MINIREVIEWS:

Anil K. Agarwal and Richard J. Auchus

Minireview: Cellular Redox State Regulates Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Activity and Intracellular Hormone Potency
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2531-2538, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kylie N. Hewitt, Elizabeth A. Walker, and Paul M. Stewart

Minireview: Hexose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase and Redox Control of 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Activity
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2539-2543, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Walter L. Miller

Minireview: Regulation of Steroidogenesis by Electron Transfer
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2544-2550, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEWS & VIEWS:

Timothy J. Cole, Douglas R. Liddicoat, and Dale I. Godfrey

Intrathymic Glucocorticoid Production and Thymocyte Survival: Another Piece in the Puzzle
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2499-2500, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0255 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyril Y. Bowers

Octanoyl Ghrelin Is Hypothalamic Rooted
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2508-2509, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0353 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vassilios Papadopoulos

Cholesterol Homeostasis and Infertility: The Liver X Receptor Connection
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2517-2518, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0319 [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Shinobu Yasuo, Miwa Watanabe, Nobuhiro Nakao, Tsuyoshi Takagi, Brian K. Follett, Shizufumi Ebihara, and Takashi Yoshimura

The Reciprocal Switching of Two Thyroid Hormone-Activating and -Inactivating Enzyme Genes Is Involved in the Photoperiodic Gonadal Response of Japanese Quail
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2551-2554, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CANCER:

Maria Chiara Zatelli, Daniela Piccin, Federico Tagliati, Arianna Bottoni, Andrea Luchin, and Ettore C. degli Uberti

Src Homology-2-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-1 Restrains Cell Proliferation in Human Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2692-2698, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CRH-ACTH-POMC-ADRENAL:

Ahmad Pazirandeh, Mikael Jondal, and Sam Okret

Conditional Expression of a Glucocorticoid Receptor Transgene in Thymocytes Reveals a Role for Thymic-Derived Glucocorticoids in Thymopoiesis in Vivo
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2501-2507, doi:10.1210/en.2004-0943 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason Karpac, Dirk Ostwald, Stephanie Bui, Peggy Hunnewell, Malini Shankar, and Ute Hochgeschwender

Development, Maintenance, and Function of the Adrenal Gland in Early Postnatal Proopiomelanocortin-Null Mutant Mice
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2555-2562, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1290 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felix G. Riepe, Stephan Tatzel, Wolfgang G. Sippell, Jürgen Pleiss, and Nils Krone

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: The Molecular Basis of 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency in H-2^aw18 Mice
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2563-2574, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1563 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENERGY BALANCE/OBESITY:

Juana Sánchez, Paula Oliver, Olga Miralles, Enzo Ceresi, Catalina Picó, and Andreu Palou

Leptin Orally Supplied to Neonate Rats Is Directly Uptaken by the Immature Stomach and May Regulate Short-Term Feeding
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2575-2582, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY:

Jérome Lapointe, Sarah Kimmins, Leslie A. MacLaren, and Jean-François Bilodeau

Estrogen Selectively Up-Regulates the Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase in the Oviducts
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2583-2592, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ayako Nagai, Takashi Sato, Noriko Akimoto, Akira Ito, and Michihiro Sumida

Isolation and Identification of Histone H3 Protein Enriched in Microvesicles Secreted from Cultured Sebocytes
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2593-2601, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1478 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Linscheid, Dalma Seboek, Henryk Zulewski, Ulrich Keller, and Beat Müller

Autocrine/Paracrine Role of Inflammation-Mediated Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide and Adrenomedullin Expression in Human Adipose Tissue
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2699-2708, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1424 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GRH-GH-SOMATOSTATIN:

Yubin Guo, Yarong Lu, Daniel Houle, Katie Robertson, Zhengyi Tang, John J. Kopchick, Ye Lauren Liu, and Jun-Li Liu

Pancreatic Islet-Specific Expression of an Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Transgene Compensates Islet Cell Growth in Growth Hormone Receptor Gene-Deficient Mice
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2602-2609, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1203 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INSULIN-GLUCAGON-GI PEPTIDES-DIABETES:

Yu-Chun Lu, Catia Sternini, Enrique Rozengurt, and Elena Zhukova

Release of Transgenic Human Insulin from Gastric G Cells: A Novel Approach for the Amelioration of Diabetes
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2610-2619, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshihiro Nishi, Hiroshi Hiejima, Hiroharu Mifune, Takahiro Sato, Kenji Kangawa, and Masayasu Kojima

