Prolactin and human weight disturbances: A puzzling and neglected association.

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease is characterized by changes in vasoregulation, enhanced generation of reactive oxygen intermediates, inflammatory activation, and altered barrier function. These endothelial alterations contribute to excess cardiovascular disease in diabetes, ...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Eringa EC,Serne EH,Meijer RI,Schalkwijk CG,Houben AJ,Stehouwer CD,Smulders YM,van Hinsbergh VW

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipose tissue (AT) is multifunctional, acting as an endocrine tissue and participating in the regulation of the organism's homeostasis. Metabolic, endocrine and inflammatory mechanisms are tightly intertwined within the AT, regulating its function. Disruption of the equilibrium among these mechanisms leads to pat...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Alexaki VI,Chavakis T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the dramatically increasing prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) worldwide, there is an urgent need for new strategies to combat the growing epidemic of these metabolic diseases. Diet is an essential factor affecting the development of and risk for obesity and T2DM and it can either help or h...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Guo H,Ling W

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "HCV syndrome" encompasses several organ- and systemic pathophysiological states, which often recognize autoimmunity or neoplastic evolution in their pathophysiology, as well as chronic HCV infection as trigger. The clinical features of HCV patients are heterogenous, and may include endocrine or metabolic dis...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Colaci M,Malatino L,Antonelli A,Fallahi P,Giuggioli D,Ferri C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities in thyroid function are common endocrine disorders that affect 5-10 % of the general population, with hypothyroidism occurring more frequently than hyperthyroidism. Clinical symptoms and signs are often nonspecific, particularly in hypothyroidism. Muscular symptoms (stiffness, myalgias, cramps, easy fati...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Sindoni A,Rodolico C,Pappalardo MA,Portaro S,Benvenga S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a chronic, progressive, incompletely understood metabolic disorder whose prevalence has been increasing steadily worldwide. Even though little attention has been paid to lung disorders in the context of diabetes, its prevalence has recently been challenged by newer studies of disease development. ...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Kolahian S,Leiss V,Nürnberg B

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their critical role in susceptibility to metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, mechanisms regulating energy balance are extremely complex and far from being fully understood. Both central and peripheral feedback circuits are involved and, despite it was traditionally thought that the energy b...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Vettor R,Di Vincenzo A,Maffei P,Rossato M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders characterized by androgen excess, oligo-ovulation and polycystic ovaries. Although ovaries are the main source of increased androgens in the syndrome, between 20 and 30% of patients with PCOS have adrenal androgen (AA) excess, detectable pr...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Yildiz BO,Azziz R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the age of 2 years, an American child is more likely to consume a sugar-sweetened product than a fruit or vegetable on any given day-a troubling statistic, given that food preferences are established early in childhood, as well as the strong association between this dietary pattern and increased risk of developin...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Mennella JA,Bobowski NK,Reed DR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New insights on the high prevalence of functional decompensation of the thyroid among newborn and children from several states of India as well as neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bhutan helped to prevent nutritional iodine deficiency and iodine deficiency disorders through country-wide iodized salt prophylaxis. Pr...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Kochupillai N,Mehta M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 13th Acromegaly Consensus Conference was held in November 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and comprised acromegaly experts including endocrinologists and neurosurgeons who considered optimal approaches for multidisciplinary acromegaly management. Focused discussions reviewed techniques, results, and side effects...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Giustina A,Barkhoudarian G,Beckers A,Ben-Shlomo A,Biermasz N,Biller B,Boguszewski C,Bolanowski M,Bollerslev J,Bonert V,Bronstein MD,Buchfelder M,Casanueva F,Chanson P,Clemmons D,Fleseriu M,Formenti AM,Freda P,Gadelha

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 10 years, several studies have shown that the pancreas of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), and even of subjects at risk for T1D, was smaller than the pancreas from healthy subjects. This arose the question of the relationships between the endocrine and exocrine parts of the pancreas in T1D pathogenesis...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Alexandre-Heymann L,Mallone R,Boitard C,Scharfmann R,Larger E

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lifestyle changes such as dietary habits, sedentary life and consumption of energy-dense foods that have occurred over the years has led to an epidemic of abdominal obesity, which in turn resulted in dramatic increase in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Different expert panels have provided various definit...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Kumar PA,Chitra PS,Reddy GB

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). One theory to explain this relationship proposes that OSA can induce systemic inflammation, thereby inducing CVD. This theory is based on the premise that obesity is a pro-inflammatory state, and that physiological derange...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Unnikrishnan D,Jun J,Polotsky V

