Endocrinology of the Lung

"The book is well organized and generally well written, with fewer overlaps and disagreements between authors than is normally seen in a multiauthored book. This book provides a welcome review of the role of hormones in fetal lung maturation. The book succeeds in appealing to pulmonary and developmental biologists."-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "This book will be welcomed by neonatologists, pediatric endocrinologists consulting on neonatal wards, obstetricians and last but not least pulmonologists. To the best of my knowledge it brings together for the the first time the latest knowledge on the role of hormones especially glucocorticoids on lung development and surfactant production." -Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism.

• 1 The Glucocorticoid Domain in the Lung and Mechanisms of Action.- 2 Fetal Responses to Glucocorticoids.- 3 Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate and Glucocorticoid Regulation of Surfactant Protein-A Gene Expression.- 4 Hormonal Regulation of Surfactant Protein-B and Surfactant Protein-C Gene Expression in Fetal Lung.- 5 Glucocorticoid Regulation of Fatty Acid Synthase in Fetal Lung.- 6 The Genetics of Glucocorticoid-Regulated Embryonic Lung Morphogenesis: A First Approximation of the Epigenetic Rules.- 7 Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and the Lung.- 8 Sex Differences in Fetal Lung Development: Biology, Etiology, and Evolutionary Significance.- 9 Retinoids and Lung Development.- 10 Insulin and Lung Development.- 11 The Insulin-like Growth Factor System and Lung.- 12 Platelet-Derived Growth Factor and Lung Development.- 13 Transforming Growth Factor-? Receptor Signaling and Lung Development.- 14 Transgenic Mouse Models for the Study of Growth Factor Signaling During Lung Morphogenesis.- 15 Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein.- 16 Role of Neuroendocrine Cells in Fetal and Postnatal Lung.