The stimulus-secretion coupling of amino acid-induced insulin release: insulinotropic action of branched-chain amino acids at physiological concentrations of glucose and glutamine.

abstract：:Serum prolactin levels were measured by radioimmunoassay in eighty patients (thirty-four males, forty-six females) with sarcoidosis before treatment. In twelve patients (15%) serum prolactin levels were more than two standard deviations above the mean of normal subjects. Hyperprolactinaemia was found most frequently (...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nakao K,Noma K,Sato B,Yano S,Yamamura Y,Tachibana T

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased production of chemokines by adipose tissue and defective adipose tissue oxygenation as a result of obesity may induce leucocyte infiltration and subsequent systemic inflammation. OBJECTIVES:1-To determine the relation between the amount of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and the chemokine...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Faber DR,van der Graaf Y,Westerink J,Kanhai DA,Monajemi H,Visseren FL,SMART study Group.

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fat tissue is a common material for autologous transplantation in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) ameliorates the fat graft survival. A transplantation model has shown the gene expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) to increase in adipocytes. The aim of this ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kuramochi D,Unoki H,Bujo H,Kubota Y,Jiang M,Rikihisa N,Udagawa A,Yoshimoto S,Ichinose M,Saito Y

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate possible relationships in piglets between myocardial energy-related metabolites and intracellular electrolytes during open-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (OCCPR) supplemented by the administration of alkaline buffers with varying sodium content. Our hypothesis was t...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wiklund L,Ronquist G,Roomans GM,Rubertsson S,Waldenström A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During COVID-19 outbreak, oncological care has been reorganized. Patients with cancer have been reported to experience a more severe COVID-19 syndrome; moreover, there are concerns of a potential interference between immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Betw...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tagliamento M,Spagnolo F,Poggio F,Soldato D,Conte B,Ruelle T,Barisione E,De Maria A,Del Mastro L,Di Maio M,Lambertini M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In mutations of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene, the defect of internalization is caused by a mutation in the cytoplasmic domain of the receptor linked with exons 17 and 18, and the O-linked sugar domain linked with exon 15 has been speculated not to affect the function of the receptor. Here,...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tashiro J,Endo M,Bujo H,Shinomiya M,Morisaki N,Saito Y

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine was collected in four healthy infants, born after 35-39 weeks of gestation. The collections were made for 24 h starting immediately after birth. Bile acids were extracted, separated into conjugate groups, solvolysed, hydrolysed and quantified by gas-liquid chromatography as methyl ester trimethylsilyl ether deri...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Strandvik B,Wikström SA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of alcoholic fatty liver is unknown, but several causes have been proposed based on biochemical findings. These include the metabolism of alcohol leading to a shift in the cytosolic [NAD+]/ [NADH] ratio to reduction, which in turn causes a direct inhibition of beta-oxidation and enhanced triacylglycer...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Eaton S,Record CO,Bartlett K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:  Cirrhotic patients are at considerable risk for bacterial infections, possibly through increased intestinal permeability and bacterial overgrowth. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may increase infection risk. We aimed to explore the potential association between PPI use and bacterial infection risk in cirrhot...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van Vlerken LG,Huisman EJ,van Hoek B,Renooij W,de Rooij FW,Siersema PD,van Erpecum KJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle disorder characterized by progressive, irreversible loss of cardiac and skeletal muscular function. Muscular enlargement in DMD is attributed to oedema, due to the increased cytoplasmic Na+ concentration. The aim of this review was to present the current experien...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mavrogeni S,Papavasiliou A,Giannakopoulou K,Markousis-Mavrogenis G,Pons MR,Karanasios E,Nikas I,Papadopoulos G,Kolovou G,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation and immune activation appear to be important in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease (CHD). Cytokine interferon-gamma, which is released during cell-mediated immune responses, induces indoleamine (2,3)-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme degrading tryptophan to kynurenine. Therefore, immune stimu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wirleitner B,Rudzite V,Neurauter G,Murr C,Kalnins U,Erglis A,Trusinskis K,Fuchs D

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An earlier report described that transgenic mice ubiquitously expressing cryptochrome1 (CRY1) with a mutation in cystein414 (CRY1-AP Tg mice) display diabetes mellitus in addition to anomalous circadian behaviours. This study examined characteristic aspects of symptoms to clarify the diabetes type and pathog...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Okano S,Hayasaka K,Igarashi M,Iwai H,Togashi Y,Nakajima O

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data regarding the effect of vitamin C (VC) and vitamin E (VE) supplementation on insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are controversial. We aimed to systematically review the current data on this topic. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted to assess the e...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Khodaeian M,Tabatabaei-Malazy O,Qorbani M,Farzadfar F,Amini P,Larijani B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With advancing age both sexes have an increased incidence of osteoporotic fractures, although fractures are more common in women than in men. Whereas in women several potential risk factors have been identified, less is known about osteoporosis in men. A total of 27 Austrian men (mean age: 65 +/- 2 years) with atrauma...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Resch H,Pietschmann P,Woloszczuk W,Krexner E,Bernecker P,Willvonseder R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our aim in the present study was to determine whether endothelial NO synthase gene (ecNOS) polymorphisms are associated with myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:Forty chromosomes from patients with MI were screened for polymorphisms of the ecNOS gene using polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformatio...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Poirier O,Mao C,Mallet C,Nicaud V,Herrmann SM,Evans A,Ruidavets JB,Arveiler D,Luc G,Tiret L,Soubrier F,Cambien F

