Aimaretti G., Marzullo P., Prodam F. (eds.) Update on Mechanisms of Hormone Action - Focus on Metabolism, Growth and Reproductions

InTech, 2011. — 480 p.The purpose of the present volume is to focus on more recent aspects of the complex regulation of hormonal action, in particular in 3 different hot fields: metabolism, growth and reproduction. Modern approaches to the physiology and pathology of endocrine glands are based on cellular and molecular investigation of genes, peptide, hormones, protein cascade at different levels. In all of the chapters in the book all, or at least some, of these aspects are described in order to increase the endocrine knowledge.Metabolism.
The Gut Peptide Hormone Family, Motilin and Ghrelin.
Functions of Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease.
Glucokinase as a Glucose Sensor in Hypothalamus - Regulation by Orexigenic and Anorexigenic Peptides.
‘Exercise-Eating Linkage’ Mediated by Neuro-Endocrine Axis and the Relevance in Regulation of Appetite and Energy Balance for Prevention of Obesity.
Estrogen Receptors in Glucose Homeostasis.
Expression of Neuropeptide Y of GIFT Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) in Yeast Pichia Pastoris and Its Stimulatory Effects on Food Intake and Growth.
Hormones and Metabolism in Poultry.
Metabolic Control Targets for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes in Clinical Practice.
Generation of Insulin Producing Cells for the Treatment of Diabetes.
Growth and Reproduction.
GH-IGF-IGFBP Axis and Metabolic Profile in Short Children Born Small for Gestational Age.
Failure to Thrive: Overview of Diagnosis and Management.
Hormonal Regulation of Circadian Pacemaker in Ovary and Uterus.
Role of Leptin in the Reproduction and Metabolism: Focus on Regulation by Seasonality in Animals.
Attenuin: What It Is, How It Works and What It Does.
Calcitonin Functions Both as a Hypocalcemic Hormone and Stimulator of Steroid Production and Oocyte Maturation in Ovarian Follicles of Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio.
Ascidians: New Model Organisms for Reproductive Endocrinology.
Estrogen Receptors in Leukocytes - Possible Impact on Inflammatory Processes in the Female Reproductive System.
Gynecological Endocrinology.
Physiological Relevance of Pregnanolone Isomers and Their Polar Conjugates with Respect to the Gender, Menstrual Cycle and Pregnancy.
Menstrual Cycle Disturbances at Reproductive Age.
Primary and Secondary Amenorrhea.
The Management of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding.