Title | Follicle Stimulating Hormone [electronic resource] : Regulation of Secretion and Molecular Mechanisms of Action / edited by Mary Hunzicker-Dunn, Neena B. Schwartz |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1992 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7103-8 |
Descript | XXVII, 420p. 132 illus. online resource |
1. An Overview of FSH Regulation and Action -- I. Neuroendocrinology of FSH Secretion -- 2. Modulation of Gonadotropin Secretion by Proteins of the Inhibin Family: Studies in the Female Rat -- 3. Control of Follicle Stimulating Hormone Secretion in the Male Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) -- 4. The Physiology of Puberty in Seasonally Breeding Birds -- 5. Hypothalamic Regulation of FSH Secretion -- 6. Photoperiodic Control of Reproduction in Male Hamsters: Role of FSH in Early Stages of Photostimulation -- 7. Light Regulates c-fos Gene Expression in the Hamster SCN: Implications for Circadian and Seasonal Control of Reproduction -- II. Synthesis and Secretion of FSH: Molecular Regulation -- 8. Estradiol Inhibition of Expression of the Human Glycoprotein Hormone ?-Subunit Gene Through an ERE-Independent Mechanism -- 9. Expression of Recombinant Human FSH, LH, and CG in Mammalian Cells: A Model for Probing Functional Determinants -- 10. Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors: A Particular Class of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors -- III. Molecular Mechanisms of FSH Action in the Ovary -- 11. Diverse Mechanisms Regulating Gene Expression in Granulosa Cells -- 12. FSH Regulation of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Regulatory Subunits in Rat and Porcine Ovarian Tissues -- 13. Regulation of Ovarian Inhibin and Activin Gene Expression by Gonadotropins -- 14. Gonadotropin Regulation of Apolipoprotein E Production by Steroidogenic Cells -- 15. Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Binding Proteins: Ovarian Modulators of FSH Action -- 16. Regulation of the LH/CG Receptor by Gonadotropins -- 17. Recombinant FSH and Regulation of Ovulation -- IV. Molecular Mechanisms of FSH Action in the Testis -- 18. FSH Actions on Sertoli Cell Secretions in Stationary and Superfused Cultures -- 19. Cell-Cell Interactions that Influence FSH Regulation of Testis Function -- 20. The Changing Functions of Follicle Stimulating Hormone in the Testes of Prenatal, Newborn, Immature, and Adult Rats -- 21. Novel Testicular Products of the Human SHBG/ABP Gene -- V. Clinical Implications of FSH and Gonadal Peptide Secretion -- 22. Follicle Stimulating Hormone and the Control of Spermatogenesis and Inhibin Secretion in Men -- 23. Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Pulse Patterns in the Regulation of FSH Secretion -- 24. Hypergonadotropic Forms of Amenorrhea -- 25. Use of Purified FSH for In Vitro Fertilization in Humans -- VI. Poster Presentation Manuscripts -- 26. Regulation of Follicle Stimulating Hormone Secretion by Natural and Synthetic Corticosteroids -- 27. Modulation by Vitamin D3 of Action of FSH on the Sertoli Cells in Immature Siberian Hamsters Raised in Long or Short Photoperiod -- 28. Probing Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone with Monoclonal Antibodies and Synthetic Peptides -- 29. ProstateโAn Extrapituitary Source of Follicle Stimulating Hormone -- 30. Biological Activities of Recombinant Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone -- 31. Purification and Characterization of Recombinant Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone -- 32. Purification and Biological Activities of Isoforms of Human FSH -- 33. Expression of FSH and LH Receptor mRNAs in the Rat Ovary -- 34. Regulation of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Binding Sites in Rat Granulosa Cells by Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) -- 35. FSH and LH Stimulation of Granulosa Cell Prodynorphin Gene Expression Abolished by Overexpression of a Nonfunctional Mutant of the RI Subunit of Protein Kinase A -- 36. Effects of Specific FSH Deprivation on Testicular Germ Cell Transformations and on LDH-X and Hyaluronidase Activity of Immature and Adult Rats -- 37. Modulation of Gonadotropin and Sex Steroid Levels by Adrenal Androgens with Osmotic Pumps -- 38. Basal Gonadotropins in Regularly Menstruating Women: Age-Related Changes in Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Prior to the Perimenopause -- 39. Effect of the LH:FSH Ratio in the Late Luteal Phase on Follicular Growth of the Next Menstrual Cycle -- 40. Secretion Pattern of FSH in Patients Suffering from Chorionic Gonadotropin-Producing Tumors -- 41. Progesterone Effects on FSH Secretion in Estrogen-Treated Normal Men -- Author Index