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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY Volume 118, Nos. 1,2 April 19th 1996 Cited in Biological Abstracts; Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (CABS); Current Contents | Life Sciences; Excerpta Medica (EMBASE); Index Medicus; Informedicus; Pascal M CONTENTS Research Papers Up-regulation of nuclear IGF-I receptor by short term exposure of stilbene estrogen, diethylstilbestrol C.-W. Chen, D. Roy (USA) Local expression of a POU family transcription factor, Pit-l, in the rat placenta B.J. Lee, J.K. Jeong, J.H. Kim, $.G. Kang, M.O. Kim, W.S. Choi (South Korea) Alpha-fetoprotein derived synthetic peptides: assay of an estrogen-modifying regulatory segment G.J. Mizejewski, J.A. Dias, C.R. Hauer, K.P. Henrikson, J. Gierthy (USA) Involvement of a subset of tyrosine kinases and phosphatases in regulation of the f-latoglobulin gene promoter by prolactin N. Daniel, M.J. Water, C. Bignon, J. Djiane (France, Australia) Gelatinase A secretion and its control in peritubular and Sertoli cell cultures: effects of hormones, second messengers and inducers of cytokine production E. Hoeben, I. Van Aelst, J.V. Swinnen, G. Opdenakker, G. Verhoeven (Belgium) An adenosine derivative cooperates with TSH and Graves’ IgG to induce Ca?* mobilization in single human thyroid cells Y. Yanagita, F. Okajima, K. Sho, Y. Nagamachi, Y. Kondo (Japan) Evidence that heparin binding autocrine factors modulate testosterone production by the adult rat Leydig cell J.R. McFarlane, A. Laslett, D.M. de Kretser, G.P. Risbridger (Australia) Androgen regulation of the messenger RNA encoding diazepam-binding inhibitor/acyl-CoA-binding protein in the rat J.V. Swinnen, I. Vercaeren, M. Esquenet, W. Heyns, G. Verhoeven (Belgium) Nitric oxide donors decrease the function and survival of human pancreatic islets D.L. Eizirik, C.A. Delaney, M.H.L. Green, J.M. Cunningham, J.R. Thrope, D.G. Pipeleers, C. Heller- strom, I.C. Green (Sweden, UK, Belgium) Expression of human relaxin genes: characterization of a novel alternatively-spliced human relaxin MRNA species J.M. Gunnersen, P. Fu, P.J. Roche, G.W. Tregear (Australia) Growth hormone stimulates androsterone synthesis by rat theca-interstitial cells R. Apa, A. Caruso, C.L. Andréani, F. Miceli, N. Lazzarin, M. Mastrandrea, E. Ronsisvalle, S. Mancuso, A. Lanzone (Italy) Selective translocation of non-conventional protein kinase C isoenzymes by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in the gonadotrope-derived «T3-1 cell line M. Kratzmeier, A. Poch, A.K. Mukhopadhyay, C.A. McArdle (Germany, UK) Expression of the rat BFGF antisense RNA transcript is tissue-specific and developmentally regulated A.W. Li, G. Seyoum, R.P.C. Shiu, P.R. Murphy (Canada) EGF increases retinoid X receptor-x expression in human trophoblastic cells in culture: relationship with retinoic acid induced human chorionic gonadotropin secretion S. Roulier, C. Rochette-Egly, E. Alsat, S. Dufour, D. Porquet, D. Evain-Brion (France) The H295R human adrenocortical cell line contains functional atrial natriuretic peptide receptors that inhibit aldosterone biosynthesis V. Bodart, W.E. Rainey, A. Fournier, H. Ong, A. De Léan (Canada, USA) (Contents continued on p. 3 of cover) 0303-7207( 19960419)118:1/2;1-D MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY Subscription Information: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (ISSN 0303-7207). For 1996 vols. 116-125 are scheduled for publication. Subscription prices are available upon request from the Publisher. Subscriptions are accepted on a prepaid basis only, unless different terms have been previously agreed upon. Subscription orders can be entered only by calendar year (Jan.—Dec.) and should be sent to Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd., Customer Relations Manager, Bay 15, Shannon Industrial Estate, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, Tel. (+ 353-61) 471944; Fax (+353-61) 472144, or to your usual subscription agent. 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Hu, S.M. Hyder, D.S. Needleman, V.V. Baker (USA) Heterogeneity of growth hormone (GH)-producing cells in aging male rats: ultrastructure and GH gene expression in somatotrope subpopulations P.M. Dobado-Berrios, A. Ruiz-Navarro, Y. Almadén, M.M. Malagon, J.C. Garrido, J.L. Ramirez- Gutiérrez, F. Gracia-Navarro (Spain) Different sites of action of arachidonic acid on steroidogenesis in rat Leydig cells M.J. Marinero, B. Colas, J.C. Prieto, M.P. Lopez-Ruiz (Spain) Inhibition of IGF I]-induced redistribution of mannose 6-phosphate receptors by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor, wortmannin C. Korner, T. Braulke (Germany) Estrogen-induced changes in rRNA accumulation and RNA polymerase I activity in the rat pituitary: correlation with pituitary tumor susceptibility C. Ying, D.W. Gregg, J. Gorski (Taiwan, USA) Rapid Paper Expression of transcripts of interleukin-6 and related cytokines by human breast tumors, breast cancer cells, and adipose stromal cells M.B. Crichton, J.E. Nichols, Y. Zhao, S.E. Bulun, E.R. Simpson (USA) Calendar Notes to authors PRINTED IN IRELAND