Recent Progress in Hormone Research : Proceedings of the 1977 Laurentian Hormone Conference

Recent Progress in Hormone Research presents the proceedings of the 1977 Laurentian Hormone Conference held at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada from August 28 through September 2, 1977. The book discusses the concepts and perspectives of reproductive endocrinology; and the mechanism of action of hypothalamic hormones in the anterior pituitary gland and specific modulation of their activity by sex steroids and thyroid hormones. The text also describes the morphology of insulin secretion and binding; studies on relaxin; and the interrelationships between calcium, calcemic hormones and gastrointestinal hormones; and calcitonin binding sites in bone. The hormonal regulation of bone formation; neural control of ACTH; and the genetic regulation of mammalian glucuronidase are also considered. The book further tackles the crystal structure, molecular conformation, binding, and structure-function relationships of the thyroid hormone; the thyroxine transport proteins of plasma; and the pathways of metabolism of thyroid hormones. Endocrinologists, biochemists, and physiologists will find the text invaluable. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS AND DISCUSSANTS , Pages vii-viii PREFACE , Page ix , Roy O. Greep Reproductive Endocrinology: Concepts and Perspectives, an Overview , Pages 1-23 , ROY O. GREEP Mechanism of Action of Hypothalamic Hormones in the Anterior Pituitary Gland and Specific Modulation of Their Activity by Sex Steroids and Thyroid Hormones , Pages 25-93 , FERNAND LABRIE, JACQUES DROUIN, LOUISE FERLAND, LISETTE LAGACé, MICHèLE BEAULIEU, ANDRé DE LéAN, PAUL A. KELLY, MARC G. CARON, VINCENT RAYMOND Less-Understood Aspects of the Morphology of Insulin Secretion and Binding , Pages 95-121 , LELIO ORCI, ALAIN PERRELET, PHILLIP GORDEN Relaxin , Pages 123-211 , CHRISTIAN SCHWABE, J. KEN MCDONALD, BERNARD STEINETZ, GERSON WEISSE, ALBERT SEGALOFF, ELIZABETH O'BYRNE, JOSEPH HOCHMAN, BYRNES CARRIERE, LAURA GOLDSMITH Studies on the Bioassayable Growth Hormone-Like Activity of Plasma , Pages 213-238 , S. ELLIS, M.A. VODIAN, R.E. GRINDELAND Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes , Pages 239-258 , BENGT SAMUELSSON Interrelationships between Calcium, Calcemic Hormones and Gastrointestinal Hormones , Pages 259-283 , CARY W. COOPER, R.M. BOLMAN III, W.M. LINEHAN, S.A. WELLS JR. Calcitonin Binding Sites in Bone: Relationships to Biological Response and “Escape” , Pages 285-334 , ARMEN H. TASHJIAN JR., DONALD R. WRIGHT, JOEL L. IVEY, ALLAN PONT Hormonal Regulation of Bone Formation , Pages 335-356 , L.G. RAISZ, E.M. CANALIS, J.W. DIETRICH, B.E. KREAM, S.C. GWOREK Neural Control of ACTH: A Homeostatic Reflex , Pages 357-400 , DONALD S. GANN, DAVID G. WARD, DREW E. CARLSON Genetic Regulation of Mammalian Glucuronidase , Pages 401-436 , RICHARD T. SWANK, KENNETH PAIGEN, ROSS DAVEY, VERNE CHAPMAN, CESAR LABARCA, GORDON WATSON, ROGER GANSCHOW, E.J. BRANDT, EDWARD NOVAK Thyroid Hormones: Crystal Structure, Molecular Conformation, Binding, and Structure-Function Relationships , Pages 437-475 , VIVIAN CODY Thyroxine Transport Proteins of Plasma. Molecular Properties and Biosynthesis , Pages 477-519 , JACOB ROBBINS, SHEUE-YANN CHENG, MARVIN C. GERSHENGORN, DANIEL GLINOER, HANS J. CAHNMANN, HAROLD EDELNOCH Pathways of Metabolism of Thyroid Hormones , Pages 521-567 , INDER J. CHOPRA, DAVID H. SOLOMON, USHA CHOPRA, SING YUNG WU, DELBERT A. FISHER, YASUKO NAKAMURA SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 569-572