Developmental Changes in the Pattern of Ghrelin’s Acyl Modification and the Levels of Acyl-Modified Ghrelins in Murine Stomach
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2709-2715, doi:10.1210/en.2004-0645 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam B. Keeton, Katherine D. Bortoff, J. Lee Franklin, and Joseph L. Messina

Blockade of Rapid Versus Prolonged Extracellularly Regulated Kinase 1/2 Activation Has Differential Effects on Insulin-Induced Gene Expression
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2716-2725, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1662 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING:

Edward A. Medina, Robert R. Afsari, Tommer Ravid, S. Sianna Castillo, Kent L. Erickson, and Tzipora Goldkorn

Tumor Necrosis Factor- Decreases Akt Protein Levels in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes via the Caspase-Dependent Ubiquitination of Akt
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2726-2735, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY:

Takahiro Sato, Yoshihiko Fukue, Hitoshi Teranishi, Yayoi Yoshida, and Masayasu Kojima

Molecular Forms of Hypothalamic Ghrelin and Its Regulation by Fasting and 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Administration
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2510-2516, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohiro Yonezawa, Kazutaka Mogi, Jun You Li, Ryuji Sako, Keitaro Yamanouchi, and Masugi Nishihara

Modulation of Growth Hormone Pulsatility by Sex Steroids in Female Goats
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2736-2743, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1434 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tohru Yasuda, Takayuki Masaki, Tetsuya Kakuma, Masahide Hara, Tomoko Nawata, Isao Katsuragi, and Hironobu Yoshimatsu

Dual Regulatory Effects of Orexins on Sympathetic Nerve Activity Innervating Brown Adipose Tissue in Rats
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2744-2748, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krishnan M. Dhandapani, F. Marlene Wade, Virendra B. Mahesh, and Darrell W. Brann

Astrocyte-Derived Transforming Growth Factor-ß Mediates the Neuroprotective Effects of 17ß-Estradiol: Involvement of Nonclassical Genomic Signaling Pathways
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2749-2759, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Istvan Merchenthaler, Gloria E. Hoffman, and Malcolm V. Lane

Estrogen and Estrogen Receptor-ß (ERß)-Selective Ligands Induce Galanin Expression within Gonadotropin Hormone-Releasing Hormone-Immunoreactive Neurons in the Female Rat Brain
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2760-2765, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1562 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stacy Markison, Alan C. Foster, Chen Chen, Gregor B. Brookhart, Amy Hesse, Sam R. J. Hoare, Beth A. Fleck, Brock T. Brown, and Daniel L. Marks

The Regulation of Feeding and Metabolic Rate and the Prevention of Murine Cancer Cachexia with a Small-Molecule Melanocortin-4 Receptor Antagonist
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2766-2773, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pattie S. Green, Kelly Bales, Steven Paul, and Guojun Bu

Estrogen Therapy Fails to Alter Amyloid Deposition in the PDAPP Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2774-2781, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1433 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gilles M. Leclerc and Fredric R. Boockfor

Pulses of Prolactin Promoter Activity Depend on a Noncanonical E-Box that Can Bind the Circadian Proteins CLOCK and BMAL1
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2782-2790, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PTH-CALCITONIN-VITAMIN D-BONE:

Masayuki Yamaguchi, Naoshi Ogata, Yusuke Shinoda, Toru Akune, Satoru Kamekura, Yasuo Terauchi, Takashi Kadowaki, Kazuto Hoshi, Ung-Il Chung, Kozo Nakamura, and Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 Is Required for Bone Anabolic Function of Parathyroid Hormone in Mice
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2620-2628, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1511 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RECEPTORS:

Jose Luis Cascallana, Ana Bravo, Eva Donet, Hugo Leis, Maria Fernanda Lara, Jesús M. Paramio, José L. Jorcano, and Paloma Pérez

Ectoderm-Targeted Overexpression of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Induces Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2629-2638, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam J. Pawson, Stuart Maudsley, Kevin Morgan, Lindsay Davidson, Zvi Naor, and Robert P. Millar

Inhibition of Human Type I Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor (GnRHR) Function by Expression of a Human Type II GnRHR Gene Fragment
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2639-2649, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurie J. Kerchner, Jacqueline Novak, Karen Hanley-Yanez, Ketah D. Doty, Lee A. Danielson, and Kirk P. Conrad

