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    Hershel Raff

    Department of Endocrinology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

  • Photo of Agnes Schonbrunn

    Agnes Schonbrunn

    Medical School, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Section Topics

  • » Biosynthesis, transport, plasma binding, degradation & secretion of hormones – peptide binding proteins & transport in blood
  • » Biosynthesis, transport, plasma binding, degradation & secretion of hormones – peptides, proteins, & glycoproteins – synthesis & secretion
  • » Biosynthesis, transport, plasma binding, degradation & secretion of hormones – steroids
  • » Endocrine control of calcium & bone
  • » Glucocorticoids & mineralocorticoids, adrenal cortex & medulla
  • » Hormonal control of metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins & lipids (including leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, resistin)
  • » Humoral regulation of the cardiovascular system; endocrine functions of pineal, heart, kidneys
  • » Interactions of the endocrine & immune systems
  • » Mechanism of hormone actions - nuclear receptors & regulation of gene expression
  • » Mechanism of hormone actions – membrane receptor & signaling pathways (GPCRs, receptor tyrosine kinases [e.g. growth factors], cytokine receptors)
  • » Neuroendocrinology (regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary system, appetite, stress, biologic rhythms in endocrinology)
  • » Production & effects of nitric oxide
  • » Regulation & function of the endocrine pancreas, regulation & actions of insulin, diabetes mellitus
  • » Thyroidal gland/hormones

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Cui et al. present the exciting findings that both Corin and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) null mice exhibit pre-eclampsia-like characteristics including hypertension and proteinuria during late pregnancy. Both knockout mice models exhibited impaired spiral artery...

Holly LaVoie, University of South Carolina, USA. F1000 Physiology

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David Sweatt and Frankie Heyward, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. F1000 Neuroscience

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