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Title

The Ovary / editors, Peter C.K. Leung, Eli Y. Adashi.

Publication

San Diego, CA : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors

• Leung, P. C. K.
• Adashi, E. Y.

Description

xix, 664 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Subjects

• Ovary > physiology
• Ovary > physiopathology
• Ovaries > Physiology
• Ovaries > Pathophysiology

Note

• Previous ed. published by Raven Press. New York, 1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. The Ovarian Follicular Apparatus: Operational Characteristics -- Ch. 1. Neural and Neurotrophic Control of Ovarian Development / Gregory A. Dissen, Alfonso Paredes, Carmen Romero, W. Les Dees and Sergio R. Ojeda -- Ch. 2. Dynamics for Human Follicular Growth: Morphologic, Dynamic, and Functional Aspects / Alain Gougeon -- Ch. 3. Dynamics of Primate Follicular Growth: A Physiological Perspective / Anthony J. Zeleznik -- Ch. 4. Functional Consequences of Mutations and Polymorphisms in Gonadotropin and Gonadotropin Receptor Genes / Ilpo Huhtaniemi -- Ch. 5. Regulation of Gonadotropin Receptor in the Ovary / Takashi Minegishi -- Ch. 6. Intracellular Cholesterol Dynamics in Steroidogenic Cells / Clement K. M. Ho, Lane K. Christenson and Jerome F. Strauss III -- Pt. II. Oocyte Maturation and Ovulation -- Ch. 7. Regulation of Mammalian Oocyte Maturation / John J. Eppig, Maria M. Viveiros, Carrie Marin-Bivens and Rabindranath de la Fuente -- Ch. 8. Oocyte-Granulosa Cell Interactions / Antonietta Salustri, Csaba Fulop, Antonella Camaioni and Vincent C. Hascall -- Ch. 9. Ovulation: An Inflammatory Cascade of Gene Expression / Lawrence L. Espey, Adam S. Bellinger and Jane A. Healy -- Pt. III. The Corpus Luteum -- Ch. 10. The Function and Regulation of Cell Populations Comprising the Corpus Luteum during the Ovarian Cycle / Richard L. Stouffer -- Ch. 11. Luteinization / Bruce D. Murphy -- Ch. 12. The Corpus Luteum of Pregnancy / Jennifer M. Bowen-Shauver and Geula Gibori -- Pt. IV. Intraovarian Regulators -- Ch. 13. Prostaglandin Biosynthesis and Action in the Ovary / Jean Sirois, Derek Boerboom and Khampoune Sayasith -- Ch. 14. Actions of Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 on Sterol-Metabolizing Gene Expression in Ovarian Cells / Sekar Natesampillai and Johannes D. Veldhuis -- Ch. 15. Potential Role of Cytokines in Ovarian Physiology: The Case for Interleukin-1 / Mats Brannstrom -- Ch. 16. Activin, Inhibin, and Follistatin in Ovarian Physiology / Stacey C. Chapman, Hilary A. Kenny and Teresa K. Woodruff -- Ch. 17. Gn-RH as an Autocrine Regulator in the Human Ovary / Peter C. K. Leung and C. K. Cheng -- Ch. 18. Ovarian Angiogenesis / Eli Geva and Robert B. Jaffe -- Pt. V. Cyclic Ovarian Cell Death -- Ch. 19. Apoptosis in Ovarian Development, Function, and Failure / Jonathan L. Tilly, James K. Pru and Bo R. Rueda -- Ch. 20. Reactive Oxygen Species and Ovarian Function / Jessica A. Bertout, Neal G. Mahutte, Sandra L. Preston and Harold R. Behrman -- Ch. 21. Follicle Selection in Mammalian Ovaries: Regulatory Mechanisms of Granulosa Cell Apoptosis during Follicular Atresia / Noboru Manabe, Naoke Inoue, Takashi Miyano, Kazuhiro Sakamaki, Miki Sugimoto and Hajime Miyamoto -- Pt. VI. Novel Experimental Models -- Ch. 22. Generation and Application of Ovarian Steroidogenic Cell Lines / Abraham Amsterdam and R. Sasson -- Ch. 23. The Application of Gene Ablation and Related Technologies to the Study of Ovarian Function / Kathleen H. Burns and Martin M. Matzuk -- Ch. 24. Bioinformatic Analysis of Ovarian Genes Using an Ovary-Specific Database / Izhar Ben-Shlomo and Aaron J. W. Hsueh -- Pt. VII. Human Ovarian Pathophysiology: Select Aspects -- Ch. 25. Gonadotropin Ovulation Induction / Nick S. Macklon and Bart C. J. M. Fauser -- Ch. 26. The Role of Gn-RH Antagonists in Supporting Ovarian Hyperstimulation Protocols / Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet, F. Olivennes, Bart C. J. M. Fauser, Philippe Bouchard and Rene Frydman -- Ch. 27. The Ovarian Factor in Assisted Reproductive Technology / Laurel Stadtmauer, Estella Jones and Roger Gosden -- Ch. 28. Ovarian Function in Assisted Reproduction / Carole Gilling-Smith and Stephen Franks -- Ch. 29. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome / Richard S. Legro -- Ch. 30. The Role of the Ovary in the Genesis of Hyperandrogenism / Denis A. Magoffin -- Ch. 31. Luteal Dysfunction / Rebecca S. Usadi and Marc A. Fritz -- Ch. 32. Germ Cell Failure and Ovarian Resistance: Human Genes and Disorders / Joe Leigh Simpson and Aleksandar Rajkovic -- Ch. 33. Ovarian Function and Survival of Patients with Cervical Carcinoma Treated with Radical Hysterectomy and Ovarian Transposition / Kazuhira Okamoto, Noriaki Sakuragi and Seiichiro Fujimoto -- Ch. 34. The Role of Mitochondria in the Aging Ovary / Rong-Hong Hsieh, Heng-Kien Au, Ruey-Sheng Wang, Peng-Sheng Yang and Chii-Ruey Tzeng -- Pt. VIII. Human Ovarian Surface Epithelium and Neoplasia -- Ch. 35. Development and Differentiation of Ovarian Surface Epithelium: Cues for the Basis of its Malignant Potential / Nelly Auersperg and Michelle M. M. Woo -- Ch. 36. Ovarian Carcinogenesis / Barbara C. Vanderhyden, Tanya J. Shaw, Kenneth Garson and Angela M. Tonary -- Ch. 37. The Role of X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein in Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer / Michael Fraser and Benjamin K. Tsang -- Ch. 38. Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Progression of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer / Robert C. Bast, Jr. and Gardon B. Mills.

ISBN

0124445624

OCLC

• 501503335
• ocn501503335
• SCSB-4868190

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries