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Special Articles:

Milena Braga and David S. Cooper: CLINICAL REVIEW 129: Oral Cholecystographic Agents and the Thyroid
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1853-1860. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Kürsad Ünlühizarci, Fahri Bayram, Ramiz Çolak, Figen Öztürk, Ahmet Selçuklu, Ahmet Candan Durak, and Fahrettin Kelestimur: CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: Distinct Radiological and Clinical Appearance of Lymphocytic Hypophysitis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1861-1864. [Full Text]

Penny M. Kadmon, Richard B. Noto, Charlotte M. Boney, Gregory Goodwin, and Philip A. Gruppuso: CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: Thyroid Storm in a Child following Radioactive Iodine (RAI) Therapy: A Consequence of RAI Versus Withdrawal of Antithyroid Medication
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1865-1867. [Abstract] [Full Text]

: CONSENSUS: Critical Evaluation of the Safety of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Administration: Statement from the Growth Hormone Research Society
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1868-1870. [Full Text]

Asha M. Thomas and Lars Berglund: EDITORIAL: Growth Hormone and Cardiovascular Disease: An Area in Rapid Growth
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1871-1873. [Full Text]

Annamaria Colao, Carolina di Somma, Alberto Cuocolo, Letizia Spinelli, Nicolina Tedesco, Rosario Pivonello, Domenico Bonaduce, Marco Salvatore, and Gaetano Lombardi: Improved Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cardiac Performance after 12 Months of Growth Hormone (GH) Replacement in Young Adult Patients with GH Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1874-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Gerard Karsenty: EDITORIAL: The Not-So-Odd Couple—The Clinician and the Experimentalist
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1882-1883. [Full Text]

Julie A. Pasco, Margaret J. Henry, Mark A. Kotowicz, Gregory R. Collier, Madeleine J. Ball, Antony M. Ugoni, and Geoffrey C. Nicholson: Serum Leptin Levels Are Associated with Bone Mass in Nonobese Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1884-1887. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Robert R. Recker and Robert P. Heaney: EDITORIAL: The Role of Combination Treatment for Osteoporosis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1888-1889. [Full Text]

Steven T. Harris, Erik F. Eriksen, Michael Davidson, Mark P. Ettinger, Alfred H. Moffett, Jr., David J. Baylink, Claudia E. Crusan, and Arkadi A. Chines: Effect of Combined Risedronate and Hormone Replacement Therapies on Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1890-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text]

William Rosner: EDITORIAL: La plus ça change, la plus c’est la même chose—Will Bioassays Make a Comeback?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1898-1899. [Full Text]

Original Studies:

