NEWS & VIEWS:

Tina Zimmermann-Belsing and Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen

Obesity: The New Worldwide Epidemic Threat to General Health and Our Complete Lack of Effective Treatment
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1501-1502, doi:10.1210/en.2004-0078 [Full Text]  

Michael J. Soares and Michael W. Wolfe

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Assemble and Fulfill Their Developmental Destiny
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1514-1516, doi:10.1210/en.2003-1737 [Full Text]  

Kerry L. Burnstein and Charles W. Luetje

Hormone Resistance: It’s SMRT to Fight Repression
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1525-1526, doi:10.1210/en.2004-0003 [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Tina Muehlberg, Jacqueline A. Gilbert, Prakash V. Rao, Alan M. McGregor, and J. Paul Banga

Dynamics of Thyroid-Stimulating and -Blocking Antibodies to the Thyrotropin Receptor in a Murine Model of Graves’ Disease
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1539-1545; first published February 5 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1456 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Miwa Watanabe, Shinobu Yasuo, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Takashi Yamamura, Nobuhiro Nakao, Shizufumi Ebihara, and Takashi Yoshimura

Photoperiodic Regulation of Type 2 Deiodinase Gene in Djungarian Hamster: Possible Homologies between Avian and Mammalian Photoperiodic Regulation of Reproduction
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1546-1549; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1593 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Panteha Tajmir, Rolando B. Ceddia, Ren-Ke Li, Imogen R. Coe, and Gary Sweeney

Leptin Increases Cardiomyocyte Hyperplasia via Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase- and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Dependent Signaling Pathways
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1550-1555; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1128 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CANCER:

Shane Oram, Feng Jiang, Xiaoyan Cai, Riffat Haleem, Zehra Dincer, and Zhou Wang

Identification and Characterization of an Androgen-Responsive Gene Encoding an Aci-Reductone Dioxygenase-Like Protein in the Rat Prostate
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1933-1942; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0947 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emi Arimoto-Ishida, Masahide Ohmichi, Seiji Mabuchi, Toshifumi Takahashi, Chika Ohshima, Jun Hayakawa, Akiko Kimura, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Yukihiro Nishio, Masahiro Sakata, Hirohisa Kurachi, Keiichi Tasaka, and Yuji Murata

Inhibition of Phosphorylation of a Forkhead Transcription Factor Sensitizes Human Ovarian Cancer Cells to Cisplatin
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2014-2022; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1199 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CRH-ACTH-POMC-ADRENAL:

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

Characterization of Vasoconstrictor Responses in Small Bovine Adrenal Cortical Arteries in Vitro
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1571-1578; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1448 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bhawanjit K. Brar, Alon Chen, Marilyn H. Perrin, and Wylie Vale

Specificity and Regulation of Extracellularly Regulated Kinase1/2 Phosphorylation through Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Receptors 1 and 2ß by the CRF/Urocortin Family of Peptides
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1718-1729; first published December 11 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1023 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dörte Ortmann, Jürgen Hausmann, Felix Beuschlein, Kai Schmenger, Maik Stahl, Michael Geissler, and Martin Reincke

Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory (StAR)-Directed Immunotherapy Protects against Tumor Growth of StAR-Expressing Sp2-0 Cells in a Rodent Adrenocortical Carcinoma Model
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1760-1766; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0983 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hakima Amri, Wenping Li, Katy Drieu, and Vassilios Papadopoulos

Identification of the Adrenocorticotropin and Ginkgolide B-Regulated 90-Kilodalton Protein (p90) in Adrenocortical Cells as a Serotransferrin Precursor Protein Homolog (Adrenotransferrin)
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1802-1809; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1535 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Camila Salzmann, Melissa Otis, Hong Long, Claude Roberge, Nicole Gallo-Payet, and Claire-Dominique Walker

Inhibition of Steroidogenic Response to Adrenocorticotropin by Leptin: Implications for the Adrenal Response to Maternal Separation in Neonatal Rats
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1810-1822; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1514 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immo A. Hansen, Martin Fassnacht, Stefanie Hahner, Fabian Hammer, Markus Schammann, Susanne R. Meyer, Andrew B. Bicknell, and Bruno Allolio

