Activins and Inhibins

Content: 
Series Editors
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xiii-xv

Preface
Pages xvii-xviii
Gerald Litwack

Chapter One - Activin Receptor-Like Kinase and the Insulin Gene
Pages 1-27
Rie Watanabe

Chapter Two - Crystal Structure of Activin Receptor Type IIB Kinase Domain
Pages 29-38
Seungil Han

Chapter Three - Activin/Nodal Signaling and Pluripotency
Pages 39-58
Zhenzhi Chng, Ludovic Vallier, Roger Pedersen

Chapter Four - Intracrine Signaling Mechanisms of Activin A and TGF-β
Pages 59-77
Olav A. Gressner

Chapter Five - Negative Regulation of Activin Signal Transduction
Pages 79-104
Sun-Cheol Choi, Jin-Kwan Han

Chapter Six - Antagonism of Activin by Activin Chimeras
Pages 105-128
Uwe Muenster, Radhika Korupolu, Ratindra Rastogi, Jessica Read, Wolfgang H. Fischer

Chapter Seven - Activins and Cell Migration
Pages 129-148
Hong-Yo Kang, Chih-Rong Shyr

Chapter Eight - The Synthesis and Secretion of Inhibins
Pages 149-184
Kelly L. Walton, Yogeshwar Makanji, David M. Robertson, Craig A. Harrison

Chapter Nine - Multifunctional Roles of Activins in the Brain
Pages 185-206
Hiroshi Ageta, Kunihiro Tsuchida

Chapter Ten - The Role of Activin/Nodal and Wnt Signaling in Endoderm Formation
Pages 207-216
Catherine Payne, Jason King, David Hay

Chapter Eleven - Activin in Glucose Metabolism
Pages 217-234
Osamu Hashimoto, Masayuki Funaba

Chapter Twelve - Activin in Humoral Immune Responses
Pages 235-253
Kenji Ogawa, Masayuki Funaba

Chapter Thirteen - The Regulation and Functions of Activin and Follistatin in Inflammation and Immunity
Pages 255-297
Mark P. Hedger, Wendy R. Winnall, David J. Phillips, David M. de Kretser

Chapter Fourteen - Feedback Regulation by Inhibins A and B of the Pituitary Secretion of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
Pages 299-321
Yogeshwar Makanji, Craig A. Harrison, David M. Robertson

Chapter Fifteen - Activin A in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Pages 323-342
Arne Yndestad, John Willy Haukeland, Tuva B. Dahl, Bente Halvorsen, Pål Aukrust

Subject Index
Pages 343-349