Endocrinology & Metabolism News:

Endocrinology & Metabolism News June 2006
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 17a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Features:

Shalender Bhasin, Glenn R. Cunningham, Frances J. Hayes, Alvin M. Matsumoto, Peter J. Snyder, Ronald S. Swerdloff, and Victor M. Montori

CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE:Testosterone Therapy in Adult Men with Androgen Deficiency Syndromes: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 1995-2010 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2847 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Patient Guide]  

Michal J. Tracz, Kostandinos Sideras, Enrique R. Boloña, Rudy M. Haddad, Cassie C. Kennedy, Maria V. Uraga, Sean M. Caples, Patricia J. Erwin, and Victor M. Montori

CLINICAL REVIEW:Testosterone Use in Men and Its Effects on Bone Health. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2011-2016 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brendan Chan and Margaret Zacharin

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR:Maternal and Infant Outcome after Pamidronate Treatment of Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia and Osteogenesis Imperfecta before Conception: A Report of Four Cases
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2017-2020 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2548 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmelo Nucera, Mario Vaccaro, Mariacarla Moleti, Carmen Priolo, Gaetano Tortorella, Adriano Angioni, Riccardo Ientile, Maria Antonia Violi, Massimo Loda, Francesco Trimarchi, and Francesco Vermiglio

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR:Antiphospholipid Antibodies Syndrome Associated with Hyperhomocysteinemia Related to MTHFR Gene C677T and A1298C Heterozygous Mutations in a Young Man with Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism (DiGeorge Syndrome)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2021-2026 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2782 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Allolio and Martin Fassnacht

CLINICAL REVIEW:Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Clinical Update
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2027-2037 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2639 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

H. Peter Chase

Nocturnal Hypoglycemia— An Unrelenting Problem
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2038-2039 doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0650 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuri E. Nikiforov

RET/PTC Rearrangement—A Link between Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Thyroid Cancer...or Not
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2040-2042 doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0791 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth D. Burman

Micropapillary Thyroid Cancer: Should We Aspirate All Nodules Regardless of Size?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2043-2046 doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0799 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrine Care:

Edward O. Reiter, David A. Price, Patrick Wilton, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, and Michael B. Ranke

Effect of Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment on the Near-Final Height of 1258 Patients with Idiopathic GH Deficiency: Analysis of a Large International Database
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2047-2054 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik A. Imel, Munro Peacock, Pisit Pitukcheewanont, Howard J. Heller, Leanne M. Ward, Dorothy Shulman, Moustapha Kassem, Paula Rackoff, Mark Zimering, Alan Dalkin, Elaine Drobny, Giacomo Colussi, Joseph L. Shaker, Elizabeth H. Hoogendoorn, Siu L. Hui, and Michael J. Econs

Sensitivity of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Measurements in Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2055-2061 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diana Gentilcore, Reawika Chaikomin, Karen L. Jones, Antonietta Russo, Christine Feinle-Bisset, Judith M. Wishart, Christopher K. Rayner, and Michael Horowitz

Effects of Fat on Gastric Emptying of and the Glycemic, Insulin, and Incretin Responses to a Carbohydrate Meal in Type 2 Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2062-2067 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2644 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lourdes Ibáñez, Carme Valls, Ken Ong, David B. Dunger, and Francis de Zegher

Metformin Therapy during Puberty Delays Menarche, Prolongs Pubertal Growth, and Augments Adult Height: A Randomized Study in Low-Birth-Weight Girls with Early-Normal Onset of Puberty
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2068-2073 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2329 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shubha Srinivasan, Geoffrey R. Ambler, Louise A. Baur, Sarah P. Garnett, Mirijana Tepsa, Fabian Yap, Glenn M. Ward, and Christopher T. Cowell

Randomized, Controlled Trial of Metformin for Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Children and Adolescents: Improvement in Body Composition and Fasting Insulin
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2074-2080 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joan C. Han, Prabharakan Balagopal, Shawn Sweeten, Dominique Darmaun, and Nelly Mauras

Evidence for Hypermetabolism in Boys with Constitutional Delay of Growth and Maturation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2081-2086 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2762 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bharathi Raju, Ana Maria Arbelaez, Suzanne M. Breckenridge, and Philip E. Cryer

Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes: An Assessment of Preventive Bedtime Treatments
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2087-2092 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2798 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joselina Luzia Menezes Oliveira, Celi Marques-Santos, José Augusto Barreto-Filho, Roberto Ximenes Filho, Allan Valadão de Oliveira Britto, Anita Hermínia Oliveira Souza, Clarisse Miranda Prado, Carla Raquel Pereira Oliveira, Rossana Maria C. Pereira, Tábita de Almeida Ribeiro Vicente, Catarine Teles Farias, Manuel Hermínio Aguiar-Oliveira, and Roberto Salvatori

