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

Special Articles:

John P. Bilezikian

Editorial: A New Look for a New Millennium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 3-4. [Full Text]  

Tova Rainis, Simona Ben-Haim, and Gabriel Dickstein

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: False Positive Metaiodobenzylguanidine Scan in a Patient with a Huge Adrenocortical Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 5-7. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pamela U. Freda, Charalambos I. Andreadis, Alexander G. Khandji, Maha Khoury, Jeffrey N. Bruce, Thomas P. Jacobs, and Sharon L. Wardlaw

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: Long-Term Treatment of Prolactin-Secreting Macroadenomas with Pergolide
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 8-13. [Full Text]  

From the Clinical Research Centers:

Ron S. Newfield, George Kalaitzoglou, Teresa Licholai, David Chilton, Javed Ashraf, E. Brad Thompson, and Maria I. New

Normocortisolemic Cushing’s Syndrome Initially Presenting with Increased Glucocorticoid Receptor Numbers
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 14-21. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. H. Samuels, D. D. Brandon, L. M. Isabelle, D. M. Cook, K. E. Graham, J. Q. Purnell, and D. L. Loriaux

Cortisol Production Rates in Subjects with Suspected Cushing’s Syndrome: Assessment by Stable Isotope Dilution Methodology and Comparison to Other Diagnostic Methods
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 22-28. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yvon C. Chagnon, Jack H. Wilmore, Ingrid B. Borecki, Jacques Gagnon, Louis Pérusse, Monique Chagnon, Gregory R. Collier, Arthur S. Leon, James S. Skinner, D. C. Rao, and Claude Bouchard

Associations between the Leptin Receptor Gene and Adiposity in Middle-Aged Caucasian Males from the HERITAGE Family Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 29-34. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Colleen Hadigan, Colleen Corcoran, Takara Stanley, Sarah Piecuch, Anne Klibanski, and Steven Grinspoon

Fasting Hyperinsulinemia in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men: Relationship to Body Composition, Gonadal Function, and Protease Inhibitor Use
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 35-41. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nicholas J. Sarlis, Stephen J. Chanock, and Lynnette K. Nieman

Cortisolemic Indices Predict Severe Infections in Cushing Syndrome Due to Ectopic Production of Adrenocorticotropin
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 42-47. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Richard Parker, Jr., Scott M. Slayden, Ricardo Azziz, S. Lolita Crabbe, Gene A. Hines, Larry R. Boots, and Sejong Bae

Effects of Aging on Adrenal Function in the Human: Responsiveness and Sensitivity of Adrenal Androgens and Cortisol to Adrenocorticotropin in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 48-54. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Blake B. Rasmussen, Elena Volpi, Dennis C. Gore, and Robert R. Wolfe

Androstenedione Does Not Stimulate Muscle Protein Anabolism in Young Healthy Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 55-59. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Studies:

Steven Grinspoon, Colleen Corcoran, Takara Stanley, Abdullah Baaj, Nesli Basgoz, and Anne Klibanski

Effects of Hypogonadism and Testosterone Administration on Depression Indices in HIV-Infected Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 60-65. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zeki Yesilova, Metin Ozata, Ismail H. Kocar, Mustafa Turan, Aysel Pekel, Ali Sengul, and I. Caglayan Ozdemír

The Effects of Gonadotropin Treatment on the Immunological Features of Male Patients with Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 66-70. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. D. K. E. Premawardhana, A. B. Parkes, F. Ammari, R. John, C. Darke, H. Adams, and J. H. Lazarus

Postpartum Thyroiditis and Long-Term Thyroid Status: Prognostic Influence of Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Ultrasound Echogenicity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 71-75. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ÅsaLinda Carlsson, Göran Sundkvist, Leif Groop, and Tiinamaija Tuomi

Insulin and Glucagon Secretion in Patients with Slowly Progressing Autoimmune Diabetes (LADA)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 76-80. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlo Negri, Flavia Tosi, Romolo Dorizzi, Antonio Fortunato, Giovanna Gloria Spiazzi, Michele Muggeo, Roberto Castello, and Paolo Moghetti

Antiandrogen Drugs Lower Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels in Hirsute Subjects: Evidence That Serum PSA Is a Marker of Androgen Action in Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 81-84. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nebojsa Radunovic, Edward Kuczynski, Todd Rosen, Jelena Dukanac, Spasoje Petkovic, and Charles J. Lockwood

