Articles listed in blue may be of special interest to clinicians.

Special Features:

SPECIAL EDITORIAL:Growth Hormone Treatment and Neoplasia—Coincidence or Consequence?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5351-5352 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021467 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John P. Bilezikian, John T. Potts, Jr., Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Michael Kleerekoper, Robert Neer, Munro Peacock, Jonas Rastad, Shonni J. Silverberg, Robert Udelsman, and Samuel A. Wells

Summary Statement from a Workshop on Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Perspective for the 21st Century
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5353-5361 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021370 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John A. Wagner

CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE:Early Clinical Development of Pharmaceuticals for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: From Preclinical Models to Human Investigation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5362-5366 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020910 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian A. Koch, Karel Pacak, and George P. Chrousos

GENETICS OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE:The Molecular Pathogenesis of Hereditary and Sporadic Adrenocortical and Adrenomedullary Tumors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5367-5384 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bijayeswar Vaidya, Pat Kendall-Taylor, and Simon H. S. Pearce

GENETICS OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE:The Genetics of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5385-5397 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020492 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliet Compston

EDITORIAL:Local Biosynthesis of Sex Steroids in Bone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5398-5400 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021420 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sedika Issa, Doris Schnabel, Maritta Feix, Lutz Wolf, Hans-Eckart Schaefer, David W. Russell, and Hans-Udo Schweikert

Human Osteoblast-Like Cells Express Predominantly Steroid 5-Reductase Type 1
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5401-5407 doi:10.1210/jc.2001-011902 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janet A. Schlechte

EDITORIAL:The Macroprolactin Problem
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5408-5409 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021617 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas P. Smith, Abdulwahab M. Suliman, Michael N. Fahie-Wilson, and T. Joseph McKenna

Gross Variability in the Detection of Prolactin in Sera Containing Big Big Prolactin (Macroprolactin) by Commercial Immunoassays
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5410-5415 doi:10.1210/jc.2001-011943 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Paul Robertson

EDITORIAL:Intrahepatically Transplanted Islets—Strangers in a Strange Land
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5416-5417 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021612 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Per-Ola Carlsson, Fredrik Palm, and Göran Mattsson

Low Revascularization of Experimentally Transplanted Human Pancreatic Islets
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5418-5423 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020728 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Boaz Hirshberg, Steven Mog, Noelle Patterson, John Leconte, and David M. Harlan

COMMENT:Histopathological Study of Intrahepatic Islets Transplanted in the Nonhuman Primate Model Using Edmonton Protocol Immunosuppression
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5424-5429 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020684 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. T. den Ouden, M. Kroon, P. H. Hoogland, P. H. L. M. Geelhoed-Duijvestijn, and J. M. Wit

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR:A 43-Year-Old Male with Untreated Panhypopituitarism due to Absence of the Pituitary Stalk: From Dwarf to Giant
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5430-5434 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020672 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrine Care:

Vahab Fatourechi, Debra D. F. Ahmed, and Kara M. Schwartz

Thyroid Acropachy: Report of 40 Patients Treated at a Single Institution in a 26-Year Period
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5435-5441 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020746 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yvonne K. van Pareren, Sabine M. P. F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Theo Stijnen, Theo C. J. Sas, and Stenvert L. S. Drop

Effect of Discontinuation of Long-Term Growth Hormone Treatment on Carbohydrate Metabolism and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Girls with Turner Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5442-5448 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020789 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin Z. Leder, Karen M. LeBlanc, Christopher Longcope, Hang Lee, Don H. Catlin, and Joel S. Finkelstein

Effects of Oral Androstenedione Administration on Serum Testosterone and Estradiol Levels in Postmenopausal Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5449-5454 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Garrone, G. Radetti, M. Sidoti, M. Bozzola, F. Minuto, and A. Barreca

Increased Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-II and IGF/IGF-Binding Protein Ratio in Prepubertal Constitutionally Tall Children
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5455-5460 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020614 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angelo DelParigi, Matthias Tschöp, Mark L. Heiman, Arline D. Salbe, Barbora Vozarova, Susan M. Sell, Joy C. Bunt, and P. Antonio Tataranni

High Circulating Ghrelin: A Potential Cause for Hyperphagia and Obesity in Prader-Willi Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5461-5464 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020871 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. A. Kelly, G. Samandouras, A. B. Grossman, F. Afshar, G. M. Besser, and P. J. Jenkins

Neurosurgical Treatment of Nelson’s Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5465-5469 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Berneis, J. J. Staub, A. Gessler, C. Meier, J. Girard, and B. Müller

