Index
995
Hedgehog proteins, 421 
Heinz bodies, 302, 959 
Helicases, 546, 552 
H e lic o b a c te r p y lo r i,
168,207 
a-helix, 51, 54 
Helix bundle peptide, 722 
Helix-loop-helix, 603 
Helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription 
factor, 603 
Helix-turn-helix, 603 
Helix-turn-helix (HTH) transcription 
factor, 603 
Hematin, 684 
Heme
proteins, 108 
synthesis of, 245 
Heme A, 255 
Heme biosynthesis, 684 
disorders, 
6 8 6 
Heme catabolism, 689 
Heme group, 646 
catabolic, 690 
Heme oxygenase, 690 
Heme to bilirubin 
conversion, 691 
Hemicelluloses, 149 
Hemichromes, 302 
Hemin, 672, 684 
Hemochromatosis, 128, 682, 827 
Hemoglobin, 54, 101, 108, 600 
abnormal, 164 
allosteric modulator of, 231 
binding of oxygen, 114 
carbaminohemoglobin, 32 
f t
-chains, 32, 47 
derivatives, 671 
functional aspects, 646 
glycated, 155
heterotropic modulators: H+, C02, 
BPG, 114
inherited disorders of, 657 
Lepore, 662
mechanism of oxygenation, 650 
normal, 657 
oxygenation of, 
8 
profiles of oxygenation, 115 
structure, 645 
unstable, 667 
Hemoglobin A, 155, 657 
Hemoglobin A2, 657 
Hemoglobin Bart’s hydrops fetails, 960 
Hemoglobin carbamate
(carbaminohemoglobin), 
8 
Hemoglobin disorders
laboratory evaluation of, 957 
Hemoglobin E, 670 
Hemoglobin H disease, 960 
Hemoglobin rothschild, 646
Hemoglobin S, 
6 6 8 
Hemoglobin structure and synthesis 
inherited disorders, 657 
Hemoglobin, inherited disorders of, 657 
Hemoglobinopathies, 194, 664 
Hemolytic anemia, 302, 303 
Hemolytic crises, 302 
Hemolytic crisis, 303 
Hemolytic uremic syndrome, 223 
Hemopexin, 691 
Hemophilia, 303, 539, 856, 871 
Hemorrhagic colitis, 223 
Hemorrhoids, 149 
Hemosiderosis, 682 
Hemostasis, 92, 839 
Hemostatic system factors, 842 
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, 5 
Henderson-Hasselbalch expression, 9 
Heparan sulfate, 183
stepwise degradation, 190 
Heparin, 183, 184, 322, 
8 6 8 
assay, 870 
function of, 184 
low-molecular-weight, 184 
mechanism of action, 859 
structure of, 860 
therapy, 184 
unfractionated, 184 
Heparin cofactor II, 845 
Heparin sulfate (HS), 322 
Heparin-antithrombin complex, 184 
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, 184 
Heparins
high-affinity, 859 
Hepatic bile, 200 
Hepatic cytochrome P-450, 274 
Hepatic encephalopathy, 144 
Hepatic fibrosis (cirrhosis), 179 
Hepatic glycogen 
utilization, 500
Hepatic glycogen synthesis, 498 
Hepatic glycogenolysis 
regulation, 501 
Hepatic lipase, 433 
Hepatic vitamin K metabolism, 863 
Hepatitis, 123 
Hepatitis B, 35 
Hepatitis B and C, 127 
Hepatobiliary obstruction, 335 
Hepatocellular carcinomas, 923 
Hepatocellular necrosis, 128 
markers for, 128
Hepatocytes (liver parenchymal cells), 127, 
194, 199, 201,228, 300, 331 
Hepatolenticular degeneration, 26 
Hepatosplenomegaly, 298 
Hereditary, 535 
Hereditary angioedema, 832
Hereditary atransferrinemia, 682 
Hereditary coproporphyria, 687, 
6 8 8 
Hereditary elliptocytosis, 164 
Hereditary erythropoietic porphyria, 687 
Hereditary folate malabsorption, 616 
Hereditary fructose intolerance, 297 
Hereditary hemochromatosis, 676,
682,683
Hereditary non-polyposis, 612 
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer 
(HNPCC), 559
Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin 
(HPFH), 657
Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis, 166 
Hereditary spherocytosis, 164 
Hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets, 
type II, 883 
Heterochromatin, 555 
Heterogeneous nuclear RNA 
(hnRNA), 571
Heterogenous enzyme immunoassay, 128 
Heteroplasmy, 266 
Heterotropic allosteric enzymes, 111 
Heterotropic effect 
constant Vmax, 
1 1 2 
varying Vmax, 112 
Hexa-histidine, 39 
Hexokinase, 
8 6
, 226, 296 
isoenzymes of, 227 
Hexokinase I, 227 
Hexokinase II, 227 
Hexokinase IV (glucokinase), 228 
Hexokinases I—
III, 227 
Hexose monophosphate (HMP) shunt,
271, 298 
HFE, 676, 683 
HFE protein, 676, 677 
Hibernating animals, 224 
High-affinity Ca2+-binding protein, 465 
High glucose intake 
disposition, 498 
High mol wt kininogen, 844 
High-affinity heparins, 859 
High-intensity endurance exercise, 517 
High-mannose, 312 
High-molecular-weight kininogen 
(HAWK), 857, 870
High-performance liquid chromatography 
(HPLC), 41
High-temperature protection 
regulon, 599 
Hill coefficient, 117 
Hill equation, 116 
Hill plots
for myoglobin and hemoglobin, 117 
Hindlll, 531
Histamine, 24, 205, 351, 508, 700, 714 
types of receptor, 24