Ciba Foundation Symposium 191 - Non-Reproductive Actions of Sex Steroids

Copyright © Ciba Foundation 1995

Ciba Foundation Symposium 191 - Non-Reproductive Actions of Sex Steroids

Editor(s): Gregory R. Bock, Jamie A. Goode

Published Online: 28 SEP 2007

Print ISBN: 9780471955139

Online ISBN: 9780470514757

DOI: 10.1002/9780470514757

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Prominent clinicians and researchers from diverse disciplines discuss the basic cell and molecular biology of steroid action and sex steroids' effects on the nervous and immune systems. Provides an integrated evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of hormone replacement therapy.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–ix)

    2. Chairman's Introduction (pages 1–6)

      Etienne-Emile Baulieu

    3. Transcriptional Control by Steroid, Hormones: The Role of Chromatin (pages 7–23)

      Mathias Truss, Reyes Candau, Sebastián Chávez and Miguel Beato

    4. Non-Genomic Mechanisms of Action of Steroid Hormones (pages 24–51)

      Etienne-Emile Baulieu and Paul Robel

    5. Oestrogens and the Structural and Functional Plasticity of Neurons: Implications for Memory, Ageing and Neurodegenerative Processes (pages 52–73)

      Bruce S. McEwen, Elizabeth Gould, Miles Orchinik, Nancy G. Weiland and Catherine S. Woolley

    6. Actions of Sex Steroids on Behaviours Beyond Reproductive Reflexes (pages 74–89)

      Catherine A. Priest and Donald W. Pfaff

    7. Neurosteroids: Synthesis and Functions in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems (pages 90–121)

      Michael Schumacher and Etienne-Emile Baulieu

    8. Oestrogen Synthesis, Oestrogen Metabolism and Functional Oestrogen Receptors in Bovine Aortic Endothelial Cells (pages 122–138)

      Francis Bayard, Simone Clamens, Georges Delsol, Nelly Blaes, Arlette Maret and Jean-Charles Faye

    9. Oestradiol Inhibition of Vascular Myointimal Proliferation Following Immune, Chemical and Mechanical Injury (pages 139–149)

      Marie L. Foegh, Yejun Zhao, Michel Farhat and Peter W. Ramwell

    10. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease: The Case for a Randomized Controlled Trial (pages 150–170)

      M. R. Vickers, T. W. Meade and H. C. Wilkes

    11. Symptoms Related to the Menopause and Sex Steroid Treatments (pages 171–186)

      T. Bäckström

    12. Sex Steroids, Cytokines and the Bone Marrow: New Concepts on the Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis (pages 187–202)

      Stavros C. Manolagas, Teresita Bellido and Robert L. Jilka

    13. Sex Steroids and the Immune System (pages 203–217)

      Howard S. Fox

    14. Steroidal Regulation of Cell Cycle Progression (pages 218–234)

      Robert L. Sutherland, Jenny A. Hamilton, Kimberley J. E. Sweeney, Colin K. W. Watts and Elizabeth A. Musgrove

    15. Surprises with Antiprogestins: Novel Mechanisms of Progesterone Receptor Action (pages 235–253)

      Kathryn B. Horwitz, Carol A. Sartorius, Alicia R. Hovland, Twila A. Jackson, Steve D. Groshong, Lin Tung and Glenn S. Takimoto

    16. Oestrogen- and Anti-Oestrogen-Regulated Genes in Human Breast Cancer (pages 254–268)

      Henri Rochefort

    17. Human Prostate Cancer: A Direct Role for Oestrogens (pages 269–294)

      Luigi A. M. Castagnetta and Giuseppe Carruba

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      Index of Contributers (pages 295–296)

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      Subject Index (pages 297–307)

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