NEWS & VIEWS:

Gilbert Vassart and Sabine Costagliola

A Physiological Role for the Posttranslational Cleavage of the Thyrotropin Receptor?
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1-3, doi:10.1210/en.2003-1225 [Full Text]  

Lance J. Kriegsfeld and Rae Silver

The Skinny on Body Weight Regulation: The Role of Retinoid Signaling in Photoperiod-Mediated Weight Loss
Endocrinology 2004 145: 11-12, doi:10.1210/en.2003-1346 [Full Text]  

Elizabeth A. Woodcock

Unc-II and Unc-III Are Cardioprotective against Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: An Essential Endogenous Cardioprotective Role for CRFR2 in the Murine Heart
Endocrinology 2004 145: 21-23, doi:10.1210/en.2003-1206 [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Etsuko Yamamori, Yasumasa Iwasaki, Yutaka Oki, Masanori Yoshida, Masato Asai, Machiko Kambayashii, Yutaka Oiso, and Nobuo Nakashima

Possible Involvement of Ryanodine Receptor-Mediated Intracellular Calcium Release in the Effect of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor on Adrenocorticotropin Secretion
Endocrinology 2004 145: 36-38; first published October 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1222 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Koichi Asaba, Yasumasa Iwasaki, Masanori Yoshida, Masato Asai, Yutaka Oiso, Toyoaki Murohara, and Kozo Hashimoto

Attenuation by Reactive Oxygen Species of Glucocorticoid Suppression on Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression in Pituitary Corticotroph Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 39-42; first published October 23 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0375 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Duraisamy Kempuraj, Nikoletta G. Papadopoulou, Michael Lytinas, Man Huang, Kristiana Kandere-Grzybowska, Bhuvaneshwari Madhappan, William Boucher, Spyridon Christodoulou, Achilles Athanassiou, and Theoharis C. Theoharides

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and Its Structurally Related Urocortin Are Synthesized and Secreted by Human Mast Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 43-48; first published October 23 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0805 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CANCER:

Seiji Mabuchi, Masahide Ohmichi, Akiko Kimura, Yukihiro Nishio, Emi Arimoto-Ishida, Namiko Yada-Hashimoto, Keiichi Tasaka, and Yuji Murata

Estrogen Inhibits Paclitaxel-Induced Apoptosis via the Phosphorylation of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 in Human Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines
Endocrinology 2004 145: 49-58; first published September 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0792 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CRH-ACTH-POMC-ADRENAL:

Bhawanjit K. Brar, Anne K. Jonassen, Elena M. Egorina, Alon Chen, Alejandra Negro, Marilyn H. Perrin, Ole D. Mjøs, David S. Latchman, Kuo-Fen Lee, and Wylie Vale

Urocortin-II and Urocortin-III Are Cardioprotective against Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: An Essential Endogenous Cardioprotective Role for Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptor Type 2 in the Murine Heart
Endocrinology 2004 145: 24-35; first published September 11 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0689 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hershel Raff, Julie J. Lee, Eric P. Widmaier, Martin K. Oaks, and William C. Engeland

Basal and Adrenocorticotropin-Stimulated Corticosterone in the Neonatal Rat Exposed to Hypoxia from Birth: Modulation by Chemical Sympathectomy
Endocrinology 2004 145: 79-86; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1130 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ENERGY BALANCE/OBESITY:

Alexander W. Ross, Catriona A. Webster, Julian G. Mercer, Kim M. Moar, Francis J. Ebling, Sandrine Schuhler, Perry Barrett, and Peter J. Morgan

Photoperiodic Regulation of Hypothalamic Retinoid Signaling: Association of Retinoid X Receptor with Body Weight
Endocrinology 2004 145: 13-20; first published September 4 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0838 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lisa A. Cassis, Victoria L. English, Kalyani Bharadwaj, and Carine M. Boustany

Differential Effects of Local Versus Systemic Angiotensin II in the Regulation of Leptin Release from Adipocytes
Endocrinology 2004 145: 169-174; first published September 25 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0767 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kanji A. Takahashi, James L. Smart, Hongyan Liu, and Roger D. Cone

The Anorexigenic Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitor, C75, Is a Nonspecific Neuronal Activator
Endocrinology 2004 145: 184-193; first published September 25 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0337 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nichola M. Thompson, Dave A. S. Gill, Rhos Davies, Nigel Loveridge, Pamela A. Houston, Iain C. A. F. Robinson, and Timothy Wells

Ghrelin and Des-Octanoyl Ghrelin Promote Adipogenesis Directly in Vivo by a Mechanism Independent of the Type 1a Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor
Endocrinology 2004 145: 234-242; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0899 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diana C. Albarado, Jennifer McClaine, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Randall L. Mynatt, Jianping Ye, Anthony W. Bannon, William G. Richards, and Andrew A. Butler

