Growth Hormone II

I. Somatostatin/GRF Regulation.- 1. Pharmacology of GRF and Somatostatin: Positive and Negative Control of GH Release.- 2. Ionic Mechanisms Governing the Control of Growth Hormone Secretion by Somatostatin.- 3. Biochemical and Functional Properties of Somatostatin Receptors.- 4. Regulation of Growth Hormone Output: The GRF Signal.- 5. Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion in Man.- 6. Mechanisms for Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion.- II. The Immune System and Growth Hormone Interaction.- 7. Role of Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in Immunoregulation.- 8. Production and Function of Growth Hormone in the Immune System.- 9. Immunomodulating Role of Growth Hormone.- III. Novel Aspects of Growth Hormone Research.- 10. Further Observations on the Effects of Human Growth Hormone in Elderly Hyposomatomedinemic Men.- 11. Effects of Growth Hormone in Older People.- 12. Alteration of Growth Hormone Secretion in Aging: Peripheral Effects.- 13. Effects of Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides on Stimulated Growth Hormone Secretion in Old Rats.- 14. Changes in Growth Hormone Secretory Dynamics in Chronic Renal Failure and in Adaptation to Moderately High Altitude Living.- IV. Novel Aspects of Growth Hormone Research.- 15. Atypical Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides.- 16. Growth Hormone Releasing Hexapeptide: Basic Research and Clinical Application.- 17. Molecular Endocrinology of Human Growth Hormone.- 18. Growth Hormone Binding Protein: A Modulator of Growth Hormone Activity.- V. Clinical Application of Growth Hormone Treatment.- 19. Growth Hormone Treatment, Acromegaly, and Relationship to Cancer and Leukemia.- 20. Clinical Applications of Growth Hormone Treatment in Childhood.- 21. Medical and Scientific Aspects of Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency (Laron Syndrome) in Ecuador.- 22. Spontaneous Growth Hormone Secretion in Children With Normal and Abnormal Growth.- VI. Poster Presentation Manuscripts.- 23. Expression of the Short Isoform of the Growth Hormone Receptor in Adipocytes.- 24. Effects of Porcine Somatotropin on Thymic Weight, Thymosin ?1, and Thymosin ?4 in Gilts and Barrows.- 25. Effects of an Acetylcholine Precursor on GH Secretion in Elderly Subjects.- 26. Even Short-Term hGH Treatment Induces Endocrine Changes in the Elderly.- 27. Dichotomic Role of Glucocorticoids in the Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion In Vivo.- Author Index.