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Hepatotrophic factors.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Symposium on Hepatotrophic Factors (1977 : London)
- Series:
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 55.
- Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; 55
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liver--Diseases--Congresses.
- Liver.
- Liver--Regeneration--Congresses.
- Liver cells--Congresses.
- Liver cells.
- Insulin--Physiological effect--Congresses.
- Insulin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (418 pages) : illustrations, charts
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, 1978.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
- Contents:
- Hepatotrophic Factors; Contents; Introduction; Ultrastructural and metabolic studies of isolated and cultured hepatocytes; Discussion; Kinetics of hepatocellular proliferation as a function of the microvascular structure and functional state of the liver; Discussion; Proliferation of hepatocytes; Discussion; Hormonal factors concerned with liver regeneration; Discussion; A hundred years of the hepatotrophic controversy; Discussion; Other views about the hepatotrophic concept; Discussion; Signals for insulin secretion; Signals for glucagon secretion; Discussion
- Liver atrophy, hypertrophy and regenerative hyperplasia in the rat: the relevance of blood flow; Discussion; Insulin as a cellular growth regulator; Insulin-induced liver hyperplasia: evidence for a negative liversize-correcting process; Discussion of the two preceding papers; Amino acid transport in isolated hepatocytes: effect of glucagon; Discussion; Hepatotrophic effects of pancreatic and gastrointestinal hormones in the rat in vivo and in vitro; Discussion; Studies on plasma cytotoxicity and liver regeneration in fulminant hepatic failure; Discussion
- Portacaval shunt for glycogen storage disease and hyperlipidaemia; Discussion; Glycogen storage disease: new approaches to therapy; Discussion; Hepatotrophic factors: implications for diabetes mellitus; Discussion; General discussion; Index of contributors; Subject index
- Notes:
- "Symposium on Hepatotrophic Factors, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 9th-11th May 1977"--Participants page.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613694102
- 9781280783715
- 1280783710
- 9780470720363
- 0470720360
- 9780470718056
- 0470718056
- OCLC:
- 797918402
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