Growth Factors in Reproduction

I. Growth Factors: Polyfunctional Regulators of Growth and Development.- 1 The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: Control of Synthesis Signaling Function.- 2 Transforming Growth Factor ?: A Multifunctional Regulatory Peptide with Actions in the Reproductive System.- 3 Transforming Growth Factor ?: Expression and Biological Activities of the Secreted and Integral Membrane Forms.- II. Growth Factors and Gonadal Function.- 4 Growth Factor Regulation of Testicular Function.- 5 Tumor Necrosis Factor ?: Localization and Actions Within the Preovulatory; Follicle.- 6 Transforming Growth Factors and Ovarian Function.- 7 Intraovarian IGF-I system.- III. Regulation of Normal and Neoplastic Mammary Growth.- 8 EGF-Mediated Growth Control Signal Transduction in the MDA-MB-468 Human Breast Cancer Cell Line.- 9 Mammary Growth Regulation by Transforming Growth Factor ?.- 10 Growth Factors as Local Regulators of Normal and Malignant Human Mammary Epithelium.- IV. Regulatory Peptides in Reproductive Tract Development and Function.- 11 Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Activity in the Development of the Reproductive Tract Lung in the Fetus and Control of Oocyte Meiosis in the Adult.- 12 Growth Factors Affecting Normal and Malignant Prostatic Cells.- 13 Estrogen Regulation of Uterine Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Nuclear Proto-Oncogenes.- 14 Estrogens and Growth Factors in the Development, Growth, and Function of the Female Reproductive Tract.- V. Embryo-Maternal Signaling.- 15 Expression Function of Growth Factor Ligands and Receptors in Preimplantation Mouse Embryos.- 16 Colony-Stimulating Factor I in the Mouse and Human Uteroplacental Unit.- 17 Autocrine-Paracrine Role of Lymphohematopoietic Cytokines at the Maternal-Fetal Interface.- 18 Trophoblast Interferons.- Author Index.