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Parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone-related protein

Subjects: “…Hormones. 112480…”
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Thyroid hormones functions, related diseases and uses /

Subjects: “…Thyroid hormones.…”
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Understanding hormones mechanisms of androgen receptor function in reproduction and cancer /

Subjects: “…Hormones. 111843…”
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Introduction to hormones

Table of Contents: “…Contents: History of the study of hormones -- Fundamental concepts of the structure, synthesis and secretion of hormones with emphasis on vertebrate systems -- Molecular diseases of endocrine systems.…”
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Hormone mechanisms

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Hormone action via G-protein -- Steroid hormone action in nucleus -- Insulin action in cytosol and nucleus -- Course summary.…”
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Hormones as tokens of selection : qualitative dynamics of homeostasis and regulation in organismal biology / by Berg, Hugo van den, 1968-

Subjects: “…Hormones Genetics. 40547…”
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Menopausal hormone therapy

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Menopause health risks -- Hormone therapy in perspective -- Reasons for continuing or initiating ERT/HRT -- HRT benefits -- Women's health initiative (WHI) -- Heart disease -- Effect of Estrogen on risk of CHD -- Breast cancer -- Increased risk of breast cancer detection is not the same as breast cancer mortality or causality -- The WHI did not consider disease latency -- Low doses are recommended -- Women's HOPE study.…”
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Actions of steroid hormones in the brain

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Estrogen regulation of female sexual behavior in the rat -- Adrenal steroids and spatial memory -- Steroid hormone metabolism in brain -- Limitation of steroid access -- Rapid non-genomic actions of steroids in brain -- Steroid regulation of signaling pathways -- Steroid hormones have widespread effects on brain structure and function -- Effects of estrogens on synapse formation in hippocampus -- Effects of stress and glucocorticoids on dendritic remodeling in hippocampus -- Sexual differentiation of the brain.…”
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G-protein coupled receptors hormone membrane receptors /

Subjects: “…Hormones. 112008…”
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Hormonal regulation of farm animal growth by Hossner, K. L. (Kim L.)

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Steroid hormones and their receptors in breast cancer

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Development and types of breast cancers -- Molecular and cellular aspects of hormone action on breast cells -- Natural and synthetic estrogens -- Basis for endocrine therapies -- Alternative/emerging therapeutic approaches -- Strategies for breast cancer prevention.…”
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Vascular cell signaling by membrane estrogen receptors

Subjects: “…Hormones. 111997…”
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Vitamin D endocrine system basics /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: What is a vitamin? -- What is a hormone? -- Vitamin D biology fundamentals -- Calcium homeostasis -- Classical biological actions of vitamin D -- Vitamin D and endocrine system -- Key discoveries in the field -- Kidney as an endocrine gland for hormone-D -- Vitamin D receptor -- VDR target organs -- Introduction to hormone D.…”
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Vitamin D endocrine system mechanisms to produce biological responses /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Optimal ligand shapes -- Modes of action of hormone-D -- Shape of ligand for VDRNUC -- Three dimensional shape of the VDR -- Shape of ligand for DBP -- DBP structure domains A, B, C -- Shape of ligand for rapid responses -- Steroid receptor superfamily -- Steroid receptor domains -- Structural organization of VDR gene, mRNA and protein -- Model of steroid hormone mode of action -- Model of hormone-D transcriptional activation -- Determination of a VDR mediated genomic response -- Examples of rapid responses -- Caveolae membrane and rapid responses -- VDR knock out mouse and rapid responses.…”
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Vitamin D endocrine system VDR binding, nutrition and drugs development /

Table of Contents: “…-- World-wide vitamin D nutrition status -- Vitamin D status and intestinal calcium absorption -- New research frontiers -- Drug development -- Alopecia - Analogs of hormone D are effective for psoriasis -- hormone-D activates the innate immune system -Vitamin D in human disease states.…”
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The growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 axis in health and disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Lack of growth hormone leads to short stature and excess leads to gigantism or acromegaly -- IGF-1 is the main mediator of these effects -- Both hormones have similar but different effects on protein, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism as well as bone development and growth -- The IGF system plays a role in cancer progression.…”
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Nuclear receptors transcriptional functions /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Introduction to transcription factors -- Nuclear receptors as ligand-dependent transcription factors -- Classes of nuclear receptor -- Nuclear receptor ligands: agonists and antagonists -- Nuclear receptor phylogeny -- Nuclear receptor isoforms -- The nuclear receptor DNA-binding domain -- Hormone response elements -- The nuclear receptor ligand-binding domain -- Nuclear receptor mechanism -- Subcellular localization of nuclear receptors -- The effect of ligand binding -- Nuclear receptor coregulators -- Initial discoveries of coregulators -- The SRC/p160 coregulator family -- Nuclear receptor-coregulator interaction motifs -- Histone acetylation and chromatin structure -- The Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas (NURSA) -- Chromatin immunoprecipitation as a tool in nuclear receptor mechanism -- Functional differences between type I and type II nuclear receptors -- The coregulator exchange -- DNA-binding independent functions -- Transrepression -- The role of kinases.…”
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Nuclear receptors superfamily structural insights into function /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Signal transduction and transcriptional regulation -- Cofactor binding and transcriptional activation -- The modular organization of nuclear hormone receptors -- The DNA binding domain -- The ligand binding domain -- Sequence/structure to function -- The oligomeric state -- Allosteric control through post-translational modifications -- Communication pathways in NRs -- Ligand binding: specificity and adaptability -- The retinoid receptors: RXR and RAR -- Structural adaptability in the ligand-binding pocket of the ecdysone hormone receptor -- Binding to coactivators and corepressors: the signature motifs -- Ligand dependent (de)activation: agonists and antagonists -- Estrogen receptor -- The vitamin D receptor.…”
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Vitamin D and prostate cancer

Subjects: “…Hormones. 111887…”
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How the endocrine system works / by Neal, J. Matthew

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