Receptor Mediated Antisteroid Action / / ed. by M. K. Agarwal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Reference Works <1990
• MitwirkendeR: Adkins-Regan, E.,; Agarwal, M. K.,; Cormier, Ethel M.,; Dandona, Paresh,; Davies, P.,; Duax, W.L.,; Etgen, A.M.,; Fabre-Nys, C.,; Griffin, J.F.,; Hampl, R.,; Jeremy, Jamie Y.,; Jordan, V. Craig,; Kailimi, M.,; Kalimi, Mohammed,; Kasal, A.,; Lazar, G.,; Loriaux, D.L.,; Murty, C.V. Ramana,; Nicholson, R.I.,; Nieman, L.K.,; Ojasoo, T.,; Parikh, I.,; Rajendran, K.G.,; Raynaud, J.P.,; Roy, Arun K.,; Ruh, M.F.,; Ruh, T.S.,; Schmidt, Thomas J.,; Singh, R.K.,; Spindler, K.-D.,; Spindler-Barth, M.,; Starka, L.,; Walker, K.J.,; Wambach, G.,
• HerausgeberIn: Agarwal, M. K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (523 p.) :; Num. figs.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• Structural Differences Distinguishing Steroid Antagonists from Agonists
• Antihormone Action of Steroids with Modified Ring Structure
• Analysis of the Structure and Function of Steroid Receptors with the Aid of the Antihormone RU 38486
• Clinical Applications of the Glucocorticoid and Progestin Antagonist RU 486
• RU 38486 (Mifepristone) Reverses Progesterone- and Hydrocortisone- Mediated Inhibition of Prostanoid Synthesis in Cultured Myometrial, Vascular and Gut Tissue Explants
• Receptor Mediated Antiprogestin Action of RU 486
• The Antiglucocorticoid Effects of Cortexolone and RU 38486 in the Human Leukemic Cell Line CEM-C7
• The Mineralocorticoid Receptor and the Activity of Aldosterone Antagonists
• The Antimineralocorticoid Action of Two Newly Developed Spirolactone Derivatives
• New Molecular Probes to Assess Estrogen and Antiestrogen Actions
• Antioestrogens and Cancer
• Antiestrogen Action in MCF-7 Cells
• Design and Activity of Nonsteroid Antiandrogens
• Cellular and Molecular Effects of Antiestrogens and Antiandrogens
• Steroid Hormone Antagonists, Brain Receptor Systems and Behavior
• Antisteroid Action in Brain and Changes in Animal Behaviour
• Localization of Steroid Hormone Receptors in the Cells by Immunohistochemistry
• Antiecdysteroids and Receptors
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Backmatter