NEWS & VIEWS:

Daniel J. Drucker

Enhancing the Action of Incretin Hormones: A New Whey Forward?
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3171-3172, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0494 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles W. Bolten and Marcia I. Heron

Early Cardiac Mineralocorticoid Receptor-Regulated Genes: Identifying the Not So Usual Suspects
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3181-3182, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0566 [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Kate L. J. Ellacott, Ilia G. Halatchev, and Roger D. Cone

Characterization of Leptin-Responsive Neurons in the Caudal Brainstem
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3190-3195, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0877 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CANCER:

Melissa Muller, Kurt J. Sales, Arieh A. Katz, and Henry N. Jabbour

Seminal Plasma Promotes the Expression of Tumorigenic and Angiogenic Genes in Cervical Adenocarcinoma Cells via the E-Series Prostanoid 4 Receptor
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3356-3365, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1429 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Burrows, J. M. P. Holly, N. J. Laurence, E. G. Vernon, J. V. Carter, M. A. Clark, J. McIntosh, C. McCaig, Z. E. Winters, and C. M. Perks

Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 Has Opposing Actions on Malignant and Nonmalignant Breast Epithelial Cells that Are Each Reversible and Dependent upon Cholesterol-Stabilized Integrin Receptor Complexes
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3484-3500, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Role of Complex Cyclin D1/Cdk4 in Somatostatin Subtype 2 Receptor-Mediated Inhibition of Cell Proliferation of a Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Line in Vitro
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3530-3538, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1479 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CRH-ACTH-POMC-ADRENAL:

A. J. Tilbrook, A. I. Turner, M. D. Ibbott, and I. J. Clarke

Activation of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis by Isolation and Restraint Stress during Lactation in Ewes: Effect of the Presence of the Lamb and Suckling
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3501-3509, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1632 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Walter Raasch, Christian Wittmershaus, Andreas Dendorfer, Inga Voges, Friedrich Pahlke, Christoph Dodt, Peter Dominiak, and Olaf Jöhren

Angiotensin II Inhibition Reduces Stress Sensitivity of Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3539-3546, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENERGY BALANCE/OBESITY:

Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka, Chikako Shozawa, Kayo Sano, Yasutomi Kamei, Seiichi Kasaoka, Yu Hosokawa, and Osamu Ezaki

Taurine (2-Aminoethanesulfonic Acid) Deficiency Creates a Vicious Circle Promoting Obesity
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3276-3284, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Perello, Ronald C. Stuart, and Eduardo A. Nillni

The Role of Intracerebroventricular Administration of Leptin in the Stimulation of Prothyrotropin Releasing Hormone Neurons in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3296-3306, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1533 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ai-Jun Li, Qing Wang, and Sue Ritter

Differential Responsiveness of Dopamine-ß-Hydroxylase Gene Expression to Glucoprivation in Different Catecholamine Cell Groups
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3428-3434, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kirsty L. Smith, Michael Patterson, Waljit S. Dhillo, Sejal R. Patel, Nina M. Semjonous, James V. Gardiner, Mohammad A. Ghatei, and Stephen R. Bloom

Neuropeptide S Stimulates the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Inhibits Food Intake
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3510-3518, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY:

Charlotte Swanson, Mattias Lorentzon, H. Herschel Conaway, and Ulf H. Lerner

Glucocorticoid Regulation of Osteoclast Differentiation and Expression of Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-B (NF-B) Ligand, Osteoprotegerin, and Receptor Activator of NF-B in Mouse Calvarial Bones
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3613-3622, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0717 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENETICS/GENOMICS:

Alexander Turchin, Christine Z. Guo, Gail K. Adler, Vincent Ricchiuti, Isaac S. Kohane, and Gordon H. Williams

Effect of Acute Aldosterone Administration on Gene Expression Profile in the Heart
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3183-3189, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1674 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jong Deok Ahn, Beatrice Dubern, Cecile Lubrano-Berthelier, Karine Clement, and Gerard Karsenty

Cart Overexpression Is the Only Identifiable Cause of High Bone Mass in Melanocortin 4 Receptor Deficiency
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3196-3202, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0281 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alfredo Martínez, José Antonio Bengoechea, and Frank Cuttitta

