Placenta. A Neglected Experimental Animal

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS AND INVITED PARTICIPANTS, Pages ix-x
FOREWORD, Pages xi-xii, Hugo Theorell
PLACENTAL PREVIEW, Pages xiii-xv, Rebecca Beaconsfield
A NEGLECTED EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL, Pages 3-5
SECTION I - PLACENTAL METABOLIC PROCESSES, Page 7, Claude Villee
THE PRINCIPLES OF METABOLIC REGULATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DEVELOPMENT AND AGEING, Pages 7-33, Eric A. Newsholme, Bernard Crabtree
DISCUSSION, Pages 33-34
CARBOHYDRATE, FAT AND PROTEIN METABOLISM IN THE PLACENTA: A CLINICIAN'S REVIEW, Pages 34-59, Peter Beaconsfield, Jean Ginsburg
DISCUSSION, Pages 59-62
NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PLACENTAL DEVELOPMENT, Pages 62-70, Hamish N. Munro
DISCUSSION, Pages 71-74
ENDOCRINE FUNCTIONS OF THE PLACENTA, Pages 74-83, Dorothy B. Villee
DISCUSSION, Pages 83-86
PROSTAGLANDINS IN THE REGULATION OF PLACENTAL FUNCTION, Pages 86-93, Olga Genbaĉev
DISCUSSION, Pages 94-95
TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING PLACENTAL METABOLISM AND TRANSFER, Pages 96-101, Maureen Young
DISCUSSION, Pages 101-104
DRUGS AND THE PLACENTA — A PERSONAL VIEW, Pages 105-108, Peter Beaconsfield
DISCUSSION, Pages 108-110
NEOPLASIA — GROWTH OR MALIGNANCY?, Pages 145-146
SECTION II - CELL REPLICATION, Page 147, Peter Beaconsfield
CONTROL OF CELL REPLICATION—LESSONS FROM EMBRYONIC AND PLACENTAL DEVELOPMENT, Pages 148-151, Richard L. Gardner
ORIGIN AND FORMATION OF THE PLACENTA, Pages 152-163, Robert J. Aitken, Rebecca Beaconsfield, Jean Ginsburg
CHORIOCARCINOMA AND RELATED GROWTH ANOMALIES, Pages 164-175, Christopher W. Elston
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MALIGNANT CELL AND THE CELL CYCLE IN TUMOURS, Pages 176-214, Philip P. Dendy, Rosalind A. Meldrum
DISCUSSION, Pages 214-234
‘NATURES ALLOGRAFT’, Pages 265-266
SECTION III - IMMUNOLOGY, Page 267, Albert Neuberger
THE PLACENTA AND THE TUMOUR: VARIATIONS ON AN IMMUNOLOGICAL ENIGMA, Pages 267-283, W.D. Billington
IMMUNE AGENTS OF THE FACILITATION REACTION. THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN PROTECTION OF THE PLACENTAL ALLOGRAFT, Pages 283-294, G.A. Voisin
ROLE OF THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX IN THE IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF TROPHOBLAST ANTIGENS, Pages 294-305, John A. Mclntyre, W. Page Faulk
PLACENTAL ANTIBODY TRANSPORT AND IMMUNOLOGICAL PROTECTION — THEIR CELLULAR MECHANISMS, Pages 306-315, Arthur E. Wild
DISCUSSION, Pages 315-324
MATURATION OR AGEING?, Pages 347-348
SECTION IV - AGEING, Pages 349-350, Hamish Munro
THE PLACENTA AS A MODEL FOR ORGAN AGEING, Pages 351-378, Harold Fox
DISCUSSION, Pages 378-385
THE AGEING CELL AND MALIGNANCY, Pages 385-388, Jan Pontén
DISCUSSION, Pages 388-392
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN IMMUNOGERONTOLOGY, Pages 392-401, Willi Hijmans
DISCUSSION, Pages 401-404
REFERENCES TO PAPERS IN SECTION I, Pages 111-141
REFERENCES TO PAPERS IN SECTION II, Pages 235-262
REFERENCES TO PAPERS IN SECTION III, Pages 325-344
REFERENCES TO SECTION IV, Pages 405-429
LOOKING AHEAD, Pages 430-433, Peter Beaconsfield
INDEX, Pages 435-442