Textbook of Nephro-Endocrinology

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Kidney as an Endocrine Organ Section 1: Erythropoietin 1. Erythropoientin: An Historical Overview of Physiology, Molecular Biology And Gene Regulation 2.Erythropoiesis: The Role of Erythropoietin and Iron 3.Extra-Hematopoietic Action of Erythropoietin 4.Development of Recombinant Erythropoietin and Erythropoietin Analogues 5.Erythropoietin Disease States & Resistance Section 2: Vitamin D, PTH and Novel Regulators of Phosphate 6. Vitamin D and the Kidney: Introduction and Historical Perspective 7.Vitamin D: Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation 8.Molecular Biology of Parathyroid Hormone 9.Endocrine Regulation of Phosphate Homeostasis Section 3: Renin-angiotensin 10.Introduction and Historical Overview 11.Molecular Biology of Renin and Regulation of Its Gene 12. Physiology and Regulation of the RAAS System 13. The Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System and the Kidney 14. The Renin Angiotensin and the Heart 15. The Renin-Angrotensin blockade: Therapeutic Agents

Part 2: The Kidney as a Hormonal target Section 4: Anti-diuretic Hormone 16. Vasopressin in the Kidney: Historical Aspects 17. Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation 18. Vasopressin Antagonists in Physiology and Disease 19. Diabetes Insipidus and SIADH Section 5: The Atrial Natriuretic Peptides 20. ANP, BNP and CNP Physiology and Pharmacology of the Cardiorenal Axis Section 6: Aldosterone 21.Introduction and Historical Overview 22.Aldosterone Receptors and Their Renal Effects: Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation 23. Aldosterone and Its Cardiovascular Effects 24. Aldosterone Regulation Section 7: Endocrine Disorders in Renal Failure 25. Insulin resistance 26. Growth hormone 27. Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women with Chronic Kidney Disease 28. Thyroid Status in Chronic Renal Failure Patients 29.Metabolic Acidosis of Chronic Kidney Disease 30.Pregnancy and the Kidney

Authors

Ajay K. Singh Clinical Chief, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA. Gordon H. Williams Director, Center for Clinical Investigation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.