Giuseppe Saggese, Giovanni Federico, Stefania Barsanti, and Lisa Fiore: The Effect of Administering Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist with Recombinant-Human Growth Hormone (GH) on the Final Height of Girls with Isolated GH Deficiency: Results from a Controlled Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1900-1904. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Ariel L. Barkan: The "Quality of Life-Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults" Questionnaire: Can It Be Used to Assess Quality of Life in Hypopituitarism?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1905-1907. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Dov Tiosano, Yosef Weisman, and Ze’ev Hochberg: The Role of the Vitamin D Receptor in Regulating Vitamin D Metabolism: A Study of Vitamin D-Dependent Rickets, Type II
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1908-1912. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Leung-Wing Chu, Karen S. L. Lam, Sidney C. F. Tam, Wayne J. H. C. Hu, Sau-Lan Hui, Anna Chiu, Ka-Chun Chiu, and Pauline Ng: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Low-Dose Recombinant Human Growth Hormone in the Treatment of Malnourished Elderly Medical Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1913-1920. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Akira Katsuki, Yasuhiro Sumida, Esteban C. Gabazza, Shuichi Murashima, Takashi Tanaka, Masahiko Furuta, Rika Araki-Sasaki, Yasuko Hori, Kaname Nakatani, Yutaka Yano, and Yukihiko Adachi: Plasma Levels of Agouti-Related Protein Are Increased in Obese Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1921-1924. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Carlo Carella, Gherardo Mazziotti, Filomena Morisco, Giovanni Manganella, Mario Rotondi, Concetta Tuccillo, Francesca Sorvillo, Nicola Caporaso, and Giovanni Amato: Long-Term Outcome of Interferon- ${alpha}$ -Induced Thyroid Autoimmunity and Prognostic Influence of Thyroid Autoantibody Pattern at the End of Treatment
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1925-1929. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Christian Weyer, Tohru Funahashi, Sachiyo Tanaka, Kikuko Hotta, Yuji Matsuzawa, Richard E. Pratley, and P. Antonio Tataranni: Hypoadiponectinemia in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Close Association with Insulin Resistance and Hyperinsulinemia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1930-1935. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Edward O. Reiter, Sandra L. Blethen, Joyce Baptista, and Lisa Price: Early Initiation of Growth Hormone Treatment Allows Age-Appropriate Estrogen Use in Turner’s Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1936-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Claudine Lassarre, Francoise Duron, and Michel Binoux: Use of the Ligand Immunofunctional Assay for Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) to Analyze IGFBP-3 Proteolysis and IGF-I Bioavailability in Healthy Adults, GH-Deficient and Acromegalic Patients, and Diabetics
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1942-1952. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Catherine E. MacFarlane, Donald C. Brown, Linda B. Johnston, Michael A. Patton, David B. Dunger, Martin O. Savage, William J. McKenna, and Christopher J. H. Kelnar: Growth Hormone Therapy and Growth in Children with Noonan’s Syndrome: Results of 3 Years’ Follow-Up
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1953-1956. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Carla Sala, Bruno Ambrosi, and Alberto Morganti: Blunted Vascular and Renal Effects of Exogenous Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Cushing’s Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1957-1961. [Abstract] [Full Text]

R. Frénais, H. Nazih, K. Ouguerram, C. Maugeais, Y. Zaïr, J. M. Bard, B. Charbonnel, T. Magot, and M. Krempf: In Vivo Evidence for the Role of Lipoprotein Lipase Activity in the Regulation of Apolipoprotein AI Metabolism: A Kinetic Study in Control Subjects and Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1962-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Frank Callies, Martin Fassnacht, Jan Christoph van Vlijmen, Ines Koehler, Doris Huebler, Markus J. Seibel, Wiebke Arlt, and Bruno Allolio: Dehydroepiandrosterone Replacement in Women with Adrenal Insufficiency: Effects on Body Composition, Serum Leptin, Bone Turnover, and Exercise Capacity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1968-1972. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Marta Bondanelli, Angelo Margutti, Maria Rosaria Ambrosio, Lorenzo Plaino, Luigi Cobellis, Felice Petraglia, and Ettore C. degli Uberti: Blood Growth Hormone-Binding Protein Levels in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women: Roles of Body Weight and Estrogen Levels
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1973-1980. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Taisto Sarkola, Herman Adlercreutz, Satu Heinonen, Bettina von der Pahlen, and C. J. Peter Eriksson: The Role of the Liver in the Acute Effect of Alcohol on Androgens in Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1981-1985. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Steen G. Hasselbalch, Gitte M. Knudsen, Brunella Capaldo, Alfredo Postiglione, and Olaf B. Paulson: Blood-Brain Barrier Transport and Brain Metabolism of Glucose during Acute Hyperglycemia in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1986-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text]

