Angiotensin II type 1 receptor: Genetic polymorphisms and heart failure -- Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 and angiotensin metabolism in heart failure -- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of renin-angiotensin system blockade in heart failure: An update -- Angiotensin II receptor antagonists: Modulation of the extracellular matrix regulatory system in heart failure.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: What is Salivary Bioscience, Why is it Important, and How Do We Study It? -- Chapter 1: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience: An Introduction (Granger et al.) -- Chapter 2: Salivary Gland Anatomy and Physiology (Hernández et al.) -- Chapter 3: Saliva Collection, Handing, Transport, and Storage: Special Considerations and Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience(Padilla et al.) -- Chapter 4: Analytical Strategies and Tactics in Salivary Bioscience (Riis et al.) -- Part 2: Physiology and Development Research and Applications (Part 2 Editor: Dr. Jenna Riis) -- Chapter 5: Salivary Bioscience, Human Stress, and the Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis (Clow et al.) -- Chapter 6: The Use of Saliva for Genetics and Epigenetics Research (Nemoda et al.) -- Chapter 7: Saliva as a Window Into the Human Oral Microbiome and Metabolome(Whiteson et al.) -- Chapter 8: Salivaomics, saliva Exo-somics, and Saliva Liquid Biopsy (Wong et al.) -- Chapter 9: Salivary Bioscience, Immunity, and Inflammation (Riis et al.) -- Chapter 10:Salivary Bioscience and Human Development (Hibel et al.) -- Part 3: Biomedical Research and Related Applications (Part 3 Editor: Dr. Elizabeth Thomas) -- Chapter 11: Biomedical Research and Related Applications:Current Assay Methods and Quality Requirements in Oral Fluid Diagnostics Applications (Granger S. et al.) -- Chapter 12: Salivary Biomarkers and Neurodegenerative Conditions (Thomas et al.) -- Chapter 13: The Use of Antibodies in Saliva to Measure PathogenExposure and Infection(Heaney et al.) -- Chapter 14: Salivary Bioscience and Pain (Payne et al.) -- Chapter 15: Salivary Bioscience and Environmental Exposure Assessment (Panuwet et al.) -- Chapter 16: Saliva and Drugs of Abuse (Navazesh et al.) -- Chapter 17: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Saliva (Thomas) -- Chapter 18: Salivary Bioscience and Periodontal Medicine (Freire et al.) -- Chapter 19: Salivary Bioscience and Cancer (Navazesh et al.) -- Part 4: Psychosocial Research and Applications(Part 4 Editor: Dr. Kate Ryan Kuhlman) -- Chapter 20: Salivary Bioscience in Clinical Psychologyand Psychiatry(Kuhlman) -- Chapter 21: Salivary Bioscience Research in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (Hoyt et al.) -- chapter 22: The Neuroscience of Human Social Behavior: A Review of How Testosterone and Cortisol Underpin Competition and Affiliation Dynamics (Kornienko et al.) -- chapter 23: Salivary Studies of the Social Neuroscience of Human-animal Interaction (Pendry et al.) -- Part 5: Population Health Research and Applications(Part 5 Editor: Dr. Marcus Taylor) -- Chapter 24: Salivary Bioscience and Military, Space, and OperationalResearch(Roma et al.) -- Chapter 25: Salivary Bioscience Research Related to Prenatal Adversity (Eiden et al.) -- Chapter 26: Salivary Bioscience and Pediatrics (Johnson et al.) -- Chapter 27: Use of saliva to better understand the experience of adulthood and aging(Almeida et al.) -- Chapter 28: Salivary Bioscience and Research on Animal Welfare and Conservation Science(Staley et al.) -- Part 6: The Way Forward: Future Directions for the Science and Practice of Salivary Bioscience -- Chapter 29:Applications of Salivary Bioscience to Precision Medicine (Kuhlman) -- Chapter 30:Public Health and IndustryApplications of Salivary Bioscience (Riis et al.) -- Chapter 31: Envisioning the Future of Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience (Granger et al.).

