DOI: 10.1055/s-00000025

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Issue 10 · Volume 34 · October 2002 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-2194

Original Basic

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Hundertmark , S.; Dill , A.; Bühler , H.; Stevens , P.; Looman , K.; Ragosch , V.; Seckl , J. R.; Lipka , C.: 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1: A New Regulator of Fetal Lung Maturation
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Hundertmark , S.; Dill , A.; Ebert , A.; Zimmermann , B.; Kotelevtsev , Y. V.; Mullins , J. J.; Seckl , J. R.: Foetal Lung Maturation in 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Knockout Mice
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von Ledebur , E. I. C. F.; Almeida , J. P.; Loss , E. S.; Wassermann , G. F.: Rapid Effect of Testosterone on Rat Sertoli Cell Membrane Potential. Relationship with K+ATP Channels
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Kordowiak , A. M.; Dąbroś , W.; Kajda , B.: The Influence of a New Vanadium Compound, Bis(2,2’-bipyridine)oxovanadium(IV) Sulphate on Liver Golgi Complexes from Control and Streptozotocin-Diabetic Rats
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Walz , M.; Overbergh , L.; Mathieu , C.; Kolb , H.; Martin , S.: A Murine Interleukin-4-Ig Fusion Protein Regulates the Expression of Th1- and Th2-Specific Cytokines in the Pancreas of NOD Mice

Original Clinical

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Cheng , J. T.; Liu , I. M.; Tzeng , T. F.; Tsai , C. C.; Lai , T. Y.: Plasma Glucose-Lowering Effect of β-Endorphin in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
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Zhang , W.; Lu , D.; Kawazu , S.; Komeda , K.; Takeuchi , T.: Adenoviral Insulin Gene Therapy Prolongs Survival of IDDM Model BB Rats by Improving Hyperlipidemia
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Mattiasson , I.; Rendell , M.; Törnquist , C.; Jeppsson , S.; Hulthén , U. L.: Effects of Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Abdominal Fat Compartments as Related to Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Early Postmenopausal Women
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Scherbaum , W. A.; Göke , B.; and the German Pioglitazone Study Group: Metabolic Efficacy and Safety of Once-Daily Pioglitazone Monotherapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
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Ng, W. Y.; Lui, K. F.; Cheah, J. S.; Thai, A. C.: IgG1 Subclass Dominates Autoimmune Response to Tyrosine Phosphatase-Like Molecule IA-2 in Chinese Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Short Communication

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Staiger, H.; Tschritter, O.; Kausch, C.; Lammers, R.; Stumvoll, M.; Häring, H.-U.: Human Serum Adiponectin Levels are not Under Short-Term Negative Control by Free Fatty Acids in Vivo