Hormones in normal and abnormal human tissues. Volume 2

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- CONTENTS -- NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL PEPTIDES / L. Forsling, Mary / J. Morton, J. -- HUMAN SEX STEROID BINDING PLASMA PROTEIN / Mercier-Bodard, Christine / M. Renoir, J. / Baulieu, E.-E. / Emiliozzi, R. / Duval, Danièle -- ROLE OF THE INSULIN RECEPTOR IN HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE / R. Soman, V. -- DISTRIBUTION AND METABOLISM OF ALDOSTERONE / J. Morris, D. / P. Davis, R. -- THE SYNTHESIS, SECRETION AND ASSAY OF INSULIN / W. Taylor, K. / D. Caterson, I. -- PITUITARY GONADOTROPHINS / Hennen, G. / Maghuin-Rogister, G. -- CORTICOSTEROIDS AS HORMONES AND METABOLIC PRECURSORS IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL TISSUES / P. Lantos, C. -- ARGININE VASOTOCIN : IDENTIFICATION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS IN MAMMALS / L. Zerbe, R. / L. Robertson, G. -- GLUCAGON AND RELATED PEPTIDES / F. Murphy, R. / D. Buchanan, K. / W. J. Flanagan, R. -- PHOTOBIOLOGY, METABOLISM, AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF VITAMIN D / F. Holick, M. -- RECEPTORS AND MECHANISM OF ACTION OF STEROID HORMONES IN THE FOETAL COMPARTMENT / R. Pasqualini, J. / Sumida, C. -- CIRCULATING AND TISSUE THYROID HORMONES IN RELATION TO HORMONE ACTION : PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE / N. Premachandra, B. / B. Perlstein, I. / Williams, Kelley -- ALDOSTERONE SECRETION UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS / J. McKenna, T. -- SECRETIN AND ITS ROLE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE / C. Mason, J. / W. Henry, R. / F. Murphy, R. -- TESTOSTERONE AND HUMAN SKIN / Conti, C. / Sciarra, F. / Concolino, G. -- ECTOPIC PRODUCTION OF A GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR BY TUMORS / Szabo, Marta / A. Frohman, L. -- THE USE OF HUMAN CELL CULTURES AS MODEL SYSTEMS FOR STUDYING THE ACTION OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS IN HUMAN LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIAS / Norman, M. / Harmon, J. / B. Thompson, E. -- REGULATION OF SOMATOSTATIN SECRETION AND ITS BIOLOGIC ACTIONS / E. Gerich, J. -- THE THYROTROPHIN RECEPTOR IN GRAVES' DISEASE / Rees Smith, B. / M. McLachlan, Sandra / Ginsberg, Jody / Rickards, Carole / Hall, R. -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Subject Index -- Backmatter