Combined Stimulation of Adrenocorticotropin and Compound-S by Single Dose Metyrapone Test as an Outpatient Procedure to Assess Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Function
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5470-5475 doi:10.1210/jc.2001-011959 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Burkhard Lorenz Herrmann, Bernhard Saller, Onno Eilard Janssen, Peter Gocke, Andreas Bockisch, Herbert Sperling, Klaus Mann, and Martina Broecker

Impact of Estrogen Replacement Therapy in a Male with Congenital Aromatase Deficiency Caused by a Novel Mutation in the CYP19 Gene
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5476-5484 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020498 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl Winkler, Claudia Abletshauser, Michael M. Hoffmann, Isolde Friedrich, Manfred W. Baumstark, Heinrich Wieland, and Winfried März

Effect of Fluvastatin Slow-Release on Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Subfractions in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Baseline LDL Profile Determines Specific Mode of Action
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5485-5490 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020370 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iacopo Chiodini, Libuse Tauchmanovà, Massimo Torlontano, Claudia Battista, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Mario Cammisa, Annamaria Colao, Vincenzo Carnevale, Riccardo Rossi, Sergio Di Lembo, Vincenzo Trischitta, and Alfredo Scillitani

Bone Involvement in Eugonadal Male Patients with Adrenal Incidentaloma and Subclinical Hypercortisolism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5491-5494 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020399 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margherita Bonamico, Anna M. Pasquino, Paolo Mariani, Helene M. Danesi, Franco Culasso, Laura Mazzanti, Antonella Petri, and Giovanni Bona

Prevalence and Clinical Picture of Celiac Disease in Turner Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5495-5498 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020855 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth N. Pearce, A. Russell Gerber, David B. Gootnick, Laura Kettel Khan, Ruowei Li, Sam Pino, and Lewis E. Braverman

COMMENT:Effects of Chronic Iodine Excess in a Cohort of Long-Term American Workers in West Africa
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5499-5502 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020692 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rapid Communications:

S. Füllert, F. Schneider, E. Haak, H. Rau, K. Badenhoop, G. Lübben, K.-H. Usadel, and T. Konrad

Effects of Pioglitazone in Nondiabetic Patients with Arterial Hypertension: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5503-5506 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020963 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pamela Correa, Ulrika Segersten, Per Hellman, Göran Åkerström, and Gunnar Westin

Increased 25-Hydroxyvitamin D₃ 1-Hydroxylase and Reduced 25-Hydroxyvitamin D₃ 24-Hydroxylase Expression in Parathyroid Tumors: New Prospects for Treatment of Hyperparathyroidism with Vitamin D
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5826-5829 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021356 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Germán Iñiguez, Ken Ong, Veronica Peña, Alejandra Avila, David Dunger, and Veronica Mericq

Fasting and Post-Glucose Ghrelin Levels in SGA Infants: Relationships with Size and Weight Gain at One Year of Age
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5830-5833 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021206 [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Vanhala, M. Vanhala, E. Kumpusalo, and S. Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi

The Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index QUICKI Predicts the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Better Than Fasting Plasma Insulin in Obese Subjects: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5834-5837 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020591 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Other Original Articles:

Juan Carlos López-Alvarenga, Teresa Zariñán, Aleida Olivares, Jorge González-Barranco, Johannes D. Veldhuis, and Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre

Poorly Controlled Type I Diabetes Mellitus in Young Men Selectively Suppresses Luteinizing Hormone Secretory Burst Mass
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5507-5515 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020803 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dieter Mesotten, Patric J. D. Delhanty, Frank Vanderhoydonc, Kevin V. Hardman, Frank Weekers, Robert C. Baxter, and Greet van den Berghe

Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-1 during Protracted Critical Illness
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5516-5523 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020664 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stéphanie Oger, Céline Méhats, Emmanuelle Dallot, Françoise Ferré, and Marie-Josèphe Leroy

Interleukin-1ß Induces Phosphodiesterase 4B2 Expression in Human Myometrial Cells through a Prostaglandin E₂- and Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate-Dependent Pathway
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5524-5531 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020575 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Artur J. Jakimiuk, Stacy R. Weitsman, Hui-Wen Yen, Michal Bogusiewicz, and Denis A. Magoffin

Estrogen Receptor and ß Expression in Theca and Granulosa Cells from Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5532-5538 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020323 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Umit A. Kayisli, Cinar Ahmet H. Aksu, Murat Berkkanoglu, and Aydin Arici

Estrogenicity of Isoflavones on Human Endometrial Stromal and Glandular Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5539-5544 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020716 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Saveanu, E. Lavaque, G. Gunz, A. Barlier, S. Kim, J. E. Taylor, M. D. Culler, A. Enjalbert, and P. Jaquet