Plasma Apolipoprotein A-I and B Concentrations in Growth-Retarded Fetuses: A Link between Low Birth Weight and Adult Atherosclerosis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 85-88. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Moghetti, Flavia Tosi, Antonella Tosti, Carlo Negri, Cosimo Misciali, Fabrizia Perrone, Marco Caputo, Michele Muggeo, and Roberto Castello

Comparison of Spironolactone, Flutamide, and Finasteride Efficacy in the Treatment of Hirsutism: A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 89-94. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Zittermann, I. Schwarz, K. Scheld, T. Sudhop, H. K. Berthold, K. von Bergmann, H. van der Ven, and P. Stehle

Physiologic Fluctuations of Serum Estradiol Levels Influence Biochemical Markers of Bone Resorption in Young Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 95-101. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

George J. Kahaly, Hans-Peter Rösler, Susanne Pitz, and Gerhard Hommel

Low- Versus High-Dose Radiotherapy for Graves’ Ophthalmopathy: A Randomized, Single Blind Trial
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 102-108. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Tagliamonte, Michelangela Barbieri, Guido Antonio Zito, Antonio Gambardella, Gina Varricchio, Emilia Ragno, and Michele Varricchio

Chronic Vitamin E Administration Improves Brachial Reactivity and Increases Intracellular Magnesium Concentration in Type II Diabetic Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 109-115. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephan U. Goebel, Christina Heppner, A. Lee Burns, Stephen J. Marx, Allen M. Spiegel, Zhengping Zhuang, Irina A. Lubensky, Fathia Gibril, Robert T. Jensen, and José Serrano

Genotype/Phenotype Correlation of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Gene Mutations in Sporadic Gastrinomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 116-123. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jennifer D. Wallace, Ross C. Cuneo, Per Arne Lundberg, Thord Rosén, Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen, Salvatore Longobardi, Nicola Keay, Luigi Sacca, Jens Sandahl Christiansen, Bengt-Åke Bengtsson, and Peter H. Sönksen

Responses of Markers of Bone and Collagen Turnover to Exercise, Growth Hormone (GH) Administration, and GH Withdrawal in Trained Adult Males
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 124-133. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kirsten Kubini, Milo Zachmann, Norbert Albers, Olaf Hiort, Markus Bettendorf, Joachim Wölfle, Frank Bidlingmaier, and Dietrich Klingmüller

Basal Inhibin B and the Testosterone Response to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Correlate in Prepubertal Boys
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 134-138. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Moghetti, Roberto Castello, Carlo Negri, Flavia Tosi, Fabrizia Perrone, Marco Caputo, Elisabetta Zanolin, and Michele Muggeo

Metformin Effects on Clinical Features, Endocrine and Metabolic Profiles, and Insulin Sensitivity in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled 6-Month Trial, followed by Open, Long-Term Clinical Evaluation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 139-146. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Svetozar S. Damjanovic, Milan S. Petakov, Dragan Micic, Jelena Marinkovic, Carlos Dieguez, Felipe F. Casanueva, and Vera Popovic

Serum Leptin Levels in Patients with Acromegaly before and after Correction of Hypersomatotropism by Trans-Sphenoidal Surgery
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 147-154. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. L. Poulsen, K. W. Hansen, E. Ebbehøj, S. T. Knudsen, and C. E. Mogensen

No Deleterious Effects of Tight Blood Glucose Control on 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Normoalbuminuric Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 155-158. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Mercuro, Maria Grazia Panzuto, Alessandro Bina, Maria Leo, Rosanna Cabula, Laura Petrini, Francesca Pigliaru, and Stefano Mariotti

Cardiac Function, Physical Exercise Capacity, and Quality of Life during Long-Term Thyrotropin-Suppressive Therapy with Levothyroxine: Effect of Individual Dose Tailoring
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 159-164. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mustapha Kassem, Torben A. Kruse, Fung Ki Wong, Catharina Larsson, and Bin Tean Teh

Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism as a Variant of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 in a Large Danish Pedigree
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 165-167. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marlys R. Drange, Nicole R. Fram, Vivien Herman-Bonert, and Shlomo Melmed

Pituitary Tumor Registry: A Novel Clinical Resource
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 168-174. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. F. Cailleux, E. Baudin, J. P. Travagli, M. Ricard, and M. Schlumberger

