Somatomedins and Some Other Growth Factors: Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Nobel Symposium held at Hässelby, Sweden, September 4–7, 1974

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Advances in Metabolic Disorders
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Front Matter
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Copyright page
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xv-xviii

Contents of Previous Volumes
Pages xix-xxiii

Introductory Speech
Pages 3-5
ROLF LUFT

Regulation of Cellular Growth
Pages 7-16
IRA PASTAN

Somatomedins
Pages 19-46
KERSTIN HALL, KAZUE TAKANO, LINDA FRYKLUND, HANS SIEVERTSSON

Isolation and Chemistry of Human Somatomedins A and B
Pages 47-60
HANS SIEVERTSSON, LINDA FRYKLUND, KNUT UTHNE, KERSTIN HALL, BENGT WESTERMARK

The Measurement of Somatomedin a by Radioreceptor Assay
Pages 61-71
KERSTIN HALL, KAZUE TAKANO, LINDA FRYKLUND, HANS SIEVERTSSON

Radioimmunoassay of Somatomedin B
Pages 73-83
ROSALYN S. YALOW, KERSTIN HALL, ROLF LUFT

The Response of Cultured Human Normal Glial Cells to Growth Factors
Pages 85-100
BENGT WESTERMARK, ÅKE WASTESON

Somatomedin A and B: Demonstration of two Different Somatomedinlike Components in Human Plasma
Pages 101-113
ÅKE WASTESON, BENGT WESTERMARK, KNUT UTHNE

Preliminary Studies of Somatomedin in Vitro and in Vivo in Rats
Pages 115-126
KNUT UTHNE

Explorations of the Insulinlike and Growth-Promoting Properties of Somatomedin by Membrane Receptor Assays
Pages 127-150
J.J. VAN WYK, L.E. UNDERWOOD, J.B. BASEMAN, R.L. HINTZ, D.R. CLEMMONS, R.N. MARSHALL

Somatomedin Generation by Perfused Livers
Pages 151-157
WILLIAM H. DAUGHADAY, L.S. PHILLIPS, A.C. HERINGTON

Somatomedin Levels in Human Beings
Pages 159-170
WILLIAM H. DAUGHADAY

Further Observations on Plasma Somatomedin Activity in Children
Pages 171-181
J.L. VAN DEN BRANDE, SYLVIA VAN BUUL, U. HEINRICH, F. VAN ROON, T. ZÜRCHER, A.C. VAN STEIRTEGEM

Interaction of Somatomedin and a Peptide Inhibitor in Serum of Hypophysectomized and Starved, Pituitary-Intact Rats
Pages 183-199
WILLIAM D. SALMON JR.

Purification Procedures for Nsila-S
Pages 203-210
E.R. FROESCH, U. SCHLUMPF, R. HEIMANN, J. ZAPF, R.E. HUMBEL, W.J. RITSCHARD

Biological Properties of Nsila-S
Pages 211-235
E.R. FROESCH, J. ZAPF, C. MEULI, M. MÀDER, M WALDVOGEL, U. KAUFMANN, B. MORELL

Nsila-S, Physiologic and Pharmacologic Significance as an Insulinlike Hormone and as a Growth-Promoting Hormone
Pages 237-245
E.R. FROESCH, U. SCHLUMPF, R. HEIMANN, E. EIGENMANN, J. ZAPF

In Vitro Effects of Growth Hormone on Cyclic AMP Metabolism in the Isolated Rat Diaphragm
Pages 249-262
JACK L. KOSTYO, LYNN P. GIMPEL, OLLE SAKSSON

Interaction of Epidermal Growth Factor (Egf) with Cultured Fibroblasts
Pages 265-284
STANLEY COHEN, GRAHAM CARPENTER, KENNETH J. LEMBACH

Nerve Growth Factor: Structure and Mechanism of Action
Pages 285-299
RUTH A. HOGUE-ANGELETTI, RALPH A. BRADSHAW, WILLIAM A. FRAZIER

Fibroblast Growth Factor: Its Localization, Purification, Mode of Action, and Physiological Significance
Pages 301-335
DENIS GOSPODAROWICZ, PHILLIP RUDLAND, JON LINDSTROM, KURT BENIRSCHKE

Growth Regulation in Cultures of Embryonic Rat Fibroblasts by the Serum Factors S1 and S2
Pages 337-356
WERNER FRANK, HANS-JÜRGEN RISTOW, RAINER HOFFMAN, JOHANNA GRIMM, JOSEF VESER

The Endocrine Role of the Thymus and its Hormone, Thymosin, in the Regulation of the Growth and Maturation of Host Immunological Competence
Pages 359-374
ABRAHAM WHITE, ALLAN L. GOLDSTEIN

Cyclic AMP and the Malignant Transformation of Cells
Pages 377-383
IRA PASTAN

Postsession Discussion of Papers
Pages 387-410

General Discussion
Pages 411,413-430

Concluding Remarks
Pages 431-433
ROLF LUFT

Subject Index
Pages 435-437