Advance Publication

ORIGINAL
Challenges in nuclear emergency preparedness: pharmacists’ awareness, knowledge, and willingness to participate in the emergency distribution of stable iodine in Japan

Hitomi Matsunaga, Tomoko Watanabe, Hui-Hsun Chiang, Li-Fan Lin, Hung-Ju Chen, Noboru Takamura

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0153
November 7, 2026
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Glucocorticoid replacement therapy and anthropometric features in patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency in Japan: results from a nationwide epidemiological study

Shigeru Suzuki, Kenichi Kashimada, Tokuo Mukai, Noriyuki Katsumata, Tomohiro Ishii, Toshihiro Tajima, Hirotaka Shibata, Tomonobu Hasegawa

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0277
November 7, 2026
ORIGINAL
Association between thyroid hormone balance and thyroid volume in patients with nontoxic nodular goiter

Itaru Monno, Mitsuru Ito, Mitsushige Nishikawa, Chisako Imamura, Yoshiki Furumura, Hanna Deguchi-Horiuchi, Kazuyoshi Kousaka, Sawako Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yamaoka, Mako Hisakado, Shuji Fukata, Eijun Nishihara, Akira Miyauchi, Takashi Akamizu

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0263
November 5, 2026
ORIGINAL
Factors associated with the dawn phenomenon in adults with type 1 diabetes: a probabilistic continuous glucose monitoring analysis

Naoki Sakane, Yushi Hirota, Akane Yamamoto, Junnosuke Miura, Hiroko Takaike, Sari Hoshina, Masao Toyoda, Nobumichi Saito, Masaki Matsubara, Atsuhito Tone, Satoshi Kawashima, Hideaki Sawaki, Tomokazu Matsuda, Masayuki Domichi, Akiko Suganuma, Seiko Sakane, Takashi Murata, Hitoshi Ando

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0338
October 31, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Growth hormone-releasing hormone-secreting giant pheochromocytoma causing acromegaly: a case report with a review of the literature

Takuya Kitamura, Kazutaka Nanba, Mutsuki Mishina, Toru Kanno, Seiko Kasahara, Naoki Higashibeppu, Koki Moriyoshi, Naoko Inoshita, Noriko Kimura, Naotetsu Kanamoto

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0363
October 17, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Metreleptin improves glucose metabolism and hepatic steatosis in a patient with Werner syndrome and partial lipodystrophy: a case report with review of literature

Shogo Iwamura, Nagisa Nirei, Mari Matsuyama, Shinichiro Minami, Kana Sasaki, Sayaka Ando, Shunsuke Kato, Tatsunori Shimizu, Takehiro Sato, Tsukasa Morii, Hiroki Fujita, Katsunori Iijima, Hironori Waki

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0235
October 15, 2026
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Excellent prognosis of oncocytic thyroid carcinoma in Japanese patients: a single-institution study

Yasuhiro Ito, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa, Hiroo Masuoka, Minoru Kihara, Akihiro Miya, Akira Miyauchi, Tadashi Akamizu

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0328
October 3, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Aldosterone-producing adrenocortical carcinoma presenting with severe, rapidly progressive hypokalemia: a case report and literature review

Yukino Okimoto, Akinori Takedomi, Tsuguka Matsuda, Keisuke Monji, Akira Hirata, Ryuichi Kodama, Aoi Ono, Aya Hamaoka, Nozomu Oda, Megumu Fujihara, Takashi Yajima, Hironobu Sasano, Nozomu Kamei

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0173
October 2, 2026
ORIGINAL
Cold exposure–induced alterations in n-3 fatty acid profiles and their associations with brown adipose tissue activity

Naoki Sakane, Shinsuke Nirengi, Masayuki Domichi, Akiko Suganuma, Mami Matsushita, Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Masayuki Saito

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0271
October 2, 2026
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Real-world patterns of growth hormone treatment in Japanese children with short stature associated with small for gestational age, Turner syndrome, Noonan syndrome, achondroplasia, and hypochondroplasia: a retrospective database study

Jun Mori, Akie Nakamura, Masanobu Kawai, Satoshi Tsuboi, Yukihito Sato, Takaaki Endo, Sumito Dateki

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0185
October 1, 2026
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Renal function trajectories before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japanese individuals with type 1 diabetes: a post-hoc analysis of the multicenter retrospective investigation by the IPRA-CKD study group

