Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008

News & Views

Editorial: Embracing the Evolution of Endocrinology

Jeffrey D. Blaustein

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 1–2, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1497

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Evidence of a Role for Androgens in Embryonic Stem Cell Function and Differentiation

Ho-Joon Lee and Jose Teixeira

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 3–4, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1417

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Reproduction-Development

Evidence that Androgens Regulate Early Developmental Events, Prior to Sexual Differentiation

Denise R. Goldman-Johnson and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 5–14, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1123

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Functional Development of the Ovarian Noradrenergic Innervation

Manuel Ricu and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 50–56, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1204

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Ascorbic Acid Transported by Sodium-Dependent Vitamin C Transporter 2 Stimulates Steroidogenesis in Human Choriocarcinoma Cells

Ximei Wu and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 73–83, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0262

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Thrombospondin-1 Expression Is Increased during Follicular Atresia in the Primate Ovary

Fiona H. Thomas and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 185–192, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0835

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Cell Proliferation and Expression of Cell Cycle Regulatory Proteins that Control the G1/S Transition Are Age Dependent and Lobe Specific in the Brown Norway Rat Model of Prostatic Hyperplasia

Jinchun Yan and Terry R. Brown

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 193–207, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1259

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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Prostaglandin (PG) Transporter in Ovine Endometrium: Role for Multiple Cell Signaling Pathways in Transport of PGF_2α

S. K. Banu and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 219–231, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1087

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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Induces Nestin Expression in Endothelial Cells of the Ovary via Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Signaling

Noriyuki Takahashi and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 253–260, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0774

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Estrogen and Progesterone are Critical Regulators of Stat5a Expression in the Mouse Mammary Gland

Sarah J. Santos and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 329–338, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0594

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Brief Communications

Expression of Delta-Like Protein 4 in the Human Endometrium

J. Mazella and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 15–19, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0477

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Pituitary Gonadotroph Estrogen Receptor-α Is Necessary for Fertility in Females

Mary C. Gieske and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 20–27, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1084

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Fadrozole Reverses Cardiac Fibrosis in Spontaneously Hypertensive Heart Failure Rats: Discordant Enantioselectivity Versus Reduction of Plasma Aldosterone

Monica Minnaard-Huiban and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 28–31, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0584

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Neuroendocrinology

Redefining the Limits of Day Length Responsiveness in a Seasonal Mammal

Gabriela C. Wagner and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 32–39, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0658

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Chronic Estradiol Treatment Improves Brain Homeostasis during Aging in Female Rats

Ana Alonso and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 57–72, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0627

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Inactivation of the Oxytocin and the Vasopressin (Avp) 1b Receptor Genes, But Not the Avp 1a Receptor Gene, Differentially Impairs the Bruce Effect in Laboratory Mice (Mus musculus)

Scott R. Wersinger and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 116–121, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1056

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Pulsatile Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulation of Gonadotropin Subunit Transcription in Rat Pituitaries: Evidence for the Involvement of Jun N-Terminal Kinase But Not p38

D. J. Haisenleder and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 139–145, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1113

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Evidence that α-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Is a Neurohormone that Controls Systemic Lipid Availability and Utilization

Rachel N. Danaher and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 154–160, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0583

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Estradiol-17β-Induced Human Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation Is Mediated by an Estrogen Receptor β-Phosphorylated Extracellularly Regulated Kinase Pathway

Jun Ming Wang and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 208–218, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1155

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Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone Neurons Interact Directly with Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-I and -II Neurons in European Starling Brain

Takayoshi Ubuka and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 268–278, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0983

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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-1 Neuronal Activity Is Independent of Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels

Stéphanie Constantin and Susan Wray

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 279–290, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0955

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Cellular and Subcellular Evidence for Neuronal Interaction between the Chemokine Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1/CXCL 12 and Vasopressin: Regulation in the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophysial System of the Brattleboro Rats

Céline Callewaere and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 310–319, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1097

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Dehydroepiandrosterone Induces a Neuroendocrine Phenotype in Nerve Growth Factor-Stimulated Chromaffin Pheochromocytoma PC12 Cells

Christian G. Ziegler and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 320–328, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0645

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Tamoxifen Neuroprotection in Cerebral Ischemia Involves Attenuation of Kinase Activation and Superoxide Production and Potentiation of Mitochondrial Superoxide Dismutase

Chandramohan Wakade and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 367–379, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0899

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Sex Differences in Serotonergic But Not γ-Aminobutyric Acidergic (GABA) Projections to the Rat Ventromedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus

Heather B. Patisaul and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 397–408, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0666

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Intracellular Signaling

Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Munc18c Regulates Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-Stimulated Glucose Transporter 4 Translocation in 3T3L1 Adipocytes

Mitsuhiko Umahara and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 40–49, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2006-1549

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Oxytocin-Induced Activation of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2 in Myometrial Cells Is Mediated by Protein Kinase C

Dominic Devost and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 131–138, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0548

