
Advances in Clinical Chemistry
- 1st Edition, Volume 110 - September 29, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Gregory S. Makowski
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 8 5 3 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 8 5 4 - 4
Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 110, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scient… Read more

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Request a sales quote- Provides the most up-to-date technologies in clinical chemistry and clinical laboratory science
- Authored by world renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists
- Presents the international benchmark for novel analytical approaches in the clinical laboratory
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Long non-coding RNA in Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Abstract
- 1: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Prevalence and disease statistics
- 2: Pathogenesis and diagnosis of NAFLD
- 3: Long non-coding RNA biology of NAFLD
- 4: Classification of lncRNAs in development and progression of NAFLD
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Two: New markers in metabolic syndrome
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Epidemiology
- 3: Pathogenesis
- 4: Insulin resistance biomarkers
- 5: Cytokines and inflammation biomarkers
- 6: Adipocytokines
- 7: Chemistry
- 8: Oxidative stress
- 9: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Three: Advances in clinical antibiotic testing
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Characteristics of different antibiotic classes
- 3: Overview of analytic methods
- 4: Special patient groups
- 5: Current use of therapeutic drug monitoring
- 6: Summary and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter Four: Exosomes as diagnostic tools
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biogenesis, composition and function
- 3: Exosomes as diagnostic tools
- 4: Conclusion and future perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Five: Sitosterolemia
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sitosterol and cholesterol
- 3: History of sitosterolemia
- 4: Molecular basis of sitosterolemia
- 5: Pathophysiology
- 6: Prevalence of sitosterolemia
- 7: Clinical features of sitosterolemia
- 8: Diagnosis of sitosterolemia
- 9: Differential diagnosis of sitosterolemia
- 10: Management of sitosterolemia
- 11: Heterozygous mutation carriers of sitosterolemia
- 12: Animal model
- 13: Registry study
- 14: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Six: Salivary biomarkers in cancer
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Salivaomics technology
- 3: Biosensors
- 4: Technologies in salivary cancer detection
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 110
- Published: September 29, 2022
- No. of pages (Hardback): 210
- No. of pages (eBook): 210
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323988537
- eBook ISBN: 9780323988544
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Gregory S. Makowski
Dr Gregory S Makowski is a board-certified clinical chemist and fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Following receipt of his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut Storrs, he pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington that culminated in joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the Department of Laboratory Medicine at John Dempsey Hospital. He has numerous clinical and basic science publications and serves on various scientific and editorial boards. He is actively engaged in the training of Pathology residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hartford Hospital. He currently serves as Vice President Clinical Laboratory Services Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut.