Glucagon-like peptide-1 regulates the beta cell transcription factor, PDX-1, in insulinoma cells.

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to establish a primary LHRH cell culture system using embryonic olfactory placode and to examine whether LHRH cells derived from olfactory placode and the migratory pathway of LHRH neurons mature in vitro. Six monkey fetuses at the ages of E34-E36 were delivered surgically and the area inc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Terasawa E,Quanbeck CD,Schulz CA,Burich AJ,Luchansky LL,Claude P

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CYP11A1 encodes cytochrome P450scc, catalyzing the first step of steroidogenesis in adrenals and gonads under the control of cAMP-mediated hormonal signals. The cAMP-induced activation of human CYP11A1 has been suggested to depend on the transcription factor cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB), but the ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guo IC,Huang CY,Wang CK,Chung BC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies demonstrate that the murine adrenocortical tumor cell line Y-1 releases a digoxin-like immunoreactive material into both serum-supplemented nutrient medium and minimal Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate medium. Release of pregnenolone into minimal medium from these cells was consistently inhibited by additio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Doris PA,Kilgore MW,Durham D,Alberts D,Stocco DM

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stroma/stem cells (MSCs) exist in adult tissues, such as adipose tissue and bone marrow, and differentiate into cells of multiple lineages. In previous studies, we found that MSCs differentiate into steroidogenic cells by forced expression of steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1)/adrenal 4 binding protein (Ad4BP),...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tanaka T,Aoyagi C,Mukai K,Nishimoto K,Kodama S,Yanase T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] regulates PTH secretion, we have tested its effects in both short term incubations (30-120 min) and long term primary cell cultures (24-96 h) of bovine parathyroid cells. In short term incubations, 10(-11)-10(-7) M 1,25-(OH)2D3 had no consistent effect on PT...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cantley LK,Russell J,Lettieri D,Sherwood LM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroid animals secrete not only more TSH, but also qualitatively different TSH, with altered oligosaccharides. To explore the cellular mechanism of oligosaccharide modulation by thyroid status, 40 mice were treated without or with propylthiouracil (PTU), and pituitaries were removed after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 weeks....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Helton TE,Magner JA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed an electrophysiological study to investigate ion transport of pendrin and thereby understand the pathogenesis of Pendred syndrome. Using pendrin-transfected COS-7 cells, we could show that pendrin transports both iodide and chloride measured as voltage-dependent inward and outward membrane currents. Chlor...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yoshida A,Hisatome I,Taniguchi S,Sasaki N,Yamamoto Y,Miake J,Fukui H,Shimizu H,Okamura T,Okura T,Igawa O,Shigemasa C,Green ED,Kohn LD,Suzuki K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although leptin is a hormone mainly produced by the adipose tissue, it is also produced by the gastric mucosa and the mammary epithelium and is present in maternal milk. The effects of milk leptin on the neonate are not known. The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate the short-term effects of the administratio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sánchez J,Oliver P,Miralles O,Ceresi E,Picó C,Palou A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homozygous ablation of the gene encoding the PTH/PTHrP receptor (PPR(-/-)) leads to early lethality and limited developmental defects, including an acceleration of chondrocyte differentiation. In contrast to the findings in homozygous PTHrP-ablated (PTHrP(-/-)) animals, these PPR(-/-) mice show an increase in cort...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Soegiarto DW,Kiachopoulos S,Schipani E,Jüppner H,Erben RG,Lanske B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid (Gc) excess, from endogenous overproduction in disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis or exogenous medical therapy, is recognized to cause adverse metabolic side effects. The Gc receptor (GR) is widely expressed throughout the body, including brain regions such as the hypothalamus. However...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sefton C,Harno E,Davies A,Small H,Allen TJ,Wray JR,Lawrence CB,Coll AP,White A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal immune tolerance is required for extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs) to invade the decidua without rejection. Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase-1 (ERAP1) generates human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I-adapted antigenic peptides, but its function in trophoblasts lacking classical HLA class I molecules remains...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shido F,Ito T,Nomura S,Yamamoto E,Sumigama S,Ino K,Itakura A,Hattori A,Tsujimoto M,Mizutani S,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an obituary for Gregory Goodwin Pincus whose death in August, 1967, terminated a distinguished career in the biological sciences. His major work was in reproductive biology. This work, in collaboration with Dr. John Rock, led to the development and field testing in Puerto Rico of the 1st OC (oral contracepti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： White A

更新日期：1968-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a highly sensitive and specific RIA for propylthiouracil (PTU) which uses 125I-labeled PTU as the radioactive ligand. At a final antibody dilution of 1:10,000, the detection limit for PTU was 100 pg; cross-reactivity with circulating, urinary, and intrathyroid PTU metabolites was negligible. Using th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Halpern R,Cooper DS,Kieffer JD,Saxe V,Mover H,Maloof F,Ridgway EC

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the effect of different endocrine manipulations on the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic system in the rat fallopian tube. Either hypophysectomy or ovariectomy induced a significant decrease of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activity and of GABA levels in in situ tubes. This effect...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Celotti F,Apud JA,Melcangi RC,Masotto C,Tappaz M,Racagni G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxyntomodulin is derived from proglucagon processing in the intestine and the central nervous system. To date, no role in the central nervous system has been demonstrated. We report here that oxyntomodulin inhibits refeeding when injected intracerebroventricularly and into the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of 2...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dakin CL,Gunn I,Small CJ,Edwards CM,Hay DL,Smith DM,Ghatei MA,Bloom SR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new member of the connexin family was isolated from the porcine ovary. The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence of genomic as well as complementary DNA clones predicted the reading frame encoding the 60-kDa protein product, indicating the largest molecular mass among the connexin family genes ana...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Itahana K,Tanaka T,Morikazu Y,Komatu S,Ishida N,Takeya T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of FRTL-5 cells to iodide (I-) in excess of 3 microM suppresses the concentrative uptake of I-. The depression of I- uptake measured at the steady state is due to decrease in the rate of I- influx and not to an effect on I- efflux. Exposure to NaI is associated with decreased T4 secretion and also depressed N...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grollman EF,Smolar A,Ommaya A,Tombaccini D,Santisteban P

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide acts as electron acceptor in the oxidative reactions (iodination and coupling) by which the thyroid hormones are formed. Regulation of the generation of H2O2 was studied in monolayer cultures of the FRTL-5 rat thyroid cell line and in primary monolayer cultures of porcine thyroid cells. Both cell typ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Björkman U,Ekholm R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) was partially purified from incubation medium of calf fetal testes and injected into a BALB/c mouse, whose splenocytes were fused with Sp2/Ag8 myeloma cells. Hybridomas were screened for specific antibody production by double antibody precipitation of labeled AMH, which was obtained by inc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Vigier B,Picard JY,Josso N

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH is an important peptide hormone regulator of calcium homeostasis and osteoblast function. However, its mechanism of action in osteoblasts is poorly understood. Our previous study demonstrated that PTH activates mouse osteocalcin (Ocn) gene 2 promoter through the osteoblast-specific element 1 site, a recently ident...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yu S,Franceschi RT,Luo M,Zhang X,Jiang D,Lai Y,Jiang Y,Zhang J,Xiao G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activin A is a gonadal protein originally isolated from follicular fluid and is recognized as a local regulator of granulosa cell differentiation. Whether activin A promotes folliculogenesis, however, still remains unclarified. The present study was designed to elucidate the effect of activin A on follicular growth in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yokota H,Yamada K,Liu X,Kobayashi J,Abe Y,Mizunuma H,Ibuki Y

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) exerts an adverse effect on human sperm motility, which has been ascribed to inhibition of mitochondrial activity. This seems to be at variance with evidence suggesting a major role of glycolysis in supplying ATP for sperm motility; furthermore, the role o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Barbonetti A,Vassallo MR,Fortunato D,Francavilla S,Maccarrone M,Francavilla F

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is often associated with an impairment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. The leptin-deficient ob/ob mouse model is characterized by a morbid obesity with a sterility in males and females that is corrected by continuous leptin treatment. Since ob/ob mice are maintained on the C57BL/6J inbred genetic b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ewart-Toland A,Mounzih K,Qiu J,Chehab FF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decidualization of the endometrial stroma in the rat gives rise to two different cell populations, located either mesometrially or antimesometrially in the uterus. We have previously shown that the rat decidua is the site of production and action of a PRL-like hormone. In this investigation we examined, using reverse ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gu Y,Srivastava RK,Clarke DL,Linzer DI,Gibori G

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activators of protein kinase C, such as phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and the synthetic diacylglycerol dioctanoylglycerol (diC8), either stimulate or inhibit PTH release depending on the extracellular Ca2+ concentration. By increasing PTH release at high extracellular Ca2+, these agents, in effect, block high Ca2(+)...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shoback DM,Chen TH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of TRH gene expression in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) by leptin is critical for normal function of the thyroid axis in rodents and humans. The TRH neuron in the PVH expresses both leptin and melanocortin-4 receptors, suggesting that both signaling systems may regulate TRH gene ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guo F,Bakal K,Minokoshi Y,Hollenberg AN

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proxyfan is a histamine H3 receptor protean agonist that can produce a spectrum of pharmacological effects including agonist, inverse agonist, and antagonist. We have discovered that proxyfan (10 mg/kg orally) significantly improved glucose excursion after an ip glucose tolerance test in either lean or high-fat/choles...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Henry MB,Zheng S,Duan C,Patel B,Vassileva G,Sondey C,Lachowicz J,Hwa JJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH and IGF-I are potent regulators of muscle growth and function. Although IGF-I is known to mediate many of the effects of GH, it is not yet clear whether all effects of GH are completely dependent on the IGF-I system. To evaluate the biological effects of the GH/IGF-I axis on muscle growth, we administrated recombin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kim H,Barton E,Muja N,Yakar S,Pennisi P,Leroith D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dispersed pancreatic islet cells were analyzed for their low forward angle light scatter using flow cytometry. The cells produced a distinct light scatter pattern which appeared to be a function of cell size and not cell granularity. RIA of hormone content of cells collected from different regions of the pattern revea...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fletcher DJ,Grogan WM,Barras E,Weir GC

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (alphaCGRP) is released mainly from sensory and motor nerves in response to physiological stimuli. Despite well-documented pharmacological effects, its primary physiological role has thus far remained obscure. Increased lipid content, particularly in skeletal muscle and liver, is ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Danaher RN,Loomes KM,Leonard BL,Whiting L,Hay DL,Xu LY,Kraegen EW,Phillips AR,Cooper GJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00