Evidence against the Hypothesis that Endothelial Endothelin B Receptor Expression Is Regulated by Relaxin and Pregnancy
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2791-2797, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1602 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RENIN-MINERALOCORTICOIDS-ANF-ADH:

Gene Lee, Natalia Makhanova, Kathleen Caron, Maria L. Sequeira Lopez, R. Ariel Gomez, Oliver Smithies, and Hyung-Suk Kim

Homeostatic Responses in the Adrenal Cortex to the Absence of Aldosterone in Mice
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2650-2656, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REPRODUCTION-DEVELOPMENT:

Kirsten M. Robertson, Gertrud U. Schuster, Knut R. Steffensen, Outi Hovatta, Steve Meaney, Kjell Hultenby, Lisen C. Johansson, Konstantin Svechnikov, Olle Söder, and Jan-Åke Gustafsson

The Liver X Receptor-ß Is Essential for Maintaining Cholesterol Homeostasis in the Testis
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2519-2530, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ren-Shan Ge, Qiang Dong, En-mei Niu, Chantal M. Sottas, Dianne O. Hardy, James F. Catterall, Syed A. Latif, David J. Morris, and Matthew P. Hardy

11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 2 in Rat Leydig Cells: Its Role in Blunting Glucocorticoid Action at Physiological Levels of Substrate
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2657-2664, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Elizabeth Bell, Thomas J. McDonald, and Dean A. Myers

Proopiomelanocortin Processing in the Anterior Pituitary of the Ovine Fetus after Lesion of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2665-2673, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen A. L. Tan, Karel De Gendt, Nina Atanassova, Marion Walker, Richard M. Sharpe, Philippa T. K. Saunders, Evi Denolet, and Guido Verhoeven

The Role of Androgens in Sertoli Cell Proliferation and Functional Maturation: Studies in Mice with Total or Sertoli Cell-Selective Ablation of the Androgen Receptor
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2674-2683, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1630 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

Rebecca A. Dragovic, Lesley J. Ritter, Samantha J. Schulz, Fred Amato, David T. Armstrong, and Robert B. Gilchrist

Role of Oocyte-Secreted Growth Differentiation Factor 9 in the Regulation of Mouse Cumulus Expansion
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2798-2806, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Risk, Aurora Shehu, Jifang Mao, Carlos O. Stocco, Laura T. Goldsmith, Jennifer M. Bowen-Shauver, and Geula Gibori

Cloning and Characterization of a 5' Regulatory Region of the Prolactin Receptor-Associated Protein/17ß Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 7 Gene
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2807-2816, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1673 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judith M. A. Emmen, John F. Couse, Susan A. Elmore, Mariana M. Yates, Grace E. Kissling, and Kenneth S. Korach

In Vitro Growth and Ovulation of Follicles from Ovaries of Estrogen Receptor (ER) and ERß Null Mice Indicate a Role for ERß in Follicular Maturation
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2817-2826, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRH-TSH-THYROID:

Eric M. Jacobson, Erlinda Concepcion, Taiji Oashi, and Yaron Tomer

A Graves’ Disease-Associated Kozak Sequence Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Enhances the Efficiency of CD40 Gene Translation: A Case for Translational Pathophysiology
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2684-2691, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1617 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Coppola, Rosaria Meli, and Sabrina Diano

Inverse Shift in Circulating Corticosterone and Leptin Levels Elevates Hypothalamic Deiodinase Type 2 in Fasted Rats
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2827-2833, doi:10.1210/en.2004-1361 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Damien Bresson, Sandra A. Rebuffat, Brigitte Nguyen, J. Paul Banga, Andrzej Gardas, and Sylvie Peraldi-Roux

New Insights into the Conformational Dominant Epitopes on Thyroid Peroxidase Recognized by Human Autoantibodies
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2834-2844, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naiel Azzam, Rinat Bar-Shalom, Zaki Kraiem, and Fuad Fares

Human Thyrotropin (TSH) Variants Designed by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Block TSH Activity in Vitro and in Vivo
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2845-2850, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2851-2854 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Hormone & Peptide Program (NHPP): New Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides, Natural Hormones, New Antisera, & Expanded Hormone Assay Services Available
Endocrinology 2005 146: 2855-2857 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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