Nuclear Receptors Current Concepts and Future Challenges
In 1890 a case of myxedema was treated in Lisbon by the implantation of a sheep thyroid gland with the immediate improvement in the patient’s condition. A few years later, medications for the then ill-explained condition of the menopause included tablets made from cow ovaries. In the first quarter o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2010, 2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010 |
| Series: | Proteins and Cell Regulation
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Nuclear Receptors an Introductory Overview
- What does Evolution Teach us about Nuclear Receptors?
- Functions of Nuclear Receptors in Insect Development
- The Glucocorticoid Receptor
- Estrogen Receptors: Their Actions and Functional Roles in Health and Disease
- Androgen Receptor
- Thyroid Hormone Receptors
- The Vitamin D Receptor (NR1I1)
- Retinoic Acid Receptors
- PPARs: Important Regulators in Metabolism and Inflammation
- Xenobiotic Receptors CAR and PXR
- Fxr
- Physiological Functions of TR2 and TR4 Orphan Nuclear Receptor
- Nuclear Receptors and ATP Dependent Chromatin Remodeling: A Complex Story
- Non-Genomic Action of Sex Steroid Hormones
- Ligand Regulation and Nuclear Receptor Action
- New Insights to Nuclear Receptor Gene Regulation from Analysis of their Response Elements in Target Genes
- Systems Biology: Towards Realistic and Useful Models of Molecular Networks