Is Diagnostic Iodine-131 Scanning Useful after Total Thyroid Ablation for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 175-178. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Serafino Fazio, Antonio Cittadini, Bernadette Biondi, Emiliano Antonio Palmieri, Giuseppe Riccio, Filomena Bonè, Ugo Oliviero, and Luigi Saccà

Cardiovascular Effects of Short-Term Growth Hormone Hypersecretion
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 179-182. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Van den Berghe, R. C. Baxter, F. Weekers, P. Wouters, C. Y. Bowers, and J. D. Veldhuis

A Paradoxical Gender Dissociation within the Growth Hormone/Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Axis during Protracted Critical Illness
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 183-192. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Annamaria Colao, Roberto Baldelli, Paolo Marzullo, Elisabetta Ferretti, Diego Ferone, Patrizia Gargiulo, Mario Petretta, Guido Tamburrano, Gaetano Lombardi, and Antonio Liuzzi

Systemic Hypertension and Impaired Glucose Tolerance Are Independently Correlated to the Severity of the Acromegalic Cardiomyopathy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 193-199. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mari Hotta, Izumi Fukuda, Kanji Sato, Naomi Hizuka, Tamotsu Shibasaki, and Kazue Takano

The Relationship between Bone Turnover and Body Weight, Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) I, and Serum IGF-Binding Protein Levels in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 200-206. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Bergendahl, A. Iranmanesh, W. S. Evans, and J. D. Veldhuis

Short-Term Fasting Selectively Suppresses Leptin Pulse Mass and 24-Hour Rhythmic Leptin Release in Healthy Midluteal Phase Women without Disturbing Leptin Pulse Frequency or Its Entropy Control (Pattern Orderliness)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 207-213. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian W. Walsh, Sofia Paul, Robert A. Wild, Robert A. Dean, Russell P. Tracy, David A. Cox, and Pamela W. Anderson

The Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Raloxifene on C-Reactive Protein and Homocysteine in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 214-218. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Judith E. Mueller, Denise G. von Mühlen, Gail A. Laughlin, Diane L. Schneider, and David J. Sartoris

Low Levels of Estradiol Are Associated with Vertebral Fractures in Older Men, But Not Women: The Rancho Bernardo Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 219-223. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen N. Davis, Pietro Galassetti, David H. Wasserman, and Donna Tate

Effects of Gender on Neuroendocrine and Metabolic Counterregulatory Responses to Exercise in Normal Man
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 224-230. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard D. Wasnich and Paul D. Miller

Antifracture Efficacy of Antiresorptive Agents Are Related to Changes in Bone Density
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 231-236. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pnina Rotman-Pikielny, James C. Reynolds, William C. Barker, Paul M. Yen, Monica C. Skarulis, and Nicholas J. Sarlis

Recombinant Human Thyrotropin for the Diagnosis and Treatment of a Highly Functional Metastatic Struma Ovarii
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 237-244. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Binder, C. P. Schwarze, and M. B. Ranke

Identification of Short Stature Caused by SHOX Defects and Therapeutic Effect of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 245-249. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marta Sarquis, Eitan Friedman, Wolfanga L. Boson, Ricardo S. Gomez, Adalberto F. Dias, and Luiz De Marco

Microsatellite Instability in Sporadic Parathyroid Adenoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 250-252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yutaka Chuman, Zhirong Zhan, and Tito Fojo

Construction of Gene Therapy Vectors Targeting Adrenocortical Cells: Enhancement of Activity and Specificity with Agents Modulating the Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate Pathway
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 253-262. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marcelo Páez Pereda, M. Fernanda Ledda, Victoria Goldberg, Alberto Chervín, Guillermo Carrizo, Hugo Molina, Adolf Müller, Ulrich Renner, Osvaldo Podhajcer, Eduardo Arzt, and Günter K. Stalla

High Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinases Regulate Proliferation and Hormone Secretion in Pituitary Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 263-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Debieve, S. Beerlandt, C. Hubinont, and K. Thomas

Gonadotropins, Prolactin, Inhibin A, Inhibin B, and Activin A in Human Fetal Serum from Midpregnancy and Term Pregnancy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 270-274. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ov D. Slayden, Jeffrey S. Rubin, David L. Lacey, and Robert M. Brenner

Effects of Keratinocyte Growth Factor in the Endometrium of Rhesus Macaques during the Luteal-Follicular Transition
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 275-285. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Cetta, G. Montalto, M. Gori, M. C. Curia, A. Cama, and S. Olschwang

