Progress in the Diagnosis and Classification of Pituitary Adenomas.

abstract：:This review focuses on the biologic importance of the vitamin D binding protein (DBP) with emphasis on its regulation of total and free vitamin D metabolite levels in various clinical conditions. Nearly all DBP is produced in the liver, where its regulation is influenced by estrogen, glucocorticoids and inflammatory c...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Bikle DD,Schwartz J

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Although pre-treatment with a GnRH agonist can reduce the size of adenomyosis lesions, the supra-physiological hormone level induced by controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) may negate the usefulness of the GnRH agonist in patients with adenomyosis lesions, leading to continued poor outcomes in fresh...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Chen M,Luo L,Wang Q,Gao J,Chen Y,Zhang Y,Zhou C

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium and bone homeostasis are intimately related. On the one hand, bone relies on a sufficient supply of calcium to maintain its structural and mechanical properties and thus largely depends on calcium absorption in the intestine and calcium reabsorption in the kidney. On the other hand, bone serves as a calcium re...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Lieben L,Carmeliet G

更新日期：2012-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is associated with inflammation and type 2 diabetes. Innate immune system comprised of cellular and molecular components plays an important role in the inflammatory reactions. Immune cells like macrophages and their cell surface pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) are representative for innate immunity promot...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Yamamoto Y,Yamamoto H

更新日期：2013-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53-related gene p63 is required for epithelial cell establishment and its expression is often altered in tumor cells. Great strides have been made in understanding the pathways and mechanisms that regulate p63 levels, such as the Wnt, Hedgehog, Notch, and EGFR pathways. We discuss here the multiple signaling path...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Yoh K,Prywes R

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:After decades of primarily morphological study, positional cloning of the NPHS1 gene was the landmark event that established aberrant podocyte genetics as a pivotal cause of malfunction of the glomerular filter. This ended any uncertainty whether genetic mutation plays a significant role in hereditary nephrotic syndro...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Bierzynska A,Soderquest K,Koziell A

更新日期：2015-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited condition, causing significant morbidity, and a reduction of life expectancy. A timely and accurate diagnosis of MEN1 is paramount to improve disease outcomes. This enables early identification of tumor manifestations allowing timely tre...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： de Laat JM,van Leeuwaarde RS,Valk GD

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the long-held belief that growth hormone supplementation provides psychosocial benefits to patients with Turner syndrome (TS), this assumption has never been rigorously tested in a randomized control trial. As a sub-study of the Canadian growth-hormone trial, parent-, and patient-completed standardized questio...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Rovet JF,Van Vliet G

更新日期：2019-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroendocrine cells lining the gut epithelium constitute the largest endocrine organ in the body and secrete over 20 different hormones in response to cues from ingested foods and changes in nutritional status. Not only do these hormones convey signals from the gut to the brain via the gut-brain axis, they also act ...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Sun EWL,Martin AM,Young RL,Keating DJ

更新日期：2019-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In neuroendocrine cells, prohormones move from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi complex (GC), where they are sorted and packed into secretory granules. The GC is considered the central station of the secretory pathway of proteins and lipids en route to their final destination. In most mammalian cells, it is form...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Martínez-Alonso E,Tomás M,Martínez-Menárguez JA

更新日期：2013-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The health benefits of soy are widely reported but there are queries on the effect of soy isoflavones on thyroid function and the underlying mechanism of action. Materials and Methods: We examined the effect of soy isoflavones on reverse tri-iodothyronine (or 3,3',5'-tri-iodothyronine; rT3) in two studies ...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Sathyapalan T,Köhrle J,Rijntjes E,Rigby AS,Dargham SR,Kilpatrick ES,Atkin SL

更新日期：2018-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The management of children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and growth failure candidate for recombinant human growth hormone therapy (rhGH) is based on an appraisal of the literature established on a 2006 consensus statement and 2019 Clinical practice recommendations. The performance of t...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Cappa M,Maghnie M,Carbone V,Chioma L,Errichiello C,Giavoli C,Giordano M,Guazzarotti L,Klain A,Montini G,Murer L,Parpagnoli M,Pecoraro C,Pesce S,Verrina E

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Müllerian hormone reflects the continuum of the functional ovarian reserve, and as such can predict ovarian response to gonadotropin stimulation and be used to individualize treatment pathways to improve efficacy and safety. However, consistent with other biomarkers and age-based prediction models it has limited ...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Li HWR,Nelson SM

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a peptide hormone that is acylated with a fatty acid, usually n-octanoic acid, at the third amino acid (aa) residue (usually a serine or threonine), and this acylation is known to be essential for ghrelin activity not only in mammals but also in non-mammals, such as fish. However, the modification mechanism...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Kaiya H,Andoh T,Ichikawa T,Amiya N,Matsuda K,Kangawa K,Miyazato M

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Obesity is associated with a higher risk of abortion in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Whether thrombophilia amplifies this risk is currently unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of thrombophilia on the risk of abortion in obese women treated with IVF. Methods:Patient...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Candeloro M,Di Nisio M,Ponzano A,Tiboni GM,Potere N,Tana M,Rutjes AWS,Porreca E

