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Pituitary Function and Immunity

Pituitary Function and Immunity

 
Edition number: 1
Publisher: CRC Press
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ISBN13:9780367234096
ISBN10:0367234092
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:360 pages
Size:254x178 mm
Weight:635 g
Language:English
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Short description:

First Published in 1986, this book offers a full, comprehensive guide into pituitary function and its relationship to the immune system. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes, diagrams, and references this book serves as a useful reference for Students of Medicine, and other practitioners in their respective fields.

Long description:
First published in 1986, the influence of hormones secreted or regulated by the pituitary gland on the immune system is examined in detail, including discussions of adrenocorticotropic hormone, glucocorticoids, catecholamines, growth hormone, insulin, prolactin, gonadotropins, sex steroid hormones, and thyroid hormones. The relative importance of various hormones in immunoregulation is considered, and evidence for interaction between the immune and neurohormonal systems is presented. The possible effects of hormonal immunomodulation in reproduction, infections and parasitic disease, autoimmu-nity, and cancer are examined. This comprehensive reference serves both basic and clinical researchers and practitioners in immunology, microbiology, endocrinology, reproduction biology, neurology, oncology, psychology, medicine, and veterinary medicine.
Table of Contents:

1. The Immune System and its Function.  2. The Pituitary Gland.  3. Pituitary Malfunction and Immune Abnormalities.  4. The Influence of Pituitary
-Adrenal Axis on the Immune System.  5. The Effects of Growth Hormone and Related Hormones on the Immune System.  6. Prolactin and Other Lactogenic Hormones.  7. Gonadotropins and Sex Hormones.  8. The Pituitary Thyroid Axis.  9. The Effect of Miscellaneous Hormones and Neurotransmitters on the Immune System.  10. Immunoregulation by Pituitary Hormones.  11. Regulatory Immune
-Neuro
-Endocrine Feedback Signals.  12. The Central Nervous System and Learning; Feedforward Regulation of Immune Responses.  13. Role of Hormonal Immunoregulation.  14. The Influence of Hormones on Infectious and Parasitic Disease.  15. Sex Hormones in Autoimmunity.  16. Pituitary
-Neurohormonal Immunoregulation in Cancer.  Index.