NEWS & VIEWS:

Josef Köhrle

Guard Your Master: Thyroid Hormone Receptors Protect Their Gland of Origin from Thyroid Cancer
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4427-4429, doi:10.1210/en.2004-0928 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew P. Hardy and Peter N. Schlegel

Testosterone Production in the Aging Male: Where Does the Slowdown Occur?
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4439-4440, doi:10.1210/en.2004-0888 [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Thomas D. Krewson, Pamela J. Supelak, Annie E. Hill, Jonathan B. Singer, Eric S. Lander, Joseph H. Nadeau, and Mark R. Palmert

Chromosomes 6 and 13 Harbor Genes that Regulate Pubertal Timing in Mouse Chromosome Substitution Strains
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4447-4451; first published July 29 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0543 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

CANCER:

Gianluca Tell, Alex Pines, Franco Arturi, Laura Cesaratto, Eileen Adamson, Cinzia Puppin, Ivan Presta, Diego Russo, Sebastiano Filetti, and Giuseppe Damante

Control of Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog (PTEN) Gene Expression in Normal and Neoplastic Thyroid Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4660-4666; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0282 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

CRH-ACTH-POMC-ADRENAL:

Soon Lee, Daniel Selvage, Keith Hansen, and Catherine Rivier

Site of Action of Acute Alcohol Administration in Stimulating the Rat Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis: Comparison between the Effect of Systemic and Intracerebroventricular Injection of this Drug on Pituitary and Hypothalamic Responses
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4470-4479; first published June 17 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

David X. Zhang, Kathryn M. Gauthier, and William B. Campbell

Acetylcholine-Induced Relaxation and Hyperpolarization in Small Bovine Adrenal Cortical Arteries: Role of Cytochrome P450 Metabolites
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4532-4539; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Anthony P. Coll, Benjamin G. Challis, Giles S. H. Yeo, Katherine Snell, Sarah J. Piper, David Halsall, Rosemary R. Thresher, and Stephen O’Rahilly

The Effects of Proopiomelanocortin Deficiency on Murine Adrenal Development and Responsiveness to Adrenocorticotropin
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4721-4727; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0491 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

ENERGY BALANCE/OBESITY:

Richard W. Gelling, Joost Overduin, Christopher D. Morrison, Gregory J. Morton, R. Scott Frayo, David E. Cummings, and Michael W. Schwartz

Effect of Uncontrolled Diabetes on Plasma Ghrelin Concentrations and Ghrelin-Induced Feeding
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4575-4582; first published July 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0605 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Mads Tang-Christensen, Niels Vrang, Sylvia Ortmann, Martin Bidlingmaier, Tamas L. Horvath, and Matthias Tschöp

Central Administration of Ghrelin and Agouti-Related Protein (83–132) Increases Food Intake and Decreases Spontaneous Locomotor Activity in Rats
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4645-4652; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0529 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY:

Haolin Chen, June Liu, Lindi Luo, and Barry R. Zirkin

Dibutyryl Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Restores the Ability of Aged Leydig Cells to Produce Testosterone at the High Levels Characteristic of Young Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4441-4446; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0639 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Yasuhiro Shibata, Bunzo Kashiwagi, Seiji Arai, Yoshitatsu Fukabori, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Seijiro Honma, and Hidetoshi Yamanaka

Direct Regulation of Prostate Blood Flow by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Participation in the Androgenic Regulation of Prostate Blood Flow in Vivo
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4507-4512; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0288 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Antonino Grassadonia, Nicola Tinari, Bruno Fiorentino, Koichi Suzuki, Minoru Nakazato, Michele De Tursi, Cesidio Giuliani, Giorgio Napolitano, Dinah S. Singer, Stefano Iacobelli, and Leonard D. Kohn

The 90K Protein Increases Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Expression and Is Regulated by Hormones, -Interferon, and Double-Strand Polynucleotides
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4728-4736; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0506 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Patricia A. Pennisi, John J. Kopchick, Snorri Thorgeirsson, Derek LeRoith, and Shoshana Yakar

Role of Growth Hormone (GH) in Liver Regeneration
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4748-4755; first published July 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0655 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Xiao-Hong Li, Bharati Kakkad, and David E. Ong

Estrogen Directly Induces Expression of Retinoic Acid Biosynthetic Enzymes, Compartmentalized between the Epithelium and Underlying Stromal Cells in Rat Uterus
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4756-4762; first published June 17 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0514 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Choon Kiat Ong, Chuan Young Ng, Caine Leong, Chee Pang Ng, Chye Sun Ong, Thi Thanh Tuyen Nguyen, and Hung Huynh

Structural Characterization of Three Novel Rat OKL38 Transcripts, Their Tissue Distributions, and Their Regulation by Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4763-4774; first published June 24 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0446 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

