NEWS & VIEWS:

Jeffrey E. Pessin

Editorial: A Road Yet To Be Traveled
Endocrinology 2003 144: 1-2, doi:10.1210/en.2002-0002 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ei Terasawa

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone II: Is this Neuropeptide Important for Mammalian Reproduction?
Endocrinology 2003 144: 3-4, doi:10.1210/en.2002-0010 [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Warren B. Nothnick

Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) Deficient Mice Display Reduced Serum Progesterone Levels during Corpus Luteum Development
Endocrinology 2003 144: 5-8, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220963 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jacqueline Canning, Yasushi Takai, and Jonathan L. Tilly

Evidence for Genetic Modifiers of Ovarian Follicular Endowment and Development from Studies of Five Inbred Mouse Strains
Endocrinology 2003 144: 9-12, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220988 [Abstract] [PDF]  

CANCER:

Tara C. Polek, LaMonica V. Stewart, Elizabeth J. Ryu, Michael B. Cohen, Elizabeth A. Allegretto, and Nancy L. Weigel

p53 Is Required for 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃-Induced G₀ Arrest But Is Not Required for G₁ Accumulation or Apoptosis of LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cells
Endocrinology 2003 144: 50-60, doi:10.1210/en.2001-210109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CRH-ACTH-POMC-ADRENAL:

L. A. Nolan and A. Levy

Temporally Sensitive Trophic Responsiveness of the Adrenalectomized Rat Anterior Pituitary to Dexamethasone Challenge: Relationship between Mitotic Activity and Apoptotic Sensitivity
Endocrinology 2003 144: 212-219, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. E. Scholzen, C. Sunderkötter, D.-H. Kalden, T. Brzoska, M. Fastrich, T. Fisbeck, C. A. Armstrong, J. C. Ansel, and T. A. Luger

-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Prevents Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Vasculitis by Down-Regulating Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression
Endocrinology 2003 144: 360-370, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220651 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY:

Fabiana Rosati, Giovanna Danza, Antonio Guarna, Nicoletta Cini, Milvia Luisa Racchi, and Mario Serio

New Evidence of Similarity between Human and Plant Steroid Metabolism: 5-Reductase Activity in Solanum malacoxylon
Endocrinology 2003 144: 220-229, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220649 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GRH-SOMATOSTATIN-GH:

V. Sibilia, G. Rindi, F. Pagani, D. Rapetti, V. Locatelli, A. Torsello, N. Campanini, R. Deghenghi, and C. Netti

Ghrelin Protects Against Ethanol-Induced Gastric Ulcers in Rats: Studies on the Mechanisms of Action
Endocrinology 2003 144: 353-359, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220756 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INSULIN-GLUCAGON-GI PEPTIDES-DIABETES MELLITUS:

Mary C. Sugden, Gemma K. Greenwood, Nicholas D. Smith, and Mark J. Holness

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- Activation during Pregnancy Attenuates Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Hypersecretion in Vivo by Increasing Insulin Sensitivity, without Impairing Pregnancy-Induced Increases in ß-Cell Glucose Sensing and Responsiveness
Endocrinology 2003 144: 146-153, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220811 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Brown, U. Yallampalli, A. Owlia, and P. Singh

pp60^c-Src Kinase Mediates Growth Effects of the Full-Length Precursor Progastrin_1–80 Peptide on Rat Intestinal Epithelial Cells, in Vitro
Endocrinology 2003 144: 201-211, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220501 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Niamh X. Cawley, Yazmin M. Rodriguez, Alex Maldonado, and Y. Peng Loh

Trafficking of Mutant Carboxypeptidase E to Secretory Granules in a ß-Cell Line Derived from Cpe^fat/Cpe^fat Mice
Endocrinology 2003 144: 292-298, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220588 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabel Maestre, Joaquín Jordán, Soledad Calvo, Juan Antonio Reig, Valentín Ceña, Bernat Soria, Marc Prentki, and Enrique Roche

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Is Involved in Apoptosis Induced by Serum Withdrawal and Fatty Acids in the ß-Cell Line Ins-1
Endocrinology 2003 144: 335-345, doi:10.1210/en.2001-211282 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Huafei Lu, Douglas Kraut, Louis C. Gerstenfeld, and Dana T. Graves

Diabetes Interferes with the Bone Formation by Affecting the Expression of Transcription Factors that Regulate Osteoblast Differentiation
Endocrinology 2003 144: 346-352, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTRACELLULAR SIGNAL SYSTEMS:

George J. Trachte

Natriuretic Peptides Suppress Protein Kinase C Activity to Reduce Evoked Dopamine Efflux from Pheochromocytoma (PC12) Cells
Endocrinology 2003 144: 94-100, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220494 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David W. Singleton, Yuxin Feng, Craig J. Burd, and Sohaib A. Khan

Nongenomic Activity and Subsequent c-fos Induction by Estrogen Receptor Ligands Are Not Sufficient to Promote Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis in Human Endometrial Adenocarcinoma Cells
Endocrinology 2003 144: 121-128, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220625 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuo Kajita, Tatsuo Ishizuka, Tomoatsu Mune, Atsushi Miura, Masayoshi Ishizawa, Yoshinori Kanoh, Yasunori Kawai, Yoshiyuki Natsume, and Keigo Yasuda