Germline Mutations of the APC Gene in Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis-Associated Thyroid Carcinoma: Results from a European Cooperative Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 286-292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Longcope, H. A. Feldman, J. B. McKinlay, and A. B. Araujo

Diet and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 293-296. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles J. Lockwood, Graciela Krikun, Radmila Runic, Lisa B. Schwartz, Augusto F. Mesia, and Frederick Schatz

Progestin-Epidermal Growth Factor Regulation of Tissue Factor Expression during Decidualization of Human Endometrial Stromal Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 297-301. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Moretti, S. Nanni, A. Farsetti, M. Narducci, M. Crescenzi, S. Giuliacci, A. Sacchi, and A. Pontecorvi

Effects of Exogenous p53 Transduction in Thyroid Tumor Cells with Different p53 Status
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 302-308. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alberto Falorni, Giovanni Gambelunghe, Francesca Forini, Georgia Kassi, Anna Cosentino, Paola Candeloro, Geremia B. Bolli, Paolo Brunetti, and Filippo Calcinaro

Autoantibody Recognition of COOH-Terminal Epitopes of GAD65 Marks the Risk for Insulin Requirement in Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 309-316. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manuela Malatesta, Ferdinando Mannello, Francesca Luchetti, Francesco Marcheggiani, Leone Condemi, Stefano Papa, and Giancarlo Gazzanelli

Prostate-Specific Antigen Synthesis and Secretion by Human Placenta: A Physiological Kallikrein Source during Pregnancy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 317-321. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nathalie Bourcigaux, Véronique Gaston, Armelle Logié, Xavier Bertagna, Yves Le Bouc, and Christine Gicquel

High Expression of Cyclin E and G1 CDK and Loss of Function of p57^KIP2 Are Involved in Proliferation of Malignant Sporadic Adrenocortical Tumors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 322-330. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eiji Kawasaki, Yasunori Sera, Kenichi Yamakawa, Takahiro Abe, Masako Ozaki, Shigeo Uotani, Nariyuki Ohtsu, Hirofumi Takino, Hironori Yamasaki, Yoshihiko Yamaguchi, Nobuo Matsuura, and Katsumi Eguchi

Identification and Functional Analysis of Mutations in the Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1 Gene in Anti-Islet Autoantibody-Negative Japanese Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 331-335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nancy J. Brown, Kyung-Soo Kim, Yan-Qun Chen, Lewis S. Blevins, John H. Nadeau, Steven G. Meranze, and Douglas E. Vaughan

Synergistic Effect of Adrenal Steroids and Angiotensin II on Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Production
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 336-344. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lionel Groussin, Jean Francis Massias, Xavier Bertagna, and Jérôme Bertherat

Loss of Expression of the Ubiquitous Transcription Factor cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein (CREB) and Compensatory Overexpression of the Activator CREM in the Human Adrenocortical Cancer Cell Line H295R
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 345-354. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Ischia, R. W. Gasser, R. Fischer-Colbrie, U. Eder, A. Pagani, L. X. Cubeddu, P. Lovisetti-Scamihorn, G. Finkenstedt, A. Laslop, and H. Winkler

Levels and Molecular Properties of Secretoneurin-Immunoreactivity in the Serum and Urine of Control and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 355-360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Agnes Emptoz-Bonneton, Patrice Cousin, Koji Seguchi, George V. Avvakumov, Chantal Bully, Geoffrey L. Hammond, and Michel Pugeat

Novel Human Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin Variant with Low Cortisol-Binding Affinity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 361-367. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Onno E. Janssen, Sabrina T. Astner, Helmut Grasberger, Sheila K. Gunn, and Samuel Refetoff

Identification of Thyroxine-Binding Globulin-San Diego in a Family from Houston and Its Characterization by in Vitro Expression Using Xenopus Oocytes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 368-372. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dongwon Byun, Subburaman Mohan, Chulhee Kim, Kyoil Suh, Myunghi Yoo, Haehyeog Lee, David J. Baylink, and Xuezhong Qin

Studies on Human Pregnancy-Induced Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-Binding Protein-4 Proteases in Serum: Determination of IGF-II Dependency and Localization of Cleavage Site
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 373-381. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tadashi Arao, Isao Morimoto, Ayumu Kakinuma, Osamu Ishida, Kazuya Zeki, Yoshiya Tanaka, Naofumi Ishikawa, Kunihiko Ito, Koichi Ito, and Sumiya Eto