Impaired Coordination of Nutrient Intake and Substrate Oxidation in Melanocortin-4 Receptor Knockout Mice
Endocrinology 2004 145: 243-252; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0452 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paula D. Raposinho, Thierry Pedrazzini, Richard B. White, Richard D. Palmiter, and Michel L. Aubert

Chronic Neuropeptide Y Infusion into the Lateral Ventricle Induces Sustained Feeding and Obesity in Mice Lacking Either Npy1r or Npy5r Expression
Endocrinology 2004 145: 304-310; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0914 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Terry P. Combs, Utpal B. Pajvani, Anders H. Berg, Ying Lin, Linda A. Jelicks, Mathieu Laplante, Andrea R. Nawrocki, Michael W. Rajala, Albert. F. Parlow, Laurelle Cheeseboro, Yang-Yang Ding, Robert G. Russell, Dirk Lindemann, Adam Hartley, Glynn R. C. Baker, Silvana Obici, Yves Deshaies, Marian Ludgate, Luciano Rossetti, and Philipp E. Scherer

A Transgenic Mouse with a Deletion in the Collagenous Domain of Adiponectin Displays Elevated Circulating Adiponectin and Improved Insulin Sensitivity
Endocrinology 2004 145: 367-383; first published October 23 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental movies]  

Denise D. Belsham, Fang Cai, Hong Cui, Simon R. Smukler, Anne Marie F. Salapatek, and Lulzim Shkreta

Generation of a Phenotypic Array of Hypothalamic Neuronal Cell Models to Study Complex Neuroendocrine Disorders
Endocrinology 2004 145: 393-400; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0946 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY:

P. J. Ansell, C. Espinosa-Nicholas, E. M. Curran, B. M. Judy, B. J. Philips, M. Hannink, and D. B. Lubahn

In Vitro and in Vivo Regulation of Antioxidant Response Element-Dependent Gene Expression by Estrogens
Endocrinology 2004 145: 311-317; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0817 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Gat-Yablonski, T. Ben-Ari, B. Shtaif, O. Potievsky, O. Moran, R. Eshet, G. Maor, Y. Segev, and M. Phillip

Leptin Reverses the Inhibitory Effect of Caloric Restriction on Longitudinal Growth
Endocrinology 2004 145: 343-350; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0910 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GRH-SOMATOSTATIN-GH:

Frank Weekers, Marina Michalaki, Willy Coopmans, Eric Van Herck, Johannes D. Veldhuis, Veerle M. Darras, and Greet Van den Berghe

Endocrine and Metabolic Effects of Growth Hormone (GH) Compared with GH-Releasing Peptide, Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone, and Insulin Infusion in a Rabbit Model of Prolonged Critical Illness
Endocrinology 2004 145: 205-213; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1005 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GROWTH FACTORS-CYTOKINES-ONCOGENES:

Anastasia Kariagina, Dmitry Romanenko, Song-Guang Ren, and Vera Chesnokova

Hypothalamic-Pituitary Cytokine Network
Endocrinology 2004 145: 104-112; first published September 25 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0669 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. Y. Yang, T. Verhovshek, and D. R. Sengelaub

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Androgen Interact in the Maintenance of Dendritic Morphology in a Sexually Dimorphic Rat Spinal Nucleus
Endocrinology 2004 145: 161-168; first published September 25 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0853 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Li-Juan Min, Tai-Xing Cui, Yoko Yahata, Kenshi Yamasaki, Tetsuya Shiuchi, Hong-Wei Liu, Rui Chen, Jian-Mei Li, Midori Okumura, Toyohisa Jinno, Lan Wu, Masaru Iwai, Clara Nahmias, Koji Hashimoto, and Masatsugu Horiuchi

Regulation of Collagen Synthesis in Mouse Skin Fibroblasts by Distinct Angiotensin II Receptor Subtypes
Endocrinology 2004 145: 253-260; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0673 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

INSULIN-GLUCAGON-GI PEPTIDES-DIABETES MELLITUS:

Ana C. P. Thirone, José B. C. Carvalheira, Aparecida E. Hirata, Lício A. Velloso, and Mario J. A. Saad

Regulation of Cbl-Associated Protein/Cbl Pathway in Muscle and Adipose Tissues of Two Animal Models of Insulin Resistance
Endocrinology 2004 145: 281-293; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0575 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hongbing He, Rongkun Liu, Tesfahun Desta, Cataldo Leone, Louis C. Gerstenfeld, and Dana T. Graves

Diabetes Causes Decreased Osteoclastogenesis, Reduced Bone Formation, and Enhanced Apoptosis of Osteoblastic Cells in Bacteria Stimulated Bone Loss
Endocrinology 2004 145: 447-452; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1239 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