GENETICS/GENOMICS:

Antonella Maffei, Zhuoru Liu, Piotr Witkowski, Federica Moschella, Giovanna Del Pozzo, Eric Liu, Kevan Herold, Robert J. Winchester, Mark A. Hardy, and Paul E. Harris

Identification of Tissue-Restricted Transcripts in Human Islets
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4513-4521; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0691 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

GROWTH FACTORS-CYTOKINES-ONCOGENES:

Klemen Strle, Suzanne R. Broussard, Robert H. McCusker, Wen-Hong Shen, Rodney W. Johnson, Gregory G. Freund, Robert Dantzer, and Keith W. Kelley

Proinflammatory Cytokine Impairment of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I-Induced Protein Synthesis in Skeletal Muscle Myoblasts Requires Ceramide
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4592-4602; first published July 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1749 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

INSULIN-GLUCAGON-GI PEPTIDES-DIABETES MELLITUS:

Aniko Varadi and Guy A. Rutter

Ca²⁺-Induced Ca²⁺ Release in Pancreatic Islet ß-Cells: Critical Evaluation of the Use of Endoplasmic Reticulum-Targeted "Cameleons"
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4540-4549; first published June 24 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Hong Zhou, Wendy K. W. Ko, Walter K. K. Ho, Stanko S. Stojilkovic, and Anderson O. L. Wong

Novel Aspects of Growth Hormone (GH) Autoregulation: GH-Induced GH Gene Expression in Grass Carp Pituitary Cells through Autocrine/Paracrine Mechanisms
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4615-4628; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0163 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Lisa Héron-Milhavet, Martin Haluzik, Shoshana Yakar, Oksana Gavrilova, Stephanie Pack, William C. Jou, Azeddine Ibrahimi, Hyunsook Kim, Desmond Hunt, Daphne Yau, Zeenat Asghar, Jamie Joseph, Michael B. Wheeler, Nada A. Abumrad, and Derek LeRoith

Muscle-Specific Overexpression of CD36 Reverses the Insulin Resistance and Diabetes of MKR Mice
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4667-4676; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1543 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

INTRACELLULAR SIGNAL SYSTEMS:

Toshihiko Ezashi and R. Michael Roberts

Regulation of Interferon- (IFN-) Gene Promoters by Growth Factors that Target the Ets-2 Composite Enhancer: A Possible Model for Maternal Control of IFN- Production by the Conceptus during Early Pregnancy
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4452-4460; first published June 24 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0606 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Reid Aikin, Dusica Maysinger, and Lawrence Rosenberg

Cross-Talk between Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/AKT and c-Jun NH₂-Terminal Kinase Mediates Survival of Isolated Human Islets
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4522-4531; first published July 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0488 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Yun Xia and Teresa L. Krukoff

Estrogen Induces Nitric Oxide Production via Activation of Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthases in Human Neuroblastoma Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4550-4557; first published July 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Michael Schaefer, Harald Mischak, Susanne Schnell, Anne Griese, Roman Iakubov, Gabriele Riepenhausen, and Christof Schöfl

Mechanisms of Arginine-Vasopressin-Induced Ca²⁺ Oscillations in ß-Cells (HIT-T15): A Role for Oscillating Protein Kinase C
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4635-4644; first published July 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY:

Kosuke Haneda and Yoshitaka Oka

Selective Modulation of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in the Terminal Nerve Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons of a Teleost, the Dwarf Gourami (Colisa lalia)
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4489-4499; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0353 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Andrea E. Kudwa, Jan-Åke Gustafsson, and Emilie F. Rissman

Estrogen Receptor ß Modulates Estradiol Induction of Progestin Receptor Immunoreactivity in Male, But Not in Female, Mouse Medial Preoptic Area
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4500-4506; first published June 17 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1708 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Gregory A. Dissen, Robert K. Dearth, H. Morgan Scott, Sergio R. Ojeda, and W. Les Dees

Alcohol Alters Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in Immature Female Rhesus Monkeys by a Hypothalamic Action
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4558-4564; first published June 24 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0517 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Andrea C. Gore, Bret M. Windsor-Engnell, and Ei Terasawa

Menopausal Increases in Pulsatile Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Release in a Nonhuman Primate (Macaca mulatta)
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4653-4659; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0379 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

C. Caruso, M. C. Bottino, M. Pampillo, D. Pisera, G. Jaita, B. Duvilanski, A. Seilicovich, and M. Lasaga

Glutamate Induces Apoptosis in Anterior Pituitary Cells through Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activation
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4677-4684; first published June 18 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0550 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Laurent Givalois, Sandor Arancibia, Gérard Alonso, and Lucia Tapia-Arancibia

