Hormones and Epigenetics

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)

• 1. Steroid receptor coactivator complexes in thyroid hormone-regulation of Xenopus metamorphosisYuta Tanizaki, Lingyu Bao and Yun-Bo Shi2. Stem cell development involves divergent thyroid hormone receptor subtype expression and epigenetic modifications in the amphibian intestine during metamorphosisTakashi Hasebe, Kenta Fujimoto and Atsuko Ishizuya-Oka3. Epigenetic developmental programming and intergenerational effects of thyroid hormonesArturo Hernandez, M. Elena Martinez, Carolina Chaves and Joao Anselmo4. Epigenetic regulation during 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-dependent gene transcriptionDaniel Moena, Esther Vargas and Martin Montecino5. Endocannabinoid system and epigenetics in male germ cells: role in spermatogenesis and testicular cancerMarco Barchi, Eugenia Guida, Susanna Dolci, Pellegrino Rossi and Paola Grimaldi6. The potential role of environmental factors in modulating mitochondrial DNA epigenetic marksBrad A. Ryva, Zheng Zou, Jaclyn M. Goodrich and Rita S. Strakovsky7. DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetesSuneesh Kaimala, Suraiya Anjum Ansari and Bright Starling Emerald 8. An update on the epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of estrogen and progesterone receptors in patients with endometriosisMargherita Rossi, Isabelle Seidita, Silvia Vanmuccini, Matteo Prisinzano, Chiara Donati and Felice Petraglia9. Aberrant epigenetic regulation of estrogen and progesterone signaling at the level of endometrial/endometriotic tissue in the pathomechanism of endometriosisDariusz Szukiewicz10. Early-life AFB1 exposure: DNA methylation and hormone alterationsOluwakemi A. Rotimi, Opeyemi C. De Campos, Isaacson B. Adelani, Tolulope D. Olawole and Solomon O. Rotimi11. Crosstalk between epigenetics and tumor promoting androgen signaling in prostate cancerVipendra Kumar Singh K.M. Kainat and Pradeep Kumar Sharma12. Effects of stress and mindfulness on epigeneticsAyman Mukerji Househam13. Early life stress, depression and epigeneticsMario F. Juruena14. On the road to resilience: epigenetic effects of meditationLoredana Verdone, Micaela Caserta, Tal Dotan Ben Soussan and Sabrina Venditti

"This book is volume 122 in the long-running Vitamins and Hormones series. Epigenetics is the term coined to describe the observation that two cells possessing identical genomes, but different histories, can exhibit and transmit differing phenotypes to their offspring,…[and] the book aims to cover ‘the complex interplay between hormones and epigenetics, highlighting the… implications for our health and well-being.’ …Topics covered range from the highly focused epigenetic modifications in the intestines of amphibians undergoing metamorphosis to the expansive effects of thyroid hormones to the psychological epigenetic effects of meditation and epigenetics of stress and mindfulness." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Peter J. Kennelly, PhD (Virginia Tech)