The Adrenal Secretory Serine Protease AsP Is a Short Secretory Isoform of the Transmembrane Airway Trypsin-Like Protease
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1898-1905; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0930 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ENERGY BALANCE/OBESITY:

Enxuan Jing, Eduardo A. Nillni, Vanesa C. Sanchez, Ronald C. Stuart, and Deborah J. Good

Deletion of the Nhlh2 Transcription Factor Decreases the Levels of the Anorexigenic Peptides Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone and Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone and Implicates Prohormone Convertases I and II in Obesity
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1503-1513; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0834 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Data]  

Martin Haluzik, Oksana Gavrilova, and Derek LeRoith

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- Deficiency Does Not Alter Insulin Sensitivity in Mice Maintained on Regular or High-Fat Diet: Hyperinsulinemic-Euglycemic Clamp Studies
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1662-1667; first published December 11 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1015 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kylie N. Hewitt, Kyriakos Pratis, Margaret E. E. Jones, and Evan R. Simpson

Estrogen Replacement Reverses the Hepatic Steatosis Phenotype in the Male Aromatase Knockout Mouse
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1842-1848; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1369 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pamela Fischer-Posovszky, Hans Tornqvist, Klaus-Michael Debatin, and Martin Wabitsch

Inhibition of Death-Receptor Mediated Apoptosis in Human Adipocytes by the Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (IGF-I)/IGF-I Receptor Autocrine Circuit
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1849-1859; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0985 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nina Ståhlberg, Elizabeth Rico-Bautista, Rachel M. Fisher, Xuxia Wu, Louisa Cheung, Amilcar Flores-Morales, Gunnel Tybring, Gunnar Norstedt, and Petra Tollet-Egnell

Female-Predominant Expression of Fatty Acid Translocase/CD36 in Rat and Human Liver
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1972-1979; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0874 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Data]  

V. Prima, M. Tennant, O. S. Gorbatyuk, N. Muzyczka, P. J. Scarpace, and S. Zolotukhin

Differential Modulation of Energy Balance by Leptin, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor, and Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Gene Delivery: Microarray Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Chip Analysis of Gene Expression
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2035-2045; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1376 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Tables 1-4]  

GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY:

Qiu Guo, Soumya P. Sahoo, Pei-Ran Wang, Denise P. Milot, Marc C. Ippolito, Margaret S. Wu, Joanne Baffic, Chhabi Biswas, Melba Hernandez, My-Hanh Lam, Neelam Sharma, Wei Han, Linda J. Kelly, Karen L. MacNaul, Gaochao Zhou, Ranjit Desai, James V. Heck, Thomas W. Doebber, Joel P. Berger, David E. Moller, Carl P. Sparrow, Yu-sheng Chao, and Samuel D. Wright

A Novel Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor / Dual Agonist Demonstrates Favorable Effects on Lipid Homeostasis
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1640-1648; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1270 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Linda Vignozzi, Sandra Filippi, Michaela Luconi, Annamaria Morelli, Rosa Mancina, Mirca Marini, Gabriella Barbara Vannelli, Simone Granchi, Claudio Orlando, Stefania Gelmini, Fabrizio Ledda, Gianni Forti, and Mario Maggi

Oxytocin Receptor Is Expressed in the Penis and Mediates an Estrogen-Dependent Smooth Muscle Contractility
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1823-1834; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0962 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeannette Justesen, Lis Mosekilde, Megan Holmes, Karin Stenderup, Jürg Gasser, John J. Mullins, Jonathan R. Seckl, and Moustapha Kassem

Mice Deficient in 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Lack Bone Marrow Adipocytes, but Maintain Normal Bone Formation
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1916-1925; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1427 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Miguel Omar Velardez, Ariel Hernán Poliandri, Jimena Paula Cabilla, Cristian Carlos Armando Bodo, Leticia Inés Machiavelli, and Beatriz Haydeé Duvilanski