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Contraction in Human Myometrium Is Associated with Changes in Small Heat Shock Proteins

David A. MacIntyre and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 245–252, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0662

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Transforming Growth Factor-β-Activated Protein Kinase 1-Binding Protein (TΑΒ)-1α, But Not ΤΑΒ1β, Mediates Cytokine-Induced p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Phosphorylation and Cell Death in Insulin-Producing Cells

Natalia Makeeva and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 302–309, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0690

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TRH-TSH-Thyroid

The Flavonoid Quercetin Regulates Growth and Gene Expression in Rat FRTL-5 Thyroid Cells

Cesidio Giuliani and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 84–92, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0618

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Increased P2X₇ Receptor Expression and Function in Thyroid Papillary Cancer: A New Potential Marker of the Disease?

Anna Solini and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 389–396, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1223

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Oxidative Stress in the Thyroid Gland: From Harmlessness to Hazard Depending on the Iodine Content

Sylvie Poncin and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 424–433, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0951

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Energy Balance/Obesity

Food Restriction Alters Neuronal Morphology in the Hypothalamic Ventromedial Nucleus of Male Rats

Loretta M. Flanagan-Cato and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 93–99, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0008

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Counterintuitive Effects of Double-Heterozygous Null Melanocortin-4 Receptor and Leptin Genes on Diet-Induced Obesity and Insulin Resistance in C57BL/6J Mice

James L. Trevaskis and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 174–184, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0868

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Evodiamine Improves Diet-Induced Obesity in a Uncoupling Protein-1-Independent Manner: Involvement of Antiadipogenic Mechanism and Extracellularly Regulated Kinase/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling

Ting Wang and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 358–366, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0467

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General Endocrinology

Meiotic Maturation of Incompetent Prepubertal Sheep Oocytes Is Induced by Paracrine Factor(s) Released by Gonadotropin-Stimulated Oocyte-Cumulus Cell Complexes and Involves Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation

Sandra Cecconi and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 100–107, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0874

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Exogenous Ghrelin Attenuates the Progression of Chronic Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Conscious Rats

Daryl O. Schwenke and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 237–244, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0833

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Receptors

c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Inhibitor II (SP600125) Activates Müllerian Inhibiting Substance Type II Receptor-Mediated Signal Transduction

Nina Renlund and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 108–115, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0529

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Stress-Induced Intracellular Trafficking of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors in Rat Locus Coeruleus Neurons

Beverly A. S. Reyes and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 122–130, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0705

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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Estrogen, Androgen, and Progesterone Nuclear Receptors from a Freshwater Turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)

Yoshinao Katsu and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 161–173, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0938

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Ligands Differentially Modify the Nuclear Mobility of Estrogen Receptors α and β

Anastasios E. Damdimopoulos and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 339–345, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0198

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PTH-Calcitonin-VIT D-Bone

Targeted Deletion of a Distant Transcriptional Enhancer of the Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κB Ligand Gene Reduces Bone Remodeling and Increases Bone Mass

Carlo Galli and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 146–153, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0734

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Insulin-Glucagon-GI Peptides-Diabetes

Ethanol Acutely Stimulates Islet Blood Flow, Amplifies Insulin Secretion, and Induces Hypoglycemia via Nitric Oxide and Vagally Mediated Mechanisms

Zhen Huang and Åke Sjöholm

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 232–236, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0632

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Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Activates β-Catenin Signaling in the Mouse Intestinal Crypt: Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I

Philip E. Dubé and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 291–301, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0561

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Oxidative Stress Triggers Cardiac Fibrosis in the Heart of Diabetic Rats

Manuela Aragno and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 380–388, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0877

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Cancer

Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 Deficiency Promotes Apoptosis in the Putative Intestinal Crypt Stem Cell Region, Limits Apc^min/+ Tumors, and Regulates Sox9

Nicole M. Ramocki and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 261–267, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0869

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CRH-ACTH-POMC-Adrenal

Estradiol Regulates Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene (crh) Expression in a Rapid and Phasic Manner that Parallels Estrogen Receptor-α and -β Recruitment to a 3′,5′-Cyclic Adenosine 5′-Monophosphate Regulatory Region of the Proximal crh Promoter

Avin S. Lalmansingh and Rosalie M. Uht

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 346–357, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0372

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Announcements

Erratum

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Page 366, https://doi.org/10.1210/endo.149.1.9999

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Genetics/Genomics

Dexamethasone Sensitizes the Neonatal Intestine to Fructose Induction of Intestinal Fructose Transporter (Slc2A5) Function

Veronique Douard and others

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 409–423, https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0906

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Research Resources

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 434–437, https://doi.org/10.1210/endo.149.1.0134

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National Hormone & Peptide Program (NHPP): New Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides, Natural Hormones, New Antisera, & Expanded Hormone Assay Services Available

Endocrinology, Volume 149, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 438–440, https://doi.org/10.1210/endo.149.1.9998

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