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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019169303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1956
• ISBN: 9786613621276; 9781280591440; 1280591447; 9780470718971; 0470718978; 9780470716427; 0470716428
• 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
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