Estrogens, Progestins, and Their Antagonists

Functions and Mechanisms of Action

Buch | Softcover

234 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4612-7377-6 (ISBN)

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These two volumes on Estrogens, Progestins, and Their Antagonists repre sent a thematic extension of the series, Hormones in Health and Disease. The first publication in the series, Steroid Hormone Receptors: Basic and Clinical Aspects, focused on recent advances in the anatomy of steroid receptors and members of the steroid receptor superfamily. Consistent with the spirit of the series, the authors addressed issues of clinical significance of steroid receptor detection in hormone-related disorders. The second volume in the series, Hormones and Cancer, attempted a more direct examination of ac tions of hormones in cancerous tissues and cells. In these two volumes, which together form the third in the series, the editor, Dr. Edward Pavlik, has introduced a team of leading investigators engaged in research on various aspects of the steroids that regulate female reproductive physiology. Estrogens and progestins, the main components of the most widely used contraceptive pills, have found a variety of uses in clinical endocrinology. These volumes contain discussions that range from the introduction of novel hormonal ligands to "hormonal antagonism by steroid analogs. A balanced treatment is provided of applications of the steroids in treatment and management of hormone-dependent conditions and malignancies. The remarkable synthesis of literature contained in this volume will provide a reader with both the fundamental concepts underly ing steroid hormone physiology and the clinical applications of observations made on basic aspects of hormone action. I congratulate the editorial leadership of Dr.

I: Estrogen and Progestin Physiological Function.- 1. Pituitary and Brain Actions of Estrogen and Progesterone in the Regulation of Primate Prolactin Secretion.- 2. Saccharomyces cerevisiae As a Model System to Study Steroid Hormone Receptors.- 3. Physiological Findings from Transgenic Mouse Models with Altered Levels of Estrogen Receptor Expression.- II: Molecular Biology of Steroid Receptors and Gene Expression.- 4. New Models and Insights in Steroid Hormone Action.- 5. A Role for Progesterone in Multidrug Resistance.- 6. Dominant Negative Activity by Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors.- 7. Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in Human Endometrial Cancer.- III: Factors Enhancing Receptor Function.- 8. Facilitated Binding of Steroid Hormone Receptors to Target DNA by the Chromatin High-Mobility Group Protein-1: Protein Manipulation of DNA Structure.- 9. Use of FK506 and Its Analogs in Studying Progesterone Signaling.- Keyword Index.

Reihe/Serie	Hormones in Health and Disease
Zusatzinfo	XX, 234 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	1-4612-7377-3 / 1461273773
ISBN-13	978-1-4612-7377-6 / 9781461273776
Zustand	Neuware