Long-Term Treatment of Anterior Pituitary Cells with Nitric Oxide Induces Programmed Cell Death
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2064-2070; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1263 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GRH-GH-SOMATOSTATIN:

Keiji Iida, Juan P. Del Rincon, Dong-Sun Kim, Emina Itoh, Ralf Nass, Karen T. Coschigano, John J. Kopchick, and Michael O. Thorner

Tissue-Specific Regulation of Growth Hormone (GH) Receptor and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Gene Expression in the Pituitary and Liver of GH-Deficient (lit/lit) Mice and Transgenic Mice that Overexpress Bovine GH (bGH) or a bGH Antagonist
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1564-1570; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1486 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sabrina Lall, Nina Balthasar, Danielle Carmignac, Charamboulos Magoulas, Abdul Sesay, Pamela Houston, Kathleen Mathers, and Iain Robinson

Physiological Studies of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Growth Hormone (GH) Secretagogue Receptor 1A in GH-Releasing Hormone Neurons
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1602-1611; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1509 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arunangsu Dey, Christina Norrbom, Xiaorong Zhu, Jeffrey Stein, Chunling Zhang, Kazuya Ueda, and Donald F. Steiner

Furin and Prohormone Convertase 1/3 Are Major Convertases in the Processing of Mouse Pro-Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1961-1971; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1472 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

INSULIN-GLUCAGON-GI PEPTIDES-DIABETES MELLITUS:

Jie Huang, Stanley H. Hsia, Takeshi Imamura, Isao Usui, and Jerrold M. Olefsky

Annexin II Is a Thiazolidinedione-Responsive Gene Involved in Insulin-Induced Glucose Transporter Isoform 4 Translocation in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1579-1586; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1197 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bertrand Cariou, Catherine Postic, Philippe Boudou, Rémy Burcelin, C. Ronald Kahn, Jean Girard, Anne-Françoise Burnol, and Franck Mauvais-Jarvis

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Adipose Tissue Plasticity in Muscle Insulin Receptor Knockout Mice
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1926-1932; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0882 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

INTRACELLULAR SIGNAL SYSTEMS:

Ai Shih, Shenli Zhang, H. James Cao, Heng-Yuan Tang, Faith B. Davis, Paul J. Davis, and Hung-Yun Lin

Disparate Effects of Thyroid Hormone on Actions of Epidermal Growth Factor and Transforming Growth Factor- Are Mediated by 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate-Dependent Protein Kinase II
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1708-1717; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0742 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jingsong Cao, Marcie Wood, Yong Liu, Tim Hoffman, Jim Hyde, Ok-Kyong Park-Sarge, and Mary Vore

Estradiol Represses Prolactin-Induced Expression of Na⁺/Taurocholate Cotransporting Polypeptide in Liver Cells through Estrogen Receptor- and Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription 5a
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1739-1749; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0752 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pradeep P. Kayampilly and K. M. J. Menon

Inhibition of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Protein Kinase-2 Phosphorylation by Dihydrotestosterone Reduces Follicle-Stimulating Hormone-Mediated Cyclin D2 Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in Rat Granulosa Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1786-1793; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1029 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Espen E. Spangenburg, Douglas K. Bowles, and Frank W. Booth

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Induced Transcriptional Activity of the Skeletal -Actin Gene Is Regulated by Signaling Mechanisms Linked to Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels during Myoblast Differentiation
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2054-2063; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1476 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY:

Xiao Feng Li, James E. Bowe, Jacqueline C. Mitchell, Susan D. Brain, Stafford L. Lightman, and Kevin T. O’Byrne

Stress-Induced Suppression of the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Pulse Generator in the Female Rat: A Novel Neural Action for Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1556-1563; first published January 21 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1609 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kiran K. Soma, Noel A. Alday, Michaela Hau, and Barney A. Schlinger

Dehydroepiandrosterone Metabolism by 3ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase/5-4 Isomerase in Adult Zebra Finch Brain: Sex Difference and Rapid Effect of Stress
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1668-1677; first published December 11 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0883 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nancy L. Wayne, Wenjau Lee, Stephan Michel, and Sarah Buxton de Quintana

