Regulation of body growth

Vascular endothelial growth factor regulation of Weibel-Palade-body exocytosis.

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) not only regulates angiogenesis, vascular permeability, and vasodilation but also promotes vascular inflammation. However, the molecular basis for the proinflammatory effects of VEGF is not understood. We now show that VEGF activates endothelial cell exocytosis of Weibel-Palade bodies, releasing vasoactive substances capable of causing vascular thrombos...

Regulation of body weight.

REGULATION OF BODY WEIGHT is a complex and dynamic process. Many aspects of this regulation have been addressed by recent publications in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Among them are delineation of pathways signaling satiation; interactions with other physiological control systems, notably cardiovascular and reproductive systems; explorat...

Regulation of Follicular Growth and Development in Sheep

This manuscript reviews the present knowledge related to folliculogenesis in sheep.Folliculogenesis starts with formation of primordial follicles before birth, present as a pool containing a certain number of follicles. By the attainment of puberty, a group of follicles from that pool starts to grow, a process known as primordial follicle activation or recruitment. The number of growing primord...

The regulation of body temperature.

Regulation of body fat content?

A CLEVER AND INFORMATIVE PAPER by Lacy and Bartness (16) in this issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology provides new data regarding the question of whether animals regulate their body content at a preferred level. Fifty years ago, Kennedy (15) proposed the existence of a “hypothalamic satiety mechanism” that served to prevent “an overall s...