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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e
| Part 16. Endocrinology and Metabolism > Section 3. Disorders of Intermediary Metabolism > |
Chapter 365. Inherited Defects of Membrane Transport
Sections: Inherited Defects of Membrane Transport: Introduction, Cystinuria, Dibasic Aminoaciduria, Hartnup Disease, Further Readings.
Topics Discussed: cell membrane transport; membrane transport proteins; membrane transport, drug receptors, and drug response.
Excerpt:"Specific membrane transporters mediate the passage of a wide variety of substances across cellular membranes. Classes of substrates include amino acids, sugars, cations, anions, vitamins, and water. The number of inherited disorders of membrane transport continues to increase with the identification of new transporters and the clarification of the molecular basis of diseases with previously unknown pathophysiology. The first transport disorders identified affected the gut or the kidney, but transport processes are essential for the normal function of every organ. Mutations in transporter molecules cause disorders of the heart, muscle, brain, and endocrine and sensory organs (Table 365-1). Inherited defects impairing the transport of selected amino acids that can present in adults are discussed here as examples of the abnormalities encountered; others are considered elsewhere in this text...."
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