Edited by Coimbatore B. Srikant
Somatostatin is written by expert(s) active in somatostatin research (experimental and/or clinical).
Somatostatin serves as the only single one-stop source of the most up to date information on the basic and clinical aspects of the biology of somatostatin and its receptors.
Contents
Somatostatin - General Biology
- Somatostatin Gene Structure and Regulation
- Processing and Intracellular Targeting of Somatostatin
- Cortistatin - A Novel Member of the Somatostatin Gene Family
- Molecular Evolution of Somatostatin Genes
- Altered Patterns of Growth Hormone Secretion in Somatostatin Knockout Mice
Expression and Function of Somatostatin Receptors
- Somatostatin Receptor Gene Family- Subtype Selectivity Ligand Binding
- Expression of Somatostatin Receptors in Human Tissues in Health and Disease
- Coexpression of Multiple Somatostatin Receptors in Individual Cells
- Somatostatin Receptor Subtype Selectivity for Cytotoxic and Cytostatic Signaling
- Somatostatin Receptor Signaling via Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Expression and Function of Somatostatin and Its Receptos in Immune Cells
- Physiology of Somatostatin Receptors: From Genetics ot Molecular Analysis
Applications in Disease
- Somatostatin Receptor Imaging
- Somatostatin Analogs in the Treatment of Pituitary Tumors
- Somatostatin Receptor Targeted-Radio-Ablation of Tumors
- Somatostatin Analogue Therapy of Neuro-Endocrine Gastro-Entero Pancreatic Tumors
- Vascular Effects of Somatostatin
- The Use of Somatostatin Analogues in Diabetic Retinopathy
The Future
- Somatostatin and Its Receptors: Past, Present and the Future
Index
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