Molecular Evolution of Proadrenomedullin N-Terminal 20 Peptide (PAMP): Evidence for Gene Co-Option
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3457-3461, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INSULIN-GLUCAGON-GI PEPTIDES-DIABETES MELLITUS:

Isidoro Metón, Miriam Egea, Ida G. Anemaet, Felipe Fernández, and Isabel V. Baanante

Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein-1a Transactivates 6-Phosphofructo-2-Kinase/Fructose-2,6-Bisphosphatase Gene Promoter
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3446-3456, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1506 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eva Grapengiesser, Albert Salehi, Saleem S. Qader, and Bo Hellman

Glucose Induces Glucagon Release Pulses Antisynchronous with Insulin and Sensitive to Purinoceptor Inhibition
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3472-3477, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1431 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INSULIN-GLUCAGON-GI PEPTIDES-DIABETES:

P. Thomas Gunnarsson, Maria Sörhede Winzell, Carolyn F. Deacon, Marianne O. Larsen, Katarina Jelic, Richard D. Carr, and Bo Ahrén

Glucose-Induced Incretin Hormone Release and Inactivation Are Differently Modulated by Oral Fat and Protein in Mice
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3173-3180, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1442 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siok L. Dun, Eugen Brailoiu, Yulin Wang, G. Cristina Brailoiu, Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen, Jun Yang, Jaw Kang Chang, and Nae J. Dun

Insulin-Like Peptide 5: Expression in the Mouse Brain and Mobilization of Calcium
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3243-3248, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0237 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Li-Xin Li, Patrick E. MacDonald, Diane S. Ahn, Gavin Y. Oudit, Peter H. Backx, and Patricia L. Brubaker

Role of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in the ß-Cell: Interactions with Glucagon-Like Peptide-1
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3318-3325, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Karaskov, Cameron Scott, Liling Zhang, Tracy Teodoro, Mariella Ravazzola, and Allen Volchuk

Chronic Palmitate But Not Oleate Exposure Induces Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Which May Contribute to INS-1 Pancreatic ß-Cell Apoptosis
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3398-3407, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1494 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Alessia Fornoni, Steven A. Rosenzweig, Oliver Lenz, Ana Rivera, Gary E. Striker, and Sharon J. Elliot

Low Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-2 Expression Is Responsible for Increased Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 Phosphorylation in Mesangial Cells from Mice Susceptible to Glomerulosclerosis
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3547-3554, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING:

Keiichiro Yogo, Megumi Mizutamari, Kazuta Mishima, Hiromi Takenouchi, Norihiro Ishida-Kitagawa, Takehiko Sasaki, and Tatsuo Takeya

Src Homology 2 (SH2)-Containing 5'-Inositol Phosphatase Localizes to Podosomes, and the SH2 Domain Is Implicated in the Attenuation of Bone Resorption in Osteoclasts
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3307-3317, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1309 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danshan Huang, Michelle Khoe, Dusko Ilic, and Michael Bryer-Ash

Reduced Expression of Focal Adhesion Kinase Disrupts Insulin Action in Skeletal Muscle Cells
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3333-3343, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0382 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koji Shiraishi and Mario Ascoli

Activation of the Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor in MA-10 Cells Stimulates Tyrosine Kinase Cascades that Activate Ras and the Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinases (ERK1/2)
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3419-3427, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1478 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silvana A. Andric, Tatjana S. Kostic, and Stanko S. Stojilkovic

Contribution of Multidrug Resistance Protein MRP5 in Control of Cyclic Guanosine 5'-Monophosphate Intracellular Signaling in Anterior Pituitary Cells
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3435-3445, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Löwenberg, Jurriaan Tuynman, Meike Scheffer, Auke Verhaar, Louis Vermeulen, Sander van Deventer, Daniel Hommes, and Maikel Peppelenbosch

Kinome Analysis Reveals Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Receptor-Dependent Inhibition of Insulin Signaling
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3555-3562, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1602 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Alan Cheng, Mei Zhang, Sean M. Crosson, Zhao Q. Bao, and Alan R. Saltiel