Lack of Evidence of Premature Atherosclerosis in Untreated Severe Isolated Growth Hormone (GH) Deficiency due to a GH-Releasing Hormone Receptor Mutation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2093-2099 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2571 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. M. Vink, S. Sadrzadeh, C. B. Lambalk, and D. I. Boomsma

Heritability of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in a Dutch Twin-Family Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2100-2104 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1494 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fatih Tanriverdi, Hakan Senyurek, Kursad Unluhizarci, Ahmet Selcuklu, Felipe F. Casanueva, and Fahrettin Kelestimur

High Risk of Hypopituitarism after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Investigation of Anterior Pituitary Function in the Acute Phase and 12 Months after Trauma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2105-2111 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2476 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annamaria Colao, Rosario Pivonello, Renata S. Auriemma, Francesco Briganti, Mariano Galdiero, Fabio Tortora, Ferdinando Caranci, Sossio Cirillo, and Gaetano Lombardi

Predictors of Tumor Shrinkage after Primary Therapy with Somatostatin Analogs in Acromegaly: A Prospective Study in 99 Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2112-2118 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zubin Punthakee, Edgard E. Delvin, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Gilles Paradis, Emile Levy, Robert W. Platt, and Marie Lambert

Adiponectin, Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance in Children and Adolescents
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2119-2125 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2346 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. J. D. Owen, C. Rajiv, D. Vinereanu, T. Mathew, A. G. Fraser, and J. H. Lazarus

Subclinical Hypothyroidism, Arterial Stiffness, and Myocardial Reserve
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2126-2132 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohide Yoshida, Takuya Kaneshi, Tadao Shimabukuro, Makoto Sunagawa, and Takao Ohta

Serum C-Reactive Protein and Its Relation to Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adipocytokines in Japanese Children
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2133-2137 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2856 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael R. Rickels, Ali Naji, and Karen L. Teff

Insulin Sensitivity, Glucose Effectiveness, and Free Fatty Acid Dynamics after Human Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2138-2144 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2519 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jalal K. Ghali, Michael J. Koren, James R. Taylor, Esther Brooks-Asplund, Kaisheng Fan, Walker A. Long, Neila Smith for the Conivaptan Study Group

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Conivaptan: A V_1A/V₂ Vasopressin Receptor Antagonist, Assessed in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Patients with Euvolemic or Hypervolemic Hyponatremia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2145-2152 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2287 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lourdes Ibáñez, Ken Ong, David B. Dunger, and Francis de Zegher

Early Development of Adiposity and Insulin Resistance after Catch-Up Weight Gain in Small-for-Gestational-Age Children
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2153-2158 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2778 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. W. V. Flynn, T. M. MacDonald, R. T. Jung, A. D. Morris, and G. P. Leese

Mortality and Vascular Outcomes in Patients Treated for Thyroid Dysfunction
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2159-2164 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1833 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nancy Nader, Gérald Raverot, Agnès Emptoz-Bonneton, Henri Déchaud, Marc Bonnay, Eric Baudin, and Michel Pugeat

Mitotane Has an Estrogenic Effect on Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin and Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2165-2170 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elio Roti, Roberta Rossi, Giorgio Trasforini, Fiorenza Bertelli, Maria Rosaria Ambrosio, Luciano Busutti, Elizabeth N. Pearce, Lewis E. Braverman, and Ettore C. degli Uberti

Clinical and Histological Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Results of a Retrospective Study in 243 Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2171-2178 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2372 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vania Tonetto-Fernandes, Sofia H. V. Lemos-Marini, Hilton Kuperman, Luciane M. Ribeiro-Neto, Ieda T. N. Verreschi, Claudio E. Kater and the Brazilian Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Multicenter Study Group

Serum 21-Deoxycortisol, 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, and 11-Deoxycortisol in Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Clinical and Hormonal Correlations and Identification of Patients with 11ß-Hydroxylase Deficiency among a Large Group with Alleged 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2179-2184 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1890 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eleni V. Dimaraki, William F. Chandler, Morton B. Brown, Craig A. Jaffe, Soo Y. Kim, Ronald Taussig, Vasantha Padmanabhan, and Ariel L. Barkan

The Role of Endogenous Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Acromegaly
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2185-2190 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2398 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annamaria Colao, Carolina Di Somma, Stefano Spiezia, Francesca Rota, Rosario Pivonello, Silvia Savastano, and Gaetano Lombardi

