Cellular endocrinology in health and disease / edited by Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre, P. Michael Conn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thyroid hormone receptors and their role in cell proliferation and cancer / Olaia Martâinez-Iglesias, Lidia Ruiz-Llorente, Constanza Contreras Jurado, Ana Aranda -- The molecular cell biology of anterior pituitary cells / Arturo E. Gonzalez-Iglesias, Richard Bertram -- Sensing calcium levels : the biology of the parathyroid cell / Luisella Cianferotti, Maria Luisa Brandi -- The biology of pituitary stem cells / Marâia Inâes Pâerez Millâan, Sally A. Camper -- The Na+/I- symporter (NIS) and thyroid hormone biosynthesis / Juan Pablo Nicola, Nancy Carrasco -- The follicle-stimulating hormone signaling network in sertoli cells / Nathalie Gallay, Laurine Gagniac, Florian Cuillou, Pascale Crâepieux -- Epigenetics of pituitary cell growth and survival / Toru Tateno, Karen Gomez-Hernandez, Shereen Ezzat -- Epigenetic and developmental basis of risk of obesity and metabolic disease / Felicia M. Low, Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson -- Unraveling the mechanism of action of the GnRH pulse generator : a possible role for Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/Dynorphin (KNDy) neurons / Robert L. Goodman, Lique M. Coolen, Michael N. Lehman -- Proteomics in reproduction : the dialogue between the blastocyst and the endometrium / Francisco Dominguez, Carlos Simon -- Transcriptome analysis of adrenocortical cells in health and disease / Tomohiro Ishii -- Bone as an endocrine organ / Gerard Karsenty -- Regulation of steriodogenesis / Andrew A. Bremer, Walter L. Miller -- Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ / Nicolas Musi, Rodolfo Guardado-Mendozo -- Insulin-secreting cell lines : potential for research and diabetes therapy / Shanta J. Persaud, Astrid C. Hauge-Evans, Peter M. Jones -- Architecture and morphology of human pancreatic islets / Alvin C. Powers -- Computational models to decipher cell-signaling pathways / Anne Poupon, Eric Reiter -- Defects in ovarian steroid hormone biosynthesis / Jerome F. Strauss III, Bhavi Modi, Jan M. McAllister -- Control of the GnRH pulse generator / Manuel Tena-Sempere -- Endocrinology of the single cell : tools and insights / Judith L. Turgeon, Dennis W. Waring -- Intracellular trafficking of G protein-coupled receptors to the plasma membrane in health and disease / Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre, P. Michael Conn -- Iodothyronine deiodinases : emerging clinical crossroads / Carlos Valverde-R, Aurea Orozco, Juan Carlos Solâis-S, Ludivina Robles-Osorio -- MicroRNAs and long non-coding RNAs in pancreatic beta cell function / Michael D. Walker.