Demonstration of Enhanced Potency of a Chimeric Somatostatin-Dopamine Molecule, BIM-23A387, in Suppressing Growth Hormone and Prolactin Secretion from Human Pituitary Somatotroph Adenoma Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5545-5552 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020934 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhenqi Liu, Linda A. Jahn, Liping Wei, Wen Long, and Eugene J. Barrett

Amino Acids Stimulate Translation Initiation and Protein Synthesis through an Akt-Independent Pathway in Human Skeletal Muscle
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5553-5558 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020424 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrine K. Welt, Ann E. Taylor, Kathryn A. Martin, and Janet E. Hall

Serum Inhibin B in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Regulation by Insulin and Luteinizing Hormone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5559-5565 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020546 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Kunz, Andrea Thalhammer, Frank D. Berg, Ulrike Berg, Diane M. Duffy, Richard L. Stouffer, Gregory A. Dissen, Sergio R. Ojeda, and Artur Mayerhofer

Ca²⁺-Activated, Large Conductance K⁺ Channel in the Ovary: Identification, Characterization, and Functional Involvement in Steroidogenesis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5566-5574 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020841 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. S. Yajnik, H. G. Lubree, S. S. Rege, S. S. Naik, J. A. Deshpande, S. S. Deshpande, C. V. Joglekar, and J. S. Yudkin

Adiposity and Hyperinsulinemia in Indians Are Present at Birth
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5575-5580 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020434 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ines L. Sedlmeyer, Joel N. Hirschhorn, and Mark R. Palmert

Pedigree Analysis of Constitutional Delay of Growth and Maturation: Determination of Familial Aggregation and Inheritance Patterns
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5581-5586 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020862 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert C. Andrews, Olive Herlihy, Dawn E. W. Livingstone, Ruth Andrew, and Brian R. Walker

Abnormal Cortisol Metabolism and Tissue Sensitivity to Cortisol in Patients with Glucose Intolerance
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5587-5593 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chun-Shan Chou, Hua Zhu, Eliezer Shalev, Colin D. MacCalman, and Peter C. K. Leung

The Effects of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) I and GnRH II on the Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator/Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor System in Human Extravillous Cytotrophoblasts in Vitro
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5594-5603 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020883 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle R. Denburg, Miriam E. Silfen, Alexandra M. Manibo, Daisy Chin, Lenore S. Levine, Michel Ferin, Donald J. McMahon, Christina Go, and Sharon E. Oberfield

Insulin Sensitivity and the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in Prepubertal Boys with Premature Adrenarche
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5604-5609 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020896 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroaki Shime, Masatoshi Kariya, Ayaka Orii, Chika Momma, Takanobu Kanamori, Ken Fukuhara, Takashi Kusakari, Yuko Tsuruta, Kenji Takakura, Toshio Nikaido, and Shingo Fujii

Tranilast Inhibits the Proliferation of Uterine Leiomyoma Cells in Vitro through G1 Arrest Associated with the Induction of p21^waf1 and p53
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5610-5617 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020444 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lone Frydelund-Larsen, Csilla Krausz, Henrik Leffers, Anna Maria Andersson, Elisabeth Carlsen, Susanne Bangsboell, Ken Mcelreavey, Niels E. Skakkebaek, and Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts

Inhibin B: A Marker for the Functional State of the Seminiferous Epithelium in Patients with Azoospermia Factor c Microdeletions
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5618-5624 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020737 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Uberto Pagotto, Alessandra Gambineri, Valentina Vicennati, Mark L. Heiman, Matthias Tschöp, and Renato Pasquali

Plasma Ghrelin, Obesity, and the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Correlation with Insulin Resistance and Androgen Levels
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5625-5629 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020776 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. W. Tomlinson, B. Sinha, I. Bujalska, M. Hewison, and P. M. Stewart

Expression of 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 in Adipose Tissue Is Not Increased in Human Obesity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5630-5635 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020687 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos Hermenegildo, Pascual Medina, Marta Peiró, Gloria Segarra, José M. Vila, Joaquín Ortega, and Salvador Lluch

Plasma Concentration of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine, an Endogenous Inhibitor of Nitric Oxide Synthase, Is Elevated in Hyperthyroid Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5636-5640 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020905 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pablo Argüeso, Sandra Spurr-Michaud, Ann Tisdale, and Ilene K. Gipson

Variation in the Amount of T Antigen and N-Acetyllactosamine Oligosaccharides in Human Cervical Mucus Secretions with the Menstrual Cycle
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5641-5648 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020766 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimberly T. Brill, Arthur L. Weltman, Angela Gentili, James T. Patrie, David A. Fryburg, John B. Hanks, Randall J. Urban, and Johannes D. Veldhuis

