Inhibin, Activin and Follistatin: Regulatory Functions in System and Cell Biology

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Receptor Serine Kinases and Signaling by Activins and Inhibins....Pages 1-20
The Gene Expression of Activin Receptors in Rat Pituitary....Pages 21-27
Follistatin Physiology and Potential Mechanisms of Action in the Human....Pages 28-38
Inhibins, Activins, Follistatin, and GnRH: Regulators of Gonadotropin Subunit Gene Expression....Pages 39-50
Inhibin and Activin as Paracrine Regulators of Gonadal Function: In Vitro Model Systems....Pages 51-62
Production and Actions of Inhibin, Activin, and Follistatin in the Pituitary and Ovary....Pages 63-75
Expression of Inhibin Subunits, Follistatin, and Activin Receptors in Normal Testicular Cells and Testicular Tumors....Pages 76-84
Inhibin, Activin, and Follistatin: Observations on Their Role in the Physiology of Pregnancy....Pages 85-95
Changes of Activin a Secretion in Gestational Diseases....Pages 96-103
Two-Site Immunoassay for Native Inhibin A....Pages 104-117
Ultrasensitive Enzyme Immunoassays for Inhibins and Activins....Pages 118-129
Immunoassays for Activin and Follistatin: Results in Normal and Diseased Subjects....Pages 130-140
Circulating Inhibin....Pages 141-150
Evaluation of Maternal Serum Inhibin as a Marker for Complicated Pregnancy....Pages 151-161
Production of Inhibin-Related Peptides by Ovarian Tumors....Pages 162-169
Plasma Inhibin and Activin in Disease....Pages 170-181
Activin A: A Commitment Factor in Erythroid Differentiation....Pages 182-188
Effect of Activin A on the Formation of Pancreatic Endocrine Cells....Pages 189-195
The Role of Activin in Spermatogenesis in Fish....Pages 196-203
Control of Cell Differentiation and Morphogenesis by Activins During Early Amphibian Development....Pages 204-213
Neural Induction in the Frog Xenopus laevis ....Pages 214-219
Transgenic Approaches to Study the Functions of the Transforming Growth Factor- β Superfamily Members....Pages 220-243
Activin Signaling Pathways and Their Role in Xenopus Mesoderm Formation....Pages 244-253
Activin Signal Transduction and the Role of TGF- β Superfamily in Cell Differentiation....Pages 254-263
The Role of Follistatin in Activin Signal Transduction....Pages 264-276
Transforming Growth Factor- β Receptors and Signal Transduction....Pages 277-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Cytokine Inhibits Inhibin A Secretion in Cultured Rat Granulosa Cells....Pages 287-288
Mitosis and Inhibin Production in Ovarian Follicular Granulosa Cells During the Estrous Cycle of Rats....Pages 289-292
Induction of G 1 Arrest by Activin A via Cooperative Modulation of Cyclin D 2 and p21 CIP1/WAF1 in Hybridoma Cells....Pages 293-295
Pharmacological Analysis of the Neurotrophic Effect of Activin....Pages 296-299
A Follistatin-Like Gene, mac25 , as a Tumor Suppressor....Pages 300-303
Expression of Activin β -Subunit and Type II Receptor Genes During Newt Spermatogenesis....Pages 304-307
Analysis of the Response of Human Embryonal Carcinoma Cells to Activin A....Pages 308-311
Regulation of Angiogenesis by TGF- β Superfamily....Pages 312-314
Back Matter....Pages 315-335