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First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press. The Editorial Board now reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology, and enzyme mechanisms. Under the capable and qualified editorial leadership of Dr. Gerald Litwack, Vitamins and Hormones continues to publish cutting-edge reviews of interest to endocrinologists, biochemists, nutritionists, pharmacologists, cell biologists, and molecular biologists. Others interested in the structure and function of biologically active molecules like hormones and vitamins will, as always, turn to this series for comprehensive reviews by leading contributors to this and related disciplines.This volume focuses on insulin and IGFs.

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Author:   Gerald Litwack (Emeritus Founding Chair and Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, United States<br>Emeritus Professor, Rutgers University, United States)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   80th edition
Volume:   80
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.200kg
ISBN:  

9780123744081

ISBN 10:   0123744083
Pages:   760
Publication Date:   09 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATORY STRESS INDUCED METABOLIC SWITCH AND ACTIVATION OF IGF-1 RECEPTOR PATHWAY - Narayan Avadhani GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER-4 REGULATING PROTEIN - Jonathan S Bogan and Bradley Rubin IL-6 AND INSULIN RESISTANCE - Jie Chen INTERACTION OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-II AND IGF-2R/CATION-INDEPENDENT MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR: MECHANISM AND BIOLOGICAL OUTCOME - Briony E Forbes, James Brown & E. Yvonne Jones cABL AND INSULIN RECEPTOR SIGNALING - Francesco Frasca COMPARISON OF THE IGF-1 RECEPTOR AND THE INSULIN RECEPTOR - Thomas P.J. Garrett CXCL14 AND INSULIN ACTION - Takahito Hara & Yuki Nakayama MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF INSULIN RECEPTOR ACTIVATION - Maja Jensen and Pierre De Meyts IRS PHOSPHORYLATION AND REGULATION - Feng Liu and Xianjian Sun INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-2/MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTORS - Louis M. Luttrell & Heshem Ei-Shewy GLUT4 RELEASE BY INSULIN - Cynthia Corley Mastick GLUCOSE-DEPENDENT INSULINOTROPIC POLYPEPTIDE (GASTRIN INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE; GIP) - Christopher McIntosh INTERACTIONS OF INSULIN AND GROWTH HORMONE - Joseph L Messina and Jie Xu MICROTUBULES AND INSULIN SIGNALING - Ann Louise Olson & Craig Eyster INSULIN GRANULE BIOGENESIS, TRAFFICKING AND FUNCTION - Jeffrey E. Pessin & June Hou GLUCOSE REGULATION OF THE LIFE AND FUNCTION OF BETA CELLS - Daniel Pipeleers RETINAL INSULIN RECEPTOR - Raju VS Rajala INHIBITION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES AND PRESERVATION OF BETA CELL MASS IN TYPE I DIABETES - Alex Y. Strongin INSULIN DEGRADING ENZYME - Wei-Jen Tang INSULIN AND PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE OSCILLATIONS - Anders Tengholm NUTRITION AND INSULIN SECRETION - Nimbe Torres INSULIN-LIKE ANALOGS - John D. Wade INSULIN STRUCTURE - Michael A. Weiss IGF-1 AND ANDROGEN RECEPTOR - Toshihiko Yanase IRS-2 AND ITS INVOLVEMENT IN AGING AND DIABETES - Jiandi Zhang IRS PROTEIN KINASES AS REGULATORS OF INSULIN ACTION AND INSULIN RESISTANCE - Yehiel Zick

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Trained in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dr. Litwack worked on enzymology and the effects of hormones on enzyme systems. Then he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis at the Biochemical Institute of the Sorbonne in Paris. Dr. Litwack's first position was as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Rutgers University in 1954. Six years later, he joined the University of Pennsylvania as associate professor and four years later went to the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, as full professor, eventually becoming Deputy Director of the Institute. In 1991, he accepted the Chair of Pharmacology at Thomas Jefferson University where he is also Deputy Director of the Jefferson Cancer Institute and Associate Director for Basic Science in the Jefferson Cancer Center. Dr. Litwack's work has been in the area of mechanisms of steroid receptor action involving especially the glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors, immunophi.

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