Vasopressin, Volume 113 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting updates on timely topics, including Diabetes Insipidus in Pregnancy, Vasopressin Inactivation: Role of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase, Vasotocin and the Origins of the Vasopressin/Oxytocin Receptor Gene Family, Vasopressin V2 Receptor Ligand Recognition, Development and Therapeutic Potential of Vasopressin Synthetic Analog [V4Q5]dDAVP as a Novel Anticancer Agent, Cellular Junctions and Vasopressin, Vasopressin Actions in the Kidney Renin Angiotensin System and its Role in Hypertension and Renal Disease, Oxytocin/Vasopressin-Like Neuropeptide Signaling in Insects, and much more.
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Table of Contents
1. Vasotocin and the origins of the vasopressin/oxytocin receptor gene familySally A. Mayasich and Benjamin L. Clarke2. Oxytocin/vasopressin-like neuropeptide signaling in insectsEdin Muratspahic, Emilie Monjon, Leopold D?rrauer, Stephen M. Rogers, Darron A. Cullen, Jozef Vanden Broeck and Christian W. Gruber3. Amyloid-like aggregation of provasopressinMartin Spiess, Nicole Beuret, Cristina Prescianotto Baschong and Jonas Rutishauser4. V2 vasopressin receptor mutationsNoriko Makita, Katsunori Manaka and Taroh Iiri5. Vasopressin inactivation: Role of insulin-regulated aminopeptidaseDon T. Li, Estifanos N. Habtemichael and Jonathan S. Bogan6. Molecular aspects of aquaporinsSuchun Li, Chunling Li and Weidong Wang7. The vasotocinergic system and its role in the regulation of stress in birdsWayne J. Kuenzel, Seong W. Kang and Alexander Jurkevich8. Vasopressin actions in the kidney renin angiotensin system and its role in hypertension and renal diseaseAlexis A. Gonzalez, Nicolas Salinas-Parra, Flavia Cifuentes-Araneda and Cristian Reyes-Martinez9. Vasopressin receptor subtypes and renal sodium transportYu. V. Natochin and D. V. Golosova10. Development and therapeutic potential of vasopressin synthetic analog [V4Q5]dDAVP as a novel anticancer agentGarona Juan, Pifano Marina, Ripoll Giselle and Alonso Daniel F.11. Vasopressin and vasopressin receptors in brain edemaEmil Zeynalov, Susan M. Jones and J. Paul Elliott
Authors
Gerald Litwack Emeritus Founding Chair and Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, United StatesEmeritus Professor, Rutgers University, United States.
Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)
