This volume seeks to provide a coherent account of the science of molecular and cellular endocrinology. It covers areas such as endocrine feedback control in health and disease, insulin resistance and insulin deficiency, the endothelins, and genetic engineering in the study of hormones.
Author(s): E. Edward Bittar and Neville Bittar (Eds.)
Series: Principles of Medical Biology 10
Edition: Set Only
Publisher: JAI Press
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 1-684
Content:
Contents (volume 10B)
Pages ix-x
List of contributors
Pages xi-xvi
Preface
Pages xvii-xviii
E. Edward Bittar, Neville Bittar
Chapter 1 Endocrine feedback control in health and disease Original Research Article
Pages 1-28
Terence J. Wilkin
Chapter 2 Mechanisms of negative and positive feedback of steroids in the hypothalamic-pituitary system Original Research Article
Pages 29-100
George Fink
Chapter 3 Corticotropin-releasing hormone neurosecretory cells: Regulation of peptide expression and release Original Research Article
Pages 101-117
Mark H. Whitnall
Chapter 4 Functional morphology of hypophysiotropic hormone-synthesizing neurons: Identification, connectivity, and plasticity Original Research Article
Pages 119-144
István Merchenthaler
Chapter 5 The pineal gland Original Research Article
Pages 145-164
Russel J. Reiter
Chapter 6 Pituitary-thyroid relationships Original Research Article
Pages 165-189
James A. Magner
Chapter 7 The parathyroid gland: Regulation of production of parathyroid hormone Original Research Article
Pages 191-205
Hitoshi Miki, Jonathan A. Van Heerden, Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick
Chapter 8 The adrenal medulla Original Research Article
Pages 207-225
Stephen W. Carmichael
Chapter 9 The adrenal cortex Original Research Article
Pages 227-254
Louisa Laue, Gordon B. Cutler Jr.
Chapter 10 Steroid hormone and related receptors Original Research Article
Pages 255-296
Hansjörg Keller, Walter Wahli
Chapter 11 Enzyme modulation of access to corticosteroid receptors Original Research Article
Pages 297-310
Brian R. Walker, Paul M. Stewart, Christopher R.W. Edwards
Chapter 12 Control of steroid receptor function and gene expression: The glucocorticoid receptor Original Research Article
Pages 311-320
Jeffrey C. Webster, John A. Cidlowski
Chapter 13 Molecular mechanisms of thyroid hormone action Original Research Article
Pages 321-337
Kelly D. Davis, Mitchell A. Lazar
List of contributors
Pages xiii-xviii
Preface
Pages xix-xx
E. Edward Bittar, Neville Bittar
Chapter 14 Insulin and the insulin-like growth factors in health and disease Original Research Article
Pages 339-363
M. Adamo, C.T. Roberts Jr., D. Leroith
Chapter 15 Molecular mechanisms in the pathophysiology of noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: Insulin resistance and insulin deficiency Original Research Article
Pages 365-386
Simeon I. Taylor
Chapter 16 Glucagon: Molecular biology and structure-activity Original Research Article
Pages 387-401
Victor J. Hruby
Chapter 17 Somatostatin Original Research Article
Pages 403-419
S.W.J. Lamberts, J-C. Reubi, E.P. Krenning
Chapter 18 The vasopressin-oxytocin systems of the neurohypophysis Original Research Article
Pages 421-437
Gareth Leng, Simon M. Luckman
Chapter 19 Prolactin Original Research Article
Pages 439-450
Julian R.E. Davis
Chapter 20 Growth hormone Original Research Article
Pages 451-466
Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen
Chapter 21 Neuropeptide Y: Its central and peripheral significance to molecular and cellular endocrinology Original Research Article
Pages 467-484
Janet M. Allen
Chapter 22 Natriuretic Peptides Original Research Article
Pages 485-500
Rudolf E. Lang
Chapter 23 Natriuretic hormone as a circulating inhibitor of Na+-K+-ATPase Original Research Article
Pages 501-515
Branislav Lichardus, László Kovács
Chapter 24 Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide Original Research Article
Pages 517-530
Edwin E. Daniel, Jo-Ann E.T. Fox-Threlkeld
Chapter 25 The mechanisms of parathyroid hormone action Original Research Article
Pages 531-542
Diarmuid S. O'Riordain, Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick
Chapter 26 The endothelins Original Research Article
Pages 543-572
William G. Haynes, David J. Webb
Chapter 27 Genetic engineering in the study of hormones Original Research Article
Pages 573-599
Michael Wallis
Chapter 28 Genetics and cell biology of calcitonin action Original Research Article
Pages 601-616
Mone Zaidi, Baljit S. Moonga, Michael Pazianas, Vijai S. Shankar, Christopher L.H. Huang
Chapter 29 The genetics and biology of vitamin D Original Research Article
Pages 617-641
Hector F. Deluca
Chapter 30 The tissue matrix: Cell signaling and hormone regulation Original Research Article
Pages 643-662
Robert H. Getzenberg
Index
Pages 663-684
