Hormone affinity and fibril formation of piscine transthyretin: the role of the N-terminal.

abstract：:The rate of dissociation of recombinant, purified human estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) from a fluorescein-labeled DNA containing the consensus vitellogenin ERE sequence (F-vitERE) was determined in real time using fluorescence anisotropy. The complex of estradiol-occupied ERalpha with F-vitERE had an apparent disso...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Szatkowski Ozers M,Hill JJ,Ervin K,Royer CA,Gorski J

更新日期：2001-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogonial stem cells are quiescent, undergo self-renewal or differentiating divisions, thereby forming the cellular basis of spermatogenesis. This cellular development is orchestrated by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), through the production of Sertoli cell-derived factors, and by Leydig cell-released androge...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Crespo D,Assis LHC,Furmanek T,Bogerd J,Schulz RW

更新日期：2016-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling mechanisms for Blaberus discoidalis hypertrehalosemic hormone (Bld-HrTH)-dependent glycogen phosphorylase activation were investigated in vitro using fat body of the tropical cockroach, B. discoidalis. Brief treatment of fat bodies with Bld-HrTH in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ showed a significant activ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Park JH,Keeley LL

更新日期：1996-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Since occupational exposure to acrylamide (ACR) may cause nerve damage, sensitive biomarkers to evaluate the early effects of ACR on human health are needed. In the present study, we have compared a group of individuals with occupational exposure to ACR (contact group, n = 65) with a group of individuals with no expos...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Wang SY,Yu CP,Pan YL,Zhou XR,Xin R,Wang Y,Ma WW,Gao R,Wang C,Wu YH

更新日期：2017-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA encoding the bovine activin type II receptor has been cloned by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) amplification of a bovine testicular RNA preparation. Sequence comparisons of the bovine activin type II receptor with its human, mouse and rat homologues show strong evolutionary conservat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Ethier JF,Houde A,Lussier JG,Silversides DW

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testosterone can be converted into androstenedione (4-dione) by 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) activity likely performed by 17β-HSD type 2. Our objective was to evaluate the rate of testosterone conversion to 4-dione as well as expression and localization of 17β-HSD type 2 in omental (OM) vs. subcutaneous (SC)...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Fouad Mansour M,Pelletier M,Boulet MM,Mayrand D,Brochu G,Lebel S,Poirier D,Fradette J,Cianflone K,Luu-The V,Tchernof A

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The orphan nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) was identified originally as a key regulator of the tissue-specific expression of the cytochrome P450 steroid hydroxylases. Hints at considerably broader roles for SF-1 came from analyses of its expression pattern in mouse embryos. As anticipated, SF-1 was expr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Hanley NA,Ikeda Y,Luo X,Parker KL

更新日期：2000-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid-labile subunit (ALS) deficiency (ACLSD) constitutes the first monogenic defect involving a member of the Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) binding protein system. The lack of ALS completely disrupts the circulating IGF system. Autocrine/paracrine action of local produced IGF-I could explain the mild effect on grow...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Domené S,Domené HM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular aspects of spermiogenesis can be studied using mouse mutants and spermatids developed in vitro. The azh/azh mutant is an attractive model system because structural abnormalities in the sperm head and the ectopic position of the manchette are associated with tail bending and looping. Spermatids, developing an...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Kierszenbaum AL,Tres LL

更新日期：2002-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical morphological studies of the folliculo-stellate (FS) cells of the anterior pituitary have suggested that these cells play roles as supporting cells, in metabolism and in macromolecular transport. Over the last 10 years the details of their activity in both trophic and catabolic processes has been clarified, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Allaerts W,Carmeliet P,Denef C

更新日期：1990-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In two sublines of the estrogen receptor-positive human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7, propagated with 0.5% fetal calf serum (FCS) (subline 0.5) and without serum (subline 9), respectively, addition of 10% newborn calf serum (NCS) inhibits cell proliferation and stimulates the secretion of a 42 kDa protein. Both with...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Lykkesfeldt AE,Laursen I,Briand P

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In amphibians, the main role of thyroid hormones (THs) is to regulate metamorphosis; however, there is evidence that THs also affect gonadal sexual differentiation. In this study, Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis tadpoles were exposed to triiodothyronine (T3; 0, 0.5, 5 and 50 nM), the bioactive form of THs for 48h. Real-...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Duarte-Guterman P,Trudeau VL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South African Angora goats are susceptible to cold stress, due to their inability to produce sufficient levels of cortisol. During adrenal steroidogenesis the production of cortisol relies on the activity of two key enzymes, namely cytochrome P450 17alpha-hydroxylase and 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Cytochrome ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Goosen P,Swart AC,Storbeck KH,Swart P

更新日期：2010-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Explants from the mammary gland of 6 lactating cows were cultured in M-199 medium containing insulin (1.0 micrograms/ml) and hydrocortisone (0.5 micrograms/ml) and supplemented with bPRL (0.2-1.0 micrograms/ml) or oGH (0.1, 0.5 and 2.5 micrograms/ml) or bGH or hGH (0.2 and 1.0 micrograms/ml). It was found that neither...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Gertler A,Cohen N,Maoz A

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterodimeric 'pregnancy-specific' hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) has been used as the basis for a contraceptive vaccine. More recently, the observation that hCG, particularly in the form of the beta-chain expressed in the absence of alpha-chain, is aberrantly expressed in a number of different tumors ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Delves PJ,Iles RK,Roitt IM,Lund T

