Iodine : Characteristics, Sources and Health Implications.

Intro -- IODINE CHARACTERISTICS, SOURCES AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS -- IODINE CHARACTERISTICS, SOURCES AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS -- Contents -- Preface -- Iodine during Pregnancy and Lactation: Supplementation Versus Exposure -- Iodine Metabolism During Pregnancy -- Transplacental Passage of Iodine -- Iodine Requirements During Pregnancy -- Mechanisms of Adaptation to Iodine Deficiency -- Maternal Repercussions of Iodine Deficiency -- The Concept of Overstimulation of the Thyroid -- Gestational Goitrogenesis -- Maternal Hypothyroxinemia -- Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders and Pregnancy -- Epidemiology of Iodine Deficiency During Pregnancy -- Exposure to Iodized Agents -- References -- Semiconductor-Photocatalyzed Iodine Generation -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Semiconductor-Photocatalysis -- 3. Mechanism of Iodine Generation -- 4. Semiconductor Nanocrystals in Aqueous Suspension as Photocatalysts -- 5. Particulate Semiconductors in Aqueous Alcoholic Suspension as Photocatalysts -- 6. Iodine Generation with Sunlight -- 7. Immobilized Semiconductor Powders as Photocatalyst -- 8. TiO2 Film as Photocatalyst -- 9. Dye-Sensitized TiO2 as Photocatalyst -- 10. Ag-TiO2 as Photocatalyst -- 11. Pt-TiO2 as Photocatalyst -- 12. Layered Metal Oxide Semiconductor as Photocatalyst -- 13. Solar Photoelectrocatalysis -- 14. Enhanced Solar Photoelectrocatalysis by Semiconductor Mixtures -- Conclusion -- References -- Iodine, Iodine Transporters and Thyroid Cancer -- Abstract -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Iodine and Thyroid Cancer -- 2.1. Thyroid Cancer -- 2.2. Iodine in Thyroid Cancer Initiation and Progression -- 2.3. Iodine in Thyroid Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis -- 3. Iodine Transporters and Thyroid Cancer -- 3.1. Iodine Transporter Expression in Thyroid Cancer -- Sodium Iodide Transporter -- Pendrin and Apical Iodide Transporter.

3.2. Iodine Regulated Iodine Transporters in Thyroid Cancer -- 4. Iodine and Iodine Transporters Correlated Genetic Alterations in Thyroid Cancer -- 4.1. Iodine Correlated Genetic Alterations in Thyroid Cancer -- 4.2. Iodine Transporters Correlated Genetic Alterations in Thyroid Cancer -- Conclusion -- References -- Thyroid Follicular Cell Carcinoma and Thyroiditis in Relation to Iodine Intake -- Abstract -- Introduction -- General Features of Thyroid Cancer and Autoimmune Thyroiditis -- Thyroid Carcinoma and Thyroiditis in Salta, Argentina -- Materials and Methods -- Thyroid Carcinoma -- Thyroiditis -- General Discussion with Review of the Literature -- Papillary and Follicular Carcinoma -- Undifferentiated (Anaplastic) Carcinoma -- Thyroiditis in Iodine-Deficient and Sufficient Regions -- Thyroiditis and Thyroid Carcinoma -- Conclusion -- References -- Optical Plasma Characteristics and Kinetics of Processes in the Longitudinal Glow Discharge in Mixtures of Helium and Iodine Vapours -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Conditions and Technique -- 3. Electric and Optical Characteristics -- 4. Kinetics of Plasma Processes -- Conclusion -- References -- Study on Urinary Iodine and Thiocyanate Concentrations in Bulgarian Schoolchildren and Students -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Schoolchildren's urinary iodine and thiocyanate concentrations -- Students' urinary iodine and thiocyanate concentrations -- Conclusion -- References -- Oxidation of 8-Oxoguanine with Iodine and Proposed Mechanisms -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Oxidation Products of 8oxoG -- 3. Oxidation of 8oxoG by Iodine under Acidic Conditions -- 4. Oxidation of 8oxoG by Iodine under Basic Conditions -- 5. Oxidation of 8oxoG by Iodine under Neutral Conditions -- 6. The Proposed Reaction Pathways to Gh and Sp.

7. The Proposed Reaction Pathways to 5-OH-8oxoG -- 8. The Proposed Reaction Pathways to Iz -- 9. The Proposed Reaction Pathways to Hica -- Conclusion -- References -- Iodine: Characteristics, Sources, Implications -- Abstract -- Abbreviations -- History -- Characteristics -- Sources -- Implications -- References -- Important Role of Cardiac Imaging Using Iodine Media for Implicating Arrhythmogenic Heart Disease -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Cardiac Computed Tomography with Iodine Contrast Medium -- Scintigraphy Using the Major Iodinated Compound123I-Meta-Iodobenzylguanidine -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

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