Single and Combined Effects of Growth Hormone and Testosterone Administration on Measures of Body Composition, Physical Performance, Mood, Sexual Function, Bone Turnover, and Muscle Gene Expression in Healthy Older Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5649-5657 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adriana B. Nunes, Marilza C. L. Ezabella, Alexandre C. Pereira, José E. Krieger, and Sergio P. A. Toledo

A Novel Val⁶⁴⁸Ile Substitution in RET Protooncogene Observed in a Cys⁶³⁴Arg Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A Kindred Presenting with an Adrenocorticotropin-Producing Pheochromocytoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5658-5661 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020345 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Motoshima, Xiangdong Wu, Madhur K. Sinha, V. Elise Hardy, Ernest L. Rosato, Donna J. Barbot, Francis E. Rosato, and Barry J. Goldstein

Differential Regulation of Adiponectin Secretion from Cultured Human Omental and Subcutaneous Adipocytes: Effects of Insulin and Rosiglitazone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5662-5667 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020635 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madelon M. Buijs, Johannes A. Romijn, Jacobus Burggraaf, Marieke L. de Kam, Adam F. Cohen, Marijke Frölich, Frans Stellaard, A. Edo Meinders, and Hanno Pijl

Growth Hormone Blunts Protein Oxidation and Promotes Protein Turnover to a Similar Extent in Abdominally Obese and Normal-Weight Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5668-5674 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020927 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Phillips, Jarrod Bailey, Stephen C. Robson, and G. Nicholas Europe-Finner

Differential Expression of the Adenylyl Cyclase-Stimulatory Guanosine Triphosphate-Binding Protein G_s in the Human Myometrium during Pregnancy and Labor Involves Transcriptional Regulation by Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate and Binding of Phosphorylated Nuclear Proteins to Multiple GC Boxes within the Promoter
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5675-5685 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020640 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Johansson, J. D. Glazier, C. P. Sibley, T. Jansson, and T. L. Powell

Activity and Protein Expression of the Na⁺/H⁺ Exchanger Is Reduced in Syncytiotrophoblast Microvillous Plasma Membranes Isolated from Preterm Intrauterine Growth Restriction Pregnancies
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5686-5694 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020214 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sven Diederich, Ekkehard Eigendorff, Patrick Burkhardt, Marcus Quinkler, Christiane Bumke-Vogt, Marina Rochel, Dieter Seidelmann, Peter Esperling, Wolfgang Oelkers, and Volker Bähr

11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Types 1 and 2: An Important Pharmacokinetic Determinant for the Activity of Synthetic Mineralo- and Glucocorticoids
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5695-5701 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020970 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lourdes Ibáñez, Neus Potau, Angela Ferrer, Francisco Rodriguez-Hierro, Maria Victoria Marcos, and Francis de Zegher

Anovulation in Eumenorrheic, Nonobese Adolescent Girls Born Small for Gestational Age: Insulin Sensitization Induces Ovulation, Increases Lean Body Mass, and Reduces Abdominal Fat Excess, Dyslipidemia, and Subclinical Hyperandrogenism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5702-5705 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020926 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoatsu Mune, Hiroshi Murase, Noriyoshi Yamakita, Tetsuya Fukuda, Masanori Murayama, Atsushi Miura, Tetsuya Suwa, Junko Hanafusa, Hisashi Daido, Hiroyuki Morita, and Keigo Yasuda

Eutopic Overexpression of Vasopressin V_1a Receptor in Adrenocorticotropin-Independent Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5706-5713 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erica L. T. van den Akker, Jan W. Koper, Annemie L. M. Boehmer, Axel P. N. Themmen, Miriam Verhoef-Post, Marianna A. Timmerman, Barto J. Otten, Stenvert L. S. Drop, and Frank H. De Jong

Differential Inhibition of 17-Hydroxylase and 17,20-Lyase Activities by Three Novel Missense CYP17 Mutations Identified in Patients with P450c17 Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5714-5721 doi:10.1210/jc.2001-011880 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony J. Zeleznik, Lynda Little-Ihrig, and Suresh Ramasawamy

Administration of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I to Rhesus Monkeys Does Not Augment Gonadotropin-Stimulated Ovarian Steroidogenesis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5722-5729 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paola Viganò, Edgardo Somigliana, Silvia Mangioni, Michele Vignali, Mario Vignali, and Anna Maria Di Blasio