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 General and Principles of Toxicology -- A Historical Glimpse and Stalwarts -- General Toxicology -- Principles of Toxicology -- Mechanism of Toxicity -- Part 2 Disposition and Kinetics -- Disposition of Toxicants -- Toxicokinetic of Xenobiotics -- Part3 Organ Toxicity -- Target Organ Toxicity -- Part4 Non-Organ-Directed Toxicity -- chemical carcinogenesis -- Genetic Toxicology -- Developmental Toxicology -- Part5 Toxic Agents -- Pesticides -- Metals and Micronutrients -- Solvents. Gasses and Vapors -- Toxicology of Nanomaterial Particles -- Toxic Effects of Calories -- Part6 Plants, Biotoxins and Food Poisonings -- Plant Toxicity -- Biotoxins and Venomous Organisms -- Poisonous Foods and Food Poisonings -- Part7 Radioactive Materials -- Radiation and Radioactive Materials -- Part8 Applications of Toxicology -- Food Toxicology -- Ecotoxicology -- Environmental Toxicology -- Analytical and Clinical Toxicology -- Occupational Toxicology. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Millets-an Overview -- Chapter 2. Millet Cultivation an Overview -- Chapter 3. Millet Storage and Pest Management -- Chapter 4. Major Millets Processing -- Chapter 5. Minor millet processing and its impacts on composition -- Chapter 6. Chemistry of Millets: Major and Minor Constituents -- Chapter 7. Nutritional properties of millets: neglected cereals with potentials to combat malnutrition -- Chapter 8. Post-harvest Treatments and Storage of millets -- Chapter 9. Millet Milling Technologies -- Chapter 10. Effect of Processing on Functional Characteristics, Physiochemical Properties, and Nutritional Accessibility of Millets -- Chapter 11. Emerging Technologies in Millet Processing -- Chapter 12. Millet Food Products -- Chapter 13. Byproducts from Millet Processing Industry -- Chapter 14. Quality Standards for Millets -- Chapter 15. Millet Industry Scenario -- Chapter 16. Toxins in Millets.-.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Inflammatory components of the thyroid cancer microenvironment - an avenue for identification of novel biomarkers -- 2. Disruption of Cell-Cell Communication in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer as an Immunotherapeutic Opportunity -- 3. Exosomes in the Healthy and Malignant Bone Marrow Microenvironment -- 4. Structural Biology of the Tumor Microenvironment -- 5. Metabolic interactions between tumor and stromal cells in the Tumor Microenvironment -- 6. Interacting Genetic Lesions of Melanoma in the Tumor Microenvironment: Defining a Viable Therapy -- 7. Non-coding RNAs in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Interaction with cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the Tumor Microenvironment (TME) and regulators of differentiation and Lymph Node Metastasis.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Editorial: Biosystems -- 2. Potential of Biotechnology in cancer management -- 3. Biosimilars: Promising and Rapidly Emerging Biotherapeutics -- 4. Applications of Nanomaterials in Medicine: Current status and future scope -- 5. Biomedical Applications of Nanofluids in Drug Delivery.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Oxygen Metabolism and Health Monitoring -- Chronic Ketosis Modulates HIF1α Mediated Inflammatory Response in Rat Brain -- Event Related NIRS and EEG Analysis for Mental Stress Monitoring -- Simulation Study of Breast Cancer Lipid Changes Affecting Membrane Oxygen Permeability -- Updated Evaluation of Cholesterol’s Influence of Oxygen Permeability -- Systems biology model of cerebral oxygen delivery and metabolism during therapeutic hypothermia: application to the piglet model -- Effect of Adrenaline on Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Measured by NIRS in a Rat Asphyxia Cardiac Arrest Model -- Two consecutive invasive surgeries utilizing Zymogen Protein C (ZPC) that enhanced patient safety and reduced costs -- Scanning Tissue-Oxygen Needle-Probe -- Transcranial photobiomodulation of clearance of beta-amyloid from the mouse brain: the effects on meningeal lymphatic drainage and blood oxygen saturation of the brain -- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Might Help Prevent Onset of Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome -- Part II. Oxygen Measurement and Modeling -- Online assessment of hemodynamics in suctioned volume of biological tissue by the embedded Near-infrared Spectroscopy sensor -- Skeletal Muscle Deoxygenation and its Relationship to Aerobic Capacity During Early and Late Stages of Aging -- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) of Muscle HbO2 and MBO2 Desaturation During Exercise -- Relationship between Corticosteroid Dose and Muscle Oxygen Consumption in Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation -- Relationship between the Borg Scale Rating of Perceived Exertion and Leg Muscle Deoxygenation during Incremental Exercise in Healthy Adults -- Effects of Exercise Training on Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Functions in Patients in Chronic Heart Failure -- Reduced Scattering Coefficient During Incremental Exercise is Constant without being Affected by