Adipocyte Biology and Hormone Signalling

by James M. Ntambi (Editor)

With the goal of shedding light on the dynamic role that fat cells play in metabolism, disease, and signalling, two dozen papers from the 1999 meeting of the Steenbock symposium, perhaps held in Madison, Wisconsin, address the molecular regulation of lipid biogenesis in the context of adipocyte metabolism, differentiation, gene expression hormone, and growth factor signaling. They draw from emerging disciplines such as genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry. Among their concerns are lipid second messengers and the role of intracellular lipid-binding proteins, implications in the yellow mouse obesity syndrome for paracrine actions of the agouti gene product, and the adipocyte biology of the bone. Only authors are indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

248 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000