Adrenal Gland

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-443-19400-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Adrenal Gland, Volume 124 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Litwack, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Endokrinologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. MicroRNA Regulation of Adrenal Glucocorticoid and Androgen Biosynthesis
2. Epigenetics and postnatal functional zonation in human adrenal gland
3. Adrenal cortex hormones
4. Serotonin and the serotonin transporter in the adrenal gland
5. Regulation of lipid droplets and cholesterol metabolism in adrenal cortical cells
6. MicroRNAs in Aldosterone Production and Action
7. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and its genetic polymorphisms
8. Dual effects of 9-cis retinoic acid on acth-dependent hyperplastic adrenal tissues
9. Immunohistpchemistry of the human adrenal cyp11b2 in normal individuals and in patients with primary aldosteronism
10. Adaptive remodeling of the stimulus-secretion coupling: lessons from the 'stressed' adrenal medulla
11. Current insight into the transient X-zone in the 1 adrenal gland cortex
12. Aging of the Adrenal Gland and Its Impact on the Stress Response
13. 3D organization of the rat adrenal medulla
14. Stem potential of adrenal gland and development of cancers as related to embryonic development
15. Angiotensin II-dependent aldosterone production in the adrenal cortex
16. A Cholesterol-centric Outlook on Steroidogenesis
17. Functional Interaction of Clock Genes and Bone Morphogenetic Proteins in the Adrenal Cortex
18. Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome, Septic Adrenal Apoplexy
19. Research progress on adrenal developmental toxicology and its mechanism
20. Association of calcium channel and adrenal steroidogenesis

Über Autor(innen)

Litwack, Gerald
Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)