Mechanisms of Steroid Action

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Anti-oestrophilin antibodies as probes for receptor structure and function....Pages 1-14
Characterization of ‘native’ and ‘activated’ progesterone and oestrogen receptors from chick oviduct cytosol....Pages 15-28
The structure and function of the progesterone receptor....Pages 29-47
Effects of female sex hormones on human endometrium in relation to neoplasia....Pages 49-58
Steroid hormones: blood-borne modulators of nerve cell properties and activity....Pages 59-74
Steroids and the cells of the immune system....Pages 75-84
Molecular mechanisms and mode of action of anti-inflammatory steroids....Pages 85-95
Mechanism of steroid induced inhibition of arachidonate oxidation....Pages 97-114
End-organ metabolism of oestrogens....Pages 115-132
Control of androgen metabolism in the peripheral and central structures: physiological implications....Pages 133-144
Steroid hormones—agonists and antagonists....Pages 145-158
Biochemical and biological aspects of anti-oestrogen action....Pages 159-171
The summing up....Pages 173-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-179