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Mechanisms of Steroid Action

  • Textbook
  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. G. P. Lewis

    1. Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, UK

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  2. M. Ginsburg

    1. Department of Pharmacology, Chelsea College, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Anti-oestrophilin antibodies as probes for receptor structure and function

    • Elwood V. Jensen, Geoffrey L. Greene
    Pages 1-14

  3. Characterization of ‘native’ and ‘activated’ progesterone and oestrogen receptors from chick oviduct cytosol

    • Ján Mešter, Jack-Michel Renoir, Chang-Ren Yang, Adèle Wolfson, Etienne-Emile Baulieu
    Pages 15-28

  4. The structure and function of the progesterone receptor

    • M. Birnbaumer, N. L. Weigel, P. P. Minghetti, W. W. Grody, W. T. Schrader, B. W. O’Malley
    Pages 29-47

  5. Effects of female sex hormones on human endometrium in relation to neoplasia

    • R. J. B. King
    Pages 49-58

  6. Steroid hormones: blood-borne modulators of nerve cell properties and activity

    • Bruce S. McEwen
    Pages 59-74

  7. Steroids and the cells of the immune system

    • Philip A. Bell
    Pages 75-84

  8. Molecular mechanisms and mode of action of anti-inflammatory steroids

    • Susumu Tsurufuji
    Pages 85-95

  9. Mechanism of steroid induced inhibition of arachidonate oxidation

    • R. J. Flower, G. J. Blackwell, M. Di Rosa, L. Parente
    Pages 97-114

  10. End-organ metabolism of oestrogens

    • Neil J. MacLusky, Colin R. Clark, Charles M. Paden, Frederick Naftolin
    Pages 115-132

  11. Control of androgen metabolism in the peripheral and central structures: physiological implications

    • L. Martini, N. Avogadri, P. Ferraboschi, F. Celotti, M. Motta
    Pages 133-144

  12. Steroid hormones—agonists and antagonists

    • J. P. Raynaud, T. Ojasoo, F. Labrie
    Pages 145-158

  13. Biochemical and biological aspects of anti-oestrogen action

    • A. E. Wakeling, S. R. Slater
    Pages 159-171

  14. The summing up

    • M. Ginsburg
    Pages 173-176

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 177-179
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, UK

    G. P. Lewis

  • Department of Pharmacology, Chelsea College, University of London, UK

    M. Ginsburg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mechanisms of Steroid Action

  • Editors: G. P. Lewis, M. Ginsburg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81345-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 179

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Medical Biochemistry, Endocrinology

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