Yuta Nakamura, Hiroshi Yano, Norio Abiru, Hiroshi Nomoto, Tomoyasu Fukui, Yoshihiko Yuyama, Tomoyuki Kawamura, Mariko Ueda, Akane Yamamoto, Yushi Hirota, Yoshiki Kusunoki, Kenro Nishida, Dan Sekiguchi, Yasutaka Maeda, Masae Minami, Ayako Nagayama, Shimpei Iwata, Hitomi Minagawa, Shinya Furukawa, Teruki Miyake, Hiroaki Ueno, Rei Chinen, Yoshiro Nakayama, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Yasutaka Miyachi, Yosuke Okada, Mitsuhiro Okamoto, Kaoru Ono, Ken-ichi Tanaka, Akira Kurozumi, Takenori Sakai, Hironori Yamasaki, Jun-ichi Yasui, Ayako Ito, Ichiro Horie

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0257
September 30, 2026
ORIGINAL
Physical disability and quality-of-life burden in McCune-Albright syndrome: a nationwide survey in Japan

Hironori Shibata, Tomohiro Ishii, Keiichi Ozono, Tomonobu Hasegawa

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0366
September 30, 2026
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Real-world effectiveness and safety of low-dose tirzepatide in Japanese people with type 2 diabetes: a multicenter, retrospective, single-arm, observational study—East Shizuoka Tirzepatide (ESTATE) study

Tatsuya Iwamoto, Nozomu Yamasaki, Shuko Nojiri, Wataru Urasaki, Katsumi Aso, Katsutoshi Komatsu, Naoko Enosawa, Marie Kanzaki, Daisuke Takarabe, Jo Nagakura, Ken Sato, Naoaki Ito, Hirotaka Watada, Takashi Nomiyama, Collaborators of East Shizuoka Tirzepatide study

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0274
September 29, 2026
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Ependymal denudation in the fourth ventricle attenuates glucoprivic feeding without altering blood glucose and luteinizing hormone responses in female rats

Marimo Sato, Fumie Magata, Hiroko Tsukamura, Fuko Matsuda

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0074
September 26, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Acquired generalized lipodystrophy complicated by fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus: a case report with review of literature and immunological insights

Toshitaka Sawamura, Shigehiro Karashima, Yuya Nishimoto, Ai Ohmori, Mitsuhiro Kometani, Takashi Yoneda

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0240
September 26, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Burosumab-responsive micro tumor-induced osteomalacia caused by a 6-mm phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor of the femoral head: a case report with review of literature on small (≤10 mm) FGF23-producing tumors

Norio Horiguchi, Kenichiro Okuno, Mari Arai-Uehara, Koki Irie, Masazumi Koike, Nozomi Matsumura, Hayato Ikota, Ayumi Ito, Yukako Hirayama, Kuniko Yoshida, Hiroko Sato, Nobuaki Ito, Eijiro Yamada, Keiko Kawai-Kowase

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0327
September 26, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Rapid progression of β-cell dysfunction in a patient with glycogen storage disease type 1a complicated by diabetes: longitudinal assessment by serial OGTTs with a review of the literature

Tetsuro Niri, Ai Haraguchi, Ryoji Sato, Minori Kakita, Moeko Kubo, Ayaka Sako, Sumito Dateki, Norio Abiru, Atsushi Kawakami, Ichiro Horie

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0310
September 18, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Favorable CGM metrics do not exclude SGLT2 inhibitor-associated euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis: an educational case report with narrative review of literature

Miyuki Iwamoto, Shuji Hidaka, Takamasa Iwamoto, Hirotaka Shibata

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0282
September 16, 2026
ORIGINAL
Teprotumumab for dysthyroid optic neuropathy: early functional and structural improvement in a retrospective case series

Ai Kozaki, Rishu Inoue, Natsuko Watanabe, Nobuyuki Sato, Shunsuke Kawaguchi, Koichiro Wasano, Koichi Nishiyama, Koichi Ito, Toshu Inoue

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0321
September 16, 2026
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Association between fasting plasma glucose at diagnosis and large-for-gestational-age in Japanese women with gestational diabetes mellitus: Hamamatsu GRACE Study 6

