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CONTENTS Cited in Biological Abstracts; Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences; Current Contents | Life Sciences: EMBASE/ Excerpta Medica; Index Medicus; Informedicus; Pascal M Special Issue: Comparative Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology Guest Editors: A. Rijnberk J.A. Mol Contents Proceedings of a symposium held in Zeist, The Netherlands, 30 and 31 August 2001 on the occasion of the 365" anniversary of Utrecht University Preface Endocrine regulators of bone growth Update on biological actions of 1%,25(OH),-vitamin D, (rapid effects) and 24R,25(OH),-vitamin D, A.W. Norman, W.H. Okamura, J.E. Bishop, H.L. Henry (USA) The role of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in bone biology A.G. Uitterlinden, Y. Fang, A.P. Bergink, J.B.J. van Meurs, H.P.T.M. van Leeuwen, H.A.P. Pols (The Netherlands) Vitamin D, metabolism in dogs H.A.W. Hazewinkel, M.A. Tryfonidou (The Netherlands) Glucocorticoids inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor expression in growth plate chondrocytes J.A. Koedam, J.J. Smink, S.C. van Buul-Offers (The Netherlands) Adenohypophyseal ontogensis Genes that fashion the pituitary gland H. Westphal (USA) Current approaches for deciphering the molecular basis of combined anterior pituitary hormone deficiency in humans S. Amselem (France) Exclusion of the lim homeodomain gene LHX4 as a candidate gene for pituitary dwarfism in German shepherd dogs B.A. van Oost, S.A. Versteeg, S. Imholz, H.S. Kooistra (The Netherlands) Pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism Growth factors and human pituitary adenomas A. Spada, A. Lania (Italy) Glucocorticoid receptors and Cushing’s disease S.W.J. Lamberts (The Netherlands) The neurosurgical management of Cushing’s disease M. Reitmeyer, M.L. Vance, E.R. Laws Jr. (USA) Imaging of the pituitary gland in dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism R.H. van der Vlugt-Meijer, G. Voorhout, B.P. Meij (The Netherlands) Progress in transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for treatment of pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism in dogs and cats B. Meij, G. Voorhout, A. Rijnberk (The Netherlands) Effects of growth hormone-releasing peptides in healthy dogs and in dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism S.F.M. Bhatti, S.P. De Vliegher, L. Van Ham, H.S. Kooistra (Belgium, The Netherlands) Stress adaptation, cortisol] and pubertal development in the male common carp, Cyprinus carpio H.J.T. Goos, D. Consten (The Netherlands) The role of luteinizing hormone in the pathogenesis of hyperadrenocorticism in neutered ferrets N.J. Schoemaker, K.J. Teerds, J.A. Mol, J.T. Lumeij, J.H.H. Thijssen, A. Rijnberk (The Netherlands) (Extra-) pituitary expression of growth hormone and prolactin The role of prolactin and growth hormone in mammary gland development P.A. Kelly, A. Bachelot, C. Kedzia, L. Hennighausen, C.J. Ormandy, J.J. Kopchick, N. Binart (France, USA, Australia) Cloning and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the canine growth hormone gene I.S. Lantinga-van Leeuwen, E.A.P. Timmermans-Sprang, J.A. Mol (The Netherlands) The ubiquitin— proteasome pathway and the regulation of growth hormone receptor availability G.J. Strous, P. van Kerkhof (The Netherlands) Morphogenic and tumorigenic potentials of the mammary growth hormone/growth hormone receptor system E. van Garderen, J.A. Schalken (The Netherlands) Secretion of growth hormone and prolactin during progression of the luteal phase in healthy dogs: a review H.S. Kooistra, A.C. Okkens (The Netherlands) Role of growth hormone and growth hormone receptor in oocyte maturation M.M. Bevers, F. Izadyar (The Netherlands) Growth hormone gene expression in canine norma) growth plates and spontaneous osteosarcoma J. Kirpensteijn, E.P.M. Timmermans-Sprang, E. van Garderen, G.R. Rutteman, I.S. Lantinga-van Leeuwen, J.A. Mol (The Netherlands) Locally produced growth hormone in canine insulinomas J.H. Robben, E. Van Garderen, J.A. Mol, J. Wolfswinkel, A. Rijnberk (The Netherlands) Diabetes mellitus Early disturbances in insulin secretion in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus T.W. van Haeften (The Netherlands) Role of islet amyloid in type 2 diabetes mellitus: consequence or cause? J.W.M. Hoppener, M.G. Nieuwenhuis, T.M. Vroom, B. Ahrén, C.J.M. Lips (The Netherlands, Sweden) Pathogenesis of feline diabetes mellitus T.D. O’Brien (USA) Comparative aspects of diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats M. Hoenig (USA) Hormones and prostate disease Interleukin-6 regulates androgen receptor activity and prostate cancer cell growth Z. Culig, G. Bartsch, A. Hobisch (Austria) Angiogenesis in prostate cancer: its role in disease progression and possible therapeutic approaches R.J.A. van Moorselaar. E.E. Voest (The Netherlands) Canine prostate carcinoma: epidemiological evidence of an increased risk in castrated dogs E. Teske, E.C. Naan, E.M. van Dijk, E. Van Garderen, J.A. Schalken (The Netherlands) New bone formation in nude mouse calvaria induced by canine prostate tissue B.E. LeRoy, R.R. Bahnson, T.J. Rosol (USA)