JOE -- Table of Contents (December 2004, 183 [3])

Commentaries:

Christopher J Burns, Shanta J Persaud, and Peter M Jones: Stem cell therapy for diabetes: do we need to make beta cells?
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 437-443. [Abstract] [Full Text]

M Schütt, J Zhou, M Meier, and H H Klein: Long-term effects of HIV-1 protease inhibitors on insulin secretion and insulin signaling in INS-1 beta cells
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 445-454. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Silvya Stuchi Maria-Engler, Maria Lúcia C Corrêa-Giannella, Letícia Labriola, Karin Krogh, Christian Colin, Fernando Henrique Lojudice, Carlos Alberto Mayora Aita, Elizabeth Maria Costa de Oliveira, Tatiana C Silveira Corrêa, Irenice Cairo da Silva, Tercio Genzini, Marcelo Perosa de Miranda, Irene Lourdes Noronha, Luciano Vilela, Cassio Negro Coimbra, Renato A Mortara, Marcos Mares Guia, Freddy Goldberg Eliaschewitz, and Mari Cleide Sogayar: Co-localization of nestin and insulin and expression of islet cell markers in long-term human pancreatic nestin-positive cell cultures
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 455-467. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Maria E C Amaral, Daniel A Cunha, Gabriel F Anhê, Mirian Ueno, Everardo M Carneiro, Lício A Velloso, Silvana Bordin, and Antonio C Boschero: Participation of prolactin receptors and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and MAP kinase pathways in the increase in pancreatic islet mass and sensitivity to glucose during pregnancy
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 469-476. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Chanika Phornphutkul, Ke-Ying Wu, Xu Yang, Qian Chen, and Philip A Gruppuso: Insulin-like growth factor-I signaling is modified during chondrocyte differentiation
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 477-486. [Abstract] [Full Text]

F A Hills, M G Elder, T Chard, and M H F Sullivan: Regulation of human villous trophoblast by insulin-like growth factors and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 487-496. [Abstract] [Full Text]

K Katoh, G Furukawa, K Kitade, N Katsumata, Y Kobayashi, and Y Obara: Postprandial changes in plasma GH and insulin concentrations, and responses to stimulation with GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) and GHRP-6 in calves around weaning
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 497-505. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Hitoshi Ozawa, Fang Han, and Mitsuhiro Kawata: Exocytosis sensitivity to growth hormone-releasing hormone in subsets of GH cells in rats under different corticosterone conditions. Ultrastructural study using microwave irradiation for fixation and immunocytochemistry
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 507-515. [Abstract] [Full Text]

T A Bramley, D Stirling, G S Menzies, and D T Baird: Reduced LH sensitivity in vivo and in vitro of corpora lutea induced during anoestrus by GnRH, and during the late breeding season, in Scottish Blackface ewes
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 517-526. [Abstract] [Full Text]

T Sakurai, K Tamura, and H Kogo: Vascular endothelial growth factor increases messenger RNAs encoding cyclooxygenase-II and membrane-associated prostaglandin E synthase in rat luteal cells
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 527-533. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Tusty-Jiuan Hsieh, Pierre Fustier, Chih-Chang Wei, Shao-Ling Zhang, Janos G Filep, Shiow-Shiu Tang, Julie R Ingelfinger, I George Fantus, Pavel Hamet, and John S D Chan: Reactive oxygen species blockade and action of insulin on expression of angiotensinogen gene in proximal tubular cells
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 535-550. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Marie Saint-Dizier, Florence Foulon-Gauze, François Lecompte, Yves Combarnous, and Maryse Chopineau: Cloning and functional expression of the equine luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotrophin receptor
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 551-559. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mathias Fasshauer, Johannes Klein, Susan Kralisch, Margit Klier, Ulrike Lossner, Matthias Bluher, and Ralf Paschke: Serum amyloid A3 expression is stimulated by dexamethasone and interleukin-6 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 561-567. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Ling-Chu Chang, Sally A Madsen, Trine Toelboell, Patty S D Weber, and Jeanne L Burton: Effects of glucocorticoids on Fas gene expression in bovine blood neutrophils
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 569-583. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Madan L Nagpal, Yue Chen, and Tu Lin: Effects of overexpression of CXCL10 (cytokine-responsive gene-2) on MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cell steroidogenesis and proliferation
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 585-594. [Abstract] [Full Text]

A V Sirotkin, P Sanislo, H-J Schaeffer, I Florkovicová, J Kotwica, J Bulla, and L Hetényi: Thrombopoietin regulates proliferation, apoptosis, secretory activity and intracellular messengers in porcine ovarian follicular cells: involvement of protein kinase A
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 595-604. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Botao Du, Masahide Ohmichi, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Jun Kawagoe, Chika Ohshima, Hideki Igarashi, Akiko Mori-Abe, Maki Saitoh, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Akira Ohishi, Masakazu Doshida, Naohiro Tezuka, Toshifumi Takahashi, and Hirohisa Kurachi: Both estrogen and raloxifene protect against ß-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity in estrogen receptor ${alpha}$ -transfected PC12 cells by activation of telomerase activity via Akt cascade
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 605-615. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Eleonore Fröhlich, Anja Witke, Barbara Czarnocka, and Richard Wahl: Retinol has specific effects on binding of thyrotrophin to cultured porcine thyrocytes
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 617-626. [Abstract] [Full Text]

N Shimada and K Yamauchi: Characteristics of 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T₃)-uptake system of tadpole red blood cells: effect of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on cellular T₃ response
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 627-637. [Abstract] [Full Text]

K Horiguchi, S Yagi, K Ono, Y Nishiura, M Tanaka, M Ishida, and T Harigaya: Prolactin gene expression in mouse spleen helper T cells
J Endocrinol 2004 183: 639-646. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Doron Bresler, Jan Bruder, Klaus Mohnike, William D Fraser, and Peter S N Rowe: Serum MEPE-ASARM-peptides are elevated in X-linked rickets (HYP): implications for phosphaturia and rickets
J Endocrinol 2004 183: R1-R9. [Abstract] [Full Text]