Glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit and prolactin release by cultured pituitary adenoma cells from acromegalic patients: correlation with GH release.

abstract：CONTEXT:In men, obesity and the metabolic syndrome are accompanied by decreased testosterone levels, but little is known about the associations between visceral adipose tissue (VAT), VAT-related inflammation and sex steroids. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relative impact of VAT, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Gautier A,Bonnet F,Dubois S,Massart C,Grosheny C,Bachelot A,Aubé C,Balkau B,Ducluzeau PH

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in adults has been associated with impaired health status and quality of life (QoL) in several studies using generic measures, and in a few studies using recently developed disease-specific measures. Theoretically, disease-specific measures may be more sensitive and succinct th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wirén L,Whalley D,McKenna S,Wilhelmsen L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study was performed to characterize the molecular heterogeneity of serum FSH in normal males and to investigate the possible influence of testosterone on serum FSH in androgen-deficient men before and during testosterone administration. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:Serum samples were taken at 10-minute in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Harsch IA,Simoni M,Nieschlag E

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to maternal hypothyroxinemia during pregnancy, which is characterized by low free T4 but normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels, can negatively affect the foetus. This review provides an overview of present findings concerning the association between maternal hypothyroxinemia during pregnancy and chi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Henrichs J,Ghassabian A,Peeters RP,Tiemeier H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is evidence showing that GH and IGF-I have specific receptors in the heart and that these hormones are able to promote cardiac remodelling and inotropism. It has been reported that patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) benefit from treatment with rhGH showing a striking increase in cardiac contract...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Broglio F,Fubini A,Morello M,Arvat E,Aimaretti G,Gianotti L,Boghen MF,Deghenghi R,Mangiardi L,Ghigo E

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the content and compared the molecular forms of parathyroid hormone-related protein in tumour tissue, plasma and pleural fluid. DESIGN:Measurement of parathyroid hormone-related protein in tumour extracts and biological fluids and comparison of the elution profiles of parathyroid hormone-rela...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bowden SJ,Hughes SV,Ratcliffe WA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iodide (I(-)) is crucial for foetal thyroid function. Foetal iodide results from maternal circulating iodide and from deiodination of iodothyronines within the placenta. The Na(+)/I(-) symporter (NIS) localized in placental cells appears to be involved in iodide exchange. Low NIS expression has been reported...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Di Cosmo C,Fanelli G,Tonacchera M,Ferrarini E,Dimida A,Agretti P,De Marco G,Vitti P,Pinchera A,Bevilacqua G,Naccarato AG,Viacava P

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：DESIGN:Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and glucose intolerance increase with age. It has been demonstrated that beta cell function declines at about 1% per year in glucose tolerant Caucasians. However, this relationship is not known to exist in other ethnic groups. SUBJECTS AND MEASUREMENTS:We investigated the relations...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chiu KC,Martinez DS,Chu A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone release-inhibiting hormone (GHR-IH) was administered to five patients with abnormal pituitary-adrenal function. There was immediate suppression by about 50% of ACTH levels in two patients who had undergone bilateral adrenalectomy because of Cushing's disease; one of them had Nelson's syndrome. Bromocryp...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Benker G,Hackenberg K,Hamburger B,Reinwein D

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine (1) the diurnal variation in SHBG and (2) the inter-relationships of insulin, IGF-I, SHBG and IGFBP-1 over 24 hours in 10 women with anovulatory PCOS and compare them with weight-matched ovulatory controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The two groups comprised 10 anovulatory wom...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hamilton-Fairley D,White D,Griffiths M,Anyaoku V,Koistinen R,Seppälä M,Franks S

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As long ago as 1970, it was proposed that Ca2+ can act as a 'second messenger' like cAMP (Rasmussen & Nagata, 1979). The recognition that calmodulin is a major Ca2+ binding protein in non-muscle cells has prompted the suggestion that calmodulin may serve an analogous role for Ca2+ to that served by protein kinase for ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Brown BL,Walker SW,Tomlinson S

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor 1 (GH-IGF-1) axis plays an important role in modulating the peripheral metabolism of glucocorticoids mainly through its effect on the isoenzyme 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11beta-HSD1) which, in vivo, functions as a reductase catalysing the conversion of cortis...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Agha A,Monson JP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 63 consecutive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) a prospective screening study was undertaken for coexistent multiple endocrine neoplasma-(MEN)-syndrome type 1. The screening consisted of a clinical examination, a radiological examination of the sella turcica with skeletal tomography (and in equivocal...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Muhr C,Ljunghall S,Akerstrom G,Palmér M,Bergström K,Enoksson P,Lundqvist G,Wide L

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although vasomotor instability or hot flushes are a well-known occurrence in women with natural or artificially-induced menopause, they have not previously been described in children. We report three children in different stages of puberty who developed vasomotor instability following surgery involving the hypothalami...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Witt MF,Blethen SL

