Main description:

The book covers areas of cellular physiology and metabolism that are of interest to scientists involved in research in diabetes and metabolic diseases. Some chapters of the book are specifically research-oriented, as all the authors are actively practicing either bench or clinical research in the area. Nonetheless, since the work is fully comprehensive of the discipline, it is also suitable for university classes of graduate and undergraduate students. In particular, the book discusses classical aspects of cellular physiology and the metabolism of physical exercise, as well as novel topics like exercise in transplantation and exercise in beta-cell failure, which mark the frontiers of research in sport-related sciences and research. Exercise physiologists, biologists and physicians are the specific professional and academic targets of this work. The team of authors together with the editor are world-renowned experts in the field of physiology and metabolism applied to sport sciences.

Contents:

1 Human evolution and physical exercise: the concept of being "born to run" - L. Luzi 2 Cell morphology and function: the specificities of muscle cells - A. Maestroni 3 Cell membrane of the contractile unit - G. Zerbini 4 Gene polymorphisms and athletic I. Teruzzi 5 Nutrients and whole-body energy metabolism - S. Benedini 6 Mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial study for ATP synthesis - R. Codella 7 Excessive nutrients and regional energy metabolism - G. Perseghin 8 Muscle biopsy to assess mitochondrial turnover - R. Barazzoni 9 Use of tracer-based study of metabolism in vivo - A. Caumo 10 Physical activity and inflammation - P. Fiorina 11 The HPA axis and the regulation of energy balance - F. Frigerio 12 Physical exercise in obesity and mental anorexia - A. Battezzati 13 Physical exercise and transplantation - V. Lauriola, C. Ricordi 14 The baboon as a primate model to study physiology and metabolic effects of exercise - F. Folli, F. Casiraghi