THE JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINE GENETICS

VOLUME 3,  NOS. 3-4 (2003)

Table of Contents

 Letter from the Editor  ......101

 

Obituary - Dr. Jean Pierre Luton (1933-2002) .....  103

 

REVIEW ARTICLES

 

Role of the Transcription Factor CREB (cAMP Response Element Binding Protein) in Endocrine Tissue Development and Tumorigenesis

D. Rosenberg, L. Groussin, L. Cazabat, E. Jullian, F. René-Corail, X. Bertagna and J. Bertherat, France  ...105

 

The Genetics of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

H. Hadj Kacem, A. Rebai, H. Ayadi and N.R. Farid, Tunisia and UK .........  115

 

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

 

A Novel Insertional Mutation in the Mu-Opioid Receptor Gene is Associated with Altered Cortisol Response to Naloxone

R. Salvatori, X. Yang and G. Wand, USA  ....129

 

Mutations in the TTF2 Gene are Not a Common Finding in Patients with Isolated Cleft Palate and Choanal Atresia

M. Venza, L. Santarpia, F. Saverio De Ponte, F. Stagno D’Alcontres, D. Teti and S. Benvenga, Italy  ...............135

 

Effect of Exogenous Insulin-like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) on the Expression of the IGF-I Gene and the Genes of IGF-Binding Proteins (IGFBPs) 1-4 in Human Thyroid Cells from Nodular Goiter, Follicular Adenoma and Follicular Carcinoma Cultured in Monolayers

A. Lewiński, M. Marcinkowska, E. Brzeziańska, A.S. Tantush, J. Włoch and J. Brzeziński, Poland  ....141

 

Mutation of FGFR3 in a Patient with Craniosynostosis, Hypochondroplasia and Growth Hormone Deficiency

M. Coco, T. Mattina, M. Mancuso, A. Zingale, M. Baffico and M. Caruso-Nicoletti, Italy  ......151

 

Clinical, Genetic and Endocrine Aspects of a Patient with 45,X/48,XYYY Mosaicism: Patient Report and Review of the Literature

J.L. Ruibal Francisco, O. Pérez Rodríguez, B. Nievas Soriano, L. Ortega Medina, C. Cotarelo Pérez and M.J. Lautre Ecenarro, Spain  ....157

 

SHORT COMMUNICATION

No Evidence for a Role of Genomic Variants in CIT1 in the Etiology of Silver-Russell Syndrome

E. Meyer, H.A. Wollmann and T. Eggermann, Germany  .......161

 

BOOK REVIEWS ....165

CALENDAR  ......169

INDEX ......171

 

 

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