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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876897303321

Titolo

Internal secretions of the pancreas / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1956

ISBN

1-280-59144-7

9786613621276

0-470-71897-8

0-470-71642-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation colloquia on endocrinology ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)

Disciplina

616.4

Soggetti

Pancreas - Secretions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Nature and Actions of Internal Secretions of the Pancreas, held at the Ciba Foundation, June 21-23, 1955.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON ENDOCRINOLOGY VOLUME 9; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Morphological studies of the destruction of a-cells by chemical means; Discussion; Metabolic effects of a-cell destruction; Discussion; Pituitary growth hormone and blood insulin activity; Discussion; The control of the secretory activity of the islets of Langerhans; Discussion; The effects of hypophysectomy and of prolonged growth hormone administration on the pancreatic a-cells of the rat; Discussion; Fractionation of insulin; Discussion; The chemical structure of insulin; Discussion

A concept of the three-dimensional structure of insulinA speculation on insulin; Discussion; Insulin and glucagon; Discussion; Chemical and biological characteristics of glucagon; Discussion; The action of glucagon on liver phosphorylase; Discussion; Inhibitory effect of glucagon on the insulin glucose uptake of the isolated diaphragm of the rat; Discussion; The hepatic action of insulin; Discussion; Some problems of permeability of tissue cells to sugars; The transport of glucose and other sugars across cell membranes and the effect of insulin; Discussion; Pancreatic islets and growth



DiscussionChairman's closing remarks