The Natural History of Partial Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults: A Prospective Study on the Cardiovascular Risk and Atherosclerosis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2191-2200 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2566 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ewa Mrozek, Richard T. Kloos, Matthew D. Ringel, Laura Kresty, Paulette Snider, Daria Arbogast, Merrill Kies, Reginald Munden, Naifa Busaidy, Mary Jean Klein, Steven I. Sherman, and Manisha H. Shah

BRIEF REPORT:Phase II Study of Celecoxib in Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2201-2204 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2498 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farah Ghori, Kristel D. Polder, Lauren C. Pinter-Brown, Ana O. Hoff, Robert F. Gagel, Steven I. Sherman, and Madeleine Duvic

BRIEF REPORT:Thyrotoxicosis after Denileukin Diftitox Therapy in Patients with Mycosis Fungoides
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2205-2208 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2839 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Noel Bairey Merz, B. Delia Johnson, Glenn D. Braunstein, Carl J. Pepine, Steven E. Reis, Maura Paul-Labrador, Georgina Hale, Barry L. Sharaf, Vera Bittner, George Sopko, Sheryl F. Kelsey for the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation Study Group

BRIEF REPORT:Phytoestrogens and Lipoproteins in Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2209-2213 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1853 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Retraction:

Statement of Retraction
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2118 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Other Original Articles:

Kohzo Takebayashi, Sachiko Matsumoto, Yoshimasa Aso, and Toshihiko Inukai

Aldosterone Blockade Attenuates Urinary Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Complicated by Diabetic Nephropathy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2214-2217 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1718 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Chiara Zatelli, Daniela Piccin, Federico Tagliati, Arianna Bottoni, Andrea Luchin, Cristina Vignali, Angelo Margutti, Marta Bondanelli, Gian Carlo Pansini, Maria Rosa Pelizzo, Michael D. Culler, and Ettore C. degli Uberti

Selective Activation of Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes Differentially Modulates Secretion and Viability in Human Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Primary Cultures: Potential Clinical Perspectives
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2218-2224 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0334 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio J. Martínez-Fuentes, Jesús Moreno-Fernández, Rafael Vázquez-Martínez, Mario Durán-Prado, Andrés de la Riva, Manuel Tena-Sempere, Carlos Diéguez, Luis Jiménez-Reina, Susan M. Webb, Alfonso Pumar, Alfonso Leal-Cerro, Pedro Benito-López, María M. Malagón, and Justo P. Castaño

Ghrelin Is Produced by and Directly Activates Corticotrope Cells from Adrenocorticotropin-Secreting Adenomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2225-2231 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blandine Laferrère, Cynthia Abraham, Marianne Awad, Stephanie Jean-Baptiste, Allison B. Hart, Pilar Garcia-Lorda, Peter Kokkoris, and Colleen D. Russell

Inhibiting Endogenous Cortisol Blunts the Meal-Entrained Rise in Serum Leptin
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2232-2238 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-0693 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anil K. Nair, Helle Peegel, and K. M. J. Menon

The Role of Luteinizing Hormone/Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Receptor-Specific mRNA Binding Protein in Regulating Receptor Expression in Human Ovarian Granulosa Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2239-2243 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2739 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narinder Bansal, Valentine Charlton-Menys, Philip Pemberton, Patrick McElduff, John Oldroyd, Avni Vyas, Abir Koudsi, Peter E. Clayton, J. Kennedy Cruickshank, and Paul N. Durrington

Adiponectin in Umbilical Cord Blood Is Inversely Related to Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol But Not Ethnicity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2244-2249 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2714 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ethel Codner, Nestor Soto, Patricia Lopez, León Trejo, Alejandra Ávila, Francisca C. Eyzaguirre, Germán Íniguez, and Fernando Cassorla

Diagnostic Criteria for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Ovarian Morphology in Women with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2250-2256 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hadara Rubinfeld, Moshe Hadani, Gad Barkai, John E. Taylor, Michael D. Culler, and Ilan Shimon

Cortistatin Inhibits Growth Hormone Release from Human Fetal and Adenoma Pituitary Cells and Prolactin Secretion from Cultured Prolactinomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2257-2263 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Raile, J. Klammt, A. Schneider, A. Keller, S. Laue, R. Smith, R. Pfäffle, J. Kratzsch, E. Keller, and W. Kiess

Clinical and Functional Characteristics of the Human Arg59Ter Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Receptor (IGF1R) Mutation: Implications for a Gene Dosage Effect of the Human IGF1R
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2264-2271 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Attila Brehm, Karl Thomaseth, Elisabeth Bernroider, Peter Nowotny, Werner Waldhäusl, Giovanni Pacini, and Michael Roden