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are close interrelationships between hormones that regulate bone formation and protein biosynthesis. For example, growth hormone and thyroid hormones can influence plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). A patient's status regarding hormones other than IGF-I may thus indirectly modify th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Svanberg E,Healey J,Mascarenhas D

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Four peptide hormones of a family of six hormones, i.e. atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), C-natriuretic peptide (CNP), long acting natriuretic peptide (LANP), vessel dilator and kaliuretic peptide, significantly decrease the number of adenocarcinoma cells in culture. The pres...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vesely BA,Song S,Sanchez-Ramos J,Fitz SR,Alli AA,Solivan SM,Gower WR Jr,Vesely DL

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies in mice experimental models with acute ischaemic injury revealed that erythropoietin (EPO) has numerous tissue-protective effects in the heart, brain and kidneys. We therefore explored the tissue-protective properties of chronic EPO treatment in an experimental model of the db/db mouse with di...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Shushakova N,Park JK,Menne J,Fliser D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal symptoms are common on acute exposure to high-altitude (HA). Underlying mechanisms are not understood, but vascular shunting away from the gut could be responsible. Therefore, blood flow in the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and hepatic portal vein (HPV) was examined at sea level (SL) and ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kalson NS,Hext F,Davies AJ,Chan CW,Wright AD,Imray CH,Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical illness is an aetiologically and clinically heterogeneous syndrome that is characterised by organ failure and immune dysfunction. Mortality in critically ill patients is driven by inflammation-associated organ damage and a profound vulnerability to nosocomial infection. Both factors are influenced by the acti...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wood AJT,Vassallo A,Summers C,Chilvers ER,Conway-Morris A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inactivation of the tumour suppressor gene, p53, is the commonest genetic abnormality in human cancer. The study of the type of p53 mutation in a given tumour may provide prognostic information, clues to aetiology and become useful for therapeutics. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The molecular characterisation of p5...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tullo A,D'Erchia AM,Honda K,Kelly MD,Habib NA,Saccone C,Sbisà E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that the disorder of lipoprotein metabolism in hyperalphalipoproteinaemic patients with a deficiency of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) is characterized by the polydisperse low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles and the accumulation of cholesteryl ester (CE) in high density lipoprotein (HDL...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sakai N,Yamashita S,Hirano K,Ishigami M,Arai T,Kobayashi K,Funahashi T,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and nephrogenous cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) have been reported to be useful parameters in the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism. Measurements in hyperparathyroid patients usually give values above the normal range when PTH is measured with a carboxyterminal rad...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Bill G,Jacquet AF,Burckhardt P

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differences in lipid parameters between patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) are unclear and are addressed in this study. METHODS:We enrolled 582 patients with angiographically proven stable CAD (of whom 26·9% had diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM)...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vonbank A,Saely CH,Rein P,Drexel H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary plasma kinetics of endogenous noradrenaline (NA) and tritium labelled L-noradrenaline (3H-NA) was studied in fifteen subjects during pulmonary arterial catheterization. Plasma NA concentration in femoral artery ranged from 0.5 to 8.2 nmol l-1, mean 2.3 nmol l-1, which was not significantly different from tha...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Henriksen JH,Christensen NJ,Ring-Larsen H

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following cisplatin-based chemotherapy, survivors of testicular cancer have a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Cardiac function has not been extensively studied and no comparisons have been made with men from the general population. DESIGN:Left ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nuver J,Smit AJ,Sleijfer DT,van Gessel AI,van Roon AM,van der Meer J,van den Berg MP,Hoekstra HJ,Sluiter WJ,Gietema JA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The work was designed to study the effects of a meat meal on glomerular filtration rate (GFR), renal plasma flow (RPF), and plasma concentrations of glucagon, insulin, growth hormone, renin, aldosterone, total amino acids, and NH3 in healthy humans (H) as well as in patients with Child A liver cirrhosis (LC). The meat...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： De Santo NG,Anastasio P,Loguercio C,del Vecchio Blanco C,Capasso G,Coppola S,Bellini L,Spagnuolo G,Federico P,Alfieri R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Adrenoceptor binding on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of healthy adult volunteers was investigated using the radioligand 125iodo-cyanopindolol (ICYP). Saturation binding studies were performed with nine different concentrations of ICYP. Receptor density and affinity were calculated by Scatchard plots....

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Griese M,Körholz U,Körholz D,Seeger K,Wahn V,Reinhardt D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) 3-deficient (NOS-3 KO) mice have an increased systemic arterial pressure but develop portal hypertension to the same extent as wildtype (WT) mice. We hypothesized that other vasodilators in the portal circulation compensate for the lack in NOS-3 activity. We used quantitative...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Biecker E,Sägesser H,Reichen J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of PGI2-like activity into the circulation in response to cholinergic agonists and modification of this response by beta-adrenergic antagonists was investigated in anaesthetized cats and healthy humans. Antiaggregatory activity in the arterial blood was continuously assayed by measuring platelet aggregatio...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Swies J,Radomski M,Dembińska-Kieć A,Korbut R,Gryglewski RJ,Brandt R,Nowak J

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00