The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease

Nearly ten years after they published the first book devoted entirely to the Leydig cell, Matthew Hardy and Anita Payne have collaborated again to provide a comprehensive study of this fascinating and important cell type. The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease presents all of the developments in our understanding of Leydig cell biology and explores a wide variety of current and potential clinical applications. All aspects of Leydig cell biology, development, regulation, and physiology are explored in thirty-one expertly written chapters. The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease explores topics of great interest to the private sector, including the possible application of steroidogenesis discoveries to androgen synthesis or suppressing Leydig cell function as a key mechnanism in the development of a male contraceptive. This in-depth volume is an invaluable resource for information on the science and application of Leydig cell biology and function.

• Gonadotropin
• cell lines
• cells
• gene expression
• genes
• growth factor
• insulin-like
• physiology
• transcription

From the reviews:

"Part of the Series Contemporary Endocrinology, this volume reviews in 5 parts and 30 chapters written by an international team aspects of Leydig cell biology, physiology and clinic. The book has many high quality illustrations, some in color. Of interest to endocrinologists and andrologists." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 5 (2), December, 2007)

• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford

  Anita H. Payne

• Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York

  Matthew P. Hardy

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