The Role of Endocrine Counterregulation for Estimating Insulin Sensitivity from Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Tests
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2272-2278 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naga Chalasani, Raj Vuppalanchi, Nandita S. Raikwar, and Mark A. Deeg

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase D in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Preliminary Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2279-2285 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hidefumi Inaba, William Martin, Anne S. De Groot, Shuwen Qin, and Leslie J. De Groot

Thyrotropin Receptor Epitopes and Their Relation to Histocompatibility Leukocyte Antigen-DR Molecules in Graves’ Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2286-2294 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2537 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessandra Gambineri, Valentina Vicennati, Silvia Genghini, Federica Tomassoni, Uberto Pagotto, Renato Pasquali, and Brian R. Walker

Genetic Variation in 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Predicts Adrenal Hyperandrogenism among Lean Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2295-2302 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Tropea, Fiorella Miceli, Francesca Minici, Federica Tiberi, Mariateresa Orlando, Maria Francesca Gangale, Federica Romani, Stefania Catino, Salvatore Mancuso, Pierluigi Navarra, Antonio Lanzone, and Rosanna Apa

Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Synthesis and Release by Human Luteal Cells in Vitro
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2303-2309 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2457 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthias Blüher, John W. Bullen, Jr., Jennifer H. Lee, Susan Kralisch, Mathias Fasshauer, Nora Klöting, Josef Niebauer, Michael R. Schön, Catherine J. Williams, and Christos S. Mantzoros

Circulating Adiponectin and Expression of Adiponectin Receptors in Human Skeletal Muscle: Associations with Metabolic Parameters and Insulin Resistance and Regulation by Physical Training
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2310-2316 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2556 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vasso Terzidou, Yooni Lee, Tamsin Lindström, Mark Johnson, Steven Thornton, and Phillip R. Bennett

Regulation of the Human Oxytocin Receptor by Nuclear Factor-B and CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein-ß
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2317-2326 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2649 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shu C. Foong, David H. Abbott, Michael A. Zschunke, Timothy G. Lesnick, Jennifer L. Phy, and Daniel A. Dumesic

Follicle Luteinization in Hyperandrogenic Follicles of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients Undergoing Gonadotropin Therapy for in Vitro Fertilization
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2327-2333 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giorgio Sesti, Emanuela Laratta, Marina Cardellini, Francesco Andreozzi, Silvia Del Guerra, Concetta Irace, Agostino Gnasso, Maria Grupillo, Renato Lauro, Marta Letizia Hribal, Francesco Perticone, and Piero Marchetti

The E23K Variant of KCNJ11 Encoding the Pancreatic ß-Cell Adenosine 5'-Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channel Subunit Kir6.2 Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Secondary Failure to Sulfonylurea in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2334-2339 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2323 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irvin M. Modlin, Mark Kidd, Roswitha Pfragner, Geeta N. Eick, and Manish C. Champaneria

The Functional Characterization of Normal and Neoplastic Human Enterochromaffin Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2340-2348 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasemin Seval, Hakan Cakmak, Umit A. Kayisli, and Aydin Arici

Estrogen-Mediated Regulation of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Human Endometrium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2349-2357 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. G. Braundmeier, A. T. Fazleabas, B. A. Lessey, H. Guo, B. P. Toole, and R. A. Nowak

Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer Regulates Metalloproteinases in Human Uterine Endometrium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2358-2365 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-0601 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer L. Sarno, Frederick Schatz, Charles J. Lockwood, S.-T. Joseph Huang, and Hugh S. Taylor

Thrombin and Interleukin-1ß Regulate HOXA10 Expression in Human Term Decidual Cells: Implications for Preterm Labor
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2366-2372 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1807 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yufei Shi, Minjing Zou, Katharine Collison, Essa Y. Baitei, Zaha Al-Makhalafi, Nadir R. Farid, and Futwan A. Al-Mohanna

Ribonucleic Acid Interference Targeting S100A4 (Mts1) Suppresses Tumor Growth and Metastasis of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma in a Mouse Model
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2373-2379 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Audrey Robinson-White, Elise Meoli, Sotirios Stergiopoulos, Anelia Horvath, Sosipatros Boikos, Ioannis Bossis, and Constantine A. Stratakis

PRKAR1AMutations and Protein Kinase A Interactions with Other Signaling Pathways in the Adrenal Cortex
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2380-2388 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rossella Elisei, Agnese Vivaldi, Raffaele Ciampi, Pinuccia Faviana, Fulvio Basolo, Ferruccio Santini, Claudio Traino, Furio Pacini, and Aldo Pinchera