Daisuke Tsuriya, Kei Takeshita, Yukino Toyama, Takuya Hashimoto, Ayumi Kanamoto, Teruki Miyake, Shinya Furukawa

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0368
September 15, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Tirzepatide for pasireotide-induced hyperglycemia in a GH/TSH-producing pituitary adenoma/PitNET: a case report and literature review

Yuichiro Iwamoto, Kaoru Yamashita, Yasufumi Seki, Kosaku Amano, Atsuhiro Ichihara, Hideaki Kaneto

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0396
September 12, 2026
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Differentiating hypothalamic from pituitary adrenal insufficiency: underlying causes and diagnostic utility of the corticotropin-releasing hormone and growth hormone-releasing peptide-2 stimulation tests

Nanami Okada, Tomoko Nakagawa, Noboru Murahashi, Tomohiko Kurosu, Shuhei Kusuda, Chisato Kaneko, Yoshiaki Hishida, Yuta Nakamura, Shiko Asai, Kenichi Yokota, Masakatsu Sone

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0192
September 11, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Somatic-only SDHD variant with tumor-specific loss of heterozygosity in metastatic carotid body tumor: a case report with review of literature

Ken Kasahara, Keisuke Yoshihama, Katsuyoshi Idei, Yuki Matsui, Takuya Mikoshiba, Takeyuki Kono, Mariko Sekimizu, Kohei Nakamura, Ippei Fukada, Takayuki Ueno, Katsuhiro Mizutani, Takenori Akiyama, Hideaki Obara, Hiroyuki Ozawa

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0224
September 11, 2026
STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
Human health impact of endocrine disruptors: time to regain our stolen future!

Junko Kimura-Kuroda

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0373
September 9, 2026
STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
What do you mean by PitNETs in WHO Classification 2022?

Robert Y. Osamura, Chie Inomoto, Shigeyuki Tahara, Kenichi Oyama, Akira Matsuno, Akira Teramoto

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0504
September 4, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Molecular analysis of testicular germ cell tumor in a male patient with 45,X/46,XY mosaicism: case report with review of literature

Shinichiro Sano, Kazuyuki Komatsu, Atsushi Hamano, Hideto Iwafuchi, Yasuko Fujisawa, Hirotomo Saitsu, Tsutomu Ogata

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0226
September 4, 2026
REVIEW
Iodothyronine deiodinases: biological roles and clinical implications

Ichiro Yamauchi, Yoriko Sakane

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0178
September 2, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Transient pancreatic enlargement with peripancreatic inflammatory changes two days before clinical presentation and diagnosis of atezolizumab-related fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus followed by pancreatic atrophy: a case report with review of literature

Takahiko Inukai, Takahiro Tsutsumi, Miku Yamazaki, Saki Komai, Sonomi Noda, Hiroyuki Uchinuma, Kyoichiro Tsuchiya

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0303
September 1, 2026
CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Primary aldosteronism with intellectual disability associated with CACNA1H and PPP2R5D mutations: a case report with review of literature

Wennan Zhang, Yiwen Zhang, Yangyang Wang, Yu Xue, Lili Xu, Hui Yan

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0175
August 26, 2026
ORIGINAL
Association of phase angle versus skeletal muscle mass profiling with body fat mass in relation to glycemic control in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Shuhei Nakanishi, Masashi Shimoda, Tomohiko Kimura, Junpei Sanada, Yoshiro Fushimi, Yuichiro Iwamoto, Masato Kubo, Ryo Inaba, Yui Okamoto, Hideyuki Iwamoto, Kohei Kaku, Hideaki Kaneto

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0238
August 26, 2026
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Interleukin-1β decreases hepatic ATP-binding cassette subfamily A member 1 expression through p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling and an H-89-sensitive pathway

Jingya Lyu, Kensaku Fukunaga, Zhangchi He, Hitomi Imachi, Toshihiro Kobayashi, Takanobu Saheki, Takafumi Yoshimura, Eri Harada, Kosuke Izumi, Wenyi Jiang, Haotian Zhang, Ly Rathana, Hisakazu Iwama, Jinghui Guo, Koji Murao

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0223
August 25, 2026
ORIGINAL
Relationship of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with the metabolic score for insulin resistance in Korean adults

Young Hoon Cho, Eun Sun Lee, Joonho Ahn

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ26-0266
August 22, 2026