1. Foreword

   EditorialNotes Pages: vii - vii

2. Recent progress in PTH/PTHrP research

   • Hirotoshi Morri
   • Yoshiki Nishizawa
   • Shaul G. Massry

   OriginalPaper Pages: S1 - S5

3. Effects of dietary supplementation of calcium and vitamin don bone growth in growing male rats

   • Tamiko Kimura
   • Toshio Okano
   • Tadashi Kobayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: S7 - S11

4. Effects of vitamin D₃ analogues on parathyroid hormone secretion and calcium metabolism in vitamin D-deficient rats

   • Naoko Tsugawa
   • Toshio Okano
   • Yasuho Nishii

   OriginalPaper Pages: S13 - S17

5. Enzymological and cellular mechanisms of parathyroid hormone degradation by the kidney

   • Toru Yamaguchi
   • Masaaki Fukase
   • Kazuo Chihara

   OriginalPaper Pages: S19 - S22

6. Roles of parathyroid hormone and 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ in bone growth of growing male and female rats

   • Toshio Okano
   • Tamiko Kimura
   • Tadashi Kobayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: S23 - S26

7. Vitamin D independent anabolic action of PTHin vivo

   • Masahiro Kawase
   • Noriko Karino
   • Masao Tsuda

   OriginalPaper Pages: S27 - S31

8. Expression and characterization of parathyroid hormone receptors on fetal rat calvaria cells in culture

   • Noriyuki Yamauchi
   • Keiji Ohishi
   • Hiroshi Ishida

   OriginalPaper Pages: S33 - S37

9. Involvement ofc-fos gene in the regulation of osteoblast proliferation and osteoclast differentiation by parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone-related protein

   • Junichi Kano
   • Toshitsugu Sugimoto
   • Kazuo Chihara

   OriginalPaper Pages: S39 - S43

10. Natriuresis and cyclic GMP stimulation by parathyroid hormone 1-34 in man

    • Josette Guillemant
    • Flavien Oberlin
    • Serge Guillemant

    OriginalPaper Pages: S45 - S48

11. Role of intrarenal dopamine on renal phosphate regulation

    • Theresa J. Berndt
    • Jorge Isaac
    • Franklyn G. Knox

    OriginalPaper Pages: S49 - S53

12. Bone and renal responsiveness to parathyroid hormone with aging

    • Donato Agnusdei
    • Carlo Gennari

    OriginalPaper Pages: S55 - S59

13. Some characteristics of three ageing rat models for osteopenia with emphasis on effects of PTH

    • Harry M. Theuns
    • Erik Offerman
    • Paul J. M. Roholl

    OriginalPaper Pages: S61 - S67

14. Subnormal secretion of parathyroid hormone prevents age-related bone loss

    • Kaoru Fujiyama
    • Takeshi Kiriyama
    • Shigenobu Nagataki

    OriginalPaper Pages: S69 - S70

15. The parathyroid glands and osteoporosis

    • John S. Touliatos
    • Genaro M. A. Palmieri

    OriginalPaper Pages: S71 - S73

16. Parathyroid hormone dynamics in hypoparathyroidism and primary hyperparathyroidism

    • Peter Schwarz
    • Jesper C. Madsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: S75 - S79

17. Bone loss and bone metabolic markers in hyperparathyroidism

    • Makoto Katagiri
    • Ohtawa Takahiro
    • Masao Fukunaga

    OriginalPaper Pages: S81 - S85

18. Down-regulation of the PTH/PTHrP receptor in uremia

    • Pablo Ureña
    • Michael Mannstadt
    • Tilman Drüeke

    OriginalPaper Pages: S87 - S90

19. Phosphate-induced PTH stimulation and calcitriol treatment in children with early chronic renal insufficiency

    • Aldo Claris-Appiani
    • Gianluigi Ardissino
    • Maria L. Bianchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: S91 - S97

20. Parathyroidectomy for patients with renal hyperparathyroidism refractory to calcitriol pulse therapy

    • Yoshihiro Tominaga
    • Masahiro Numano
    • Hiroshi Takagi

    OriginalPaper Pages: S99 - S104

21. Mineralisation of precardiac transplantation patients: A key role for parathormone

    • Flavien Oberlin
    • Sylvie Rozenberg
    • Pierre Bourgeois

    OriginalPaper Pages: S105 - S109

22. Bone scan of hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism before and after parathyroidectomy

    • Terue Okamura
    • Toshiko Kobashi
    • Seiji Yamagami

    OriginalPaper Pages: S111 - S116

23. Low cancer death rate in chronic dialysis patients with diabetes mellitus

    • Kunitoshi Iseki
    • Koshiro Fukiyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: S117 - S119