Post-Afterdischarge Depolarization Does Not Stimulate Prolonged Neurohormone Secretion but Is Required for Activity-Dependent Stimulation of Neurohormone Biosynthesis from Peptidergic Neurons
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1678-1684; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1447 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stefanos Raptis, Csaba Fekete, Sumit Sarkar, William M. Rand, Charles H. Emerson, György M. Nagy, and Ronald M. Lechan

Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Co-Contained in Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH) Neurons of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Modulates TRH-Induced Prolactin Secretion
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1695-1699; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1576 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel J. Selvage, Soon Y. Lee, Loren H. Parsons, Dong O. Seo, and Catherine L. Rivier

A Hypothalamic-Testicular Neural Pathway Is Influenced by Brain Catecholamines, But Not Testicular Blood Flow
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1750-1759; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1441 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sebastien Bouret, Sandrine De Seranno, Jean-Claude Beauvillain, and Vincent Prevot

Transforming Growth Factor ß₁ May Directly Influence Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Expression in the Rat Hypothalamus
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1794-1801; first published December 11 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1468 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takahiko Fujikawa, Hideaki Soya, Kellie L. K. Tamashiro, Randall R. Sakai, Bruce S. McEwen, Naoya Nakai, Masato Ogata, Ikukatsu Suzuki, and Kunio Nakashima

Prolactin Prevents Acute Stress-Induced Hypocalcemia and Ulcerogenesis by Acting in the Brain of Rat
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2006-2013; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1446 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sudha Srinivasan, Donna O. Bunch, Yun Feng, Ramona M. Rodriguiz, Min Li, Roneka L. Ravenell, Guo X. Luo, Akira Arimura, Lloyd D. Fricker, Edward M. Eddy, and William C. Wetsel

Deficits in Reproduction and Pro-Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Processing in Male Cpe^fat Mice
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2023-2034; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1442 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mami Ishizaki, Masayuki Iigo, Naoyuki Yamamoto, and Yoshitaka Oka

Different Modes of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Release from Multiple GnRH Systems as Revealed by Radioimmunoassay Using Brain Slices of a Teleost, the Dwarf Gourami (Colisa lalia)
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2092-2103; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0960 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

PTH-CALCITONIN-VITAMIN D-BONE:

Robert C. Gensure, Bhaskar Ponugoti, Yasemin Gunes, Madhusudhan R. Papasani, Beate Lanske, Murat Bastepe, David A. Rubin, and Harald Jüppner

Identification and Characterization of Two Parathyroid Hormone-Like Molecules in Zebrafish
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1634-1639; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0964 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shigemitsu Yasuda, Seiki Wada, Yukitomo Arao, Masakazu Kogawa, Fujio Kayama, and Shigehiro Katayama

Interaction between 3' Untranslated Region of Calcitonin Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) and Adenylate/Uridylate (AU)-Rich Element Binding Proteins (AU-Rich RNA-Binding Factor 1 and Hu Antigen R)
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1730-1738; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0862 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles A. O’Brien, Dan Jia, Lilian I. Plotkin, Teresita Bellido, Cara C. Powers, Scott A. Stewart, Stavros C. Manolagas, and Robert S. Weinstein

Glucocorticoids Act Directly on Osteoblasts and Osteocytes to Induce Their Apoptosis and Reduce Bone Formation and Strength
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1835-1841; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0990 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Renata C. Pereira, Anne M. Delany, and Ernesto Canalis

CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein Homologous Protein (DDIT3) Induces Osteoblastic Cell Differentiation
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1952-1960; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0868 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert S. Weinstein, Dan Jia, Cara C. Powers, Scott A. Stewart, Robert L. Jilka, A. Michael Parfitt, and Stavros C. Manolagas

The Skeletal Effects of Glucocorticoid Excess Override Those of Orchidectomy in Mice
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1980-1987; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1133 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hua Zhu Ke, George L. Foley, Hollis A. Simmons, Victor Shen, and David D. Thompson