Dehydroepiandrosterone Down-Regulates the Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor in Adipocytes
Endocrinology 2003 144: 253-259, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY:

Jennifer L. Temple, Robert P. Millar, and Emilie F. Rissman

An Evolutionarily Conserved Form of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Coordinates Energy and Reproductive Behavior
Endocrinology 2003 144: 13-19, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220883 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. S. Fraley and S. Ritter

Immunolesion of Norepinephrine and Epinephrine Afferents to Medial Hypothalamus Alters Basal and 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose-Induced Neuropeptide Y and Agouti Gene-Related Protein Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in the Arcuate Nucleus
Endocrinology 2003 144: 75-83, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220659 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glenn C. Harris and Jon E. Levine

Pubertal Acceleration of Pulsatile Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Release in Male Rats as Revealed by Microdialysis
Endocrinology 2003 144: 163-171, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220767 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles N. Rudick and Catherine S. Woolley

Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators Regulate Phasic Activation of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cells by Estrogen
Endocrinology 2003 144: 179-187, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220581 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tami C. Steveson, Giuseppe D. Ciccotosto, Xin-Ming Ma, Gregory P. Mueller, Richard E. Mains, and Betty A. Eipper

Menkes Protein Contributes to the Function of Peptidylglycine -Amidating Monooxygenase
Endocrinology 2003 144: 188-200, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220716 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrienne B. Cashion, Matthew J. Smith, and Phyllis M. Wise

The Morphometry of Astrocytes in the Rostral Preoptic Area Exhibits a Diurnal Rhythm on Proestrus: Relationship to the Luteinizing Hormone Surge and Effects of Age
Endocrinology 2003 144: 274-280, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220711 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sumit Sarkar and Ronald M. Lechan

Central Administration of Neuropeptide Y Reduces -Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone-Induced Cyclic Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate Response Element Binding Protein (CREB) Phosphorylation in Pro-Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons and Increases CREB Phosphorylation in Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus
Endocrinology 2003 144: 281-291, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220675 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tandra R. Chakraborty, Laurie Ng, and Andrea C. Gore

Colocalization and Hormone Regulation of Estrogen Receptor and N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor in the Hypothalamus of Female Rats
Endocrinology 2003 144: 299-305, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220749 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy L. Mize, Robert A. Shapiro, and Daniel M. Dorsa

Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Neuroprotection from Oxidative Stress Requires Activation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway
Endocrinology 2003 144: 306-312, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220698 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Hauspie, E. Seuntjens, H. Vankelecom, and C. Denef

Stimulation of Combinatorial Expression of Prolactin and Glycoprotein Hormone -Subunit Genes by Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Estradiol-17ß in Single Rat Pituitary Cells during Aggregate Cell Culture
Endocrinology 2003 144: 388-399, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220606 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PTH-CALCITONIN-VITAMIN D-BONE:

Reinhold G. Erben, Katrin S. Brunner, Bianca Breig, Johannes Eberle, Michel Goldberg, and Lorenz C. Hofbauer

Skeletal Effects of Cyclosporin A Are Gender Related in Rats
Endocrinology 2003 144: 40-49, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220513 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RECEPTORS:

Mauro Maccarrone, Sandra Cecconi, Gianna Rossi, Natalia Battista, Riccardo Pauselli, and Alessandro Finazzi-Agrò

Anandamide Activity and Degradation Are Regulated by Early Postnatal Aging and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone in Mouse Sertoli Cells
Endocrinology 2003 144: 20-28, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220544 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole A. Grieshaber, CheMyong Ko, Scott S. Grieshaber, Inhae Ji, and Tae H. Ji

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone-Responsive Cytoskeletal Genes in Rat Granulosa Cells: Class I ß-Tubulin, Tropomyosin-4, and Kinesin Heavy Chain
Endocrinology 2003 144: 29-39, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220477 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y.-J. Jeng, S. L. Soloff, G. D. Anderson, and M. S. Soloff

Regulation of Oxytocin Receptor Expression in Cultured Human Myometrial Cells by Fetal Bovine Serum and Lysophospholipids
Endocrinology 2003 144: 61-68, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220636 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masoumeh Jalouli, Linda Carlsson, Caroline Améen, Daniel Lindén, Anna Ljungberg, Liliane Michalik, Staffan Edén, Walter Wahli, and Jan Oscarsson

Sex Difference in Hepatic Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Expression: Influence of Pituitary and Gonadal Hormones
Endocrinology 2003 144: 101-109, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220630 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca L. Schubert, Prema Narayan, and David Puett

Specificity of Cognate Ligand-Receptor Interactions: Fusion Proteins of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and the Heptahelical Receptors for Human Luteinizing Hormone, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
Endocrinology 2003 144: 129-137, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220829 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sonoko Ogawa, Johnny Chan, Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Kenneth S. Korach, and Donald W. Pfaff

