The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Payne, Anita H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hardy, Matthew P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2007.
• Σειρά: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Endocrinology.; Cell biology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cell Biology.; Human Physiology.

Nearly ten years after they published the first book devoted entirely to the Leydig cell, Matthew Hardy and Anita Payne have collaborated again to provide a comprehensive study of this fascinating and important cell type. The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease presents all of the developments in our...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Historical
• A History of Leydig Cell Research
• Cell Biology
• Structural and Histological Analysis of Leydig Cell Steroidogenic Function
• Fetal Leydig Cells
• Regulation of Leydig Cells During Pubertal Development
• The Human Leydig Cell
• Dynamics of Leydig Cell Regeneration After EDS
• Aging and the Decline of Androgen Production
• Steroidogenesis
• Regulation of Leydig Cell Cholesterol Metabolism
• The Role of StAR in Leydig Cell Steroidogenesis
• Steroidogenic Enzymes in Leydig Cells
• Development of Leydig Cell Steroidogenesis
• Peripheral Testosterone Metabolism
• Leydig Cell Aromatase
• The Role of Estrogen Sulfotransferase in Leydig Cells
• Endocrinology of Leydig Cells in Nonmammalian Vertebrates
• Regulation
• The Luteinizing Hormone Receptor
• Insights Into Leydig Cell Function From Mice With Genetically Modified Gonadotropin Action
• Growth Factors in Leydig Cell Function
• Insulin-Like Peptide 3 in Leydig Cells
• Neuronal Signaling Molecules and Leydig Cells
• Regulation of Leydig Cell Function as it Pertains to the Inflammatory Response
• Activins and Leydig Cell Development Differentiation, and Disease
• Transcription Factors as Regulators of Gene Expression During Leydig Cell Differentiation and Function
• Androgen Receptor in Leydig Cell Function and Development
• Physiology and Applied Aspects
• Fluid Exchange and Transport of Hydrophilic Factors in the Testis
• Immortalized Leydig Cell Lines as Models for Studying Leydig Cell Physiology
• Induction of Leydig Cell Tumors by Xenobiotics
• Environmental Factors That Disrupt Leydig Cell Steroidogenesis
• The Leydig Cell as a Target for Male Contraception
• Clinical Evaluation of Leydig Cell Function.