Adrenal Disorders Book

Part I. The Adrenal Gland: Physiology

Ontogeny of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

Michel Grino, Nadia Dakine, Odile Paulmyer-Lacroix, and Charles Oliver

Adrenal Organogenesis and Steroidogenesis: Role of Nuclear Nuclear Receptor Steroidogenic Factor-1, DAX-1, and Estrogen Receptor

Meera S. Ramayya

Reappraisal of Adrenal Zonation Theories Based on the Differential Regulation of Apoptosis, G. W. Wolkersdörfer and Stefan R. Bornstein

Pharmacology of Glucocorticoids: An Overview

Achille Gravanis and Andrew N. Margioris

Glucocorticoid Catabolism and the 11_-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase System

Jonathan R. Seckl

Androgens of Adrenal Origin

George Mastorakos and Anthony G. Doufas

Structure, Function, and Regulated Expression of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory (StAR) Protein: Molecular Insights into the Acute Seroidogenic Response of the Adrenals and Gonads to Trophic Stimulation

Caleb B. Kallen, Futoshi Arakane, Teruo Sugawara, Marianthi Kiriakidou, Staci E. Pollack, Hidemichi Watari, Lane K. Christenson, Michiko Watari, and Jerome F. Strauss III

Regulation of Adrenocortical Function by the Sympathoadrenal System: Physiology and Pathology

Monika Ehrhart-Bornstein and Stefan R. Bornstein

Interleukin (IL)-1 Family of Cytokines and Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) in the Adrenal Gland

Andrew N. Margioris, Erene Dermitzaki, Maria Venihaki, and Achille Gravanis

Part II. The Adrenal Gland: Pathophysiology

Overview of Hyper- and Hypocortisolism

W.W. de Herder and S.W.J. Lambert

ACTH Resistance, Constantine Tsigos. Syndromes of Ectopic ACTH Secretion: Recent Pathophysiological Aspects

Yves de Keyzer, Marie Laure Raffin-Sanson, Agn&e's Picon, and Xavier Bertagna

Clinical Presentations and Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome

Andrew N. Margioris and George P. Chrousos

The Desmopressin Test: A New Tool in the Functional Evaluation of the Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Patients with Cushing's Syndrome

S. Tsagarakis and N. Thalassinos

PseudoCushing Syndromes

Theodore Friedman

Adrenocortical Tumors and Oncogenes

Martin Reincke

Management of Adrenal Cancer

David E. Schteingart and Dominic Homan

Adrenal Incidentalomas

Bruno Allolio

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 21-Hydroylase Deficiency

Maria I. New

Steroid 11_-Hydroxylase Deficiency

Perrin C. White

Micronodular Adrenal Disease and the Syndrome of Myxomas, Spotty Skin Pigmentation, and Endocrine Overactivity

Constantine A. Stratakis

Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia

Walter L. Miller

Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia

Michael Peter and Wolfgang G. Sippell

The HPA Axis and HIV Infection

Daniel S. Donovan, Jr. and Robert G. Dluhy

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Obesity

Per Björntorp and Roland Rosmond

Aldosterone Synthase Deficiency

Michael Peter and Wolfgang G. Sippel

Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes

Richard D. Gordon

Pheochromocytoma: Progress in Diagnosis, Therapy, and Genetics

Karel Pacak, George P. Chrousos, Christian A. Koch, Jacques W. M. Lenders, and Graeme Eisenhofer