Thyrocyte Proliferation by Cellular Adhesion to Infiltrating Lymphocytes through the Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 Pathway in Graves’ Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 382-389. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Flavia Pernasetti, Sergio P. A. Toledo, Vyacheslav V. Vasilyev, Cesar Y. Hayashida, Joy D. Cogan, Carmela Ferrari, Delmar M. Lourenço, and Pamela L. Mellon

Impaired Adrenocorticotropin-Adrenal Axis in Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency Caused by a Two-Base Pair Deletion (301–302delAG) in the Prophet of Pit-1 Gene
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 390-397. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Petrossians, W. De Herder, D. Kwekkeboom, G. Lamberigts, A. Stevenaert, and A. Beckers

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: Malignant Prolactinoma Discovered by D2 Receptor Imaging
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 398-401. [Full Text]  

A. M. Sharkey, K. Day, A. McPherson, S. Malik, D. Licence, S. K. Smith, and D. S. Charnock-Jones

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression in Human Endometrium Is Regulated by Hypoxia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 402-409. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Junji Takeyama, Takashi Suzuki, Gen Hirasawa, Yasunari Muramatsu, Hiroshi Nagura, Kazuie Iinuma, Junji Nakamura, Ken-ichi Kimura, Makoto Yoshihama, Nobuhiro Harada, Stefan Andersson, and Hironobu Sasano

17ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 and 2 Expression in the Human Fetus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 410-416. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Véronique Machelon, Françoise Nomé, and Dominique Emilie

Regulated on Activation Normal T Expressed and Secreted Chemokine Is Induced by Tumor Necrosis Factor- in Granulosa Cells from Human Preovulatory Follicle
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 417-424. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshi Fujita, Ken Nakata, Natsuo Yasui, Yoshito Matsui, Eiichiro Kataoka, Kazuo Hiroshima, Ryo-ichi Shiba, and Takahiro Ochi

Novel Mutations of the Cathepsin K Gene in Patients with Pycnodysostosis and Their Characterization
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 425-431. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Merja Roivainen, Suvi Rasilainen, Petri Ylipaasto, Riikka Nissinen, Jarkko Ustinov, Luc Bouwens, Décio L. Eizirik, Tapani Hovi, and Timo Otonkoski

Mechanisms of Coxsackievirus-Induced Damage to Human Pancreatic ß-Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 432-440. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Klaus-Martin Schulte, Martina Mengel, Matthias Heinze, Dietmar Simon, Sibylle Scheuring, Karl Köhrer, and Hans-Dietrich Röher

Complete Sequencing and Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression Analysis of the MEN I Gene in Adrenal Cancer
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 441-448. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonis Makrigiannakis, Kunjata Amin, George Coukos, Jonathan L. Tilly, and Christos Coutifaris

Regulated Expression and Potential Roles of p53 and Wilms’ Tumor Suppressor Gene (WT1) during Follicular Development in the Human Ovary
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 449-459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Annika Söderbergh, Fredrik Rorsman, Maria Halonen, Olov Ekwall, Petra Björses, Olle Kämpe, and Eystein S. Husebye

COMMENTS: Autoantibodies against Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Identifies a Subgroup of Patients with Addison’s Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 460-463. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yvonne J. H. Janssen, Frans Helmerhorst, Marijke Frölich, and Ferdinand Roelfsema

COMMENTS: A Switch from Oral (2 mg/Day) to Transdermal (50 µg/Day) 17ß-Estradiol Therapy Increases Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Levels in Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (GH)-Substituted Women with GH Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 464-467. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massimo Mannelli, Stefania Gelmini, Giorgio Arnaldi, Lucia Becherini, Donatella Bemporad, Clara Crescioli, Mario Pazzagli, Franco Mantero, Mario Serio, and Claudio Orlando

COMMENTS: Telomerase Activity Is Significantly Enhanced in Malignant Adrenocortical Tumors in Comparison to Benign Adrenocortical Adenomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 468-470. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rapid Communications:

Masao Jinno, Toshihisa Hoshiai, Yukio Nakamura, Koji Teruya, and Tooru Tsunoda

A Novel Method for Assessing Assisted Female Fertility: Bioelectric Impedance
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 85: 471-474. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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