Hormone resistance and hypersensitivity states /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chrousos, George P., Olefsky, Jerrold M., Samols, Ellis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2002]
Series:Modern endocrinology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • History of hormone resistance
  • Biorhythms, pulsatility, and hormone resistance
  • Counterregulatory factors
  • Prereceptor hormone resistance
  • The role of cell surface receptors in hormone and growth factor signaling : an overview
  • Tyrosine kinases
  • Resistance to somatostatin analogue therapy
  • Mutations of the insulin receptor
  • Mechanisms of insulin resistance in obesity
  • Endocrine and pharmacologic causes of insulin resistance
  • Obesity and hormone resistance : comparing apples with pears
  • Insulin resistance in patients with IDDM
  • Leptin resistance and obesity
  • Molecular mechanisms for resistance to thyroid hormone
  • The syndrome of resistance to thyrotropin (TSH)
  • Somatic mutations : hot thyroid nodules, clonal adenoma
  • Growth hormone resistance (Laron syndrome)
  • The PTH/PTHrP receptor in human diseases
  • Ca²⁺-sensing receptor abnormalities
  • Hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets
  • Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
  • Hormone resistance in fetus and mother during pregnancy
  • Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1)
  • Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) : the regulator of the rapid steroidogenic response to trophic stimulation
  • X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC)
  • Glucocorticoid resistance and hypersensitivity states
  • Pseudohypoaldosteronism : sporadic and familial mineralocortoid resistance
  • Glucocorticoid modulation of neural and endocrine control of blood pressure : alterations in the sensitivity of vasopressor systems
  • Androgen insensitivity syndrome
  • Familial male precocious puberty
  • Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) resistance - the triple A syndrome
  • Estrogen resistance
  • Aromatase deficiency
  • Luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone receptor-mediated resistance and autonomy states
  • Glucocorticoid hypersensitivity
  • Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) hypersensitivity syndrome : a preliminary study
  • Aromatose excess : in vitro and in vivo evidence of P-450arom overactivity and associated clinical syndromes
  • Future perspectives