This volume is the proceedings of the International Conference on Inhibin, Activin: Recent Advances and Future Views held in Tokushima, Japan from November 9-10, 1996. The Internationally recognized faculty present the latest research in the exploration of inhibin, activin and follistatin mechanisms of action.

Zusammenfassung
An overview of regulatory functions in system and cell biology, this monograph examines inhibin, activin and follistatin. It addresses issues such as follistatin physiology and potential mechanisms of action in humans and the gene expression of activin receptors in rat pituitary.

Inhalt

1. Receptor Serine Kinases and Signalling by Activins and Inhibins; 2. The Gene Expression of Activin Receptors in Rat Pituitary; 3. Follistatin Physiology and Potential Mechanisms of Action in the Human; 4. Inhibins, Activins, Follistatin and GnRH - Regulators of GOnadotropin Subunit Gene Expression; 5. Inhibin and Activin as Paracine Regulators of Gonadal Function: In Vitro Model Systems; 6. Production and Actions of Inhibin, Activin and Follistatin in the Pituitary and Ovary; 7. Expression of Inhibin Subunits, Follistatin and Activin Receptors in Normal Testicular Cells and Testiticular Tumors; 8. Inhibin, Activin, and Follistatin: Onservations on their Role in the Physiology of Pregnancy; 9. Changes of Activin A Secretion in Gestational Diseases; 10. Two-Site Immunoassay for Native Inhibin A; 11. Ultrasensitive Enzyme Immunoassay for Inhibins and Activins; 12. Immunoassays for Activin and Follistatin: Results in Normal and Diseased Subjects; 13. Circulating Inhibin; 14. Evaluation of Maternal Serum Inhibin as a Maker for Complicated Pregnancy; 15. Production of Inhibin-Related Peptides by Ovarian Tumors; 16. Plasma Inhibin and Activin in Disease; 17. Activin A: A Commitment Factor in Erythroid