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) plays a key role in human reproduction through, among others, induction of spermatogenesis in men and production of estrogen in women. The function FSH is performed upon binding to its cognate receptor-follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) expressed on the surface of target ce...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Szymańska K,Kałafut J,Przybyszewska A,Paziewska B,Adamczuk G,Kiełbus M,Rivero-Müller A

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The orexigenic peptide hormone ghrelin is synthesized in the stomach and its receptor growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR1a) is expressed mainly in the central nervous system (CNS). In this review, we confine our discussion to the physiological role of GHSR1a in the brain. Paradoxically, despite broad expressio...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Kern A,Grande C,Smith RG

更新日期：2014-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenomas, accounting for 15% of diagnosed intracranial neoplasms, are usually benign and pharmacologically and surgically treatable; however, the critical location, mass effects and hormone hypersecretion sustain their significant morbidity. Approximately 35% of pituitary tumors show a less benign course sin...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Würth R,Thellung S,Corsaro A,Barbieri F,Florio T

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous and oxytocin induced contractile activity was quantified in the bicornuate uteri of pregnant rabbits maintained in situ, using data from two- and uni- dimensional video spatiotemporal maps (VSTM) of linear and area strain rate and compared statistically. Spontaneous contractions occurred over a range of fr...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Hulls CM,Lentle RG,Chua WH,Suisted P,King QM,Chagas JAB,Chambers JP,Stewart L

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) and its homolog PAPP-A2 are enzymes that modulate the availability and mitogenic activity of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). PAPP-A has been implicated in numerous cancers but reports on PAPP-A2 in malignancy are non-existent. In a prospective observational study of...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Hjortebjerg R,Espelund U,Rasmussen TR,Folkersen B,Steiniche T,Georgsen JB,Oxvig C,Frystyk J

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: POU1F1 is an essential transcription factor for the differentiation, proliferation and survival of somatotrophs, lactotrophs, and thyrotrophs. Mutations in the POU1F1 gene are characterized by growth hormone (GH), thyrotropin, and prolactin deficiencies, commonly presenting with growth retardation and cent...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Majdoub H,Amselem S,Legendre M,Rath S,Bercovich D,Tenenbaum-Rakover Y

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-heritability of hypertension and insulin resistance (IR) within families not only implies genetic susceptibility may be responsible for these complex traits but also suggests a rational that biological candidate genes for hypertension may serve as markers for features of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Thus we deter...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Ho LT,Hsu YP,Hsiao CF,Ting CT,Shih KC,Chuang LM,Masaki K,Grove J,Quertermous T,Juan CC,Lin MW,Chiang SC,Chen YD

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The risk of spontaneous abortion in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) undergoing assisted reproductive treatment (ART) is higher than that in patients without PCOS, however, no definitive risk factors have been confirmed to associate with the high spontaneous abortion rate in PCOS patients under...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Sun YF,Zhang J,Xu YM,Cao ZY,Wang YZ,Hao GM,Gao BL

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: To improve detection of undiagnosed diabetes in Africa, there is movement to replace the OGTT with A1C. The performance of A1C in the absence of hemoglobin-related micronutrient deficiencies, anemia and heterozygous hemoglobinopathies is unknown. Therefore, we determined in 441 African-born blacks living...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Briker SM,Aduwo JY,Mugeni R,Horlyck-Romanovsky MF,DuBose CW,Mabundo LS,Hormenu T,Chung ST,Ha J,Sherman A,Sumner AE

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptin, encoded by the Kiss1 gene, is required for reproduction. Humans and mice lacking kisspeptin or its receptor, Kiss1r, have impairments in reproductive physiology and fertility. In addition to being located in the hypothalamus in the anteroventral periventricular and arcuate nuclei, kisspeptin neurons are al...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Stephens SBZ,Kauffman AS

更新日期：2017-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow adipose tissue (MAT) is distinct from white adipose tissue (WAT) or brown adipose tissue (BAT) for its location, feature and function. As a largely ignored adipose depot, it is situated in bone marrow space and resided with bone tissue side-by-side. MAT is considered not only as a regulator of bone metabol...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Li Y,Meng Y,Yu X

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) is a non-aromatizable and the most potent androgen in a few teleost. It has been reported that 11-KT in serum had a high concentration and increased sharply before the period of yolk deposition in females of few fishes. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of 11-KT both in vivo and...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Wang W,Zhu H,Tian Z,Sun A,Dong Y,Dong T,Hu H

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are chemicals that interfere with the organizational or activational effects of hormones. Although the vast majority of the EDC literature focuses on steroid hormone signaling related impacts, growing evidence from a myriad of species reveals that the nonapeptide hormones vasopres...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Patisaul HB

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) has been used as an adjunct in the field of female infertility treatment for more than 25 years, although, apart from treating women with GH deficiency its role has not yet been clarified. Contributing to this lack of clarity is that several underpowered studies have been performed on women undergo...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Hart RJ

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrehalosemic hormone (HTH) is a peptide hormone that belongs to the adipokinetic hormone/red pigment concentrating hormone (AKH/RPCH) family, which exerts pleiotropic actions related to catabolic reaction and stress response. AKH peptides have been demonstrated to participate in stress response including oxidativ...

journal_title：Frontiers in endocrinology

authors： Huang JH,Bellés X,Lee HJ

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00