Table of Contents

Preface. Editor. List of Contributors.1. Androgen Biosynthesis and Degradation; Bon-Chu Chung, Meng-Chun Hu. 2. Structural and Functional Analysis of the Androgen Receptor; C. Heinlein, Chawnshang Chang. 3. Signal Transduction Pathways Modulate Androgen. Receptor Transcriptional Activity; C. Heinlein, Chawnshang Chang. 4. Androgen Receptor Interacting Proteins Co-Activators and Co-Repressors; C. Heinlein, et al. 5. Nongenomic Androgen Action; C. Heinlein, Chawnshang Chang. 6. The role of 5alpha-Reductase in Prostate Disease and Male Pattern Baldness; J. Shimazaki. 7. Natural Products and Environmental Androgens/Antiandrogens; Ming-Hsien Wang, et al. 8. Androgens in Prostate Cancer and Benign Prostatic Hypoplasia; T. Brown. 9. The Expanded Poly-Q Length Within AR and AR Coregulator A1B1 And Their Clinical Implications; A. Hsing, et al. 10. Androgen Receptor with Expanded Poly-Q Length in SBMA (Kennedy Disease); Y. Kobayashi, G. Sobue. 11. Androgen Insensivity Syndrome (Testicular Feminization); H. Nawata, et al. 12. Androgens in Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases; N. Olsen, W. Kovacs. 13. Androgens in Penile Development, Penile Erection and Erectile Dysfunction; J. Chang, et al. 14. Androgens and the Androgen Receptor in Male Sex Development and Fertility; L. Collins, et al. 15. Androgens and Brain Function: Behavioral Perspectives; R. Handa, R. McGivern. 16. Androgens, Skeletal Homeostasis, and Osteoporosis; D. Vanderschueren, et al. 17. Androgens and Coronary Artery Disease; A. von Eckardstein, F. CW Wu. 18. Androgen Therapy in Nonendocrine Illnesses; D. Spratt. 19. Androgens and Androgen Receptor in Dermatology; S. Itami, et al. 20. Androgen Deficiency and Abnormality in Women; S. Davis, C. Jang. Index.

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Chawnshang Chang, Ph.D., is the George Hoyt Whipple Distinguished Professor at the University of Rochester.