Expression of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Its Receptors in the Median Eminence Cells with Sensitivity to Stress
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4737-4747; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0616 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Steven R. King, Stephen D. Ginsberg, Tomohiro Ishii, Roy G. Smith, Keith L. Parker, and Dolores J. Lamb

The Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein Is Expressed in Steroidogenic Cells of the Day-Old Brain
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4775-4780; first published June 17 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1740 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

PTH-CALCITONIN-VITAMIN D-BONE:

Yoshio Ohyama, Akira Nifuji, Yukiko Maeda, Teruo Amagasa, and Masaki Noda

Spaciotemporal Association and Bone Morphogenetic Protein Regulation of Sclerostin and Osterix Expression during Embryonic Osteogenesis
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4685-4692; first published June 24 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1492 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

RECEPTORS:

Katharina Ronacher, Nosisa Matsiliza, Nonhlanhla Nkwanyana, Adam J. Pawson, Tasneem Adam, Colleen A. Flanagan, Robert P. Millar, and Arieh A. Katz

Serine Residues 338 and 339 in the Carboxyl-Terminal Tail of the Type II Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Are Critical for ß-Arrestin-Independent Internalization
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4480-4488; first published June 17 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Aparna A. Kamat, Shu Feng, Natalia V. Bogatcheva, Anne Truong, Colin E. Bishop, and Alexander I. Agoulnik

Genetic Targeting of Relaxin and Insulin-Like Factor 3 Receptors in Mice
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4712-4720; first published July 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0515 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

REPRODUCTION-DEVELOPMENT:

Gunapala Shetty, Connie C. Y. Weng, Olga U. Bolden-Tiller, Ilpo Huhtaniemi, David J. Handelsman, and Marvin L. Meistrich

Effects of Medroxyprogesterone and Estradiol on the Recovery of Spermatogenesis in Irradiated Rats
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4461-4469; first published June 17 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0440 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

V. M. Navarro, J. M. Castellano, R. Fernández-Fernández, M. L. Barreiro, J. Roa, J. E. Sanchez-Criado, E. Aguilar, C. Dieguez, L. Pinilla, and M. Tena-Sempere

Developmental and Hormonally Regulated Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression of KiSS-1 and Its Putative Receptor, GPR54, in Rat Hypothalamus and Potent Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Activity of KiSS-1 Peptide
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4565-4574; first published July 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Laëtitia Pavan, Axelle Hermouet, Vassilis Tsatsaris, Patrice Thérond, Tatsuya Sawamura, Danièle Evain-Brion, and Thierry Fournier

Lipids from Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Modulate Human Trophoblast Invasion: Involvement of Nuclear Liver X Receptors
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4583-4591; first published July 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1747 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Masayuki Shimada, Masahide Nishibori, Yasuhisa Yamashita, Junya Ito, Takahide Mori, and JoAnne S. Richards

Down-Regulated Expression of A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin-Like Repeats-1 by Progesterone Receptor Antagonist Is Associated with Impaired Expansion of Porcine Cumulus-Oocyte Complexes
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4603-4614; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0542 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

N. Martinelle, M. Holst, O. Söder, and K. Svechnikov

Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases Are Involved in the Acute Activation of Steroidogenesis in Immature Rat Leydig Cells by Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4629-4634; first published July 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0496 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

John F. Couse, Mariana M. Yates, Ryan Sanford, Abraham Nyska, John H. Nilson, and Kenneth S. Korach

Formation of Cystic Ovarian Follicles Associated with Elevated Luteinizing Hormone Requires Estrogen Receptor-ß
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4693-4702; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0548 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

Gabrielle C. Douglas, Moira K. O’Bryan, Mark P. Hedger, David K. L. Lee, Michael A. Yarski, A. Ian Smith, and Rebecca A. Lew

The Novel Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Homolog, ACE2, Is Selectively Expressed by Adult Leydig Cells of the Testis
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4703-4711; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0443 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

TRH-TSH-THYROID:

Yasuhito Kato, Hao Ying, Mark C. Willingham, and Sheue-Yann Cheng

A Tumor Suppressor Role for Thyroid Hormone ß Receptor in a Mouse Model of Thyroid Carcinogenesis
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4430-4438; first published July 1 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2004-0612 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FREE Author Manuscript (PDF)]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

14th ECO 2005
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4440 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henri-Pierre Klotz

JOURNÉES INTERNATIONALES D’ENDOCRINOLOGIE CLINIQUE
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4512 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Osteoporosis Foundation
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4692 [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4782-4785 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Hormone & Peptide Program (NHPP): New Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides, Natural Hormones, New Antisera, & Expanded Hormone Assay Services Available
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4786-4788 [Full Text] [PDF]  

THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY:

The Endocrine Society and Pfizer, Inc. International Award for Excellence in Published Clinical Research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4781 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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