1. Mutation analysis of SCNN1B in a family with Liddle's syndrome

   • Weiqing Wang
   • Weiwei Zhou
   • Guang Ning

   Original Articles Pages: 385 - 390

2. Distinct regulation of IRS proteins in adipose tissue from obese aged and dexamethasone-treated rats

   • Luciana C. Caperuto
   • Gabriel F. Anhê
   • Carla R. O. Carvalho

   Original Articles Pages: 391 - 398

3. Stimulation of FSHβ transcription by blockade of endogenous pituitary follistatin production

   • Daniel J. Haisenleder
   • Kevin W. Aylor
   • John C. Marshall

   Original Articles Pages: 399 - 404

4. Plasma adiponectin and insulin resistance in new onset hypertension

   • Teoman Dogru
   • Alper Sonmez
   • I. Hakki Kocar

   Original Articles Pages: 405 - 408

5. Antisense p53 decreases production of VEGF in follicular thyroid cancer cells

   • I. Hassan
   • A. Wunderlich
   • A. Zielke

   Original Articles Pages: 409 - 412

6. Fokl and BsmI polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene and bone mineral density in a random Bulgarian population sample

   • Jivka Ivanova
   • Polet Doukova
   • Plamen Popivanov

   Original Articles Pages: 413 - 418

7. Elevated serum levels of interleukin-18 are associated with insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

   • Yi-fei Zhang
   • Yi-sheng Yang
   • Guang Ning

   Original Articles Pages: 419 - 423

8. A specific helical orientation underlies the functional contribution of the activin responsive unit to transcriptional activity of the murine gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene promoter

   • Brian D. Cherrington
   • Todd A. Farmerie
   • Colin M. Clay

   Original Articles Pages: 425 - 433

9. Patterns of gene expression in pituitary carcinomas and adenomas analyzed by high-density oligonucleotide arrays, reverse transcriptase-quantitative PCR, and protein expression

   • Katharina H. Ruebel
   • Alexey A Leontovich
   • Ricardo V. Lloyd

   Original Articles Pages: 435 - 444

10. The dual effect of isoproterenol on insulin release is suppressed in pancreatic islets from hypothalamic obese rats

    • Anderson Carlos Marçal
    • Sabrina Grassiolli
    • Paulo Cezar de Freitas Mathias

    Original Articles Pages: 445 - 449

11. Postprandial lipemia as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in patients with hypothyroidism

    • Nedret Tanaci
    • Derun Taner Ertugrul
    • Alptekin Gursoy

    Original Articles Pages: 451 - 456

12. Pancreatic islet function in ω3 fatty acid-depleted rats

    • Berrin Oguzhan
    • Ying Zhang
    • Abdullah Sener

    Original Articles Pages: 457 - 466

13. Isolation and characterization of ovine luteal pericytes and effects of nitric oxide on pericyte expression of angiogenic factors

    • Joan D. Beckman
    • Anna T. Grazul-Bilska
    • Dale A. Redmel

    Original Articles Pages: 467 - 476

14. Hypothalamic ghrelin treatment modulates NPY- but not CRH-ergic activity in adrenalectomized rats subjected to food restriction

    • Eduardo Spinedi
    • Marie-Jeanne Voirol
    • Rolf C. Gaillard

    Original Articles Pages: 477 - 484

15. Expression and functional analysis of menin in a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) patient with somatic loss of heterozygosity in chromosome 11q13 and unidentified germline mutation of the MEN1 gene

    • Junko Naito
    • Hiroshi Kaji
    • Kazuo Chihara

    Original Articles Pages: 485 - 490

16. Expression of kallikrein, bradykinin B2 receptor, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase in placenta in normal gestation, preeclampsia, and placenta accreta

    • Jenny Corthorn
    • Alfredo A. Germain
    • Gloria Valdés

    Original Articles Pages: 491 - 499

17. The effect of aromatase inhibition on the sexual differentiation of the sheep brain

    • C. E. Roselli
    • J. M. Schrunk
    • F. Stormshak

    Original Articles Pages: 501 - 511

18. New-onset acute heart failure after intravenous glucocorticoid pulse therapy in a patient with Graves' ophthalmopathy

    • Alptekin Gursoy
    • Mustafa Cesur
    • Nuri Kamel

    Case Pages: 513 - 516