Barron's How to Prepare for the Toefl Test:

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Preface

v

Keynote address

Pathogenesis of common diseases viewed from an evolutionary standpoint

3

(10)

H. Imura

Adipogenesis and obesity

Leptin and the neural circuit regulating body weight

13

(8)

J.M. Friedman

Potential usefulness of leptin for the treatment of diabetes

21

(10)

K. Nakao

Y. Ogawa

H. Masuzaki

M. Aizawa-Abe

K. Ebihara

N. Matsuoka

N. Satoh

T. Hayashi

K. Hosoda

G. Inoue

Y. Yoshimasa

Critical early events of adipogenesis

31

(6)

G. Ailhaud

C. Dani

J. Aubert

N. Belmonte

P. Saint-Marc

R. Negrel

Molecular mechanism of obesity-related diseases: importance of adipocytokines

37

(10)

Y. Matsuzawa

t. Funahashi

H. Kuriyama

S. Kihara

Diabetes mellitus

47

(224)

The role of pancreatic β cell ATP-sensitive K+ channels in insulin secretion

S. Seino

N. Ozaki

T. Shibasaki

H. Yano

Downstream effectors of PI 3-kinase in insulin action

53

(8)

M. Kasuga

T. Kitamura

K. Kotani

W. Ogawa

Insulin signaling and the molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance

61

(18)

C.R. Kahn

Role of PPARγ in high-fat diet-induced adipocyte hypertrophy and insulin resistance

79

(6)

T. Kadowaki

N. Kubota

Y. Terauchi

H. Miki

H. Tamemoto

T. Yamauchi

K. Komeda

K. Tobe

S. Kimura

Variability of clinical features of HNF-1 α-deficient diabetes (MODY3) due to different functional properties of mutant proteins

85

(8)

J. Takeda

H. Tomura

S. Yamada

H. Nishigori

K. Sho

H. Onda

Z. Zhang

L. Yu

L. Jin

Y-J. Si

Y. Murayama

T. Narita

N. Tonooka

Y. Yang

T. Kohama

K. Onigata

A. Morikawa

I. Inoue

Positional cloning of Wolfram syndrome (diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy) gene: possible role in pancreatic β cell survival

93

(8)

Y. Oka

Y. Tanizawa

H. Inoue

Studies of the etiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Pima Indians

101

(6)

C. Bogardus

L. Baier

R. Pratley

M. Prochazka

R. Hanson

Maturity-onset diabetes of the young - a model for genetic studies of diabetes mellitus

107

(16)

G.I. Bell

N.J. Cox

J.C. Daniel

L. del Bosque Plata

S.S. Fajans

M. Hara

Y. Horikawa

Y. Iwamoto

N. Iwasaki

X. Li

H. Mashima

P.R. Njolstad

M. Ogata

B. Patterson

V.P. Paz

K.S. Polonsky

W.Y. So

X. Wang

H. Ye

Hyperlipidemia

Common susceptibility genes to dyslipidemia and coronary artery disease in Japanese people

123

(8)

H. Hamaguchi

K. Yamakawa-Kobayashi

H. Amemiya

K. Kawata

H. Fuziwara

T. Arinami

Degradation enzymes for sterol regulatory element binding protein

131

(8)

H. Shirai

M. Yamaguchi

R. Sato

Y. Kawabe

R. Fukuda

T. Kodama

T. Hamakubo

Molecular and physiological studies of the HDL receptor SR-BI

139

(12)

B. Trigatti

Molecular basis for cellular cholesterol efflux and regulation of plasma HDL levels

151

(8)

S. Yokoyama

M. Tsujita

R. Arakawa

S. Dohmae

J. Ito

PPAR γ: cross-talk with membrane receptors and control of energy homeostasis

159

(10)

W. Wahli

S. Kersten

P. Devchand

B. Desvergne

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ, the ultimate liaison between fat and transcription

169

(12)

S. Rocchi

J. Auwerx

Regulation of macrophage gene expression and lipid metabolism by the nuclear receptor PPARγ

181

(10)

P. Tontonoz

L. Nagy

R.M. Evans

Hypertension

Genetics of essential hypertension

191

(10)

A.M. Sharma

Genetic susceptibility to essential hypertension in Japanese people

201

(8)

T. Katsuya

J. Higaki

S. Baba

K. Ishikawa

T. Mannami

N. Sato

J. Ogata

T. Ogihara

Mapping nephropathy susceptibility genes using kidney specific chromosome transfer

209

(10)

P.C. Churchill

M.C. Churchill

A.K. Bidani

K.A. Griffin

M. Picken

M. Pravenec

V. Kren

E. St. Lezin

T.W. Kurtz

Genetic analysis of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), an animal model of hypertension and insulin resistance

219

(8)

T. Gotoda

Y. Iizuka

N. Yamada

Role of LOX-1, an endothelial oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor, in vascular disorders

227

(10)

M. Nagase

K. Ando

T. Fujita

Genetic analysis of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in patients with coronary spasm

237

(14)

H. Yasue

M. Yoshimura

M. Nakayama

Y. Shimasaki

K. Kugiyama

H. Ogawa

Y. Saito

Y. Ogawa

Y. Miyamoto

K. Nakao

General molecular biology in common disease

Genomic searches for genes that influence common disease in human and nonhuman primate families

251

(10)

J.E. Hixson

Roles of prostanoids in health and disease; lessons from receptor-knockout mice

261

(10)

S. Narumiya

Index of authors

271

(2)

Keyword index

273

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