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) continues to be the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). In recent years, the strategies for treatment of CAD in DM have undergone much evolution. Currently, all patients with DM, regardless of symptoms or diagnosed CAD, are treated aggress...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Patel NB,Balady GJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skeletal muscle is one of the major target organs of insulin and plays an essential role in insulin-induced glucose uptake. Some evidence indicates that insulin delivery to skeletal muscle interstitium through the endothelial cells is the rate-limiting step in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. Researchers have al...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Kubota T,Kubota N,Kadowaki T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinoid as originally described is part of the relatively large family of neuroendocrine neoplasia found in almost every organ. Historical reasons back their current definitions. Neuroendocrine cancer is most frequently observed in the lung and the digestive tract. In the lung is defined as carcinoid (typical an...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Inzani F,Petrone G,Fadda G,Rindi G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peak in incidence for schizophrenia is during late adolescence for both sexes, but within this time frame the peak is both earlier and steeper for males. Additionally, women have a second peak in incidence following menopause. Two meta-analyses have reported that men have an overall ∼40% greater chance of developi...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Markham JA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary tumors are among the most common neoplasms in man; they account for approximately 15% of all primary intracranial lesions (Jagannathan et al., Neurosurg Focus, 19:E4, 2005). Although almost never malignant and rarely clinically expressed, pituitary tumors may cause significant morbidity in affected patients....

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Horvath A,Stratakis CA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel is composed of two subunits SUR1 and Kir6.2. The channel is key for glucose stimulated insulin release from the pancreatic beta cell. Activating mutations have been identified in the genes encoding these subunits, ABCC8 and KCNJ11, and account for approximately 40% of perma...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Edghill EL,Flanagan SE,Ellard S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prediabetes is a heterogeneous term that encompasses different origins of insulin resistance and insulin secretion that contribute to distinct patterns of hyperglycemia. In fact, prediabetes is an umbrella term that characterizes individuals at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) and/or cardiovascular disea...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Malin SK,Liu Z,Barrett EJ,Weltman A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clustering of metabolic abnormalities such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, all of which are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), occurs more often than by chance. Numerous epidemiological studies, as well as basic researches, have revealed that visceral fat accumulation is close...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Takahara M,Shimomura I

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides evidence that primary aldosteronism is likely much less common than is believed by the other authors of this collection. The basis for this contrarian view is simple: there is no way to know the true prevalence of PA because of the uncertain validity of all of the diagnostic procedures used to find...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Kaplan NM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response to retention hypothesis outlines the initial stages of atherosclerotic lesion formation. The central theme of the hypothesis is that proteoglycan mediated lipoprotein retention plays a critical step in the initiation of atherosclerosis development. Recent research using human arterial specimens, transgeni...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Tannock LR,King VL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by persistent hyperglycemia and has become a major public health concern. Autoimmune type 1 diabetes (T1D) and insulin resistant type 2 diabetes (T2D) are the two main types. A combination of genetic and environmental factors contributes to the development of th...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Tai N,Wong FS,Wen L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T3 suppression of TSH subunit gene transcription is an important step in maintaining thyroid hormone homeostasis, and recent investigations have increased our understanding of this process. Thyrotrope-specific proteins play a critical role in TSH subunit gene expression, and influence T3-mediated regulatory mechanisms...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Shupnik MA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of convenience-driven delivery via Caesarian-section (C-section) has been steadily increasing in Western as well as in developing societies. Today, significantly more deliveries occur via surgical means than medical necessity mandates. Despite tremendous advances in surgical techniques and pre- and post...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Seli E,Horvath TL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis is the most common of the endocrine lines/axis' to be affected by HIV infection. There are multiple factors that contribute to this HPA axis dysregulation. Direct invasion of the various organs in the axis can be either by opportunistic infections or infiltrative diseases....

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： George MM,Bhangoo A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucokinase is a key enzyme involved in regulating insulin secretion from the pancreatic ß-cell. The unique role of glucokinase in human glucose physiology is illustrated by the fact that genetic mutations in glucokinase can either cause hyperglycaemia or hypoglycaemia. Heterozygous inactivating mutations in glucokina...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Hussain K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) comprise a heterogeneous group of tumors, mainly localized in the gastrointestinal system. What characterizes NENs is the expression of hormone receptors on the tumor cell surface, making them accessible for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches (theranostics) using radiolabelled peptid...

journal_title：Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

authors： Refardt J,Hofland J,Kwadwo A,Nicolas GP,Rottenburger C,Fani M,Wild D,Christ E

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00