S. R. Smith, L. de Jonge, M. Pellymounter, T. Nguyen, R. Harris, D. York, S. Redmann, J. Rood, and G. A. Bray: Peripheral Administration of Human Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone: A Novel Method to Increase Energy Expenditure and Fat Oxidation in Man
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1991-1998. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Graeme Eisenhofer, Mcclellan M. Walther, Thanh-Truc Huynh, Sheng-Ting Li, Stefan R. Bornstein, Alexander Vortmeyer, Massimo Mannelli, David S. Goldstein, W. Marston Linehan, Jacques W. M. Lenders, and Karel Pacak: Pheochromocytomas in von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 Display Distinct Biochemical and Clinical Phenotypes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 1999-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mireille Castanet, Michel Polak, Catherine Bonaïti-Pellié, Stanislas Lyonnet, Paul Czernichow, and Juliane Léger: Nineteen Years of National Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism: Familial Cases with Thyroid Dysgenesis Suggest the Involvement of Genetic Factors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2009-2014. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Henrik Kindmark, Jan Pigon, and Suad Efendic: Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Hormone Potentiates the Hypoglycemic Effect of Glibenclamide in Healthy Volunteers: Evidence for an Effect on Insulin Extraction
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2015-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Wesley P. Fairfield, Joel S. Finkelstein, Anne Klibanski, and Steven K. Grinspoon: Osteopenia in Eugonadal Men with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Wasting Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2020-2026. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Susan Colilla, Nancy J. Cox, and David A. Ehrmann: Heritability of Insulin Secretion and Insulin Action in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Their First Degree Relatives
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2027-2031. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Christa Scheidt-Nave, Hanadi Bismar, Gudrun Leidig-Bruckner, Henning Woitge, Markus J. Seibel, Reinhard Ziegler, and Johannes Pfeilschifter: Serum Interleukin 6 Is a Major Predictor of Bone Loss in Women Specific to the First Decade Past Menopause
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2032-2042. [Abstract] [Full Text]

