Tissue Renin-Angiotensin Systems: Current Concepts of Local Regulators in Reproductive and Endocrine Organs

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Mammalian Pineal Gland and Reproduction....Pages 1-14
Neuroendocrine Control of Reproduction....Pages 15-32
Endocrine, Paracrine and Autocrine Regulation of Testicular Steroidogenesis....Pages 33-54
Gonadotrophin Control of Testicular Germ Cell Development....Pages 55-65
Current Aspects of Autocrine and Paracrine Regulation of Spermatogenesis....Pages 67-86
Role of the Epididymis in Mediating Changes in the Male Gamete during Maturation....Pages 87-101
Ovarian Follicular Growth, Ovulation and Atresia....Pages 103-119
Ovulation as a Tissue Remodelling Process....Pages 121-140
Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme and Converting Enzyme Inhibitors....Pages 141-168
Angiotensin II Receptors....Pages 169-192
The Angiotensin Type 1 and Type 2 Receptor Families....Pages 193-215
Angiotensin II in Cell Growth and Matrix Production....Pages 217-223
Angiotensin as a Renal Growth Promoting Factor....Pages 225-236
The Adrenal Renin/Angiotensin System....Pages 237-251
The Tissue Renin-Angiotensin System in the Female Reproductive Tissues....Pages 253-268
Relevance of the Tissue Prorenin-Renin-Angiotensin System to Male Reproductive Physiology....Pages 269-277
Role of the Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin System in Human Heart Failure....Pages 279-283
Transcriptional Silencer in Intron I of the Rat Renin Gene....Pages 285-292
In Field-Stimulated Guinea-Pig Atria an AT1-Receptor Mediated Increase of Noradrenaline Release by Angiotensin II is Seen only in the Presence of Prejunctional Autoinhibition....Pages 293-298
Association between the Renin Angiotensin System and Anaphylaxis....Pages 299-309
Cloning, Expression and Regulation of Angiotensin II Receptors....Pages 311-317
The Relationship between the Adrenal Tissue Renin-Angiotensin System, Internalization of the Type I Angiotensin II Receptor (AT1) and Angiotensin II Function in the Rat Adrenal Zona Glomerulosa Cell....Pages 319-329
AT 1 Receptors and Angiotensin Actions in the Brain and Neuronal Cultures of Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats....Pages 331-348
Angiotensin Peptides in the Brain....Pages 349-355
Brain Angiotensin and the Female Reproductive Cycle....Pages 357-370
Is Estrogen-Induced Pituitary Hyperplasia and Hyperprolactinaemia Mediated by Angiotensin II?....Pages 371-378
The Ovarian Renin-Angiotensin System....Pages 379-389
The Pathophysiology of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS)....Pages 391-398
Paracrine Regulation of the Bovine Ovarian Prorenin-Renin-Angiotensin-System....Pages 399-406
Regulation of Angiotensin II Receptor Expression in Ovarian Follicles....Pages 407-410
Regulation of Utero-Placental Prorenin....Pages 411-426
The Choriodecidual Renin Controversy Revisited....Pages 427-434
Coda....Pages 435-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-458