NEWS AND VIEWS:

Hans-Rudolf Berthoud

Paying the Price for Eating Ice Cream: Is Excessive GLP-1 Signaling in the Brain the Culprit?
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4765-4767, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0932 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shruti V. Kabadi and Ahmmed Ally

Negative Cardiotropism by Catestatin and Its Variants
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4778-4779, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0870 [Full Text] [PDF]  

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS:

Emiko Sonoda, Shigehisa Aoki, Kazuyoshi Uchihashi, Hidenobu Soejima, Sachiko Kanaji, Kenji Izuhara, Seiji Satoh, Noboru Fujitani, Hajime Sugihara, and Shuji Toda

A New Organotypic Culture of Adipose Tissue Fragments Maintains Viable Mature Adipocytes for a Long Term, Together with Development of Immature Adipocytes and Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Like Cells
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4794-4798, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0525 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

CANCER-ONCOGENES:

Shaolei Lu, Klaus A. Becker, Mary J. Hagen, Haoheng Yan, Amy L. Roberts, Lesley A. Mathews, Sallie S. Schneider, Hava T. Siegelmann, Kyle J. MacBeth, Stephen M. Tirrell, Jeffrey L. Blanchard, and D. Joseph Jerry

Transcriptional Responses to Estrogen and Progesterone in Mammary Gland Identify Networks Regulating p53 Activity
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4809-4820, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Salma A. Abdelmagid and Catherine K. L. Too

Prolactin and Estrogen Up-Regulate Carboxypeptidase-D to Promote Nitric Oxide Production and Survival of MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4821-4828, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agnès Burniat, Ling Jin, Vincent Detours, Natacha Driessens, Jean-Christophe Goffard, Massimo Santoro, Jay Rothstein, Jacques E. Dumont, Françoise Miot, and Bernard Corvilain

Gene Expression in RET/PTC3 and E7 Transgenic Mouse Thyroids: RET/PTC3 But Not E7 Tumors Are Partial and Transient Models of Human Papillary Thyroid Cancers
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5107-5117, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0531 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

GLUCOCORTICOIDS-CRH-ACTH-ADRENAL:

Kazuaki Nakamura, Yoko Fujiwara, Reiko Mizutani, Atsushi Sanbe, Noriko Miyauchi, Masami Hiroyama, Junji Yamauchi, Tatsuya Yamashita, Shigeki Nakamura, Toyoki Mori, Gozoh Tsujimoto, and Akito Tanoue

Effects of Vasopressin V1b Receptor Deficiency on Adrenocorticotropin Release from Anterior Pituitary Cells in Response to Oxytocin Stimulation
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4883-4891, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1528 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Courtney J. Rice, Curt A. Sandman, Mohammed R. Lenjavi, and Tallie Z. Baram

A Novel Mouse Model for Acute and Long-Lasting Consequences of Early Life Stress
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4892-4900, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0633 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enrique Sanchez-Lemus, Yuki Murakami, Ignacio M. Larrayoz-Roldan, Armen J. Moughamian, Jaroslav Pavel, Tsuyoshi Nishioku, and Juan M. Saavedra

Angiotensin II AT₁ Receptor Blockade Decreases Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation in the Rat Adrenal Gland
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5177-5188, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENERGY BALANCE-OBESITY:

Jarrad M. Scarlett, Xinxia Zhu, Pablo J. Enriori, Darren D. Bowe, Ayesha K. Batra, Peter R. Levasseur, Wilmon F. Grant, Michael M. Meguid, Michael A. Cowley, and Daniel L. Marks

Regulation of Agouti-Related Protein Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Transcription and Peptide Secretion by Acute and Chronic Inflammation
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4837-4845, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1680 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Boman G. Irani, Christelle Le Foll, Ambrose Dunn-Meynell, and Barry E. Levin

Effects of Leptin on Rat Ventromedial Hypothalamic Neurons
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5146-5154, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0357 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY:

