100 years of human chorionic gonadotropin : reviews and new perspectives /: reviews and new perspectives. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: One hundred years of human chorionic gonadotropin; Hundred years of human chorionic gonadotropin
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Laurence A. Cole, Stephen A. Butler.
• Editors: Cole, Laurence A; Butler, Stephen A (Stephen Andrew)
• Contents: Forward- 100 Years of hCG Introduction - 100 Years of hCG - Meet the Editors and the Authors Section 1 - Genes and Structure Chapter 1.1 - Isolating C5 and B152 - Anecdote Chapter 1.2 - Evolutionary, structural and physiological differences between hCG and LH Chapter 1.3 - hCG and Human Evolution - The Master Molecule Chapter 1.4 - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: Different Origins, Glycoforms and Functions during Pregnancy Chapter 1.5 - Molecular Modelling of hCG: influence of glycosylation and nicking on molecular folding and epitope recognition Chapter 1.6 - Why is hCG Glycosylated Section 2 - Detection and Quantitation Chapter 2.1 - Detecting hCG that’s not there - Annecdote Chapter 2.2 - Quantification of hCG by MALDI ToF Mass Spectrometry Chapter 2.3 - Pregnancy failures and false positive hCG tests Chapter 2.4 - Home Pregnancy Tests Chapter 2.5 - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin determination using mass spectrometry Chapter 2.6 - Beta core fragment as a standard quality control in MALDI Section 3 - Pregnancy and Fertility Chapter 3.1 - hCG as an LH analogue - Anecdote Chapter 3.2 - The role of hCG in endometrial receptivity and embryo implantation Chapter 3.3 - Qualitative Analysis of hCG Variants and Glycoforms in Urine Chapter 3.4 - Phenotypic characterization of a transgenic mouse model overproducing hCG Chapter 3.5 - The Role of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Reproductive Medicine Chapter 3.6 - Pregnancy and hCG Chapter 3.7 - My Journey with Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: development of a Unique Vaccine for control of fertility Chapter 3.8 - Evaluation of Delivery Vectors for Active Immunisation with Synthetic Peptides of hCG as a Fertility Control Method Section 4 - Cancer and Therapy Chapter 4.1 - How hCG and a failed experiment changed my life - Anecdote Chapter 4.2 - Human chorionic gonadotropin in cancer – where are we? Chapter 4.3 - LH/hCG-receptor independent activities of hCG and hCGß Chapter 4.4 - The Role of the Free Beta Subunit of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Human Malignancy Chapter 4.5 - hCG and Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases - Hydatidiform Mole and Choriocarcinoma Chapter 4.6 - Immunotherapy of Advanced Stage, Invariably Drug Resistant Cancer Expressing ectopically hCG Chapter 4.7 – A Potential Cure for Cancer Section 5 - Conclusion Chapter 5.1 - Where has hCG research been? What is hCG research doing? Which direction will it go in the future?
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 612.405; Chorionic gonadotropins
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128216095
• Related ISBNs: 9780128200506
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