Long-Term Treatment of Lasofoxifene Preserves Bone Mass and Bone Strength and Does Not Adversely Affect the Uterus in Ovariectomized Rats
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1996-2005; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1481 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dengshun Miao, Bin He, Beate Lanske, Xiu-Ying Bai, Xin-Kang Tong, Geoffrey N. Hendy, David Goltzman, and Andrew C. Karaplis

Skeletal Abnormalities in Pth-Null Mice Are Influenced by Dietary Calcium
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2046-2053; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1097 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

RECEPTORS:

Maura Agostini, Mark Gurnell, David B. Savage, Emily M. Wood, Aaron G. Smith, Odelia Rajanayagam, Keith T. Garnes, Sidney H. Levinson, H. Eric Xu, John W. R. Schwabe, Timothy M. Willson, Stephen O’Rahilly, and V. Krishna Chatterjee

Tyrosine Agonists Reverse the Molecular Defects Associated with Dominant-Negative Mutations in Human Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1527-1538; first published December 4 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1271 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alison K. Death, Kristine C. Y. McGrath, Mark A. Sader, Shirley Nakhla, Wendy Jessup, David J. Handelsman, and David S. Celermajer

Dihydrotestosterone Promotes Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression in Male Human Endothelial Cells via a Nuclear Factor-B-Dependent Pathway
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1889-1897; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0789 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

REPRODUCTION-DEVELOPMENT:

Behzad Gerami-Naini, Oksana V. Dovzhenko, Maureen Durning, Frederick H. Wegner, James A. Thomson, and Thaddeus G. Golos

Trophoblast Differentiation in Embryoid Bodies Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1517-1524; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1241 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles M. Allan, Alvaro Garcia, Jenny Spaliviero, Fu-Ping Zhang, Mark Jimenez, Ilpo Huhtaniemi, and David J. Handelsman

Complete Sertoli Cell Proliferation Induced by Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Independently of Luteinizing Hormone Activity: Evidence from Genetic Models of Isolated FSH Action
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1587-1593; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1164 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paola Pocar, Robert Augustin, and Bernd Fischer

Constitutive Expression of CYP1A1 in Bovine Cumulus Oocyte-Complexes in Vitro: Mechanisms and Biological Implications
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1594-1601; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1254 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shinobu Yasuo, Miwa Watanabe, Akira Tsukada, Tsuyoshi Takagi, Masayuki Iigo, Kiyoshi Shimada, Shizufumi Ebihara, and Takashi Yoshimura

Photoinducible Phase-Specific Light Induction of Cry1 Gene in the Pars Tuberalis of Japanese Quail
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1612-1616; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1285 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental figure]  

Yael Kalma, Irit Granot, Dalia Galiani, Amihai Barash, and Nava Dekel

Luteinizing Hormone-Induced Connexin 43 Down-Regulation: Inhibition of Translation
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1617-1624; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1051 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Martin Knöfler, Leila Saleh, Sandra Bauer, Barbara Galos, Hans Rotheneder, Peter Husslein, and Hanns Helmer

Transcriptional Regulation of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin ß Gene during Villous Trophoblast Differentiation
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1685-1694; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0954 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert C. Tuckey, Himangshu S. Bose, Inez Czerwionka, and Walter L. Miller

Molten Globule Structure and Steroidogenic Activity of N-218 MLN64 in Human Placental Mitochondria
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1700-1707; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1034 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yi-Xun Liu, Kui Liu, Qiang Feng, Zhao-Yuan Hu, Hai-Zhen Liu, Guo-Qing Fu, Yin-Chuan Li, Ru-Jin Zou, and Tor Ny

Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator and Its Inhibitor Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 Are Coordinately Expressed during Ovulation in the Rhesus Monkey
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1767-1775; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1327 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Moige Ongeri, Qin Zhu, Michael F. Verderame, and James M. Hammond

