Main description:

Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 94, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists. The serial discusses the latest technologies relating to the field of clinical chemistry, with specific chapters in this new release covering Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Strategy to develop clinical peptide biomarkers for more accurate evaluation of the pathophysiological status of this syndrome, Clotting factors - Clinical biochemistry and their roles as plasma enzymes, Myokines: The endocrine coupling of skeletal muscle and bone, Epigenetic reprogramming and potential application of epigenetic-modifying drugs in acquired chemotherapeutic resistance, and more.

Contents:

1. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Strategy to develop clinical peptide biomarkers for more accurate evaluation of the pathophysiological status of this syndrome Yoshihiko Araki and Mitsuaki Yanagida 2. Clotting factors - Clinical biochemistry and their roles as plasma enzymes William E. Winter, Dina N. Greene, Stacy G. Beal, James A. Isom, Heather Manning, Gloria Wilkerson and Neil Harris 3. Metabolomics in genetic testing Jacopo Troisi, Pierpaolo Cavallo, Angelo Colucci, Luca Pierri, Giovanni Scala, Steven Symes, Carter Jones and Sean Richards 4. Myokines: The endocrine coupling of skeletal muscle and bone Marta Gomarasca, Giuseppe Banfi and Giovanni Lombardi 5. Epigenetic reprogramming and potential application of epigenetic-modifying drugs in acquired chemotherapeutic resistance Logeswari Ponnusamy, Prathap Kumar S. Mahalingaiah and Kamaleshwar P. Singh 6. Organokines in disease Hye Soo Chung and Kyung Mook Choi