PNH and the GPI-Linked Proteins

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) has been recognized for over a century.

This mysterious disease is now understood at the level of the gene and the protein.

The pathophysiology is related to a class of cell surface proteins with distinctive biochemical and physical characteristics.

Recently it has been acknowledged that PNH is not rare, and once sensitive assays--based on the chemistry of the proteins--can be applied to many patients.

Written by international experts in the field, this book includes a number of distinctive characteristics, such as the clinical features of PNH, the mechanism of hemolysis, the biochemistry of glycosylphosphoinositol anchors, and the chemistry and biophysics of GPI-anchored proteins.

This unique and timely volume will have a wide audience, including hematologists and oncologists with a clinical interest in this disease, as well as basic biochemists, immunologists, and cell biologists studying this class of proteins.