JOE -- Table of Contents (February 2006, 188 [2])

Reviews:

T Balla: Phosphoinositide-derived messengers in endocrine signaling
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 135-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cleyde Vanessa Vega Helena, Maristela de Oliveira Poletini, Gilberto Luiz Sanvitto, Shinji Hayashi, Celso Rodrigues Franci, and Janete Aparecida Anselmo-Franci: Changes in ${alpha}$ -estradiol receptor and progesterone receptor expression in the locus coeruleus and preoptic area throughout the rat estrous cycle
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 155-165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J E Sánchez-Criado, J Martín de las Mulas, C Bellido, V M Navarro, R Aguilar, J C Garrido-Gracia, M M Malagón, M Tena-Sempere, and A Blanco: Gonadotropin-secreting cells in ovariectomized rats treated with different oestrogen receptor ligands: a modulatory role for ERß in the gonadotrope?
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 167-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Karin A Slot, Marsha Voorendt, Mieke de Boer-Brouwer, Harmke H van Vugt, and Katja J Teerds: Estrous cycle dependent changes in expression and distribution of Fas, Fas ligand, Bcl-2, Bax, and pro- and active caspase-3 in the rat ovary
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 179-192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A S Chagin, D Chrysis, M Takigawa, E M Ritzen, and L Sävendahl: Locally produced estrogen promotes fetal rat metatarsal bone growth; an effect mediated through increased chondrocyte proliferation and decreased apoptosis
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 193-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S E Ulbrich, S Rehfeld, S Bauersachs, E Wolf, R Rottmayer, S Hiendleder, M Vermehren, F Sinowatz, H H D Meyer, and R Einspanier: Region-specific expression of nitric oxide synthases in the bovine oviduct during the oestrous cycle and in vitro
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 205-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Claire Glister, Nigel P Groome, and Philip G Knight: Bovine follicle development is associated with divergent changes in activin-A, inhibin-A and follistatin and the relative abundance of different follistatin isoforms in follicular fluid
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 215-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K A Slot, M de Boer-Brouwer, M Houweling, A B Vaandrager, J H Dorrington, and K J Teerds: Luteinizing hormone inhibits Fas-induced apoptosis in ovarian surface epithelial cell lines
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 227-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

T M Lovell, P G Knight, and R T Gladwell: Differential expression of mRNAs encoding the putative inhibin co-receptor (betaglycan) and activin type-I and type-II receptors in preovulatory and prehierarchical follicles of the laying hen ovary
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 241-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M Maamra, A Milward, H Zarkesh Esfahani, L P Abbott, L A Metherell, M O Savage, A J L Clark, and R J M Ross: A 36 residues insertion in the dimerization domain of the growth hormone receptor results in defective trafficking rather than impaired signaling
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 251-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

E Kim, S Sohn, M Lee, J Jung, R D Kineman, and S Park: Differential responses of the growth hormone axis in two rat models of streptozotocin-induced insulinopenic diabetes
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 263-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

F Sentinelli, E Filippi, M G Cavallo, S Romeo, M Fanelli, and M G Baroni: The G972R variant of the insulin receptor substrate-1 gene impairs insulin signaling and cell differentiation in 3T3L1 adipocytes; treatment with a PPAR agonist restores normal cell signaling and differentiation
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 271-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John Le Lay and Roland Stein: Involvement of PDX-1 in activation of human insulin gene transcription
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 287-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

T C Alba-Loureiro, S M Hirabara, J R Mendonça, R Curi, and T C Pithon-Curi: Diabetes causes marked changes in function and metabolism of rat neutrophils
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 295-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pauliina Utriainen, Jianqi Liu, Tiina Kuulasmaa, and Raimo Voutilainen: Inhibition of DNA methylation increases follistatin expression and secretion in the human adrenocortical cell line NCI-H295R
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 305-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yen-Shen Lu, Pei-Yen Yeh, Shuang-En Chuang, Ming Gao, Min-Liang Kuo, and Ann-Lii Cheng: Glucocorticoids enhance cytotoxicity of cisplatin via suppression of NF-B activation in the glucocorticoid receptor-rich human cervical carcinoma cell line SiHa
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 311-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

T Taguchi, T Takao, Y Iwasaki, M Nishiyama, K Asaba, and K Hashimoto: Suppressive effects of dehydroepiandrosterone and the nuclear factor-B inhibitor parthenolide on corticotroph tumor cell growth and function in vitro and in vivo
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 321-331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

T Akamizu, T Murayama, S Teramukai, K Miura, I Bando, T Irako, H Iwakura, H Ariyasu, H Hosoda, H Tada, A Matsuyama, S Kojima, T Wada, Y Wakatsuki, K Matsubayashi, T Kawakita, A Shimizu, M Fukushima, M Yokode, and K Kangawa: Plasma ghrelin levels in healthy elderly volunteers: the levels of acylated ghrelin in elderly females correlate positively with serum IGF-I levels and bowel movement frequency and negatively with systolic blood pressure
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 333-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R L Bogorad, T Y Ostroukhova, A N Orlova, P M Rubtsov, and O V Smirnova: Long isoform of prolactin receptor predominates in rat intrahepatic bile ducts and further increases under obstructive cholestasis
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 345-354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

E H Leder and J T Silverstein: The pro-opiomelanocortin genes in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): duplications, splice variants, and differential expression
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 355-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

T Sugawara, E Nomura, and N Hoshi: Both N-terminal and C-terminal regions of steroid sulfatase are important for enzyme activity
J Endocrinol 2006 188: 365-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]