Title | The Acth Axis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment [electronic resource] / edited by Rolf C. Gaillard |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2003 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0501-3 |
Descript | XI, 338 p. online resource |
1. Ontogeny of the pituitary corticotroph system -- 2. Proopiomelanocortin gene expression in man -- 3. Multifactorial regulation of the corticotroph axis: animal models -- 4. CRH-receptors and their ligands -- 5. ACTH precursors in different pathological conditions -- 6. Interactions between the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the immunological system -- 7. Pituitary corticotroph SOCS-3: an important regulator of POMC gene expression -- 8. The melanocortin pathway and food intake -- 9. The ACTH receptor and its mutations -- 10. Leptin and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis -- 11. Cushingโs syndrome due to aberrant adrenal hormone receptors -- 12. Cushingโ s syndrome - The diagnosis and diffrential diagnosis -- 13. Lost and found: The pars intermedia of the human pituitary and its role in the histogenesis of silent โcorticotrophโ adenomas -- 14. Therapeutic strategies in Cushingโ s disease -- 15. Syndromes of glucocorticoid resistance