Special Articles:

Marlys R. Drange and Shlomo Melmed

EDITORIAL: To Sleep, Perchance To Eat
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1311-1312. [Full Text]  

Ana C. Latronico and George P. Chrousos

EXTENSIVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: Adrenocortical Tumors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1317-1324. [Full Text]  

Clinical Studies:

Alexandros N. Vgontzas, Dimitris A. Papanicolaou, Edward O. Bixler, Anthony Kales, Kathy Tyson, and George P. Chrousos

Elevation of Plasma Cytokines in Disorders of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: Role of Sleep Disturbance and Obesity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1313-1316. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven Grinspoon, Colleen Corcoran, Karen Miller, Beverly M. K. Biller, Hasan Askari, Emily Wang, Jane Hubbard, Ellen J. Anderson, Nesli Basgoz, Howard M. Heller, and Anne Klibanski

Body Composition and Endocrine Function in Women with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Wasting
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1332-1337. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven R. Peacey, Amin Rostami-Hodjegan, Emad George, Geoffrey T. Tucker, and Simon R. Heller

The Use of Tolbutamide-Induced Hypoglycemia to Examine the Intraislet Role of Insulin in Mediating Glucagon Release in Normal Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1458-1461. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew A. Toogood, Judith E. Adams, Paul A. O’Neill, and Stephen M. Shalet

Elderly Patients with Adult-Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency Are Not Osteopenic
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1462-1466. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlos A. Benbassat, Kevin C. Maki, and Terry G. Unterman

Circulating Levels of Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) Binding Protein-1 and -3 in Aging Men: Relationships to Insulin, Glucose, IGF, and Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Levels and Anthropometric Measures
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1484-1491. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elizabeth Shane, Maria Rivas, Donald J. McMahon, Ronald B. Staron, Shonni J. Silverberg, Markus J. Seibel, Donna Mancini, Robert E. Michler, Keith Aaronson, Vicki Addesso, and Sha Hwa Lo

Bone Loss and Turnover after Cardiac Transplantation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1497-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sundeep Khosla, Elizabeth J. Atkinson, L. Joseph Melton, III, and B. Lawrence Riggs

Effects of Age and Estrogen Status on Serum Parathyroid Hormone Levels and Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in Women: A Population-Based Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1522-1527. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

André Tchernof, Fernand Labrie, Alain Bélanger, Denis Prud’homme, Claude Bouchard, Angelo Tremblay, André Nadeau, and Jean-Pierre Després

Androstane-3,17ß-Diol Glucuronide as a Steroid Correlate of Visceral Obesity in Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1528-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark A. Espeland, Marcia L. Stefanick, Donna Kritz-Silverstein, S. Edwin Fineberg, Myron A. Waclawiw, Margaret K. James, and Gail A. Greendale

Effect of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy on Body Weight and Waist and Hip Girths
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1549-1556. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. Vierhapper, W. Raber, C. Bieglmayer, K. Kaserer, A. Weinhäusl, and B. Niederle

Routine Measurement of Plasma Calcitonin in Nodular Thyroid Diseases
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1589-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideki Yagi, Joachim Pohlenz, Yoshitaka Hayashi, Akihiro Sakurai, and Samuel Refetoff

Resistance to Thyroid Hormone Caused by Two Mutant Thyroid Hormone Receptors ß, R243Q and R243W, with Marked Impairment of Function That Cannot Be Explained by Altered in Vitro 3,5,3'-Triiodothyroinine Binding Affinity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1608-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Papaspyrou-Rao, S. H. Schneider, R. N. Petersen, and S. K. Fried

COMMENTS: Dexamethasone Increases Leptin Expression in Humans in Vivo
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1635-1637. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Research Center Studies:

O. Khorram, G. A. Laughlin, and S. S. C. Yen

Endocrine and Metabolic Effects of Long-Term Administration of [Nle²⁷]Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone-(1–29)-NH₂ in Age-Advanced Men and Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1472-1479. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. R. Litchfield, C. Coolidge, P. Silva, R. P. Lifton, F. Fallo, G. H. Williams, and R. G. Dluhy