S. N. Davis and D. Tate: Effects of Morning Hypoglycemia on Neuroendocrine and Metabolic Responses to Subsequent Afternoon Hypoglycemia in Normal Man
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2043-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Daniela Pasquali, Valentina Rossi, Dario Esposito, Ciro Abbondanza, Giovanni A. Puca, Antonio Bellastella, and Antonio A. Sinisi: Loss of Estrogen Receptor ß Expression in Malignant Human Prostate Cells in Primary Cultures and in Prostate Cancer Tissues
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2051-2055. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Matthias Viemann, Michael Peter, Juan Pedro López-Siguero, Gunter Simic-Schleicher, and Wolfgang G. Sippell: Evidence for Genetic Heterogeneity of Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1: Identification of a Novel Mutation in the Human Mineralocorticoid Receptor in one Sporadic Case and No Mutations in Two Autosomal Dominant Kindreds
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2056-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Juan C. Irwin, Lii-Fang Suen, Gerry H. Faessen, Roxana M. Popovici, and Linda C. Giudice: Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-II Inhibition of Endometrial Stromal Cell Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3 and IGF-Binding Protein-1 Suggests Paracrine Interactions at the Decidua:Trophoblast Interface during Human Implantation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2060-2064. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Lucia Ghizzoni, George Mastorakos, Mariangela Ziveri, Mariangela Furlini, Angela Solazzi, Alessandra Vottero, and Sergio Bernasconi: Interactions of Leptin and Thyrotropin 24-Hour Secretory Profiles in Short Normal Children
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2065-2072. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Enzo Bonora, Giovanni Targher, Maria Alberiche, Riccardo C. Bonadonna, Marina B. Zenere, Francesca Saggiani, and Michele Muggeo: Intracellular Partition of Plasma Glucose Disposal in Hypertensive and Normotensive Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2073-2079. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Giulia d’Amati, Cira Rosaria Tiziana di Gioia, Daniela Mentuccia, Daniela Pistilli, Laura Proietti-Pannunzi, Fabio Miraldi, Pietro Gallo, and Francesco Saverio Celi: Increased Expression of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Isoforms in End-Stage Human Congestive Heart Failure
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2080-2084. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Claus Højbjerg Gravholt, Niels Møller, Michael D. Jensen, Jens Sandahl Christiansen, and Ole Schmitz: Physiological Levels of Glucagon Do Not Influence Lipolysis in Abdominal Adipose Tissue as Assessed by Microdialysis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2085-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Estelle Chamoux, Louis Bolduc, Jean-Guy Lehoux, and Nicole Gallo-Payet: Identification of Extracellular Matrix Components and Their Integrin Receptors in the Human Fetal Adrenal Gland
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2090-2098. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Marie-Jose J. Pouwels, Judith R. Jacobs, Paul N. Span, Jos A. Lutterman, Paul Smits, and Cees J. Tack: Short-Term Glucosamine Infusion Does Not Affect Insulin Sensitivity in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2099-2103. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Yaoting Gui and Liam J. Murphy: Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) Binds to Fibronectin (FN): Demonstration of IGF-I/IGFBP-3/FN Ternary Complexes in Human Plasma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2104-2110. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Alessandro Peri, Barbara Conforti, Silvana Baglioni-Peri, Paola Luciani, Federica Cioppi, Lisa Buci, Sabrina Corbetta, Emilia Ballaré, Mario Serio, and Anna Spada: Expression of Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate (cAMP)-Responsive Element Binding Protein and Inducible-cAMP Early Repressor Genes in Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas with or without Mutations of the Gs ${alpha}$ Gene
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2111-2117. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Stuart H. Kreisman, Nicholas Ah Mew, Jeffrey B. Halter, Mladen Vranic, and Errol B. Marliss: Norepinephrine Infusion during Moderate-Intensity Exercise Increases Glucose Production and Uptake
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2118-2124. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Kyung-Chul Choi, Sung Keun Kang, Chen-Jei Tai, Nelly Auersperg, and Peter C. K. Leung: The Regulation of Apoptosis by Activin and Transforming Growth Factor-ß in Early Neoplastic and Tumorigenic Ovarian Surface Epithelium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2125-2135. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Zhenqi Liu, Linda A. Jahn, Wen Long, David A. Fryburg, Liping Wei, and Eugene J. Barrett: Branched Chain Amino Acids Activate Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Translation Regulatory Proteins in Human Skeletal Muscle, and Glucocorticoids Blunt This Action
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2136-2143. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Ioulia Chatzistamou, Andrew V. Schally, Jozsef L. Varga, Kate Groot, Patricia Armatis, Rebeca Busto, and Gabor Halmos: Antagonists of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Somatostatin Analog RC-160 Inhibit the Growth of the OV-1063 Human Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cell Line Xenografted into Nude Mice
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2144-2152. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Michael Krebs, Martin Krssak, Peter Nowotny, Daniel Weghuber, Stephan Gruber, Vladimir Mlynarik, Martin Bischof, Harald Stingl, Clemens Fürnsinn, Werner Waldhäusl, and Michael Roden: Free Fatty Acids Inhibit the Glucose-Stimulated Increase of Intramuscular Glucose-6-Phosphate Concentration in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2153-2160. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Maria C. Zatelli, Federico Tagliati, John E. Taylor, Roberta Rossi, Michael D. Culler, and Ettore C. degli Uberti: Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes 2 and 5 Differentially Affect Proliferation in Vitro of the Human Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Line TT
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2161-2169. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Kazuyasu Ohta, Toyoshi Endo, Kazutaka Haraguchi, Jerome M. Hershman, and Toshimasa Onaya: Ligands for Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor ${gamma}$ Inhibit Growth and Induce Apoptosis of Human Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2170-2177. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Roland Rosmond, Monique Chagnon, Claude Bouchard, and Per Björntorp: G-308A Polymorphism of the Tumor Necrosis Factor ${alpha}$ Gene Promoter and Salivary Cortisol Secretion
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2178-2180. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Ann M. Møller, Niels M. Jensen, Julie Pildal, Thomas Drivsholm, Knut Borch-Johnsen, Søren A. Urhammer, Torben Hansen, and Oluf Pedersen: Studies of Genetic Variability of the Glucose Transporter 2 Promoter in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2181-2186. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Carol C. Cheung, Bessie Carydis, Shereen Ezzat, Yvan C. Bedard, and Sylvia L. Asa: Analysis of ret/PTC Gene Rearrangements Refines the Fine Needle Aspiration Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2187-2190. [Abstract] [Full Text]