更新日期：2007-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying mechanism leading to rupture of the membranes at parturition is not fully understood. Lysyl oxidase (LOX) cross-links collagen fibrils thereby increasing the tensile strength of the membranes. Thus, understanding the regulation of LOX expression may be of crucial importance for elucidation of the proces...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Liu C,Zhu P,Wang W,Li W,Shu Q,Chen ZJ,Myatt L,Sun K

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a persistent pollutant worldwide and even found in human cord blood and breast milk. Some animal studies have reported that PFOA causes developmental toxicity such as fetal weight loss, but the mechanism is still unclear. This study focused on developmental toxicity of PFOA, particular...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Suh CH,Cho NK,Lee CK,Lee CH,Kim DH,Kim JH,Son BC,Lee JT

更新日期：2011-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(A+)-containing mRNA from human term placenta was used to direct protein synthesis in a nuclease-treated rabbit reticulocyte lysate, which is dependent on mRNA and tRNA for maximal activity. The major protein product was human pre-placental lactogen (hPL). Addition of tRNA from rabbit liver, rabbit reticulocyte, h...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Kelly SJ,Loria J,Gyves MT,Ilan J

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretagogue effects of prolactin (PRL) and of various agents acting on cAMP levels, forskolin, cholera toxin and iloprost (a stable analogue of prostaglandin I2) have been assessed in lactating doe mammary gland fragments in vitro. Forskolin (10 microM), cholera toxin (1 microgram/ml) and iloprost (10 mM) stimula...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Ollivier-Bousquet M

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet radiation B stimulates both the production of vitamin D3 in the skin and the activation of the skin analog of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) as well as the central HPA. Since the role of vitamin D3 in the regulation of the HPA is largely unknown, we investigated the impact of 1,25(OH)2D3 and...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Wierzbicka JM,Żmijewski MA,Piotrowska A,Nedoszytko B,Lange M,Tuckey RC,Slominski AT

更新日期：2016-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac fibrosis evolves from the cardiac hypertrophic state. In this respect, estrogen and estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) inhibit the effects of cardiac hypertrophic peptides that also stimulate fibrosis. Here we determine details of the anti-fibrotic functions of ERβ. In acutely isolated rat cardiac fibroblasts. E2 or...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Pedram A,Razandi M,Narayanan R,Levin ER

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymocytes from SJL/J mice exhibit a periodicity in their response to hormonal stimulation with isoproterenol. This periodicity (5-9 days) is expressed in large changes in the intensity of the response (peak levels of intracellular cAMP which vary approximately 6-fold), and in the response pattern, i.e., in the occurr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Riven-Kreitman R,Tauber-Finkelstein M,Zipori D,Shaltiel S

更新日期：1990-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Catecholamines are known to have an inhibitory effect on oviductal smooth musculature by changing the adrenergic receptors activity. In order to further investigate the role of epinephrine and/or norepinephrine in oviduct, the distribution of beta-adrenergic receptors has been studied in the rat oviduct, using in vitr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Tolszczuk M,Pelletier G

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR), one of the three glycoprotein hormone receptors, is necessary for critical reproductive processes, including gonadal steroidogenesis, oocyte maturation and ovulation, and male sex differentiation. Moreover, it has been postulated to contribute to certain neoplasms, particularly ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Puett D,Angelova K,da Costa MR,Warrenfeltz SW,Fanelli F

更新日期：2010-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The time- and dose-dependent effects of bovine activin A and bovine follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) suppressing protein (FSP) or follistatin on basal and FSH-induced steroidogenesis and inhibin production were studied in granulosa cells from immature, diethylstilbestrol (DES)-treated rats. In the presence of rat FS...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Xiao S,Findlay JK,Robertson DM

更新日期：1990-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome and reproductive function were examined among patients with malignant ovarian germ cell tumors treated since 1980. Between 1980 and 2001, fertility-sparing surgery was performed in 26 women, 23 of whom received adjuvant chemotherapy. With a median follow-up of 66.6 months, all patients have been alive, wit...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Sagae S,Sasaki H,Nishioka Y,Terasawa K,Kudo R

更新日期：2003-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that obesity is a major risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. In this context, adipose tissue produces a variety of adipokines and releases free fatty acids, contributing to a chronic-low grade inflammation state implicated in vascular complications. In this study, we investigated t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Lamers D,Schlich R,Horrighs A,Cramer A,Sell H,Eckel J

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:17Beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 7 (HSD17B7) was described to possess dual functionality in steroidogenesis as well as in postsqualene cholesterol biosynthesis in vitro. In order to gain insight into the transcriptional regulation, and thereby into in vivo functionality of HSD17B7, we analyzed and compared the...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Ohnesorg T,Adamski J

更新日期：2006-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Although significant advances in the treatment of breast cancer have been made, in particular in the use of endocrine therapy, de novo and aquired resistance to therapy, and metastatic recurrence continue to be major clinical problems. Given the high prevalence of breast cancer, new life-style or chemotherapeutic appr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Nelson ER

更新日期：2018-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A new analogue of recombinant human growth hormone (hGH), hGH des(1-6,14) was expressed in Escherichia coli, refolded and purified to homogeneity. The mutation decreased the hormone's ability to bind lactogenic and somatogenic receptors through its site 1, and almost completely abolished its ability to bind these rece...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors： Tchelet A,Vogel T,Helman D,Guy R,Neospouolus C,Goffin V,Djiane J,Gertler A

更新日期：1997-06-20 00:00:00