Advances in steroid biochemistry and pharmacology
By: edited by M.H. Briggs and G.A. Christie
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781483215754; 9780120375042
Subjects: Steroids; Biochemistry; Stéroïdes; Biochimie; SCIENCE; Life Sciences
Description: Advances in Steroid Biochemistry and Pharmacology.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Advances in Steroid Biochemistry and Pharmacology; Copyright Page; CONTRIBUTORS; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. CELLULAR BIOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT OF STEROID ACTIVITY; I. INTRODUCTION: THE POSSIBLE CELLULAR BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF STEROIDS; II. METHODS OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY; III. CELLULAR BIOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT OF DIRECT EFFECTS OF STEROIDS; IV. INDIRECT EFFECTS; V. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. DAILY RHYTHMS OF STEROID AND ASSOCIATED PITUITARY HORMONES IN MAN AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO SLEEP; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SLEEP; III. CIRCADIAN RHYTHM OF THE HPA AXIS.; title: Iv. secretion of growth hormone (gh)v. the hypothalamo-pitu itary-gonadal (hpg) axis; vi. conclusion; references; chapter 3. chemistry and biological activity of vitamin d, its metabolites and analogs; i. introduction; ii. history of the experiments conducted on the metabolism of vitamin d3; iii. feed-back regulation of 25-oh-d3 metabolism to 1,25-(oh)2d3 or 24,25-(oh)2d3; iv. chemical synthesis of vitamin d3, analogs and metabolites; v. biologically active analogs of vitamin d; vi. tools for isolation and identification of vitamin d metabolites; vii. discussion; acknowledgement; references.; title: Chapter 4. effects of corticosteroids on connective tissue and fibroblastsi. introduction; ii. the connective tissue; iii. experimental techniques and findings; iv. conclusions; references; chapter 5. interactions between the prostaglandins and steroid hormones; i. introduction; ii. effect of prostaglandins on steroid production; iii. effect of prostaglandins on steroid action; iv. effect of prostaglandins on steroid metabolism; v. effect of steroids on prostaglandin dynamics; vi. conclusions; references; chapter 6. steroid hormones and breast cancer; i. introduction.; title: Ii. the examination of human breast tumours in tissue cultureiii. ablation procedures; iv. prediction of response to endocrine surgery; v. additive therapy; vi. cancer of the male breast; vii. the immunological treatment of breast cancer; viii. conclusion; references; chapter 7. adrenocorticotrophic hormone and the control of adrenal corticosteroidogenesis; i. introduction; ii. acth receptor; iii. cholesterol metabolism in the adrenal cortex; iv. adenosine 3'5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic amp); v. the involvement of nadph in acth action; vi. the regulation of pregnenolone synthesis.; title: Vii. the role of protein and rna synthesisacknowledgements; references; note added in proof; author index; subject index; cumulative index of titles.