INTRACELLULAR SIGNAL SYSTEMS:

Hideo Yoshizato, Minoru Tanaka, Naoya Nakai, Nobuhiro Nakao, and Kunio Nakashima

Growth Hormone (GH)-Stimulated Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Gene Expression Is Mediated by a Tyrosine Phosphorylation Pathway Depending on C-Terminal Region of Human GH Receptor in Human GH Receptor-Expressing Ba/F3 Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 214-220; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0811 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ekaterina Chernogubova, Barbara Cannon, and Tore Bengtsson

Norepinephrine Increases Glucose Transport in Brown Adipocytes via ß₃-Adrenoceptors through a cAMP, PKA, and PI3-Kinase-Dependent Pathway Stimulating Conventional and Novel PKCs
Endocrinology 2004 145: 269-280; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0857 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esteban Hoijman, Luciana Rocha Viegas, María Inés Keller Sarmiento, Ruth E. Rosenstein, and Adali Pecci

Involvement of Bax Protein in the Prevention of Glucocorticoid-Induced Thymocytes Apoptosis by Melatonin
Endocrinology 2004 145: 418-425; first published September 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0764 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY:

Francisca Gomez, Sotara Manalo, and Mary F. Dallman

Androgen-Sensitive Changes in Regulation of Restraint-Induced Adrenocorticotropin Secretion between Early and Late Puberty in Male Rats
Endocrinology 2004 145: 59-70; first published October 16 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0565 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Laura L. Burger, Daniel J. Haisenleder, Kevin W. Aylor, Alan C. Dalkin, Kathleen A Prendergast, and John C. Marshall

Regulation of Luteinizing Hormone-ß and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH)-ß Gene Transcription by Androgens: Testosterone Directly Stimulates FSH-ß Transcription Independent from Its Role on Follistatin Gene Expression
Endocrinology 2004 145: 71-78; first published September 25 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1047 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carol Lee Koski, Sorana Hila, and Gloria E. Hoffman

Regulation of Cytokine-Induced Neuron Death by Ovarian Hormones: Involvement of Antiapoptotic Protein Expression and c-JUN N-Terminal Kinase-Mediated Proapoptotic Signaling
Endocrinology 2004 145: 95-103; first published September 25 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0803 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kellie M. Breen, Heather J. Billings, Nathalie Debus, and Fred J. Karsch

Endotoxin Inhibits the Surge Secretion of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone via a Prostaglandin-Independent Pathway
Endocrinology 2004 145: 221-227; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1102 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masanori Yoshida, Yasumasa Iwasaki, Masato Asai, Takeshi Nigawara, and Yutaka Oiso

Gene Therapy for Central Diabetes Insipidus: Effective Antidiuresis by Muscle-Targeted Gene Transfer
Endocrinology 2004 145: 261-268; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0366 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jill D. Jacobson and Mansoor A. Ansari

Immunomodulatory Actions of Gonadal Steroids May Be Mediated by Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Endocrinology 2004 145: 330-336; first published September 4 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0510 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mansoor A. Ansari, Minati Dhar, Sreelatha Spieker, Noshaba Bakht, Ayaz M. Rahman, Wayne V. Moore, and Jill D. Jacobson

Modulation of Diabetes with Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Antagonists in the Nonobese Mouse Model of Autoimmune Diabetes
Endocrinology 2004 145: 337-342; first published September 4 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0512 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arshad M. Khan and Alan G. Watts

Intravenous 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Injection Rapidly Elevates Levels of the Phosphorylated Forms of p44/42 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (Extracellularly Regulated Kinases 1/2) in Rat Hypothalamic Parvicellular Paraventricular Neurons
Endocrinology 2004 145: 351-359; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0539 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aline M. Davis, Marianne L. Seney, Heather J. Walker, and Stuart A. Tobet

Differential Colocalization of Islet-1 and Estrogen Receptor in the Murine Preoptic Area and Hypothalamus during Development
Endocrinology 2004 145: 360-366; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0996 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

PTH-CALCITONIN-VITAMIN D-BONE:

Orlando Morales, Magnus K. R. Samuelsson, Urban Lindgren, and Lars-Arne Haldosén

Effects of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃ and Growth Hormone on Apoptosis and Proliferation in UMR 106 Osteoblast-Like Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 87-94; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0718 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joel J. Bergh, Yihuan Xu, and Mary C. Farach-Carson

Osteoprotegerin Expression and Secretion Are Regulated by Calcium Influx through the L-Type Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channel
Endocrinology 2004 145: 426-436; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0319 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

RECEPTORS:

JianFeng Zhang, Nan Gao, Susan Kasper, Kimberly Reid, Colleen Nelson, and Robert J. Matusik