Impaired Potassium-Stimulated Aldosterone Production: A Possible Explanation for Normokalemic Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1507-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Linda K. Kwong, David N. Ridinger, Michael Bandhauer, John H. Ward, Wolfram E. Samlowski, Per-Henrik Iverius, Haydn Pritchard, and Dana E. Wilson

Acute Dyslipoproteinemia Induced by Interleukin-2: Lecithin:Cholesteryl Acyltransferase, Lipoprotein Lipase, and Hepatic Lipase Deficiencies
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1572-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endocrinological Oncology:

Philippe Chanson, Jacques Pantel, Jacques Young, Béatrice Couzinet, Jean-Michel Bidart, and Gilbert Schaison

Free Luteinizing-Hormone Beta-Subunit in Normal Subjects and Patients with Pituitary Adenomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1397-1402. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Qihan Dong, Larisa V. Debelenko, Settara C. Chandrasekharappa, Michael R. Emmert-Buck, Zhengping Zhuang, Siradanahalli C. Guru, Pachiappan Manickam, Monica Skarulis, Irina A. Lubensky, Lance A. Liotta, Francis S. Collins, Stephen J. Marx, and Allen M. Spiegel

Loss of Heterozygosity at 11q13: Analysis of Pituitary Tumors, Lung Carcinoids, Lipomas, and Other Uncommon Tumors in Subjects with Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1416-1420. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Pozzessere, Elvira Valle, Carmelo D’Alessio, Giampiero Soldati, Francesco Pierelli, Frida Leonetti, Monica Foniciello, and Guido Tamburrano

Effects of Spontaneous Chronic Hypoglycemia on Central and Peripheral Nervous System in Insulinoma Patients before and after Surgery: A Neurophysiological Follow-Up
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1447-1451. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Graziano Pinna, Harald Meinhold, Luis Hiedra, Rudy Thoma, Thomas Hoell, Klaus-Jürgen Gräf, Gisela Stoltenburg-Didinger, Murat Eravci, Hans Prengel, Oliver Brödel, Reinhard Finke, and Andreas Baumgartner

Elevated 3,5-Diiodothyronine Concentrations in the Sera of Patients with Nonthyroidal Illnesses and Brain Tumors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1535-1542. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonino Fiumara, Antonino Belfiore, Giovanna Russo, Edvige Salomone, Gabriella M. Santonocito, Orazio Ippolito, Riccardo Vigneri, and Pietro Gangemi

In Situ Evidence of Neoplastic Cell Phagocytosis by Macrophages in Papillary Thyroid Cancer
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1615-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Experimental Studies:

Raymond Dombroski, M. Linette Casey, and Paul C. MacDonald

Human Saturated Steroid 6-Hydroxylase
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1338-1344. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maria-Christina Zennaro, Nicolette Farman, Jean-Pierre Bonvalet, and Marc Lombès

Tissue-Specific Expression of and ß Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Isoforms of the Human Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Normal and Pathological States
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1345-1352. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maria Grazia Clemente, Petra Obermayer-Straub, Antonella Meloni, Christian P. Strassburg, Vincenzo Arangino, Robert H. Tukey, Stefano De Virgiliis, and Michael P. Manns

Cytochrome P450 1A2 Is a Hepatic Autoantigen in Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1353-1361. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sam Mesiano, Steven L. Katz, Janet Y. Lee, and Robert B. Jaffe

Insulin-Like Growth Factors Augment Steroid Production and Expression of Steroidogenic Enzymes in Human Fetal Adrenal Cortical Cells: Implications for Adrenal Androgen Regulation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1390-1396. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Corinne Cudicini, Hervé Lejeune, Edith Gomez, Eugène Bosmans, François Ballet, José Saez, and Bernard Jégou

Human Leydig Cells and Sertoli Cells Are Producers of Interleukins-1 and -6
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1426-1433. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideaki Tanaka, Maria S. Perez, Michael Powell, Jane F. Sanders, Joanna Sawicka, Shu Chen, Louise Prentice, Takayuki Asawa, Corrado Betterle, Marina Volpato, Bernard Rees Smith, and Jadwiga Furmaniak

Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Autoantibodies: Measurements with a New Immunoprecipitation Assay
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1440-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cesar L. Boguszewski, Gudmundur Johannsson, Bengt-Åke Bengtsson, Anders Johansson, Björn Carlsson, and Lena M. S. Carlsson