Changes in Muscle Oxygenation or Hemodynamics -- Changes in the laterality of oxygenation in the prefrontal cortex and premotor area during a 20-min moderate-intensity cycling exercise -- Relationship Between Decrease of Oxygenation During Incremental Exercise, Partial Pressure End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Vector Analysis -- Cerebral Oxygenation Dynamics during Incremental Exercise: Comparison of Arm Cranking and Leg Cycling -- Localization of Deep of Deep Ischemia and Hemorrhage in Preterm Infants’ Head with Near Infrared Optical Tomography: A Numerical Case Study -- Discerning Membrane Steady-State Oxygen Flux by Monte Carlo Markov Chain Modeling -- Part III. Tumor Oxygenation and Modeling -- Role of MicroRNA Expression for Proliferation and Apoptosis of Tumor Cells: Impact of Hypoxia-Related Acidosis -- Functional Impact of Acidosis-regulated MicroRNAs on the Migration and Adhesion of Tumor Cells -- Impact of Acidosis-Regulated MicroRNAs on the Expression of Their Target Genes in Experimental Tumors In Vivo -- An Observation on Enhanced Extracellular Acidification and Lactate Production Induced by Inhibition of Lactate Dehydrogenase A -- Keynote Lecture - The Warburg Effect: Historical Dogma versus Current Rationale -- The Acidic Tumor Microenvironment Affects Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Markers as well as Adhesion of NCI-H358 Lung Cancer Cells -- Assessment of the probability of tumor control for prescribed doses based on imaging of oxygen partial pressure -- On the feasibility of Pulse Wave Velocity Imaging for remote assessment of physiological functions -- Mechanisms of sound-induced opening of the blood-brain barrier -- Multimodal measurements of brain tissue metabolism and perfusion in a neonatal model of hypoxic-ischaemic injury -- Cerebral Spreading Depression Transient Disruption of Cross Frequency Coupling in the Rat Brain: Preliminary Observations -- Long-Term Blue Light Exposure Changes Frontal and Occipital Cerebral Hemodynamics: Not all Subjects React the Same -- Changes in Prefrontal Cortex Asymmetry Due to Standing Loading in Stroke Patients Measured by NIRS -- Parasympathetic Nervous Activity Associated with Discoordination between Physical Acceleration and Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Sleep Apnea -- The Changes in Brain Oxygenation during Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation as Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study -- Error Evaluation for Automated Diameter Measurements of Cerebral Capillaries Captured with Two-Photon Laser Scanning Fluorescence Microscopy -- Potential Biomarker for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Invasiveness by Optical Redox Imaging -- Optical redox imaging differentiates triple-negative breast cancer subtypes -- Oxygen-sensing Paramagnetic Probes for Clinical Oximetry -- Evaluation of the Quality of Chest Compression with Oxy-hemoglobin Level by Near-infrared Spectroscopy in a Rat Asphyxia Cardiac Arrest Model -- Altered Behavioural Performance in the Neuron-specific HIF-1 and HIF-2 deficient mice following Chronic Hypoxic Exposure -- Effect of Adrenaline on Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Measured by NIRS in a Rat Asphyxia Cardiac Arrest Model -- Addition of Drag Reducing Polymers to Colloid Resuscitation Fluid Enhances Cerebral Microcirculation and Tissue Oxygenation after Traumatic Brain Injury Complicated by Hemorrhagic Shock -- Effects of 20-minute intensive exercise on subjects with different working memory bases -- Supine cycling exercise enhances cerebral oxygenation of motor-related areas in healthy male volunteers -- Keynote Lecture - What is the Meaning of an Oxygen Measurement? Analysis of methods purporting to measure oxygen in targeted tissues -- Part IV. Brain Oxygenation and Function -- Assessment of Cerebral Blood Oxygenation by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy before and after Resuscitation in A Rat Asphyxia Cardiac Arrest Model -- Effect of 3-Day and 21-Day Hypoxic Preconditioning on Recovery following Cerebral Ischemia in Rats -- Time Series Tracking of Cerebral Microvascular Adaptation to Hypoxia and Hyperoxia Imaged with Repeated in vivo Two-Photon Microscopy -- Environmental Enrichment Improved Cognitive Performance in Mice under Normoxia and Hypoxia -- Effect of Prolonged Pressure on Hemodynamics of Sacral Tissues Assessed by Diffuse Optical Imaging: A Pilot Study -- In-phantom Validation of Time-Domain Near-Infrared Optical Tomograph Pioneer for Imaging Brain Hypoxia