Advances in Clinical Chemistry

Table of 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

Authors

Gregory S. Makowski Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Clinical Laboratory Partners, Newington, CT, USA. Dr Gregory S Makowski is a board certified clinical chemist and fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Following receipt of his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut Storrs, he pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington that culminated in his joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the Department of Laboratory Medicine at John Dempsey Hospital. He has numerous clinical and basic science publications and serves on various scientific and editorial boards. He is actively engaged in the training of Pathology residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hartford Hospital. He currently serves as Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for Clinical Laboratory Partners in Newington CT, USA.