Biochemical actions of hormones. Volume VII /

Biochemical Actions of Hormones V7.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Litwack, Gerald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, 1980.
Temas:
Hormones.
hormone.
Hormones
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Biochemical Actions of Hormones; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Chemistry and Biological Actions of Products with Thymic Hormone-Like Activity; I. Introduction; II. Chemistry of Purified Thymic Factors Isolated from Thymic Tissue; III. Thymic Hormone-Like Factors Isolated from Blood; IV. Biological Effects of Isolated Products; V. Mechanism of Action of Thymic Hormones and Thymic Hormone-Like Factors; VI. Concluding Comments; References
  • Chapter 2. The Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Liver Axis: A New Hormonal System in Control of Hepatic Steroid and Drug MetabolismI. Introduction; II. Androgenic and Estrogenic Control; III. Imprinting of Steroid and Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes; IV. The Role of the Pituitary Gland; V. Model Systems for the Study of Pituitary Control of Hepatic Metabolism; VI. Production of Feminizing Factor by Nonpituitary Tumors; VII. A Direct Effect of the Pituitary Gland on the Liver; VIII. Hypothalamic Control of Feminizing Factor Release; IX. A Proposed Model of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Liver Axis
  • X. The Feminizing FactorXI. Rat Liver Cell Cultures; XII. Hepatoma Cell Cultures; XIII. Correlation of in Vivo and in Vitro Results; XIV. Effect of Female Pituitary Extract on Hepatocytes and HTC Cells; XV. Effect of Standard Pituitary Hormones on HTC Cells; XVI. Study of the Mechanism of Action of Feminizing Factor; XVII. Purification and Characterization of Feminizing Factor; References; Chapter 3. Hormonal Control of Protein Degradation in Liver and Isolated Cells; I. Introduction; II. Methods for the Measurement of Protein Degradation; III. Insulin; IV. Serum Growth Factors; V. Glucagon
  • VI. SteroidsVII. Adrenergie Agonists; VIII. Thyroxine; IX. Protein Degradation during Growth and Differentiation; X. Summary; References; Chapter 4. Hormonal Regulation of Lipid Mobilization from Adipose Tissue; I. Introduction: Development of the Concept of Adipose Tissue as a Metabolically Active Organ; II. The Role of Lipid Mobilization from Adipose Tissue in Vivo; III. Adipose Tissue Preparations; IV. Hormonal Regulation of Triglyceride Breakdown via cAMP; V. Role of cGMP in the Regulation of Lipolysis
  • VI. Calcium in the Regulation of Lipolysis, Glycogen Phosphorylase, and Glycogen SynthaseVII. Regulation of Lipolysis via Substrate Availability; VIII. Catecholamine Effects on Phosphatidylcholine Turnover; IX. Effects of Phospholipase Addition to the Medium on Fat Cell Metabolism; X. Structural Changes in the Plasma Membrane of Fat Cells during Lipolysis; XI. Hormonal Activation of Lipolysis by Specific Agents; XII. Inhibitors of Fat Cell Lipolysis and cAMP Accumulation; XIII. Mode of Insulin Stimulation of Glucose Uptake by Fat Cells

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