Hormones in Ageing and Longevity

Part I. History and Conflux

1. How Hormones, as Ancient Signalling Molecules, Regulate Diverse Biological Processes Through Evolution
Jamshed R. Tata

2. Somatotropic Axis’ Role in Ageing and Longevity Could Depend on Life-History Strategies of Species
Éric Le Bourg

Part II. Growth, Stress and Metabolism

3. Glucocorticoid Hormones in Aging
Banteiskhem Kharwanlang, Ramesh Sharma

4. Zinc, Insulin and IGF-I Interplay in Aging
Marco Malavolta, Francesco Piacenza, Laura Costarelli, Maurizio Cardelli, Lory Santarelli, Eugenio Mocchegiani, Andrea Basso, Elisa Pierpaoli, Mauro Provinciali, Robertina Giacconi

5. Growth Hormone and IGF-1 Axis in Aging and Longevity
Isao Shimokawa

6. Thyroid Function in Healthy Ageing and Longevity
Naveen Aggarwal, Salman Razvi

7. TGF-β in Development and Ageing
Harris Pratsinis, Eleni Mavrogonatou, Dimitris Kletsas

Part III. Neuroendocrine and Rhythms

8. Hormones of Hypothalamus in Aging
Gurcharan Kaur, Jyoti Parkash

9. Environmental and Physiological Cues on the Hypothalamus During Aging
Jan O. Nehlin

10. Melatonin in Healthy Aging and Longevity
Rüdiger Hardeland

11. Hormones in Clock Regulation During Ageing
Anita Jagota, Neelesh Babu Thummadi

Part IV. Brain, Immunity and Cytokinins

12. Estrogens in Ageing
Mahendra K. Thakur, V. Paramanik

13. Cytokines and Aging
Pramod C. Rath

14. Plant Hormone Cytokinins for Modulating Human Aging and Age-Related Diseases
Jiří Voller, Barbara Maková, Alena Kadlecová, Gabriel Gonzalez, Miroslav Strnad

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Cell Biology