Gut peptides : biochemistry and physiology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Walsh, John H., Dockray, G. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Raven Press, [1994]
Series:Comprehensive endocrinology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • General principles
  • Regulatory peptide systems of the gut: an introductory essay / Graham J. Dockray and John H. Walsh
  • Molecular approaches to the study of gut peptides / Stephen J. Brand ... [et al.]
  • Signal transduction and intercellular communication / Emeran A. Mayer
  • Peptides
  • Gastrin / John H. Walsh
  • Gut somatostatin / Tsutomu Chiba and Tadataka Yamada
  • Secretin / Andrew B. Leiter, William Y. Chey and Alan S. Kopin
  • Cholecystokinin / Rodger A. Liddle
  • Gastric inhibitory polypeptide / Raymond A. Pederson
  • Motilin / Pierre Poitras
  • Glucagon and other proglucagon-derived peptides / Jens Juul Holst and Catherine Orskov
  • Pancreatic polypeptide family / Peter Mannon and Ian L. Taylor
  • Neurotensin / Arthur Shulkes
  • Endothelin / M.A. Ghatei ... [et al.]
  • Substance P and other tachykinins / Graham J. Dockray
  • Gastrin-releasing peptide / Nigel Bunnett
  • Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and related peptides / Graham J. Dockray
  • Opioid peptides / Graham J. Dockray
  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide / Peter Holzer.
  • (cont) Galanin / Ake Rokaeus
  • Epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-α / William E. Karnes, Jr.
  • Insulin-like growth factors / Pauline Kay Lund
  • Transforming growth factor † / John A. Barnard III and Robert J. Coffey
  • Relevance to gut physiology and pathophysiology
  • Gastric secretion / K.C. Kent Lloyd and John H. Walsh
  • Circulating hormones in peptic ulcer disease / John Calam
  • Gastrinoma and other hypergastrinemic syndromes / Paul N. Maton
  • Role of neuropeptides in peristalsis / John R. Grider
  • Physiological role of neuropeptides in the gastrointestinal smooth muscle sphincters: neuropeptide and VIP-nitric oxide interactions / Kenneth DeVault and Satish Rattan
  • Intestinal salt and water transport / Helen J. Cooke
  • Enteroinsular axis / John C. Brown
  • Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors / Howard R. Mertz and John H. Walsh
  • Peptide growth factors and regulation of growth in the intestine / Daniel K. Podolsky
  • Growth factors and gastrointestinal malignancies / William E. Karnes, Jr.
  • (cont) Role of peptides in the regulation of the mucosal immune and inflammatory response / Fergus Shanahan and Peter A. Anton.