and Hemorrhage -- Online Non-invasive Assessment of Human Brain Death by Near-infrared Spectroscopy with Protocol of O2 Inspiration -- Not removing the glossy white cover from adhesive INVOS neonatal sensors affects the oxygenation measurement -- Probe design optimization for time-domain NIROT ‘Pioneer’ system for imaging the oxygenation of the preterm brain -- Effect of blood flow on hemoglobin and myoglobin oxygenation in contracting muscle using near infrared spectroscopy -- Magnetoresistance Properties of Red Blood Cells in Plasma Combined with Several Magnetic Beads Passing Two Cu Electrodes -- Measurement of Tissue Oxygen as a Novel Approach to Optimizing Red Blood Cell Quality Assessment -- Prox-1 and Hif-1a Genes Expression of Primo Vessel in Rabbit’s Lymphatic Vessel -- On the Feasibility of Pulse Wave Velocity Imaging for Remote Assessment of Physiological Functions -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Implications of renin-angiotensin system in health and disease -- 2. Renin angiotensin system and aging -- 3. The interplay of the renin-angiotensin system and solid organ transplantation -- 4. Correlation between renin angiotensin system and infectious disease -- 5. Emerging contributions of endocrine pathophysiology in virus-related infectious disease -- 6. Understanding the renin-angiotensin system in coronavirus disease 2019 -- 7. Metabolomics approach in differentiating RAS responses in ARDS (Acute respiratory distress syndrome) and SAR-CoV-2 -- 8. A Comprehensive review of the impact of the renin angiotensin system in the liver, lung, infectious diseases and cancers -- 9. Application of biosensors for monitoring changes in renin angiotensin system (RAS) in cancers and lung diseases -- 10. Bioinformatics study on renin angiotensin in lung, and liver cancer using plant-based extracts -- 11. Role of renin-angiotensin system in the pathogenesis and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver -- 12. The classical and nonclassical renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in liver cirrhosis -- 13. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system role in organ fibrosis -- 14. Role of renin angiotensin-aldosterone system in kidney homeostasis -- 15. Renin-angiotensin system in chronic kidney disease: Implications in stroke outcome -- 16. The renin-angiotensin system and cancer -- 17. Renin-angiotensin system and cancer: From laboratory to clinics -- 18. Role of renin-angiotensin system in cancer cachexia -- 19. Renin angiotensin system activity in different cancers: Mechanistic insight and preclinical studies -- 20. The new dimension of the renin-angiotensin system in the hallmarks of cancer -- 21. Renin-angiotensin system in hematological malignancies -- 22. Renin angiotensin system (RAS): The common thread between cancer and heart failure -- 23. Renin-angiotensin system: a potential therapeutic target for colorectal cancer -- 24. Anticancer role of natural phenolic acids by targeting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) -- 25. Angiotensin-(1-7): A Prospective Cancer Therapeutic.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface (Brianne K. Connizzo, Lin Han, Robert L. Sah) -- Scientific Impact -- Chapter 1. Aggrecan and Hyaluronan: The infamous Cartilage Polyelectrolytes- Then and Now (Anna Plaas, Meghan Moran, John Sandy, Vincent Hascall) -- Chapter 2. Understanding the Influence of Local Physical Stimuli on Chondrocyte Behavior (Byumsu Ki, Lawrence J. Bonassar) -- Chapter 3. Multiscale In Silico Modeling of Cartilage Injuries (Rami K. Korhonen, Atte S.A. Eskelinen, Gustavo A. Orozco, Amir Esrafilian, Cristina Florea, and Petri Tanska) -- Chapter 4. In Vitro Models and Proteomics in Osteoarthritis Research (Martin Rydén, Patrik Önnerfjord) -- Chapter 5. Nanomechanics of Aggrecan: A New Perspective on Cartilage Biomechanics, Disease and Regeneration (Chao Wang, Elizabeth R. Kahle, Lin Han) -- Chapter 6. Computational Modelling for Managing Pathways to Cartilage Failure (Saeed Miramini, David W. Smith, Bruce S. Gardiner, Lihai Zhang) -- Chapter 7. Gene Delivery to Chondrocytes (Christopher V. Nagelli, Christopher H. Evans, Rodolfo E. De la Vega) -- Chapter 8. Mechanical Articular Cartilage Injury Models and Their Relevance in Advancing Therapeutic Strategies (Bodo Kurz, Melanie L Hart, Bernd Rolauffs) -- Chapter 9. Hip Osteoarthritis: Bench to Bedside Perspective (Young-Jo Kim) -- Chapter 10. Harnessing Growth Factor Interactions to Optimize Articular Cartilage Repair (Stephen B. Trippel) -- Personal Tributes -- Index.