24. Sequential treatment of osteopenic ovariectomized rats with parathyroid hormone (1-34) fragment and pamidronate

    • Pei-Tak Cheng
    • Cary C. K. Chan
    • Klaus Müller

    OriginalPaper Pages: S121 - S124

25. Stimulatory effect of carboxyl-terminal parathyroid hormone fragments on osteoclast-like cell formation and osteoclastic activity

    • Hiroshi Kaji
    • Toshitsugu Sugimoto
    • Kazuo Chihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: S125 - S129

26. Binding of the carboxyl-terminal fragments of human parathyroid hormone to rat osteoblastic cells ROS 17/2.8

    • Hisashi Takasu
    • Hisamitsu Baba
    • Etsuro Ogata

    OriginalPaper Pages: S131 - S134

27. Comparative study of human-PTH(1-84) and human-PTH(1-34) in the chick hypercalcemia bioassay

    • Kaname Yamamoto
    • Toshiaki Watanabe
    • Kimitoshi Saito

    OriginalPaper Pages: S135 - S137

28. The [53–63] amino acid portion of the parathyroid hormone molecule is essential for the stimulatory effect of carboxyl-terminal PTH fragments on alkaline phosphatase activity in dexamethasone-treated rat osteoblastic osteosarcoma cells, ROS 17/2.8

    • Hisamitsu Baba
    • Chizu Nakamoto
    • Isamu Nagai

    OriginalPaper Pages: S139 - S143

29. Clinicopathological relevance of parathyroid hormone-related protein in various types of cancer tissues

    • Riko Kitazawa
    • Sohei Kitazawa
    • Sakan Maeda

    OriginalPaper Pages: S145 - S151

30. Immunohistochemical study on the expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein in ovarian tumors

    • Hidenobu Fukunishi
    • Nobuyuki Yukimura
    • Sohei Kitazawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: S153 - S155

31. Secretion of parathyroid hormone-related protein by bovine mammary cellsin vitro

    • Hiroyuki Okada
    • Floyd L. Schanbacher
    • Thomas J. Rosol

    OriginalPaper Pages: S157 - S160

32. Production of parathyroid hormone-related protein by normal and neoplastic keratinocytes

    • Thomas J. Rosol
    • Andrea Gröne
    • Charles C. Capen

    OriginalPaper Pages: S161 - S164

33. Effects of gallium nitrate in nude mice bearing a canine adenocarcinoma model of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy: Biochemical, histomorphometric, and ultrastructural investigations

    • Charles C. Capen
    • Hiroyuki Okada
    • Thomas J. Rosol

    OriginalPaper Pages: S165 - S168

34. Structure-function studies with recombinant PTH/PTHrP receptors

    • Harald Jüppner
    • Ernestina Schipani
    • Thomas J. Gardella

    OriginalPaper Pages: S169 - S174

35. Differential regulation of the PTH/PTHrP receptor and its mRNA in human osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells

    • Shoichi Fukayama
    • Armen H. Tashijian Jr
    • F. Richard Bringhurst

    OriginalPaper Pages: S175 - S181

36. Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and blood pressure

    • Takeshi Kiriyama
    • Kaoru Fujiyama
    • Shigenobu Nagataki

    OriginalPaper Pages: S183 - S186

37. Parathyroid hormone-related protein and arteriolar tone in hypertensives

    • Renato Nami
    • Emanuela Maioli
    • Carlo Gennari

    OriginalPaper Pages: S187 - S191

38. Hypercalcemia induced by acute norepinephrine infusion is not mediated by PTH nor PTHrP secretion in man

    • Renato Nami
    • Maria B. Franci
    • Carlo Gennari

    OriginalPaper Pages: S193 - S197

39. Actions of parathyroid hormone-related protein on the renal glomerulo-vascular bed

    • Thierry Massfelder
    • Karlhans Endlich
    • Jean-Jacques Helwig

    OriginalPaper Pages: S199 - S206

40. A high abundance of PTH-related protein in human cerebrospinal fluid

    • Koshi Natsui
    • Chohei Shigeno
    • Junji Konishi

    OriginalPaper Pages: S207 - S209

41. Acknowledgment

    Acknowledgments Pages: S215 - S215