Tommaso Angelone, Anna Maria Quintieri, Bhawanjit K. Brar, Pauline T. Limchaiyawat, Bruno Tota, Sushil K. Mahata, and Maria Carmela Cerra

The Antihypertensive Chromogranin A Peptide Catestatin Acts as a Novel Endocrine/Paracrine Modulator of Cardiac Inotropism and Lusitropism
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4780-4793, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0318 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christiane Otto, Beate Rohde-Schulz, Gilda Schwarz, Iris Fuchs, Mario Klewer, Dominic Brittain, Gernot Langer, Benjamin Bader, Katja Prelle, Reinhard Nubbemeyer, and Karl-Heinrich Fritzemeier

G Protein-Coupled Receptor 30 Localizes to the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Is Not Activated by Estradiol
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4846-4856, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Bhagu R. Bhavnani, Shui-Pang Tam, and XiaoFeng Lu

Structure Activity Relationships and Differential Interactions and Functional Activity of Various Equine Estrogens Mediated via Estrogen Receptors (ERs) ER and ERβ
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4857-4870, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0304 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Min Chen, Huan Cai, Jun-Ling Yang, Cui-Ling Lu, Tao Liu, Wei Yang, Jian Guo, Xiao-Qian Hu, Cui-Hong Fan, Zhao-Yuan Hu, Fei Gao, and Yi-Xun Liu

Effect of Heat Stress on Expression of Junction-Associated Molecules and Upstream Factors Androgen Receptor and Wilms’ Tumor 1 in Monkey Sertoli Cells
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4871-4882, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolas G. Tsatsos, Lance B. Augustin, Grant W. Anderson, Howard C. Towle, and Cary N. Mariash

Hepatic Expression of the SPOT 14 (S14) Paralog S14-Related (Mid1 Interacting Protein) Is Regulated by Dietary Carbohydrate
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5155-5161, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Song Ling Poon, Beum-Soo An, Wai-Kin So, Geoffrey L. Hammond, and Peter C. K. Leung

Temporal Recruitment of Transcription Factors at the 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate-Response Element of the Human GnRH-II Promoter
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5162-5171, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0481 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daryl O. Schwenke, Takeshi Tokudome, Ichiro Kishimoto, Takeshi Horio, Mikiyasu Shirai, Patricia A. Cragg, and Kenji Kangawa

Early Ghrelin Treatment after Myocardial Infarction Prevents an Increase in Cardiac Sympathetic Tone and Reduces Mortality
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5172-5176, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0472 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GROWTH FACTORS-CYTOKINES:

Daniela Kiepe, Anke Van Der Pas, Sonia Ciarmatori, Ludger Ständker, Burkhardt Schütt, Andreas Hoeflich, Ulrike Hügel, Jun Oh, and Burkhard Tönshoff

Defined Carboxy-Terminal Fragments of Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) Binding Protein-2 Exert Similar Mitogenic Activity on Cultured Rat Growth Plate Chondrocytes as IGF-I
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4901-4911, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1395 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathryn M. Taylor, Petra Vichova, Nicola Jordan, Stephen Hiscox, Rhiannon Hendley, and Robert I. Nicholson

ZIP7-Mediated Intracellular Zinc Transport Contributes to Aberrant Growth Factor Signaling in Antihormone-Resistant Breast Cancer Cells
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4912-4920, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0351 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naoko Kanda and Shinichi Watanabe

Leptin Enhances Human β-Defensin-2 Production in Human Keratinocytes
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5189-5198, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura C. Matthews, Michael J. Taggart, and Melissa Westwood

Modulation of Caveolin-1 Expression Can Affect Signalling through the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway and Cellular Proliferation in Response to Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5199-5208, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert N. Trotter-Mayo and Margo R. Roberts

Leptin Acts in the Periphery to Protect Thymocytes from Glucocorticoid-Mediated Apoptosis in the Absence of Weight Loss
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5209-5218, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0476 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DIABETES-INSULIN-GLUCAGON-GASTROINTESTINAL:

