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Springer Inhibin Activin and Follistatin Regulatory Functions in System and Cell Biology 1st Editon 2012 Softbound by Toshihiro Aono, Hiromu Sugino, Wylie W. Vale
1. Receptor Serine Kinases and Signaling by Activins and Inhibins.- 2. The Gene Expression of Activin Receptors in Rat Pituitary.- 3. Follistatin Physiology and Potential Mechanisms of Action in the Human.- 4. Inhibins, Activins, Follistatin, and GnRH: Regulators of Gonadotropin Subunit Gene Expression.- 5. Inhibin and Activin as Paracrine Regulators of Gonadal Function: In Vitro Model Systems.- 6. Production and Actions of Inhibin, Activin, and Follistatin in the Pituitary and Ovary.- 7. Expression of Inhibin Subunits, Follistatin, and Activin Receptors in Normal Testicular Cells and Testicular Tumors.- 8. Inhibin, Activin, and Follistatin: Observations on Their Role in the Physiology of Pregnancy.- 9. Changes of Activin A Secretion in Gestational Diseases.- 10. Two-Site Immunoassay for Native Inhibin A.- 11. Ultrasensitive Enzyme Immunoassays for Inhibins and Activins.- 12. Immunoassays for Activin and Follistatin: Results in Normal and Diseased Subjects.- 13. Circulating Inhibin.- 14. Evaluation of Matemal Serum Inhibin as a Marker for Complicated Pregnancy.- 15. Production of Inhibin-Related Peptides by Ovarian Tumors.- 16. Plasma Inhibin and Activin in Disease.- 17. Activin A: A Commitment Factor in Erythroid Differentiation.- 18. Effect of Activin A on the Formation of Pancreatic Endocrine Cells.- 19. The Role of Activin in Spermatogenesis in Fish.- 20. Control of Cell Differentiation and Morphogenesis by Activins During Early Amphibian Development.- 21. Neural Induction in the Frog Xenopus laevis.- 22. Transgenic Approaches to Study the Functions of the Transforming Growth Factor-? Superfamily Members.- 23. Activin Signaling Pathways and Their Role in Xenopus Mesoderm Formation.- 24. Activin Signal Transduction and the Role of TGF-? Superfamily in Cell Differentiation.- 25. The Role of Follistatin in Activin Signal Transduction.- 26. Transforming Growth Factor-? Receptors and Signal Transduction.- Short Communications from the Poster Session.- 27. Cytokine Inhibits Inhibin A Secretion in Cultured Rat Granulosa Cells.- 28. Mitosis and Inhibin Production in Ovarian Follicular Granulosa Cells During the Estrous Cycle of Rats.- 29. Induction of G1 Arrest by Activin A via Cooperative Modulation of Cyclin D2 and p21CIP1/WAF1 in Hybridoma Cells.- 30. Pharmacological Analysis of the Neurotrophic Effect of Activin.- 31. A Follistatin-Like Gene, mac25, as a Tumor Suppressor.- 32. Expresssion of Activin ?-Subunit and Type II Receptor Genes During Newt Spermatogenesis.- 33. Analysis of the Response of Human Embryonal Carcinoma Cells to Aetivin A.- 34. Regulation of Angiogenesis by TGF-? Superfamily.- Author Index.