Circulating Non-22-Kilodalton Growth Hormone Isoforms in Acromegalic Men before and after Transsphenoidal Surgery
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1516-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert Collu, JangQing Tang, Jérôme Castagné, Ginette Lagacé, Nicole Masson, Céline Huot, Cheri Deal, Edgard Delvin, Elena Faccenda, Karin A. Eidne, and Guy Van Vliet

A Novel Mechanism for Isolated Central Hypothyroidism: Inactivating Mutations in the Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Gene
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1561-1565. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. J. Woods, C. F. Kemp, J. David, and P. J. Lowry

Heterogeneity of the Human Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-Binding Protein
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1566-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sven Diederich, Bert Hanke, Wolfgang Oelkers, and Volker Bähr

Metabolism of Dexamethasone in the Human Kidney: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide-Dependent 11ß-Reduction
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1598-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Margaret G. Warren-Perry, Susan E. Manley, Diane Ostrega, Ken Polonsky, Sandra Mussett, Phil Brown, and Robert C. Turner

COMMENTS: A Novel Point Mutation in the Insulin Gene Giving Rise to Hyperproinsulinemia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1629-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Valcavi, M. Zini, R. Peino, F. F. Casanueva, and C. Dieguez

COMMENTS: Influence of Thyroid Status on Serum Immunoreactive Leptin Levels
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1632-1634. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pediatric Endocrinology:

Sudha L. Mootha, Anthony J. Barkovich, Melvin M. Grumbach, Michael S. Edwards, Stephen E. Gitelman, Selna L. Kaplan, and Felix A. Conte

Idiopathic Hypothalamic Diabetes Insipidus, Pituitary Stalk Thickening, and the Occult Intracranial Germinoma in Children and Adolescents
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1362-1367. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

V. Matkovic, J. Z. Ilich, N. E. Badenhop, M. Skugor, A. Clairmont, D. Klisovic, and J. D. Landoll

Gain in Body Fat Is Inversely Related to the Nocturnal Rise in Serum Leptin Level in Young Females
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1368-1372. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brunella Capaldo, Lidia Patti, Ugo Oliviero, Salvatore Longobardi, Francesco Pardo, Flavia Vitale, Serafino Fazio, Francesca Di Rella, Bernadette Biondi, Gaetano Lombardi, and Luigi Saccà

Increased Arterial Intima-Media Thickness in Childhood-Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1378-1381. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vicente Gilsanz, Arzu Kovanlikaya, Gertrude Costin, Thomas F. Roe, James Sayre, and Francine Kaufman

Differential Effect of Gender on the Sizes of the Bones in the Axial and Appendicular Skeletons
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1603-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Endocrinology:

Izaäk Schipper, Focko F. G. Rommerts, Paulien M. ten Hacken, and Bart C. J. M. Fauser

Low Levels of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor-Activation Inhibitors in Serum and Follicular Fluid from Normal Controls and Anovulatory Patients with or without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1325-1331. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jules I. Schwartz, Wesley K. Tanaka, Daniel Z. Wang, David L. Ebel, Lori A. Geissler, Aimee Dallob, Barry Hafkin, and Barry J. Gertz

MK-386, an Inhibitor of 5-Reductase Type 1, Reduces Dihydrotestosterone Concentrations in Serum and Sebum without Affecting Dihydrotestosterone Concentrations in Semen
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1373-1377. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charlotta Dabrosin, Karin Öllinger, Urban Ungerstedt, and Mats Hammar

Variability of Glutathione Levels in Normal Breast Tissue and Subcutaneous Fat during the Menstrual Cycle: An in Vivo Study with Microdialysis Technique
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1382-1384. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takayuki Komatsu, Ikuo Konishi, Manabu Fukumoto, Kanako Nanbu, Masafumi Koshiyama, Masaki Mandai, and Takahide Mori

Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression of Heat Shock Proteins HSP70 and HSP90 in Human Endometrium and Myometrium during the Menstrual Cycle
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1385-1389. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hermann M. Behre, Sabine Kliesch, Gerald Pühse, Thomas Reissmann, and Eberhard Nieschlag

High Loading and Low Maintenance Doses of a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Antagonist Effectively Suppress Serum Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, and Testosterone in Normal Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1403-1408. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. A. Salamonsen, A. R. Butt, F. R. Hammond, S. Garcia, and J. Zhang