Claude Knauf, Patrice D. Cani, Afifa Ait-Belgnaoui, Alexandre Benani, Cédric Dray, Cendrine Cabou, André Colom, Marc Uldry, Sophie Rastrelli, Eric Sabatier, Natacha Godet, Aurélie Waget, Luc Pénicaud, Philippe Valet, and Rémy Burcelin

Brain Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Signaling Controls the Onset of High-Fat Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance and Reduces Energy Expenditure
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4768-4777, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jaspreet Chahal, Ching-Chu Chen, Madhavi J. Rane, Joseph P. Moore, Michelle T. Barati, Ying Song, and Betty C. Villafuerte

Regulation of Insulin-Response Element Binding Protein-1 in Obesity and Diabetes: Potential Role in Impaired Insulin-Induced Gene Transcription
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4829-4836, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1693 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Kathryn L. Gatford, Saidatul N. B. Mohammad, M. Lyn Harland, Miles J. De Blasio, Abigail L. Fowden, Jeffrey S. Robinson, and Julie A. Owens

Impaired β-Cell Function and Inadequate Compensatory Increases in β-Cell Mass after Intrauterine Growth Restriction in Sheep
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5118-5127, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0233 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sophie Colin, Elodie Bourguignon, Anne-Bénédicte Boullay, Jean-Jacques Tousaint, Stéphane Huet, Françoise Caira, Bart Staels, Sophie Lestavel, Jean-Marc A. Lobaccaro, and Philippe Delerive

Intestine-Specific Regulation of PPAR Gene Transcription by Liver X Receptors
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5128-5135, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0637 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Fuzhen Xia, Li Xie, Anton Mihic, Xiaodong Gao, Yi Chen, Herbert Y. Gaisano, and Robert G. Tsushima

Inhibition of Cholesterol Biosynthesis Impairs Insulin Secretion and Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Function in Pancreatic β-Cells
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5136-5145, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY:

Yong-Soo Park, Yoon Ha Choi, Choon-Ho Park, and Kyong-Tai Kim

Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Effects on Activity-Dependent Potentiation of Catecholamine Release in Chromaffin Cells
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4921-4927, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1798 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Timothy D. Wiggin, Matthias Kretzler, Subramaniam Pennathur, Kelli A. Sullivan, Frank C. Brosius, and Eva L. Feldman

Rosiglitazone Treatment Reduces Diabetic Neuropathy in Streptozotocin-Treated DBA/2J Mice
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4928-4937, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0869 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong Wang, Mona Garro, Heather A. Dantzler, Julia A. Taylor, David D. Kline, and M. Cathleen Kuehl-Kovarik

Age Affects Spontaneous Activity and Depolarizing Afterpotentials in Isolated Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4938-4947, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paula P. Gonçalves, Matjaz Stenovec, Helena H. Chowdhury, Sonja Grilc, Marko Kreft, and Robert Zorec

Prolactin Secretion Sites Contain Syntaxin-1 and Differ from Ganglioside Monosialic Acid Rafts in Rat Lactotrophs
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4948-4957, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erin M. Gibson, Stephanie A. Humber, Sachi Jain, Wilbur P. Williams, III, Sheng Zhao, George E. Bentley, Kazuyoshi Tsutsui, and Lance J. Kriegsfeld

Alterations in RFamide-Related Peptide Expression Are Coordinated with the Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4958-4969, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter D. Alfinito, Xiaohong Chen, James Atherton, Scott Cosmi, and Darlene C. Deecher

ICI 182,780 Penetrates Brain and Hypothalamic Tissue and Has Functional Effects in the Brain after Systemic Dosing
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5219-5226, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0532 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alain Caraty and Donal C. Skinner

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Third Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid: Endogenous Distribution and Exogenous Uptake
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5227-5234, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1636 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kun Don Yi and James W. Simpkins

