Title | Growth Factors in Reproduction [electronic resource] / edited by David W. Schomberg |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1991 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3162-2 |
Descript | XI, 253 p. online resource |
I. Growth Factors: Polyfunctional Regulators of Growth and Development -- 1 The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: Control of Synthesis Signaling Function -- 2 Transforming Growth Factor ?: A Multifunctional Regulatory Peptide with Actions in the Reproductive System -- 3 Transforming Growth Factor ?: Expression and Biological Activities of the Secreted and Integral Membrane Forms -- II. Growth Factors and Gonadal Function -- 4 Growth Factor Regulation of Testicular Function -- 5 Tumor Necrosis Factor ?: Localization and Actions Within the Preovulatory; Follicle -- 6 Transforming Growth Factors and Ovarian Function -- 7 Intraovarian IGF-I system -- III. Regulation of Normal and Neoplastic Mammary Growth -- 8 EGF-Mediated Growth Control Signal Transduction in the MDA-MB-468 Human Breast Cancer Cell Line -- 9 Mammary Growth Regulation by Transforming Growth Factor ? -- 10 Growth Factors as Local Regulators of Normal and Malignant Human Mammary Epithelium -- IV. Regulatory Peptides in Reproductive Tract Development and Function -- 11 Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Activity in the Development of the Reproductive Tract Lung in the Fetus and Control of Oocyte Meiosis in the Adult -- 12 Growth Factors Affecting Normal and Malignant Prostatic Cells -- 13 Estrogen Regulation of Uterine Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Nuclear Proto-Oncogenes -- 14 Estrogens and Growth Factors in the Development, Growth, and Function of the Female Reproductive Tract -- V. Embryo-Maternal Signaling -- 15 Expression Function of Growth Factor Ligands and Receptors in Preimplantation Mouse Embryos -- 16 Colony-Stimulating Factor I in the Mouse and Human Uteroplacental Unit -- 17 Autocrine-Paracrine Role of Lymphohematopoietic Cytokines at the Maternal-Fetal Interface -- 18 Trophoblast Interferons -- Author Index