S. L. H. Schiffelers, W. H. M. Saris, F. Boomsma, and M. A. van Baak: ß₁- and ß₂-Adrenoceptor-Mediated Thermogenesis and Lipid Utilization in Obese and Lean Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2191-2199. [Abstract] [Full Text]

David Woods, Gladys Onambele, Roger Woledge, Dawn Skelton, Stuart Bruce, Steve E. Humphries, and Hugh Montgomery: Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Genotype-Dependent Benefit from Hormone Replacement Therapy in Isometric Muscle Strength and Bone Mineral Density
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2200-2204. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Hiroko Fukui, Shin-ichi Taniguchi, Yoshihiko Ueta, Akio Yoshida, Akira Ohtahara, Ichiro Hisatome, and Chiaki Shigemasa: Enhanced Activity of the Purine Nucleotide Cycle of the Exercising Muscle in Patients with Hyperthyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2205-2210. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Valerie Y. Hayes, Randall J. Urban, Jie Jiang, Taylor J. Marcell, Kevin Helgeson, and Nelly Mauras: Recombinant Human Growth Hormone and Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Diminish the Catabolic Effects of Hypogonadism in Man: Metabolic and Molecular Effects
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2211-2219. [Abstract] [Full Text]

M. T. Ackermans, A. M. Pereira Arias, P. H. Bisschop, E. Endert, H. P. Sauerwein, and J. A. Romijn: The Quantification of Gluconeogenesis in Healthy Men by ²H₂O and [2-¹³C]Glycerol Yields Different Results: Rates of Gluconeogenesis in Healthy Men Measured with ²H₂O Are Higher Than Those Measured with [2-¹³C]Glycerol
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2220-2226. [Abstract] [Full Text]

J. Furrer, A. Hättenschwiler, P. Komminoth, T. Pfammatter, and P. Wiesli: CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: Carcinoid Syndrome, Acromegaly, and Hypoglycemia Due to an Insulin-Secreting Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Liver
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2227-2230. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Kaisa Salmenkivi, Johanna Arola, Raimo Voutilainen, Vesa Ilvesmäki, Caj Haglund, Arvi I. Kahri, Päivi Heikkilä, and Jianqi Liu: Inhibin/Activin ßB-Subunit Expression in Pheochromocytomas Favors Benign Diagnosis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2231-2235. [Abstract] [Full Text]

C. Bordi, V. D. Corleto, C. Azzoni, S. Pizzi, G. Ferraro, F. Gibril, G. Delle Fave, and R. T. Jensen: The Antral Mucosa as a New Site for Endocrine Tumors in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 and Zollinger-Ellison Syndromes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2236-2242. [Abstract] [Full Text]

