The past 10 years-new hormones, new functions, new endocrine organs.
Since the publication of the first issue of this journal in November 2005, our understanding of the endocrine system has evolved, with the identification of novel hormones and novel endocrine roles for previously identified molecules. Here, we have asked six of our Advisory Board Members to comment on how these insights have led to the recognition that many organs and tissues that were not widely considered part of the classic endocrine system in the past have important endocrine functions.
Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 ON1, Box 902, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Roger
R
Bouillon
Mount Sinai Hospital, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, 600 University Avenue, TCP5-1004 MailBox 39, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada.
Daniel J
DJ
Drucker
University of Pisa, Department of Internal Medicine, Via Roma 67, Pisa, PI 56100, Italy.
Ele
E
Ferrannini
Harvard Medical School, MGH Program in Nutritional Metabolism, 5 Longfellow Place, Room 207, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Steven
S
Grinspoon
Maine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME 04074, USA.
Clifford J
CJ
Rosen
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Epidemiology &Clinical Diabetes, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Paul
P
Zimmet
D000818:Animals; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D004704:Endocrinology / Q000639:trends*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009142:Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena
D006728:Hormones