Hormones and Epigenetics
- 1st Edition, Volume 122 - February 28, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Gerald Litwack
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 8 1 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 8 1 9 - 3
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- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Former Editors
- Contributors
- About the editor
- Preface
- Chapter One: Stem cell development involves divergent thyroid hormone receptor subtype expression and epigenetic modifications in the amphibian intestine during metamorphosis
- Abstract
- 1: Intestinal stem cell (ISC)
- 2: Thyroid hormone receptor (TR)
- 3: TH response genes
- 4: TR subtype-dependent and epigenetically regulated ISC development
- 5: Conclusions and future directions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Epigenetic developmental programming and intergenerational effects of thyroid hormones
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Developmental epigenetic programming by thyroid hormones
- 3: Intergenerational epigenetic effects of thyroid hormones
- 4: Mechanisms of intergenerational epigenetic effects by THs
- 5: Thyroid hormones and epigenetic effects of endocrine disruptors
- 6: Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Three: Epigenetic regulation during 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-dependent gene transcription
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Mechanisms of epigenetic control in mammals
- 3: 1,25(OH)2D3-mediated epigenetic control of gene transcription
- 4: Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Four: Endocannabinoid system and epigenetics in spermatogenesis and testicular cancer
- Abstract
- 1: Germ cell development and differentiation
- 2: Origin and classification of TGCTs
- 3: Epigenetic modifications
- 4: Epigenetic mechanisms and germ cell development
- 5: Epigenetic mechanisms and TGCTs
- 6: Overview of the endocannabinoid system
- 7: ECS and male germ cell development
- 8: ECS and TGCTs
- 9: Crosstalk between ECS and epigenetics
- 10: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Five: The potential role of environmental factors in modulating mitochondrial DNA epigenetic marks
- Abstract
- 1: Mitochondria and human health
- 2: Environmental health and the mitochondrial epigenome
- 3: Future directions and conclusion
- References
- Chapter Six: DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Seven: Epigenetics, endometriosis and sex steroid receptors: An update on the epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of estrogen and progesterone receptors in patients with endometriosis
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pathogenesis of endometriosis
- 3: Modifications of steroidogenic transcription factors in endometriosis
- 4: DNA methylation of ERs and PRs in endometriosis
- 5: Histone modification of ERα in endometriosis
- 6: Micro RNAs in endometriosis
- 7: Long non coding RNAs in endometriosis
- 8: Factors affecting epigenetic changes in endometriosis
- 9: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Eight: Aberrant epigenetic regulation of estrogen and progesterone signaling at the level of endometrial/endometriotic tissue in the pathomechanism of endometriosis
- Abstract
- 1: Introductory overview
- 2: Main female sex hormones and epigenetic modifications of EnSCs and/or MSCs in endometriosis
- 3: Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Nine: Early-life AFB1 exposure: DNA methylation and hormone alterations
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Early-life exposure to AFB1
- 3: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Ten: Crosstalk between epigenetics and tumor promoting androgen signaling in prostate cancer
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Epigenetics
- 3: Epigenetic alterations in AR signaling
- 4: Epigenetics in PCa therapy
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Eleven: Effects of stress and mindfulness on epigenetics
- Abstract
- 1: Foundations of epigenetics and stress
- 2: Epigenetics of stress
- 3: Epigenetics of mindfulness techniques
- 4: Epigenetic regulation of neurological and mental health biomarkers
- 5: Epigenetic protection against age-related diseases
- 6: Future directions
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Twelve: Early life stress, depression and epigenetics
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Stress
- 3: HPA axis
- 4: Inflammation
- 5: Early life stress
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Thirteen: On the road to resilience: Epigenetic effects of meditation
- Abstract
- 1: Mind, body, and epigenetics
- 2: Meditation and mindful practices
- 3: Overview of the main epigenetic mechanisms
- 4: Stress and disease
- 5: Stress and meditation
- 6: Meditation, gene expression and epigenetics
- 7: Epigenetic clock and meditation
- 8: Final considerations and future perspectives
- Conflict of interest
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 122
- Published: February 28, 2023
- No. of pages (Hardback): 392
- No. of pages (eBook): 392
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443158186
- eBook ISBN: 9780443158193
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Gerald Litwack
Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Founding Chair and Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, United States
Emeritus Professor, Rutgers University, United StatesRead Hormones and Epigenetics on ScienceDirect