Alcohol-Induced Disruption of Endocrine Signaling
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (OnlineEarly Articles). 9 June 2007




This article contains the proceedings of a symposium at the 2006 ISBRA Meeting in Sydney Australia, organized and cochaired by Martin J. Ronis and Thomas M. Badger.

The presentations were :

(1) Effect of Long-Term Ethanol Consumption on Liver Injury and Repair, by Jack R. Wands;

(2) Alcohol-Induced Insulin Resistance in Liver: Potential Roles in Regulation of ADH Expression, Ethanol Clearance, and Alcoholic Liver Disease, by Thomas M. Badger;

(3) Chronic Gestational Exposure to Ethanol Causes Brain Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Resistance, by Suzanne M de la Monte;

(4) Disruption of IGF-1 Signaling in Muscle: A Mechanism Underlying Alcoholic Myopathy, by Charles H. Lang;

(5) The Role of Reduced Plasma Estradiol and Impaired Estrogen Signaling in Alcohol-Induced Bone Loss, by Martin J. Ronis; and

(6) Short-Term Influence of Alcohol on Appetite-Regulating Hormones in Man, by Jan Calissendorff.


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