Dehydroepiandrosterone. Vitamins and Hormones Volume 108

Table of Contents

1. Dehydroepiandrosterone Research: Past, Current and Future Russell Prough 2. Astrocyte Neuroprotection and Dehydroepiandrosterone Bruno Dutra Arbo 3. Mutation of HSD3B2 Gene and Fate of Dehydroepiandrosterone Alicia Belgorosky 4. Autophagy and Autophagic Cell Death: Uncovering New Mechanisms Whereby Dehydroepiandrosterone Promotes Beneficial Effects on Human Health Maria Rosa Ciriolo 5. Dehydroepiandrosterone and Cardiovascular Disease Andrea Genazzini 6. Dehydroepiandrosterone and Experimental Osteoarthritis Kai Huang 7. The Role of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in Skeletal Muscle Motoyuki Iemitsu 8. Mechanism of Action of Dehydroepiandrosterone Carolyn M. Klinge 9. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its Sulfate (DHEA-S) in Mammalian Reproduction: Known Roles and Novel Paradigms Bindu Natachandra Chimote 10. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)-SO4 Depot and Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Trevor Martin Penning 11. DHEA Modulates Immune Function: A Review of Evidence Sean Prall 12. Dehydroepiandrosterone and Vitamin E Status Kimitaka Takitani 13. Effect of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity Yasuo Terauchi 14. Dehydroepiandrosterone and Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate and Emotional Processing Sonia Do Vale 15. Dhea in Prenatal and Post-Natal Life: Implications for Brain and Behaviour David Walker 16. Dehydroepiandrosterone and Addiction Gal Yadid 17. Dehydroepiandrosterone and Bone Shuanhu (Joe) Zhou

Authors

Gerald Litwack Emeritus Professor and/or Chair at Rutgers University, Thomas Jefferson University and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, USA; Toluca Lake, North Hollywood, California, USA. Dr. Gerald Litwack obtained M.S. and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry and remained there for a brief time as a Lecturer on Enzymes. Then he entered the Biochemical Institute of the Sorbonne as a Fellow of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He next moved to Rutgers University as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and later as Associate Professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. After four years he moved to the Temple University School of Medicine as Professor of Biochemistry and Deputy Director of the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, soon after, becoming the Laura H. Carnell Professor. Subsequently he was appointed chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at the Jefferson Medical College as well as Vice Dean for Research and Deputy Director of the Jefferson Cancer Institute and Director of the Institute for Apoptosis. Following the move of his family, he became a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Biological Chemistry of the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and then became the Founding Chair of the Department of Basic Sciences at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, becoming Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine and Associate Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center as his final position. During his career he was a visiting scientist at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry, London and the Wistar Institute. He was appointed Emeritus Professor and/or Chair at Rutgers University, Thomas Jefferson University and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, authored three textbooks and edited more than sixty-five books. Currently he lives with his family and continues his authorship and editorial work in Los Angeles.