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-3 in Porcine Ovarian Granulosa Cells: Gene Cloning, Promoter Mapping, and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Regulation
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1776-1785; first published January 8 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1552 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hidetaka Morinaga, Toshihiko Yanase, Masatoshi Nomura, Taijiro Okabe, Kiminobu Goto, Nobuhiro Harada, and Hajime Nawata

A Benzimidazole Fungicide, Benomyl, and Its Metabolite, Carbendazim, Induce Aromatase Activity in a Human Ovarian Granulose-Like Tumor Cell Line (KGN)
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1860-1869; first published December 22 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1182 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bruce K. Campbell, Evelyn E. Telfer, Robert Webb, and David T. Baird

Evidence of a Role for Follicle-Stimulating Hormone in Controlling the Rate of Preantral Follicle Development in Sheep
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1870-1879; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1138 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Katsumi Toda, Yasushi Okada, Mohamad Zubair, Ken-ichiro Morohashi, Toshiji Saibara, and Teruhiko Okada

Aromatase-Knockout Mouse Carrying an Estrogen-Inducible Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Facilitates Detection of Estrogen Actions in Vivo
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1880-1888; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0952 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kristy A. Brown, Derek Boerboom, Nadine Bouchard, Monique Doré, Jacques G. Lussier, and Jean Sirois

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-Dependent Regulation of 17ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 4 in Preovulatory Follicles and Its Potential Role in Follicular Luteinization
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1906-1915; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1715 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Keren Yacobi, Anna Wojtowicz, Alex Tsafriri, and Atan Gross

Gonadotropins Enhance Caspase-3 and -7 Activity and Apoptosis in the Theca-Interstitial Cells of Rat Preovulatory Follicles in Culture
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1943-1951; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1395 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Darren C. Tomlinson, Justin C. Grindley, and Axel A. Thomson

Regulation of Fgf10 Gene Expression in the Prostate: Identification of Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 and Promoter Elements
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1988-1995; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0842 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sandra Cecconi, Gianna Rossi, Marzia Barberi, Lucia Scaldaferri, and Rita Canipari

Effect of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide and Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide on Mouse Preantral Follicle Development in Vitro
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2071-2079; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1004 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pascal Froment, Christophe Staub, Stéphanie Hembert, Claudine Pisselet, Michèle Magistrini, Bernadette Delaleu, Danielle Seurin, Jon E. Levine, Larry Johnson, Michel Binoux, and Philippe Monget

Reproductive Abnormalities in Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-1 Transgenic Male Mice
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2080-2091; first published January 15 2004 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0956 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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Tania M. Ortiga-Carvalho, Koshi Hashimoto, Carmen C. Pazos-Moura, David Geenen, Ronald Cohen, Roberto M. Lang, and Fredric E. Wondisford

Thyroid Hormone Resistance in the Heart: Role of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor ß Isoform
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1625-1633; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1031 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Csaba Fekete, Balázs Gereben, Márton Doleschall, John W. Harney, Jose Miguel Dora, Antonio C. Bianco, Sumit Sarkar, Zsolt Liposits, William Rand, Charles Emerson, Imre Kacskovics, P. Reed Larsen, and Ronald M. Lechan

Lipopolysaccharide Induces Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase in the Mediobasal Hypothalamus: Implications for the Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1649-1655; first published December 18 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-1439 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gary J. Grover, Donald M. Egan, Paul G. Sleph, Blake C. Beehler, Grazia Chiellini, Ngoc-Ha Nguyen, John D. Baxter, and Thomas S. Scanlan

Effects of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor Agonist GC-1 on Metabolic Rate and Cholesterol in Rats and Primates: Selective Actions Relative to 3,5,3'-Triiodo-L-Thyronine
Endocrinology 2004 145: 1656-1661; first published December 30 2003 as doi:10.1210/en.2003-0973 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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Twenty-Third Annual University of Kentucky Symposium in Reproductive Sciences, May 20–21, 2004
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RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
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National Hormone & Peptide Program (NHPP): New Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides, Natural Hormones, New Antisera, & Expanded Hormone Assay Services Available
Endocrinology 2004 145: 2107-2109 [Full Text]  

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