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Peptide Growth Factors and Their Receptors II

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Michael B. Sporn

    1. Laboratory of Chemoprevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA

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  2. Anita B. Roberts

    1. Laboratory of Chemoprevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 95 / 2)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVIII
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  2. Individual Growth Factors and Their Receptors (Cont’d from Part I)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Interferons

      • J. Vilček
      Pages 3-38

    3. Cachectin/Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lymphotoxin

      • B. Beutler
      Pages 39-70

    4. Bombesin and Gastrin-Releasing Peptide: Neuropeptides, Secretogogues, and Growth Factors

      • A.-M. Lebacq-Verheyden, J. Trepel, E. A. Sausville, J. F. Battey
      Pages 71-124

    5. Platelet-Derived Endothelial Cell Growth Factor

      • K. Miyazono, C.-H. Heldin
      Pages 125-133

    6. Nerve Growth Factor

      • M. V. Chao
      Pages 135-165

    7. A Glia-Derived Nexin Acting as a Neurite-Promoting Factor

      • D. Monard
      Pages 167-177

    8. Mullerian-Inhibiting Substance

      • R. L. Cate, P. K. Donahoe, D. T. MacLaughlin
      Pages 179-210

    9. The Inhibin/Activin Family of Hormones and Growth Factors

      • W. Vale, A. Hsueh, C. Rivier, J. Yu
      Pages 211-248

    10. Mammary-Derived Growth Inhibitor

      • R. Grosse, P. Langen
      Pages 249-265

    11. Pentapeptide Growth Inhibitors

      • W. R. Paukovits, K. Elgjo, O. D. Laerum
      Pages 267-295

  3. Coordinate Actions of Growth Factors in Specific Tissues or Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
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    2. Coordinate Actions of Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Stimulation of Bone Marrow Function

      • M. A. S. Moore
      Pages 299-344

    3. Peptide Growth Factors and the Nervous System

      • M. E. Gurney
      Pages 345-369

    4. Role of Growth Factors in Cartilage and Bone Metabolism

      • J. Pfeilschifter, L. Bonewald, G. R. Mundy
      Pages 371-400

    5. Role of Lymphokines in the Immune System

      • E. S. Vitetta, W. E. Paul
      Pages 401-426

    6. Coordinate Actions of Growth Factors in Monocytes/Macrophages

      • C. F. Nathan
      Pages 427-462

    7. Extracellular Matrices, Cells, and Growth Factors

      • G. R. Martin, A. C. Sank
      Pages 463-477

  4. Processes Regulated by Growth Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 479-479
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This two-volume treatise, the collected effort of more than 50 authors, represents the first comprehensive survey of the chemistry and biology of the set of molecules known as peptide growth factors. Although there have been many symposia on this topic, and numerous publications of reviews dealing with selected subsets of growth factors, the entired field has never been covered in a single treatise. It is essential to do this at the present time, as the number of journal articles on peptide growth factors now makes it almost im­ anyone person to stay informed on this subject by reading the possible for At the same time it is becoming increasingly apparent that primary literature. these substances are of universal importance in biology and medicine and that the original classification of these molecules, based on the laboratory setting of their discovery, as "growth factors," "lymphokines," "cytokines," or "colony-stimulating factors," was quite artifactual; they are in fact the basis of a common language for intercellular communication. As a set they affect es­ sentially every cell in the body, and in this regard they provide the basis to develop a unified science of cell biology, germane to all of biomedical research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Chemoprevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA

    Michael B. Sporn, Anita B. Roberts

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