K. J. Sales, A. A. Katz, M. Davis, S. Hinz, R. P. Soeters, M. D. Hofmeyr, R. P. Millar, and H. N. Jabbour: Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression and Prostaglandin E₂ Synthesis Are Up-Regulated in Carcinomas of the Cervix: A Possible Autocrine/Paracrine Regulation of Neoplastic Cell Function via EP2/EP4 Receptors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2243-2249. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Takashi Suzuki, Andrew D. Darnel, Jun-Ichi Akahira, Naohiro Ariga, Sayaka Ogawa, Chika Kaneko, Junji Takeyama, Takuya Moriya, and Hironobu Sasano: 5 ${alpha}$ -Reductases in Human Breast Carcinoma: Possible Modulator of in Situ Androgenic Actions
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2250-2257. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Junji Takeyama, Takashi Suzuki, Satoshi Inoue, Chika Kaneko, Hiroshi Nagura, Nobuhiro Harada, and Hironobu Sasano: Expression and Cellular Localization of Estrogen Receptors ${alpha}$ and ß in the Human Fetus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2258-2262. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Laura Masi, Lucia Becherini, Luigi Gennari, Antonietta Amedei, Emanuela Colli, Alberto Falchetti, Maria Farci, Sandra Silvestri, Stefano Gonnelli, and Maria Luisa Brandi: Polymorphism of the Aromatase Gene in Postmenopausal Italian Women: Distribution and Correlation with Bone Mass and Fracture Risk
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2263-2269. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mark G. Dobson, Christopher P. F. Redfern, Nigel Unwin, and Jolanta U. Weaver: The N363S Polymorphism of the Glucocorticoid Receptor: Potential Contribution to Central Obesity in Men and Lack of Association with Other Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2270-2274. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Osamu Kurachi, Hiroya Matsuo, Takashi Samoto, and Takeshi Maruo: Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ Expression in Human Uterine Leiomyoma and Its Down-Regulation by Progesterone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2275-2280. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Günter Päth, Stefan R. Bornstein, Matthias Gurniak, George P. Chrousos, Werner A. Scherbaum, and Hans Hauner: Human Breast Adipocytes Express Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Its Receptor System: Increased IL-6 Production by ß-Adrenergic Activation and Effects of IL-6 on Adipocyte Function
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2281-2288. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Hartmut H.-J. Schmidt, Janine Genschel, Peter Baier, Martina Schmidt, Johann Ockenga, Uwe J. F. Tietge, Marcus Pröpsting, Carsten Büttner, Michael P. Manns, Herbert Lochs, and Georg Brabant: Dyslipemia in Familial Partial Lipodystrophy Caused by an R482W Mutation in the LMNA Gene
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2289-2295. [Abstract] [Full Text]

C. B. Whorwood, S. J. Donovan, P. J. Wood, and D. I. W. Phillips: Regulation of Glucocorticoid Receptor ${alpha}$ and ß Isoforms and Type I 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Expression in Human Skeletal Muscle Cells: A Key Role in the Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2296-2308. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Sharyn Bord, Alan Horner, Sian Beavan, and Juliet Compston: Estrogen Receptors ${alpha}$ and ß Are Differentially Expressed in Developing Human Bone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2309-2314. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Bridget E. Busuttil and Albert G. Frauman: Extrathyroidal Manifestations of Graves’ Disease: The Thyrotropin Receptor Is Expressed in Extraocular, But Not Cardiac, Muscle Tissues
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2315-2319. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Sung-Hoon Kim, James H. Warram, Andrzej S. Krolewski, and Alessandro Doria: COMMENT: Mutation Screening of the Neurogenin-3 Gene in Autosomal Dominant Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2320-2322. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Stephen A. Myers and Judith A. Clements: RAPID COMMUNICATION: Kallikrein 4 (KLK4), A New Member of the Human Kallikrein Gene Family Is Up-Regulated By Estrogen and Progesterone in the Human Endometrial Cancer Cell Line, KLE
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2323. [Abstract] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Erik Christiansen and Allan Kofoed-Enevoldsen: Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2327. [Full Text]

G. J. Kahaly, H. P. Rösler, S. Pitz, F. Krummenauer, and G. Hommel: Radiotherapy for Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2327a-2328. [Full Text]

D. Sudhaker Rao and A. Michael Parfitt: Vitamin D Receptor Status in Parathyroid Adenomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2328. [Full Text]

Tobias Carling: Vitamin D Levels and Primary Hyperparathyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2328a. [Full Text]

Mirjana Sumarac-Dumanovic, Dragan Micic, and Vera Popovic: Noninsulinoma Pancreatogenous Hypoglycemia in Adults: Presentations of Two Cases
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2328b-2329. [Full Text]

Boaz Hirshberg, H. R. Alexander, D. L. Bartlett, M. C. Skarulis, S. K. Libutti, and P. Gorden: Nesidioblastosis in Adults: A Clinical Enigma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 86: 2329. [Full Text]