Estrogen Increases Locomotor Activity in Mice through Estrogen Receptor : Specificity for the Type of Activity
Endocrinology 2003 144: 230-239, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220519 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah E. Abbey and Lincoln R. Potter

Lysophosphatidic Acid Inhibits C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Activation of Guanylyl Cyclase-B
Endocrinology 2003 144: 240-246, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220702 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REPRODUCTION-DEVELOPMENT:

Yasushi Takai, Jacqueline Canning, Gloria I. Perez, James K. Pru, Jennifer J. Schlezinger, David H. Sherr, Richard N. Kolesnick, Junying Yuan, Richard A. Flavell, Stanley J. Korsmeyer, and Jonathan L. Tilly

Bax, Caspase-2, and Caspase-3 Are Required for Ovarian Follicle Loss Caused by 4-Vinylcyclohexene Diepoxide Exposure of Female Mice in Vivo
Endocrinology 2003 144: 69-74, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220814 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benson T. Akingbemi, Renshan Ge, Cheryl S. Rosenfeld, Leslie G. Newton, Dianne O. Hardy, James F. Catterall, Dennis B. Lubahn, Kenneth S. Korach, and Matthew P. Hardy

Estrogen Receptor- Gene Deficiency Enhances Androgen Biosynthesis in the Mouse Leydig Cell
Endocrinology 2003 144: 84-93, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220292 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen D. Carpenter, C. Allison Gray, Sekoni Noel, Arieh Gertler, Fuller W. Bazer, and Thomas E. Spencer

Prolactin Regulation of Neonatal Ovine Uterine Gland Morphogenesis
Endocrinology 2003 144: 110-120, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220627 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul J. Baker, Pirjo Pakarinen, Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi, Margaret H. Abel, Harry M. Charlton, T. Rajendra Kumar, and Peter J. O’Shaughnessy

Failure of Normal Leydig Cell Development in Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Receptor-Deficient Mice, But Not FSHß-Deficient Mice: Role for Constitutive FSH Receptor Activity
Endocrinology 2003 144: 138-145, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220637 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher R. Harlow, Mick Rae, Lindsay Davidson, Philip C. Trackman, and Stephen G. Hillier

Lysyl Oxidase Gene Expression and Enzyme Activity in the Rat Ovary: Regulation by Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, Androgen, and Transforming Growth Factor-ß Superfamily Members in Vitro
Endocrinology 2003 144: 154-162, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220652 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jae-Sook Roh, Jonas Bondestam, Sabine Mazerbourg, Noora Kaivo-Oja, Nigel Groome, Olli Ritvos, and Aaron J. W. Hsueh

Growth Differentiation Factor-9 Stimulates Inhibin Production and Activates Smad2 in Cultured Rat Granulosa Cells
Endocrinology 2003 144: 172-178, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220618 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yohei Okada, Yasuhisa Fujii, Joseph P. Moore, Jr., and Stephen J. Winters

Androgen Receptors in Gonadotrophs in Pituitary Cultures from Adult Male Monkeys and Rats
Endocrinology 2003 144: 267-273, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220770 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dustin O. Wiemers, Long-jiang Shao, Rupasri Ain, Guoli Dai, and Michael J. Soares

The Mouse Prolactin Gene Family Locus
Endocrinology 2003 144: 313-325, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220724 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie M. Hastings, Diana R. Licence, Graham J. Burton, D. Stephen Charnock-Jones, and Stephen K. Smith

Soluble Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 1 Inhibits Edema and Epithelial Proliferation Induced by 17ß-Estradiol in the Mouse Uterus
Endocrinology 2003 144: 326-334, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220641 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle K. Y. Siu, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng

The Interplay of Collagen IV, Tumor Necrosis Factor-, Gelatinase B (Matrix Metalloprotease-9), and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteases-1 in the Basal Lamina Regulates Sertoli Cell-Tight Junction Dynamics in the Rat Testis
Endocrinology 2003 144: 371-387, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220786 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRH-TSH-THYROID:

J. Van Sande, C. Massart, R. Beauwens, A. Schoutens, S. Costagliola, J. E. Dumont, and J. Wolff

Anion Selectivity by the Sodium Iodide Symporter
Endocrinology 2003 144: 247-252, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220744 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prakash V. Rao, Philip F. Watson, Anthony P. Weetman, George Carayanniotis, and J. Paul Banga

Contrasting Activities of Thyrotropin Receptor Antibodies in Experimental Models of Graves’ Disease Induced by Injection of Transfected Fibroblasts or Deoxyribonucleic Acid Vaccination
Endocrinology 2003 144: 260-266, doi:10.1210/en.2002-220688 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

ATTENTION AUTHORS:
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NEUROPEPTIDES 2003, Joint Meeting of the 13th Annual Meetings of the American Summer Neuropeptide Conference & the European Neuropeptide Club (ENC), June 8–12, 2003, Montauk, NY, USA
Endocrinology 2003 144: 145 [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
Endocrinology 2003 144: 400-402 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Hormone & Peptide Program - NIDDK: Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides & Other Hormones, Antisera, Reagents, & Hormone Assay Services Available
Endocrinology 2003 144: 403-405 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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