Current Issue – Endocrine Journal

STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Recent progress in pathophysiology of cortisol-producing adrenal tumor

Toshihiko Yanase

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0207

Featured Article Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

REVIEW

Shifting cell death modes in hepatic steatosis: from apoptosis to necroptosis

Yuka Inaba, Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Inoue

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0168

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

ORIGINAL

Efficacy and safety of once-weekly somatrogon following up to 4 years of treatment in Japanese children with growth hormone deficiency: results from an open-label extension of a phase 3 study

Reiko Horikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Yukihiro Hasegawa, Tohru Yorifuji, David Ng, Ron G. Rosenfeld, Yuko Hoshino, Akifumi Okayama, Nozomi Ebata, Masayoshi Hosoi, Shinichi Nakamuta, Roy Gomez, Aleksandra Pastrak, Orlando Castellanos

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ24-0625

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

ORIGINAL

Sex-specific associations between annual kidney function changes and weight/waist changes in overweight Japanese: Japan Specific Health Checkup cohort

Naoki Ozu, Jiro Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Asada, Kunihiro Yamagata, Kunitoshi Iseki, Toshiki Moriyama, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Shouichi Fujimoto, Ichiei Narita, Tsuneo Konta, Masahide Kondo, Yugo Shibagaki, Koichi Asahi, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Masato Kasahara

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0259

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

ORIGINAL

Characterization of individuals in whom body weight loss precedes diabetes onset: a retrospective, observational, longitudinal cohort study based on health checkup in Japan

Masataka Shikata, Makito Oku, Shion Fukuhara, Ryo Ito, Takayuki Haruki, Keiichi Ueda, Iwao Kimura, Tsuyoshi Teramoto, Daisuke Chujo, Minoru Iwata, Takashi Yamagami, Yoshiki Nagata, Makoto Kadowaki, Kazuyuki Tobe

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0230

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

ORIGINAL

Distribution of blood pressure and its positive association with body mass index standard deviation score in pediatric patients with X-linked hypophosphatemia: a sub-group analysis from the SUNFLOWER observational study

Kaori Fujiwara, Daijiro Kabata, Ryota Kawai, Hee Gyung Kang, Noriyuki Namba, Nobuaki Ito, Ayumi Shintani, Seiji Fukumoto, Keiichi Ozono, Toshimi Michigami

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0179

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

ORIGINAL

The age- and sex-specific association between metabolic body composition and lung function: a cross-sectional study

Wen-Cheng Li, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Chia-Wei Lu, Yueh Lin, Ya-Hui Lee, Po-Ya Lin

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0218

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

ORIGINAL

Thyroid volume reduction in patients with thyroid stimulation-blocking antibody who transitioned from Graves’ hyperthyroidism to hypothyroidism: a single-center retrospective study

Rei Hirose, Jaeduk Yoshimura Noh, Natsuko Watanabe, Ai Yoshihara, Akiko Sankoda, Masahiro Ichikawa, Masakazu Koshibu, Hideyuki Imai, Shigenori Hiruma, Nami Suzuki, Miho Fukushita, Masako Matsumoto, Kiminori Sugino, Koichi Ito

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0274

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

A case of prolonged adrenal insufficiency following osilodrostat discontinuation with a review of the literature

Sonia Kaniuka-Jakubowska, Michał Kunc, Maria Maksymowicz, Mariusz Łapiński, Anna Kowalczyk, Przemysław Kłosowski, Michał Szulc, John AH Wass, Renata Świątkowska-Stodulska

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0150

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Junhui Zhang, Yuping Zhang, Hongmei Li, Fang Deng, Liling Ma, Wenjing Yang, Hong Yang, Huiqing Yu, Bing Chen, Jiongyu Hu

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0295

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

False-positive results of adrenal venous sampling due to mild autonomous cortisol secretion in a patient with primary aldosteronism: a case report with review of literature

Norio Wada, Shuhei Baba, Hajime Sugawara, Arina Miyoshi, Shinji Obara, Miwa Sanada, Takahiro Tsuji, Koshiro Nishimoto, Kuniaki Mukai

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0312

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Medullary thyroid carcinoma exclusively associated with a homozygous RET V778I pathogenic variant: a case report with review of literature

Minoru Kihara, Akira Miyauchi, Takashi Akamizu

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0261

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE

Japan Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma 2025

Akiyo Tanabe, Takuyuki Katabami, Shigeatsu Hashimoto, Shoichiro Izawa, Takamasa Ichijo, Michio Otsuki, Noboru Oriuchi, Seigo Kinuya, Hidefumi Kinoshita, Noriko Kimura, Hirotaka Shibata, Masakatsu Sone, Katsutoshi Takahashi, Nae Takizawa, Kazuhiro Takekoshi, Mika Tsuiki, Kanako Tanase-Nakao, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Koshiro Nishimoto, Tomonobu Hasegawa, Masanori Murakami, Masato Yonamine, Mitsuhide Naruse

https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ25-0165

Vol 73 Issue 1 (January, 2026)

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