Steroid Hormone Receptors: Basic and Clinical Aspects (Paperback or Softback)

Moudgil, V. K.

ISBN 10: 1461598516 / ISBN 13: 9781461598510

Verlag: Birkhauser 11/25/2012, 2012

Steroid Hormone Receptors: Basic and Clinical Aspects. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BBS-9781461598510

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The past few years have witnessed the emergence of steroid hormones as the wonder molecules which generate as much discussion in the scientific literature as they do in a typical living room. This transition has been a result of the tremendous public and scientific interest in the normal functioning of the hor­ mones as well their suggested involvement in several clinical conditions. In the recent past, notable scientific and technological advances have been made in the areas of contraception and regulation of fertility. Steroid receptors are the indis­ pensable mediators of hormonal responses and are complex protein molecules which appear to exist in association with other, yet undefined, proteins and/or factors. Receptors for vitamin D, retinoic acid and the thyroid hormones share structural similarities with steroid receptors, and the roster of this superfamily is still expanding. While our knowledge of the diversity and magnitude of steroid effects has advanced, the precise mode of steroid hormone action has alluded investigators. This volume brings together an international team of prominent investigators who discuss their most recent work on the basic and clinical aspects of steroid/nuclear receptors. The contributions represent updated versions of the invited presentations made at The Second Meadow Brook Conference on Steroid Receptors in Health and Disease. I am grateful to my colleagues on the Scientific Committee: Etienne Baulieu, Jack Gorski, Benita Katzenellenbogen, David Toft and James WittJiff, who provided the vision and guidance in formulating an out­ standing program.

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Titel: Steroid Hormone Receptors: Basic and ...
Verlag: Birkhauser 11/25/2012
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Paperback or Softback
Zustand: New
Art des Buches: Book