Carnitine Today

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Role of Carnitine in Cell Metabolism....Pages 1-37
Molecular Biology of Carnitine Palmitoyltransferases and Role of Carnitine in Gene Transcription....Pages 39-70
Carnitine and Myocardial Glucose Metabolism....Pages 71-93
Carnitine and Mitochondrial Dysfunction....Pages 95-104
Effect of L-Carnitine on Fas-Induced Apoptosis and Sphingomyelinase Activity in Human T Cell Lines....Pages 105-117
Carnitine Deficiency: Primary and Secondary Syndromes....Pages 119-161
Carnitine Against Ischemia and Lipopolysaccharide Toxicity....Pages 163-169
Carnitine and Derivatives in Experimental Infections....Pages 171-185
Involvement of Carnitine in Reye’s and Reye-Like Syndromes....Pages 187-194
Acylcarnitine and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome....Pages 195-213
L-Carnitine, a Modulator of Immunometabolic Homeostasis in Subjects Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus....Pages 215-231
Effect of L-Carnitine on AZT-Induced Mitochondrial Toxicity: Studies on Human Muscle Cultures....Pages 233-246
Possible Anti-ApoptoticActivity of Carnitines on Excitatory Amino Acid-Induced Neurotoxicity....Pages 247-257
Back Matter....Pages 259-263