Treatment with Drugs Able to Reduce Iodine Efflux Significantly Increases the Intracellular Retention Time in Thyroid Cancer Cells Stably Transfected with Sodium Iodide Symporter Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2389-2395 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2480 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Salas, M. Julio-Pieper, M. Valladares, R. Pommer, M. Vega, C. Mastronardi, B. Kerr, S. R. Ojeda, H. E. Lara, and C. Romero

Nerve Growth Factor-Dependent Activation of trkA Receptors in the Human Ovary Results in Synthesis of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptors and Estrogen Secretion
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2396-2403 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1925 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martine Cools, Hans Stoop, Anne-Marie F. Kersemaekers, Stenvert L. S. Drop, Katja P. Wolffenbuttel, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Jolanta Slowikowska-Hilczer, Krzysztof Kula, Sultana M. H. Faradz, J. Wolter Oosterhuis, and Leendert H. J. Looijenga

Gonadoblastoma Arising in Undifferentiated Gonadal Tissue within Dysgenetic Gonads
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2404-2413 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2554 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerry J. Rhoden, Kristian Unger, Giuliana Salvatore, Yesim Yilmaz, Volodymyr Vovk, Gennaro Chiappetta, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Jay L. Rothstein, Alfredo Fusco, Massimo Santoro, Horst Zitzelsberger, and Giovanni Tallini

RET/Papillary Thyroid Cancer Rearrangement in Nonneoplastic Thyrocytes: Follicular Cells of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Share Low-Level Recombination Events with a Subset of Papillary Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2414-2423 , doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0240 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Stepan, R. Faber, N. Wessel, G. Wallukat, H.-P. Schultheiss, and T. Walther

BRIEF REPORT:Relation between Circulating Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Agonistic Autoantibodies and Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 1 in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2424-2427 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2698 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. M. Brooke, N. F. Taylor, J. H. Shepherd, M. E. Gore, T. Ahmad, L. Lin, G. Rumsby, M. Papari-Zareei, R. J. Auchus, J. C. Achermann, and J. P. Monson

BRIEF REPORT:A Novel Point Mutation in P450c17 (CYP17) Causing Combined 17-Hydroxylase/17,20-Lyase Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2428-2431 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2653 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vinicius Nahime Brito, Berenice Bilharinho Mendonca, Laura M. F. F. Guilhoto, Karina Cocco Monteiro Freitas, Ivo J. Prado Arnhold, and Ana Claudia Latronico

BRIEF REPORT:Allelic Variants of the -Aminobutyric Acid-A Receptor 1-Subunit Gene (GABRA1) Are Not Associated with Idiopathic Gonadotropin-Dependent Precocious Puberty in Girls with and without Electroencephalographic Abnormalities
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2432-2436 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2657 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thuy-Ai Vu-Hong, Emmanuelle Durand, Samia Deghmoun, Philippe Boutin, David Meyre, Didier Chevenne, Paul Czernichow, Philippe Froguel, and Claire Levy-Marchal

BRIEF REPORT:The INS VNTR Locus Does Not Associate with Smallness for Gestational Age (SGA) but Interacts with SGA to Increase Insulin Resistance in Young Adults
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2437-2440 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johannes D. Veldhuis, Ali Iranmanesh, Kristi Mielke, John M. Miles, Paul C. Carpenter, and Cyril Y. Bowers

BRIEF REPORT:Ghrelin Potentiates Growth Hormone Secretion Driven by Putative Somatostatin Withdrawal and Resists Inhibition by Human Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2441-2446 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2718 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Hisashi Adachi, Akio Abe, Takako Yashiro, Mika Enomoto, Kumiko Furuki, Asuka Hino, Yuko Jinnouchi, Katsuhiko Takenaka, Takanori Matsui, Kazuo Nakamura, and Tsutomu Imaizumi

BRIEF REPORT:Elevated Serum Levels of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor in the Metabolic Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2447-2450 , doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2654 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcements and Resources:

Erratum
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2073 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2451-2454 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Hormone & Peptide Program (NHPP): New Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides, Natural Hormones, New Antisera, & Expanded Hormone Assay Services Available
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: 2455-2457 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patient Information Page from The Hormone Foundation:

Alvin M. Matsumoto and Robert Vigersky

Patient Information Page from The Hormone Foundation:The Hormone Foundation’s Patient Guide to Testosterone Therapy in Adult Men with Androgen Deficiency Syndromes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91: f1-f2 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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