An Androgen-Dependent Upstream Enhancer Is Essential for High Levels of Probasin Gene Expression
Endocrinology 2004 145: 134-148; first published September 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0568 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Timothy L. Ramsey, Kelly E. Risinger, Sarah C. Jernigan, Kathleen A. Mattingly, and Carolyn M. Klinge

Estrogen Receptor ß Isoforms Exhibit Differences in Ligand-Activated Transcriptional Activity in an Estrogen Response Element Sequence-Dependent Manner
Endocrinology 2004 145: 149-160; first published September 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1043 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lauren E. C. Miles, Aylin C. Hanyaloglu, Jasmin R. Dromey, Kevin D. G. Pfleger, and Karin A. Eidne

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor-Mediated Growth Suppression of Immortalized LßT2 Gonadotrope and Stable HEK293 Cell Lines
Endocrinology 2004 145: 194-204; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0551 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. O. Rzonca, L. J. Suva, D. Gaddy, D. C. Montague, and B. Lecka-Czernik

Bone Is a Target for the Antidiabetic Compound Rosiglitazone
Endocrinology 2004 145: 401-406; first published September 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0746 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. A. Arosh, S. K. Banu, P. Chapdelaine, and M. A. Fortier

Temporal and Tissue-Specific Expression of Prostaglandin Receptors EP2, EP3, EP4, FP, and Cyclooxygenases 1 and 2 in Uterus and Fetal Membranes during Bovine Pregnancy
Endocrinology 2004 145: 407-417; first published September 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1007 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

REPRODUCTION-DEVELOPMENT:

Dong-bao Chen, Ian M. Bird, Jing Zheng, and Ronald R. Magness

Membrane Estrogen Receptor-Dependent Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Pathway Mediates Acute Activation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase by Estrogen in Uterine Artery Endothelial Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 113-125; first published September 25 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0547 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gunapala Shetty and Connie C. Y. Weng

Cryptorchidism Rescues Spermatogonial Differentiation in Juvenile Spermatogonial Depletion (Jsd) Mice
Endocrinology 2004 145: 126-133; first published September 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0928 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Iqbal Munir, Hui-Wen Yen, David H. Geller, Donna Torbati, Rebecca M. Bierden, Stacy R. Weitsman, Sanjay K. Agarwal, and Denis A. Magoffin

Insulin Augmentation of 17-Hydroxylase Activity Is Mediated by Phosphatidyl Inositol 3-Kinase But Not Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase-1/2 in Human Ovarian Theca Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 175-183; first published September 25 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0329 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Virginie Hervé, François Roy, Jean Bertin, Florian Guillou, and Marie-Christine Maurel

Antiequine Chorionic Gonadotropin (eCG) Antibodies Generated in Goats Treated with eCG for the Induction of Ovulation Modulate the Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Bioactivities of eCG Differently
Endocrinology 2004 145: 294-303; first published October 2 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0595 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heather Johnston, Paul J. Baker, Margaret Abel, Harry M. Charlton, Gary Jackson, Lynne Fleming, T. Rajendra Kumar, and Peter J. O’Shaughnessy

Regulation of Sertoli Cell Number and Activity by Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Androgen during Postnatal Development in the Mouse
Endocrinology 2004 145: 318-329; first published October 9 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1055 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruijin Shao, Fu-Ping Zhang, Emilia Rung, Jorma J. Palvimo, Ilpo Huhtaniemi, and Håkan Billig

Inhibition of Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier-1 Expression by Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Stimulation is Linked to Induction of Progesterone Receptor during Ovulation in Mouse Granulosa Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 384-392; first published September 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0527 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Petra Sipilä, Ramin Shariatmadari, Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi, and Matti Poutanen

Immortalization of Epididymal Epithelium in Transgenic Mice Expressing Simian Virus 40 T Antigen: Characterization of Cell Lines and Regulation of the Polyoma Enhancer Activator 3
Endocrinology 2004 145: 437-446; first published October 3 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0831 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

TRH-TSH-THYROID:

Gregorio D. Chazenbalk, Chun-Rong Chen, Sandra M. McLachlan, and Basil Rapoport

Does Thyrotropin Cleave Its Cognate Receptor?
Endocrinology 2004 145: 4-10; first published August 28 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chun-Rong Chen, Pavel Pichurin, Gregorio D. Chazenbalk, Holly Aliesky, Yuji Nagayama, Sandra M. McLachlan, and Basil Rapoport

Low-Dose Immunization with Adenovirus Expressing the Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor A-Subunit Deviates the Antibody Response toward That of Autoantibodies in Human Graves’ Disease
Endocrinology 2004 145: 228-233; first published October 23 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1134 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NIH Announces NEW Roadmap Funding Opportunity in Metabolomics
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Growth Hormone Society Research Fellowships 2004
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RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
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National Hormone and Peptide Program—NIDDK: Peptide Hormones, Antisera & Other Reagents Available
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