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinically significant Graves' orbitopathy (GO) develops in about 25% of those with Graves' disease (GD); most cases of GD in the UK are managed by endocrinologists. Despite this, patients report significant delays before a diagnosis of GO is made. Measures to increase awareness of the early signs of GO and ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mitchell AL,Hickey J,Vaidya B,Mason R,Ajjan R,Zammitt N,Perros P,Dayan C,TEAMeD.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although insulin has been shown to stimulate ovarian steroidogenesis and hyperinsulinaemia has been implicated in the raised androgen levels found in diseases associated with significant insulin resistance, ovarian function has not been studied so far in women with NIDDM. We have assessed ovarian function in ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Stamataki KE,Spina J,Rangou DB,Chlouverakis CS,Piaditis GP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental question in assessing an older man with a slightly low total testosterone and normal gonadotrophin levels is to determine whether or not he has clinical hypogonadism. Hypogonadism is defined as a clinical syndrome complex, which comprises both symptoms as well as biochemical testosterone deficiency. As...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hugh Jones T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-M syndrome is an autosomal recessive primordial growth disorder characterized by small birth size and post-natal growth restriction associated with a spectrum of minor anomalies (including a triangular-shaped face, flat cheeks, full lips, short chest and prominent fleshy heels). Unlike many other primordial short st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Clayton PE,Hanson D,Magee L,Murray PG,Saunders E,Abu-Amero SN,Moore GE,Black GC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macroadenomas represent 50% of pituitary tumours and are often (30%) nonfunctioning. Their immunophenotype suggests differentiation toward a specific pituitary cell line. A substantial proportion of tumours with particularly aggressive behaviour are so called 'silent subtype 3 adenoma'. Its diagnosis require...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Erickson D,Scheithauer B,Atkinson J,Horvath E,Kovacs K,Lloyd RV,Young WF Jr

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of prenatal dexamethasone treatment in offspring at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia. METHODS:MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, the clinicaltrials.gov website databases were systematically searched from inception through March 2019. WMD and SMD with 95%CIs were c...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Xu L,Lin W,Cai L,Huang H,Liang J,Li L,Zong L,Wang N,Wen J,Chen G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epidemiological studies on the cardiovascular risk of progestagen-only contraceptives are rare. With the present study we aimed to investigate the effect of the low-dose etonogestrel-releasing contraceptive implant Implanon on cardiovascular risk factors, including markers of inflammation. DESIGN:Longitudina...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Merki-Feld GS,Imthurn B,Seifert B

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Interleukin (IL)-10 polymorphic variants -1082G/A, -819C/T and -592C/A were linked with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We investigated the hypothesis that IL-10 promoter polymorphisms may be associated with the progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN). DESIGN:Case-controlled st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ezzidi I,Mtiraoui N,Kacem M,Mallat SG,Mohamed MB,Chaieb M,Mahjoub T,Almawi WY

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypercortisolism is associated with impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance. For many years hydrocortisone 30 mg was the standard total daily replacement dose in adult hypopituitarism. The use of this conventional dose has now been shown to result in mild biochemical hypercortisolism and might contr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McConnell EM,Bell PM,Ennis C,Hadden DR,McCance DR,Sheridan B,Atkinson AB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The human DIMINUTO/DWARF1 homolog seladin-1/DHCR24 has been recently reported to be up-regulated in adrenocortical adenomas. Seladin-1 expression has been reported in the normal ovary. Granulosa cell tumours of the ovary (GCT) as with adrenocortical adenomas arise from a steroidogenic tissue, respond to pitui...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fuller PJ,Alexiadis M,Jobling T,McNeilage J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine serum concentrations, intra-individual variability and impact of age-related co-morbidities on serum testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), estradiol (E(2)) and estrone (E(1)) in older men. DESIGN:Observational, repeated measures study. PARTICIPANTS:Men (n = 325) with 40 years and older s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sartorius G,Spasevska S,Idan A,Turner L,Forbes E,Zamojska A,Allan CA,Ly LP,Conway AJ,McLachlan RI,Handelsman DJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the mechanism through which mifepristone interrupts folliculogenesis. DESIGN:Normally ovulating women undergoing donor intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment were investigated during two menstrual cycles treated with gonadotrophins. In the first cycle (FSH cycle), the women were given 150 IU reco...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Messinis IE,Krishnan M,Kazem R,Khadilkar S,Templeton AA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) are benign, sellar and/or suprasellar lesions originating from the remnants of Rathke's pouch. Although a common finding in routine autopsies (12-33% of normal pituitary glands), symptomatic cases are rare and comprise 5-15% of all surgically resected sellar lesions. Small, asymptomatic RCC...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Trifanescu R,Ansorge O,Wass JA,Grossman AB,Karavitaki N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenal disorders such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia result in abnormal adrenal size and morphology, but little is known about the clinical value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in determining adrenal volume. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential usefulness of MR methodology, to estimate adrenal size ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mouritsen A,Johansen ML,Wohlfahrt-Veje C,Hagen CP,Tinggaard J,Mieritz MG,Tefre de Renzy-Martin K,Soeborg T,Fallentin E,Juul A,Main KM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cortisol and adrenocorticotrophin hormone (ACTH) profiles were estimated in twelve patients with Addison's disease following randomized oral administration of either cortisone acetate (25 mg) or hydrocortisone (20 mg) alternately, at 0900 h on consecutive days. Normal corticosteroid replacement therapy was disc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Feek CM,Ratcliffe JG,Seth J,Gray CE,Toft AD,Irvine WJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of LH, FSH, oestradiol 17 beta and testosterone were measured in twenty-two men with gynaecomastia. The group was divided by age into those under and those over 50-years-old and the mean hormone levels of the two groups were compared with two groups of age-matched normal men. In the young men with gynaec...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McFadyen IJ,Bolton AE,Cameron EH,Hunter WM,Raab G,Forrest AP

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00