Peptide Hormones

✍ Scribed by J. A. Parsons M.A., B.M., B.Ch. (eds.)

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Year: 1976
Tongue: English
Leaves: 398
Series: Biological Council
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Characteristics of the amino acids as components of a peptide hormone sequence....Pages 1-7
Peptide hormone homologies and evolution....Pages 9-32
Evolutionary and developmental relationships among the cells producing peptide hormones....Pages 33-47
Peptide hormone precursors: biosynthesis, processing and significance....Pages 49-65
Endocrine pharmacology....Pages 67-83
Insulin and glucagon....Pages 85-103
Gastrointestinal hormones....Pages 105-117
Parathyroid hormone and calcitonin....Pages 119-143
Neurohypophysial hormones....Pages 145-177
The renin-angiotensin system....Pages 179-197
Prolactin, growth hormone and human placental lactogen....Pages 199-231
Pituitary thyroid-stimulating hormone and thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins....Pages 233-246
Pituitary adrenocorticotrophin and the melanocyte stimulating hormones....Pages 247-271
Pituitary luteinising and follicle-stimulating hormones....Pages 273-298
Human chorionic gonadotropin....Pages 299-315
Hypothalamic hypophysiotropic hormones....Pages 317-335
The ACTH-fat cell system as a model for hormone-receptor interaction....Pages 337-349
Adrenocortical cell receptors for corticotrophin....Pages 351-354
Post-receptor responses to hormonal stimuli....Pages 355-372
A hypothesis for insulin action....Pages 373-376
Regulation of protein synthesis by peptide hormones....Pages 377-385
Back Matter....Pages 387-399

✦ Subjects

Pharmacology/Toxicology

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