Production of Endometrial Matrix Metalloproteinases, but Not Their Tissue Inhibitors, is Modulated by Progesterone Withdrawal in an in Vitro Model for Menstruation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1409-1415. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Theodore P. Ciaraldi, Arlene J. Morales, Matthew G. Hickman, Rosanne Odom-Ford, Jerrold M. Olefsky, and Samuel S. C. Yen

Cellular Insulin Resistance in Adipocytes from Obese Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Subjects Involves Adenosine Modulation of Insulin Sensitivity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1421-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. J. Padayatty, M. Marcelli, T. C. Shao, and G. R. Cunningham

Lovastatin-Induced Apoptosis in Prostate Stromal Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1434-1439. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. J. Hill, A. Flyvbjerg, E. Arany, F. F. Lauszus, and J. G. Klebe

Increased Levels of Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 in Diabetic Pregnant Women with Retinopathy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1452-1457. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Judith H. McBean, John R. Brumsted, and William S. Stirewalt

In Vivo Estrogen Regulation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Human Endometrium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1467-1471. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Schubring, W. Kiess, P. Englaro, W. Rascher, J. Dötsch, S. Hanitsch, A. Attanasio, and W. F. Blum

Levels of Leptin in Maternal Serum, Amniotic Fluid, and Arterial and Venous Cord Blood: Relation to Neonatal and Placental Weight
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1480-1483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. Vierhapper, P. Nowotny, and W. Waldhäusl

Determination of Testosterone Production Rates in Men and Women Using Stable Isotope/Dilution and Mass Spectrometry
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1492-1496. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Himangshu S. Bose, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, and Walter L. Miller

Spontaneous Feminization in a 46,XX Female Patient with Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia Due to a Homozygous Frameshift Mutation in the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1511-1515. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. A. Aloi, M. Bergendahl, A. Iranmanesh, and J. D. Veldhuis

Pulsatile Intravenous Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Administration Averts Fasting-Induced Hypogonadotropism and Hypoandrogenemia in Healthy, Normal Weight Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1543-1548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mary Birdsall, William Ledger, Nigel Groome, Hossam Abdalla, and Shanthi Muttukrishna

Inhibin A and Activin A in the First Trimester of Human Pregnancy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1557-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Deborah Fairchild Benyo, Theresa M. Miles, and Kirk P. Conrad

Hypoxia Stimulates Cytokine Production by Villous Explants from the Human Placenta
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1582-1588. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. M. Di Blasio, F. Pecori Giraldi, P. Viganò, F. Petraglia, M. Vignali, and F. Cavagnini

Expression of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and Its R1 receptor in Human Endometrial Stromal Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1594-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniela Hornung, Isabelle P. Ryan, Victor A. Chao, Jean-Louis Vigne, Eldon D. Schriock, and Robert N. Taylor

Immunolocalization and Regulation of the Chemokine RANTES in Human Endometrial and Endometriosis Tissues and Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1621-1628. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rapid Communications:

Franco Arturi, Diego Russo, Dario Giuffrida, Antonio Ippolito, Nicola Perrotti, Riccardo Vigneri, and Sebastiano Filetti

Early Diagnosis by Genetic Analysis of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Metastases in Small Lymph Nodes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1638. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Junko Matsuda, Ichiro Yokota, Mitsuru Iida, Takashi Murakami, Etsuo Naito, Michinori Ito, Kenji Shima, and Yashuhiro Kuroda

Serum Leptin Concentration in Cord Blood: Relationship to Birth Weight and Gender
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1642. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yaron Tomer, Giuseppe Barbesino, Mehdi Keddache, David A. Greenberg, and Terry F. Davies

Mapping of a Major Susceptibility Locus for Graves’ Disease (GD-1) to Chromosome 14q31
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1645. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

H. J. Roberts

Commentary on Article by Hobbs, Jones, and Plymate^a
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1649. [Full Text]  

Julio M. Pardo

Massive Hypertriglyceridemia Complicating Estrogen Therapy^b
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1649a-1650. [Full Text]  

Francesco Cetta

Prevalence, Significance, and Biological Behavior of ret/PTC1 Associated Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma^c
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 1650. [Full Text]  

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