Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introductory Remarks -- Biological Effects of Dehydroepiandrosterone: A Review / Gursoy, Erdal / Hu, Yan / Cardounel, Arturo / Regelson, William / Kalimi, Mohammed -- Possible "Anti-Aging" Effects of Caloric Restrictions as Indicated by Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Levels / Roth, George S. / Ingram, Donald K. / Lane, Mark A. -- DHEA Cytokine Dysregulation in Aging and AIDS / Araghi-Niknam, Mohsen / Jiang, Shugang / Watson, Ronald R. -- Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its Role in the Aging Immune System / Khorram, Omid -- Restoration of Immunocompetence in Aging and Other Inflammatory Disease States by Dehydroepiandrosterone-3ß-Sulfate, an Activator of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha (PPARα) / Poynter, Matthew E. / Daynes, Raymond A. -- The Antiobesity Effect of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA): Clinical Studies in the Canine Model / Kurzman, Ilene D. / MacEwen, E. Gregory -- DHEA(S) and Obesity: Potential Antiadipogenic Mechanisms of Action / McIntosh, Michael K. -- The Antiobesity Effect of Dehydroepiandrosterone Treatment / Cleary, Margot P. -- Dehydroepiandrosterone and Obesity / Svec, Frank / Porter, Johnny -- DHEA, Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease / Tchernof, André / Labrie, Fernand / Després, Jean-Pierre -- Role of Dehydroepiandrosterone in Experimental and Human Carcinogenesis / Feo, Francesco / Pascale, Rosa M. / Simile, Maria M. / Miglio, Maria R. De -- Hepatocarcinogenesis by Dehydroepiandosterone. I. Induction of Neoplasms and Sequential Cellular Changes During Neoplastic Development / Bannasch, Peter / Metzger, Christel / Mayer, Doris -- Hepatocarcinogenesis by Dehydroepiandrosterone. II. Biochemical and Molecular Changes During Neoplastic Development / Mayer, Doris / Metzger, Christel / Bannasch, Peter -- Constraints on the DHEAS-lnduced Enhancement of Hippocampal Function: Non-Linear Dose-Response Functions and DHEAS-Stress Interactions / Diamond, David M. / Fleshner, Monika -- Neuropsychiatric Effects of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) / Wolkowitz, Owen M. / Reus, Victor I. -- DHEA, The Precursor of Androgens and Estrogens in Peripheral Tissues in the Human: Intracrinology / Labrie, Fernand / Bélanger, Alain / Luu-The, Van / Labrie, Claude / Simard, Jacques / Lin, Sheng-Xiang -- Studies on the Metabolism of DHEA in Rats and Mice / Hobe, Gerhard / Hillesheim, Hans-Georg / Schön, Renate / Undisz, Katrin / Valentin, Ulrike / Reddersen, Gudrun / Ritter, Petra / Bannasch, Peter / Mayer, Doris -- Androgens and Liver Function / Bradlow, H. Leon / Zumoff, Barnett -- DHEA and Mitochondrial Respiration / Berdanier, Carolyn D. / Flatt, William P. -- Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate (DHEAS) Increases Osteoblastic Activities In Vitro / Chiu, Kit Mui / Keller, Evan / Shug, Austin / Gravenstein, Stefan -- Dehydroepiandrosterone-Dexamethasone Interactions on Nb2 Lymphoma Cell Proliferation / Shafagoj, Yanal / Witorsch, Raphael / Sholley, Milton / Regelson, William / Kalimi, Mohammed -- Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and Its Relation to the Pathology of "Stress" Reactions / Regelson, William / Kalimi, Mohammed -- Author Index -- Subject Index