Protein Phosphatase 1, Protein Phosphatase 2A, and Calcineurin Play a Role in Estrogen-Mediated Neuroprotection
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5235-5243, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0610 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brittany L. Mason, Carmine M. Pariante, and Sarah A. Thomas

A Revised Role for P-Glycoprotein in the Brain Distribution of Dexamethasone, Cortisol, and Corticosterone in Wild-Type and ABCB1A/B-Deficient Mice
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5244-5253, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuyoshi Ukena, Eiko Iwakoshi-Ukena, and Akira Hikosaka

Unique Form and Osmoregulatory Function of a Neurohypophysial Hormone in a Urochordate
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5254-5261, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0607 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Sachiko Chikahisa, Kumiko Tominaga, Tomoko Kawai, Kazuyoshi Kitaoka, Katsutaka Oishi, Norio Ishida, Kazuhito Rokutan, and Hiroyoshi Séi

Bezafibrate, a Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Agonist, Decreases Body Temperature and Enhances Electroencephalogram Delta-Oscillation during Sleep in Mice
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5262-5271, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0285 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heather A. Molenda-Figueira, Suzanne D. Murphy, Katherine L. Shea, Nora K. Siegal, Yingxin Zhao, Joseph G. Chadwick, Jr., Larry A. Denner, and Marc J. Tetel

Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 from Brain Physically Interacts Differentially with Steroid Receptor Subtypes
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5272-5279, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALCIUM REGULATING HORMONES:

Nancy Liu, Lisa Nguyen, Rene F. Chun, Venu Lagishetty, Songyang Ren, Shaoxing Wu, Bruce Hollis, Hector F. DeLuca, John S. Adams, and Martin Hewison

Altered Endocrine and Autocrine Metabolism of Vitamin D in a Mouse Model of Gastrointestinal Inflammation
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4799-4808, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RENAL-CARDIAC-VASCULAR:

Natalia López-Andrés, Carmen Iñigo, Idoia Gallego, Javier Díez, and María Antonia Fortuño

Aldosterone Induces Cardiotrophin-1 Expression in HL-1 Adult Cardiomyocytes
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4970-4978, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jagadeesha K. Dammanahalli and Zhongjie Sun

Endothelin (ET)-1 Inhibits Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidase Activity in Human Abdominal Aortic Endothelial Cells: A Novel Function of ET_B1 Receptors
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4979-4987, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

REPRODUCTION-DEVELOPMENT:

Monika Greiner, Alfonso Paredes, Verónica Rey-Ares, Sabine Saller, Artur Mayerhofer, and Hernán E. Lara

Catecholamine Uptake, Storage, and Regulated Release by Ovarian Granulosa Cells
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4988-4996, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1661 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wilson C. J. Chung, Sarah S. Moyle, and Pei-San Tsai

Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 Signaling through Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Is Required for the Emergence of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons
Endocrinology 2008 149: 4997-5003, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1634 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valério M. Portela, Paulo B. D. Gonçalves, Angela M. Veiga, Edmir Nicola, José Buratini, Jr., and Christopher A. Price

Regulation of Angiotensin Type 2 Receptor in Bovine Granulosa Cells
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5004-5011, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1767 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos López-García, Andrés Joaquín López-Contreras, Asunción Cremades, Maria Teresa Castells, Faustino Marín, Fernanda Schreiber, and Rafael Peñafiel

Molecular and Morphological Changes in Placenta and Embryo Development Associated with the Inhibition of Polyamine Synthesis during Midpregnancy in Mice
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5012-5023, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachel E. Dickinson, Michelle Myers, and W. Colin Duncan

Novel Regulated Expression of the SLIT/ROBO Pathway in the Ovary: Possible Role during Luteolysis in Women
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5024-5034, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xianpeng Sang, Matthew S. Curran, and Antony W. Wood

Paracrine Insulin-Like Growth Factor Signaling Influences Primordial Germ Cell Migration: In Vivo Evidence from the Zebrafish Model
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5035-5042, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0534 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosa Sirianni, Adele Chimento, Carmen Ruggiero, Arianna De Luca, Rosamaria Lappano, Sebastiano Andò, Marcello Maggiolini, and Vincenzo Pezzi

