Stanislav Kazda – författare

This is the first book to summarize experimental results from the new, rapidly expanding field of research into the calcium channel in cell membrane. Calcium is an ubiquitous messenger of various cellular functions. Its fundamental role in the regulation of cardiac contractions has long been recognized. Drugs counteracting some actions of calcium ions, namely calcium antagonists, have since become essential to research. In the last decade it has been established that calcium ions reach their target intracellular system by passing through specialized calcium channels in the membrane. Recently improved experimental techniques combined with the discovery of highly specific Ca channel ligands have dramatically enlarged our knowledge of the molecular structure and function of such channels. The contributions by leading world specialists shed new light on both basic science and possible clinical implications for cardiovascular pharmacology, endocrinology and neuropharmacology.

This is the first book to summarize experimental results from the new, rapidly expanding field of research into the calcium channel in cell membrane. Calcium is an ubiquitous messenger of various cellular functions. Its fundamental role in the regulation of cardiac contractions has long been recognized. Drugs counteracting some actions of calcium ions, namely calcium antagonists, have since become essential to research. In the last decade it has been established that calcium ions reach their target intracellular system by passing through specialized calcium channels in the membrane. Recently improved experimental techniques combined with the discovery of highly specific Ca channel ligands have dramatically enlarged our knowledge of the molecular structure and function of such channels. The contributions by leading world specialists shed new light on both basic science and possible clinical implications for cardiovascular pharmacology, endocrinology and neuropharmacology.

Die Bedeutung der Hypertonie als der häufigsten Herzkreislauferkrankung mit schwerwiegenden Folgen wurde erst in der zweiten Hälfte unseres Jahrhunderts erkannt. Die Bayer-Forschung hat mit einigen Produkten Meilensteine der Therapie gesetzt und in der Grundlagenforschung zur erheblichen Bereicherung der medizinischen Wissenschaften beigetragen. Das Buch beschreibt nicht nur die Erfolge, sondern auch die vielen vergeblichen Anläufe, die unvermeidbar sind, innovative Arzneimittel zu finden. Das Buch schildert dieses Spannungsfeld der Forschung am Beispiel der Hochdruckforschung in anschaulicher Weise aus der Sicht eines echten Drug Hunters und läßt die Faszination und Herausforderung der letzten Jahrzehnte aufleben.