Signaling Mechanisms and Gene Expression in the Ovary [Paperback]

I. Gonadotropin Receptors and Transfactors.- 1. The Gonadotropin Receptors: Structural Insights Learned from the Cloning of Their cDNAs.- 2. Hormonal Regulation of Gonadotropin Gene Expression.- II. Signaling Pathways in the Ovary.- 3. Inositol Lipid Metabolism and Calcium Signaling in Rat Ovarian Cells.- 4. Interactions Among the cAMP and IP3/DAG Intracellular Signaling Systems in Bovine Luteal Cells.- 5. Variant Diacylglycerol-Dependent Protein Phosphotransferase Activity in Ovarian Tissues.- 6. Endocrine, Paracrine, and Autocrine Regulators of the Macaque Corpus Luteum.- 7. Steroid Signaling in the Follicular Paracrine System.- III. Hormonal Control and Gene Expression in the Ovary.- 8. Regulation of Inhibin and Activin Genes in the Rat Ovary.- 9. mos Proto-Oncogene Product and Cytostatic Factor.- 10. Regulation of Genes Encoding Steroidogenic Enzymes in the Ovary.- 11. Oxysterols: Regulation of Biosynthesis and Role in Controlling Cellular Cholesterol Homeostasis in Ovarian Cells.- IV. Relevance of Resident Ovarian White Blood Cells.- 12. Leukocyte Chemo-Attraction and Periovulatory Follicular Processes.- 13. The Role of IL-1 in the Ovary.- 14. Effects of Bacterial Endotoxin (Lipopolysaccharide) on FSH-Induced Granulosa Cell Activities.- 15. TNF ?: Altering Thecal and Granulosal Cell Steroidogenesis.- 16. TNF ? Modulation of Ovarian Steroidogenesis in the Rat.- 17. Inflammatory Cells in the Rabbit Corpus Luteum: Relationship to Luteal Involution.- V. Submitted Manuscripts.- 18. Two Populations of Steroidogenic Cells in the Theca Layer of Chicken Ovarian Follicles.- 19. Localization of mRNAs That Encode Steroidogenic Enzymes in Bovine Ovaries.- 20. Fetal Calf Serum: Eliciting Phosphorylation of Ca++/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in Cultured Rat GranulosaCells.- 21. Differential Regulation of Cytosolic-Free Calcium in Ovine Small and Large Luteal Cells: Effects on Secretion of Progesterone.- 22. Presence of an Endogenous Inhibitor of Protein Kinase C Throlã$