The Novel Estrogen Receptor, G Protein-Coupled Receptor 30, Mediates the Proliferative Effects Induced by 17β-Estradiol on Mouse Spermatogonial GC-1 Cell Line
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5043-5051, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1593 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Osama M. H. Habayeb, Anthony H. Taylor, Stephen C. Bell, David J. Taylor, and Justin C. Konje

Expression of the Endocannabinoid System in Human First Trimester Placenta and Its Role in Trophoblast Proliferation
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5052-5060, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1799 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhi-Yuan Wu, Kun Chen, Bernard Haendler, Thomas V. McDonald, and Jin-Song Bian

Stimulation of N-Terminal Truncated Isoform of Androgen Receptor Stabilizes Human Ether-á-go-go-Related Gene-Encoded Potassium Channel Protein via Activation of Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase 1/2
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5061-5069, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1802 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrik Wahlberg, Åsa Nylander, Nina Ahlskog, Kui Liu, and Tor Ny

Expression and Localization of the Serine Proteases High-Temperature Requirement Factor A1, Serine Protease 23, and Serine Protease 35 in the Mouse Ovary
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5070-5077, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1736 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas W. Bonagura, Gerald J. Pepe, Allen C. Enders, and Eugene D. Albrecht

Suppression of Extravillous Trophoblast Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression and Uterine Spiral Artery Invasion by Estrogen during Early Baboon Pregnancy
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5078-5087, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hayley M. Scott, Gary R. Hutchison, Matthew S. Jobling, Chris McKinnell, Amanda J. Drake, and Richard M. Sharpe

Relationship between Androgen Action in the "Male Programming Window," Fetal Sertoli Cell Number, and Adult Testis Size in the Rat
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5280-5287, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rahul Rathi, Wenxian Zeng, Susan Megee, Alan Conley, Stuart Meyers, and Ina Dobrinski

Maturation of Testicular Tissue from Infant Monkeys after Xenografting into Mice
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5288-5296, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian P. Hermann, Kaori Hornbaker, Daren A. Rice, Michele Sawadogo, and Leslie L. Heckert

In Vivo Regulation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor by the Transcription Factors Upstream Stimulatory Factor 1 and Upstream Stimulatory Factor 2 Is Cell Specific
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5297-5306, doi:10.1210/en.2007-1199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

THYROID-TRH-TSH:

Julien Royer, Anne Lefevre-Minisini, Gianluigi Caltabiano, Thierry Lacombe, Yves Malthiery, Frédérique Savagner, Leonardo Pardo, and Patrice Rodien

The Cloned Equine Thyrotropin Receptor Is Hypersensitive to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin; Identification of Three Residues in the Extracellular Domain Involved in Ligand Specificity
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5088-5096, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0423 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

M. C. Opazo, A. Gianini, F. Pancetti, G. Azkcona, L. Alarcón, R. Lizana, V. Noches, P. A. Gonzalez, M. Porto, S. Mora, D. Rosenthal, E. Eugenin, D. Naranjo, S. M. Bueno, A. M. Kalergis, and C. A. Riedel

Maternal Hypothyroxinemia Impairs Spatial Learning and Synaptic Nature and Function in the Offspring
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5097-5106, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0560 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wendy M. van der Deure, Pia Skov Hansen, Robin P. Peeters, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Edith C. H. Friesema, Laszlo Hegedüs, and Theo J. Visser

Thyroid Hormone Transport and Metabolism by Organic Anion Transporter 1C1 and Consequences of Genetic Variation
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5307-5314, doi:10.1210/en.2008-0430 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Erratum
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5315 [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5316-5319 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Hormone & Peptide Program (NHPP): New Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides, Natural Hormones, New Antisera, & Expanded Hormone Assay Services Available
Endocrinology 2008 149: 5320-5322 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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