Expression of Interleukin-10 and Its Receptor Is Up-Regulated in Early Pregnant Versus Cycling Human Endometrium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5730-5736 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020435 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. D. Veldhuis, M. Bidlingmaier, S. M. Anderson, W. S. Evans, Z. Wu, and C. J. Strasburger

Impact of Experimental Blockade of Peripheral Growth Hormone (GH) Receptors on the Kinetics of Endogenous and Exogenous GH Removal in Healthy Women and Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5737-5745 doi:10.1210/jc.2001-011885 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nancy A. Klein, Andrew J. Harper, Brenda S. Houmard, Patrick M. Sluss, and Michael R. Soules

Is the Short Follicular Phase in Older Women Secondary to Advanced or Accelerated Dominant Follicle Development?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5746-5750 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020622 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maryam Kabir-Salmani, Shigetatsu Shiokawa, Yoshihiro Akimoto, Habib Hasan-Nejad, Keiji Sakai, Shinya Nagamatsu, Ken Sakai, Yukio Nakamura, Ahmad Hosseini, and Mitsutoshi Iwashita

Characterization of Morphological and Cytoskeletal Changes in Trophoblast Cells Induced by Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5751-5759 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020550 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuhiro Miki, Taisuke Nakata, Takashi Suzuki, Andrew David Darnel, Takuya Moriya, Chika Kaneko, Kumiko Hidaka, Yukimasa Shiotsu, Hideaki Kusaka, and Hironobu Sasano

Systemic Distribution of Steroid Sulfatase and Estrogen Sulfotransferase in Human Adult and Fetal Tissues
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5760-5768 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020670 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katya Chobotova, Mary-Elizabeth Muchmore, Janet Carver, Hyung-J Yoo, Sanjiv Manek, William J. Gullick, David H. Barlow, and Helen J. Mardon

The Mitogenic Potential of Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor in the Human Endometrium Is Mediated by the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Is Modulated by Tumor Necrosis Factor-
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5769-5777 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bertalan Dudás and István Merchenthaler

Close Juxtapositions between Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone-Immunoreactive Neurons and Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-Immunoreactive Axons in the Human Diencephalon
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5778-5784 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020996 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ali Akoum, André Lemay, and Rodolphe Maheux

Estradiol and Interleukin-1ß Exert a Synergistic Stimulatory Effect on the Expression of the Chemokine Regulated upon Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed, and Secreted in Endometriotic Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5785-5792 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicolas Poujol, Serge Lumbroso, Béatrice Térouanne, Jean-Marc A. Lobaccaro, William Bourguet, and Charles Sultan

Pathophysiology of Androgen Insensitivity Syndromes: Molecular and Structural Approaches of Natural and Engineered Androgen Receptor Mutations at Amino Acid 743
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5793-5800 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020491 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Fujiwara, Shinya Yoshioka, Keiji Tatsumi, Kenzo Kosaka, Yukiyasu Satoh, Yoshihiro Nishioka, Miho Egawa, Toshihiro Higuchi, and Shingo Fujii

Human Endometrial Epithelial Cells Express Ephrin A1: Possible Interaction between Human Blastocysts and Endometrium via Eph-Ephrin System
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5801-5807 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020508 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shigetatsu Shiokawa, Mitsutoshi Iwashita, Yoshihiro Akimoto, Shinya Nagamatsu, Ken Sakai, Hideki Hanashi, Maryam Kabir-Salmani, Yukio Nakamura, Masayoshi Uehata, and Yasunori Yoshimura

Small Guanosine Triphospatase RhoA and Rho-Associated Kinase as Regulators of Trophoblast Migration
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5808-5816 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020376 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard T. Kloos, Vani Duvuuri, Sissy M. Jhiang, Kenneth V. Cahill, Jill A. Foster, and John A. Burns

COMMENT:Nasolacrimal Drainage System Obstruction from Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Thyroid Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5817-5820 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Cibula, J. Skrha, M. Hill, M. Fanta, L. Haaková, J. VrbÍková, and J. Zivny

Prediction of Insulin Sensitivity in Nonobese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5821-5825 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020586 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcements:

Relaxin 2004: Fourth International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides, September 5–10, 2004, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5429 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kronos Longevity Research Institute, February 5–7, 2003, Tempe, Arizona
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5617 [Full Text] [PDF]  

2003 Certifying Examination in Pediatric Endocrinology
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5729 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joint Meeting of the 13th Annual Meetings of the American Summer Neuropeptide Conference & The European Neuropeptide Club (ENC), June 8–12, 2003, Montauk, New York
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5777 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Resources:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5838-5840 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Hormone & Peptide Program - NIDDK: Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides & Other Hormones, Antisera, Reagents, & Hormone Assay Services Available
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 5841-5843 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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