Birkhauser Estrogens, Progestins, and Their Antagonists: Health Issues (Hormones in Health and Disease)

Product Description v. K. Moudgil, Series Editor INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 2 ...xiii Edward J Pavlik ABOUT VOLUME 1 ...xvi Edward J Pavlik CONTRIBUTORS ...xix Part I: ESTROGEN AND PROGESTIN PHYSIOLOGICAL FuNCTION 1. Pituitary and Brain Actions of Estrogen and Progesterone in the Regulation of Primate Prolactin Secretion...3 C. L. Bethea, S. G. Kohama, and M. Pecins-Thompson 2. Saccharomyces cerevisiae As a Model System to Study Steroid Hormone Receptors ..." 47 Brandee L. Wagner and Donald P McDonnell 3. Physiological Findings from Transgenic Mouse Models with Altered Levels of Estrogen Receptor Expression...69 John F Couse, Vicki L. Davis, and Kenneth S. Korach Part II: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF STEROID RECEPTORS AND GENE EXPRESSION 4. New Models and Insights in Steroid Hormone Action ...101 Lisa L. Wei 5. A Role for Progesterone in Multidrug Resistance ...123 Shyamali Mallick and Susan Band Horwitz 6. Dominant Negative Activity by Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors ...153 Paul M. Yen 7. Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in Human Endometrial Cancer ...169 Kian Behbakht and Jeff Boyd x Contents Part m: FACTORS ENHANCING RECEPTOR FuNCllON 8. Facilitated Binding of Steroid Hormone Receptors to Target DNA by the Chromatin High-Mobility Group Protein-1: Protein Manipulation of DNA Structure ...191 Dean P. Edwards and Paul Prendergast 9. Use of FK506 and Its Analogs in Studying Progesterone Signaling ...217 Ping-Kaung Ku Tai and Lee E. Faber KEYWORD INDEX ...231 Foreword These two volumes on Estrogens, Progestins, and Their Antagonists repre- sent a thematic extension of the series, Hormones in Health and Disease. From the Back Cover This volume aims at timely topics related to estrogens and progestins that are central to fertility, aging, environmental health and cancer.