Regulation of the Mouse Protein Targeting to Glycogen (PTG) Promoter by the FoxA2 Forkhead Protein and by 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate in H4IIE Hepatoma Cells
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3606-3612, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1513 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY:

Selma Omer, David Meredith, John F. Morris, and Helen C. Christian

Evidence for the Role of Adenosine 5'-Triphosphate-Binding Cassette (ABC)-A1 in the Externalization of Annexin 1 from Pituitary Folliculostellate Cells and ABCA1-Transfected Cell Models
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3219-3227, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katrin Ackermann, Roman Bux, Udo Rüb, Horst-Werner Korf, Gerold Kauert, and Jörg H. Stehle

Characterization of Human Melatonin Synthesis Using Autoptic Pineal Tissue
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3235-3242, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

PTH-CALCITONIN-VITAMIN D-BONE:

Yohei Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Udagawa, Sachiko Matsuura, Yuko Nakamichi, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Akihiro Hosoya, Midori Nakamura, Hidehiro Ozawa, Kunio Takaoka, Josef M. Penninger, Toshihide Noguchi, and Naoyuki Takahashi

Osteoblasts Provide a Suitable Microenvironment for the Action of Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-B Ligand
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3366-3374, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RECEPTORS:

Amedeo Columbano, Monica Pibiri, Manuela Deidda, Costanza Cossu, Thomas S. Scanlan, Grazia Chiellini, Sandro Muntoni, and Giovanna M. Ledda-Columbano

The Thyroid Hormone Receptor-ß Agonist GC-1 Induces Cell Proliferation in Rat Liver and Pancreas
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3211-3218, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1561 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luisa A. Helguero, Malin Hedengran Faulds, Carola Förster, Jan-Åke Gustafsson, and Lars-Arne Haldosén

DAX-1 Expression Is Regulated during Mammary Epithelial Cell Differentiation
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3249-3259, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1651 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelly J. Higgins, Shengxi Liu, Maen Abdelrahim, Kyungsil Yoon, Kathryn Vanderlaag, Weston Porter, Richard P. Metz, and Stephen Safe

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 Expression Is Induced by 17ß-Estradiol in ZR-75 Breast Cancer Cells by Estrogen Receptor /Sp Proteins
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3285-3295, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bryce W. Pickard, Anthony B. Hodsman, Laurence J. Fraher, and Patricia H. Watson

Type 1 Parathyroid Hormone Receptor (PTH1R) Nuclear Trafficking: Association of PTH1R with Importin ₁ and ß
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3326-3332, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1408 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Muriel Busson, Laetitia Daury, Pascal Seyer, Stéphanie Grandemange, Laurence Pessemesse, François Casas, Chantal Wrutniak-Cabello, and Gérard Cabello

Avian MyoD and c-Jun Coordinately Induce Transcriptional Activity of the 3,5,3'-Triiodothyronine Nuclear Receptor c-ErbA1 in Proliferating Myoblasts
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3408-3418, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RENIN-MINERALOCORTICOIDS-ANF-ADH:

Emily Y. M. Lam, John W. Funder, David J. Nikolic-Paterson, Peter J. Fuller, and Morag J. Young

Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade But Not Steroid Withdrawal Reverses Renal Fibrosis in Deoxycorticosterone/Salt Rats
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3623-3629, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1527 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REPRODUCTION-DEVELOPMENT:

Yuri Takemura, Yutaka Osuga, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Miyuki Harada, Tetsuya Hirata, Chieko Morimoto, Yasushi Hirota, Osamu Yoshino, Kaori Koga, Tetsu Yano, Takashi Kadowaki, and Yuji Taketani

Expression of Adiponectin Receptors and Its Possible Implication in the Human Endometrium
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3203-3210, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1510 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marlies E. Kevenaar, Mohamed F. Meerasahib, Piet Kramer, Brigitte M. N. van de Lang-Born, Frank H. de Jong, Nigel P. Groome, Axel P. N. Themmen, and Jenny A. Visser

