Pancreatic Islet Cell Regeneration and Growth - Proceedings of a Diabetes Institute Conference Held in Norfolk, Virginia, June 22-23, 1991 (Hardcover)

Section One - Regulation Of Cell Growth And Development.- The Role of Growth Hormone and Prolactin in Beta-Cell Growth and Regeneration.- The Insulin-Like Growth Factor Family of Peptides, Binding Proteins and Receptors: Their Potential Role in Tissue Regeneration.- The Effects of IGF-I and IGF-II on Cell Growth and Differentiation in the Central Nervous System.- Growth Factor Expression in Normal and Diabetic Rats During Peripheral Nerve Regeneration through Silicone Tubes.- Oncogenes and Cell Growth.- Interferon - A Candidate Mediator of Cell Growth.- Section Two - Models for the Study of Cell Regeneration.- Islet Beta-Cell Regeneration and Reg Genes.- Factors Regulating Islet Regeneration in the Post-Insulinoma NEDH Rat.- Regeneration of Pancreatic Endocrine Cells in Interferon Gamma Transgenic Mice.- Trophic Stimulation of the Ductular-Islet Cell Axis: A New Approach to the Treatment of Diabetes.- Section Three - Induction of Cell Growth and Mechanisms.- Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factors (IGFs) and Their Binding Proteins (IGF BPs) During Pancreatic Development in Rat, and Modulation of IGF Actions on Rat Islet DNA Synthesis by IGF BPs.- The Partial Isolation and Characterization of Ilotropin, A Novel Islet-Specific Growth Factor.- Expression of Growth Factors in a Pancreatic Islet Regeneration Model.- Role of p21ras in Hormone Signalling and Cell Growth Transformation.- Phosphoinositides and Cell Growth.- The Physiological STOP Pathway: Target Regulation of Axonal Growth.- Cell Calcium Regulation of Myosin I - A Motor for Membrane Movement.- Section Four - Pathogenic and Therapeutic Ramifications.- Amylin Expression in the Pancreatic Beta-Cell.- Studies of Composite Grafts of Fetal Pancreas (FP) and Fetal Liver (FL) in the Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rat.- Contributors.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, v. 321
Release date:	September 1992
First published:	September 1992
Editors:	Aaron I. Vinik
Dimensions:	260 x 178 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-44259-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Endocrinology > General
LSN:	0-306-44259-0
Barcode:	9780306442599

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