Molecular Physiology of Groth [Paperback]

This book presents an up-to-date review of molecular regulation of growth in animals.Controlling growth in animal tissues such as bone and muscle is a complex process integrating stimuli from the environment, such as load on a muscle, with genetic information. This book is a state-of-the-art review of how messenger molecules such as growth hormone work at the molecular level to regulate growth. The book's strength is its diverse coverage of such processes in different tissues (muscle, nerves, bone) and different stages of development from the foetus to the adult. Aimed at graduate students and researchers in animal growth, endocrinology and cell biology.Controlling growth in animal tissues such as bone and muscle is a complex process integrating stimuli from the environment, such as load on a muscle, with genetic information. This book is a state-of-the-art review of how messenger molecules such as growth hormone work at the molecular level to regulate growth. The book's strength is its diverse coverage of such processes in different tissues (muscle, nerves, bone) and different stages of development from the foetus to the adult. Aimed at graduate students and researchers in animal growth, endocrinology and cell biology.In this diverse synthesis of recent research, the regulation of growth in response to environmental and genetic stimuli is discussed in reference to tissues and cells, as well as the whole animal. Many issues are addressed in detail, including how hormones and growth factors regulate animal growth in the developing embryo and what processes at the molecular level determine the growth patterns of different tissues. The text draws contrasts between regulation in fetal and adult tissues, and among different tissues such as the CNS, bone and muscle. Functional chapters focus on the molecular links between mechanical tension and muscle growth, for example, while other chapters review the roles of specific molecules such as growth hormone.1. Role of growtló›