Recent Progress in Hormone Research : Proceedings of the 1976 Laurentian Hormone Conference

Recent Progress in Hormone Research, Volume 33 covers the Proceedings of the 1976 Laurentian Hormone Conference. The book discusses the expanding significance of hypothalamic peptides; the LATS in Graves'disease; and the ontogenesis of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function and metabolism in human, sheep, and rat. The text also describes the antimullerian hormone; the evolution of gonadotropin structure and function; and the biosynthesis of parathyroid hormone. The carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance investigations of hormone structure and function; the regulation of vasopressin function in health and disease; and some considerations of the role of the antidiuretic hormone in water homeostasis are also considered. The book further tackles the clinical significance of circulating proinsulin and C-peptide; glucagon and the A cells; and a newly recognized pancreatic polypeptide. The text then encompasses the steroid hormone actions in tissue culture cells and cell hybrids and their relation to human malignancies; and the role of hormones on digestive and urinary tract carcinogenesis. Endocrinologists, neuroendocrinologists, and oncologists will find the book invaluable. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS AND DISCUSSANTS , Pages ix-x PREFACE , Page xi Inside Front Cover , Page ifc1 EDWIN BENNETT ASTWOOD , Pages xiii-xix , ROY O. GREEP The Expanding Significance of Hypothalamic Peptides, or, Is Endocrinology a Branch of Neuroendocrinology? , Pages 1-28 , ROGER GUILLEMIN LATS in Graves' Disease , Pages 29-57 , J.M. MCKENZIE, M. ZAKARIJA Ontogenesis of Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Thyroid Function and Metabolism in Man, Sheep, and Rat , Pages 59-116 , DELBERT A. FISHER, JEAN H. DUSSAULT, JOSEPH SACK, INDER J. CHOPRA The Antimüllerian Hormone , Pages 117-167 , NATHALIE JOSSO, JEAN-YVES PICARD, DIEN TRAN Evolution of Gonadotropin Structure and Function , Pages 169-248 , PAUL LICHT, HAROLD PAPKOFF, SUSAN W. FARMER, CHARLES H. MULLER, HING WO TSUI, DAVID CREWS Biosynthesis of Parathyroid Hormone , Pages 249-308 , JOEL F. HABENER, BYRON W. KEMPER, ALEXANDER RICH, JOHN T. POTTS JR. Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigations of Hormone Structure and Function , Pages 309-332 , IAN C.P. SMITH, ROXANNE DESLAURIERS The Regulation of Vasopressin Function in Health and Disease , Pages 333-385 , GARY L. ROBERTSON Some Considerations of the Role of Antidiuretic Hormone in Water Homeostasis , Pages 387-434 , THOMAS E. ANDREOLI, JAMES A. SCHAFER Clinical Significance of Circulating Proinsulin and C-Peptide , Pages 435-475 , ARTHUR H. RUBENSTEIN, DONALD F. STEINER, DAVID L. HORWITZ, MARY E. MAKO, MARSHALL B. BLOCK, JEROME I. STARR, HIDESHI KUZUYA, FRANCO MELANI Glucagon and the A Cells , Pages 477-517 , R.H. UNGER, P. RASKIN, C.B. SRIKANT, L. ORCI A Newly Recognized Pancreatic Polypeptide; Plasma Levels in Health and Disease , Pages 519-570 , JOHN C. FLOYD JR., STEFAN S. FAJANS, SUMER PEK, RONALD E. CHANCE Steroid Hormone Actions in Tissue Culture Cells and Cell Hybrids—Their Relation to Human Malignancies , Pages 571-615 , E. BRAD THOMPSON, MICHAEL R. NORMAN, MARC E. LIPPMAN The Role of Hormones on Digestive and Urinary Tract Carcinogenesis , Pages 617-653 , RICHARD S. YAMAMOTO, ELIZABETH K. WEISBURGER SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 655-661 CUMULATIVE SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 662-672 Recent Progress in Hormone Research, Volume 33 covers the Proceedings of the 1976 Laurentian Hormone Conference. The book discusses the expanding significance of hypothalamic peptides; the LATS in Graves' disease; and the ontogenesis of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function and metabolism in human, sheep, and rat. The text also describes the antimullerian hormone; the evolution of gonadotropin structure and function; and the biosynthesis of parathyroid hormone. The carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance investigations of hormone structure and function; the regulation of vasopressin function in ..