Serum Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels Reflect the Size of the Primordial Follicle Pool in Mice
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3228-3234, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1588 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amanda N. Sferruzzi-Perri, Julie A. Owens, Kirsty G. Pringle, Jeffrey S. Robinson, and Claire T. Roberts

Maternal Insulin-Like Growth Factors-I and -II Act via Different Pathways to Promote Fetal Growth
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3344-3355, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea L. Niklaus and Jeffrey W. Pollard

Mining the Mouse Transcriptome of Receptive Endometrium Reveals Distinct Molecular Signatures for the Luminal and Glandular Epithelium
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3375-3390, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1665 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul G. Farnworth, Peter G. Stanton, Yao Wang, Ruth Escalona, Jock K. Findlay, and Guck T. Ooi

Inhibins Differentially Antagonize Activin and Bone Morphogenetic Protein Action in a Mouse Adrenocortical Cell Line
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3462-3471, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gwonhwa Song, Thomas E. Spencer, and Fuller W. Bazer

Progesterone and Interferon- Regulate Cystatin C in the Endometrium
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3478-3483, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gunapala Shetty, Connie C. Y. Weng, Karen L. Porter, Zhen Zhang, Pirjo Pakarinen, T. Rajendra Kumar, and Marvin L. Meistrich

Spermatogonial Differentiation in Juvenile Spermatogonial Depletion (jsd) Mice with Androgen Receptor or Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Mutations
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3563-3570, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donna D. Michael, Idania M. Alvarez, Olga M. Ocón, Anne M. Powell, Neil C. Talbot, Sally E. Johnson, and Alan D. Ealy

Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Is Expressed by the Bovine Uterus and Stimulates Interferon- Production in Bovine Trophectoderm
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3571-3579, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0234 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yisrael Sidis, Abir Mukherjee, Henry Keutmann, Anne Delbaere, Miyuki Sadatsuki, and Alan Schneyer

Biological Activity of Follistatin Isoforms and Follistatin-Like-3 Is Dependent on Differential Cell Surface Binding and Specificity for Activin, Myostatin, and Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3586-3597, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippa Melamed, Yunhua Zhu, Siew Hoon Tan, Min Xie, and Mingshi Koh

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Activation of C-jun, But Not Early Growth Response Factor-1, Stimulates Transcription of a Luteinizing Hormone ß-Subunit Gene
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3598-3605, doi:10.1210/en.2006-0022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRH-TSH-THYROID:

María L. Vélez, Eugenia Costamagna, Edna T. Kimura, Laura Fozzatti, Claudia G. Pellizas, María M. Montesinos, Ariel M. Lucero, Aldo H. Coleoni, Pilar Santisteban, and Ana M. Masini-Repiso

Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Stimulates the Thyrotropin-Dependent Thyroglobulin Gene Expression at the Transcriptional Level by Involving the Transcription Factors Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 and Paired Box Domain Transcription Factor 8
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3260-3275, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0789 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Maier, H. van Steeg, C. van Oostrom, S. Karger, R. Paschke, and K. Krohn

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Damage and Spontaneous Mutagenesis in the Thyroid Gland of Rats and Mice
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3391-3397, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1669 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George G. J. M. Kuiper, Willem Klootwijk, Ghislaine Morvan Dubois, Olivier Destree, Veerle M. Darras, Serge Van der Geyten, Barbara Demeneix, and Theo J. Visser

Characterization of Recombinant Xenopus laevis Type I Iodothyronine Deiodinase: Substitution of a Proline Residue in the Catalytic Center by Serine (Pro132Ser) Restores Sensitivity to 6-Propyl-2-Thiouracil
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3519-3529, doi:10.1210/en.2005-0711 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jingcheng Yu and Ronald J. Koenig

Induction of Type 1 Iodothyronine Deiodinase to Prevent the Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome in Mice
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3580-3585, doi:10.1210/en.2005-1443 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Erratum
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3317 [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3630-3633 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Hormone & Peptide Program (NHPP): New Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides, Natural Hormones, New Antisera, & Expanded Hormone Assay Services Available
Endocrinology 2006 147: 3634-3636 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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