Evidence that cleavage of the thyrotropin receptor involves a "molecular ruler" mechanism: deletion of amino acid residues 305-320 causes a spatial shift in cleavage site 1 independent of amino acid motif.

abstract：:The expression of genes encoding key hepatic gluconeogenic enzymes, including phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase), is regulated at the transcriptional level by a network of transcription factors and cofactors, including cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB). It has been ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Seo HY,Kim MK,Min AK,Kim HS,Ryu SY,Kim NK,Lee KM,Kim HJ,Choi HS,Lee KU,Park KG,Lee IK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), highly expressed in the hippocampus, binds corticosteroid hormones and coordinately participates, with the glucocorticoid receptor, to the control of stress responses, memorization, and behavior. To investigate the impact of MR in neuronal survival, we generated murine embryonic stem (...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Munier M,Law F,Meduri G,Le Menuet D,Lombès M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a nonmalignant enlargement of the prostate that commonly occurs in older men. We show that liver X receptor (Lxr)-α knockout mice (lxrα(-/-)) develop ventral prostate hypertrophy, correlating with an overaccumulation of secreted proteins in prostatic ducts and an alteration of vesicular...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Viennois E,Esposito T,Dufour J,Pommier A,Fabre S,Kemeny JL,Guy L,Morel L,Lobaccaro JM,Baron S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ewes were treated systemically during the periovulatory period with the antihistamines diphenhydramine (H1-receptor antagonist) and(or) cimetidine (H2-receptor antagonist). None of the treatments prevented ovulation. However, the combination of drugs inhibited subsequent function of the corpus luteum (CL) as assessed ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Halterman SD,Murdoch WJ

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-dependent displacement characteristics of a biologically active 20,000 molecular weight human pituitary growth hormone variant (20K) and of human growth hormone (hGH) were compared using hGH liver plasma membrane receptors both from 20-30 day pregnant rabbits and from normal female rats and also using mammary...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sigel MB,Thorpe NA,Kobrin MS,Lewis UJ,Vanderlaan WP

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the localization of PRL in mammary epithelial cells (MEC) and to characterize PRL forms in serum, milk, and mammary tissue, two groups of lactating rats, a control group and a bromocriptine-treated group, were compared. In serum and milk from control rats, two forms of PRL (25 and 23 kDa) were detected by imm...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lkhider M,Delpal S,Bousquet MO

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is a leading cause of death, especially in the elderly or obese and diabetic populations. Various remodeling events have been characterized, which collectively contribute to the progression of heart failure. Of particular interest, autophagy has recently emerged as an important determinant of cardiac rem...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jahng JW,Turdi S,Kovacevic V,Dadson K,Li RK,Sweeney G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine placental lactogen (bPL) has been isolated from bovine trophoblast and characterized as a 32 K mol wt protein which exists in three different forms which differ in their isoelectric point values and their amino acid compositions. Two of the three forms have been shown to have both bovine GH (bGH)- and bovine PR...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Duello TM,Byatt JC,Bremel RD

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated whether activation of the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway might mediate at least in part the high glucose effect on angiotensinogen (ANG) gene expression and immortalized renal proximal tubular cell (IRPTC) hypertrophy. IRPTC were cultured in monolayer. ANG, renin, and beta-actin mRNA ex...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hsieh TJ,Fustier P,Zhang SL,Filep JG,Tang SS,Ingelfinger JR,Fantus IG,Hamet P,Chan JS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as a potent regulator useful in alleviating estrogen deficiency bone loss. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL) play important roles in regulating osteoclastogenesis. Although recent studies have reported NO donor attenuation of bone loss, t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang FS,Wang CJ,Chen YJ,Huang YT,Huang HC,Chang PR,Sun YC,Yang KD

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin enhances the glucose utilization in most insulin target tissues and paradoxically decreases it in white adipose tissue (WAT), but knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the inhibitory effect of central leptin on the insulin-dependent glucose uptake in WAT is limited. After 7 d intracerebroventricular leptin tre...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bonzón-Kulichenko E,Fernández-Agulló T,Moltó E,Serrano R,Fernández A,Ros M,Carrascosa JM,Arribas C,Martínez C,Andrés A,Gallardo N

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Task3 K(+) channels are highly expressed in the adrenal cortex and contribute to the angiotensin II and K(+) sensitivity of aldosterone-producing glomerulosa cells. Adult Task3(-/-) mice display a partially autonomous aldosterone secretion, subclinical hyperaldosteronism, and salt-sensitive hypertension. Here, we inve...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bandulik S,Tauber P,Penton D,Schweda F,Tegtmeier I,Sterner C,Lalli E,Lesage F,Hartmann M,Barhanin J,Warth R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete hypothalamic deafferentation, either limited to the median eminence, arcuate nucleus, and basal parts of ventromedial nuclei, or comprising ventromedial nuclei and dorsomedial hypothalamus as well reduced considerably the rise of immunoassayable serum TSH in adult male rats rendered hypothyroid by administrat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hefco E,Krulich L,Aschenbrenner JE

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) is an anorexigenic neuropeptide synthesized in the hypothalamus. A Leu34Phe missense mutation in proCART has been found in an obese family in humans. Here we show that humans bearing the Leu34Phe mutation in proCART have severely diminished levels of bioactive CART,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yanik T,Dominguez G,Kuhar MJ,Del Giudice EM,Loh YP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were done to examine whether rat relaxin is dipsogenic and whether such dipsogenic effects of rat relaxin are related to time of injection during the light-dark cycle. Female rats were fitted with a chronic intra-cerebro-ventricular (i.c.v.) cannula. Rat relaxin (2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50, or 100 ng/2 microl in 0...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Summerlee AJ,Hornsby DJ,Ramsey DG

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue inflammation is associated with the development of insulin resistance. In obese adipose tissue, lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) and saturated fatty acids trigger inflammatory factors that mediate a paracrine loop between adipocytes and macrophages. However, the inflammatory signaling proteins underlying this...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ceppo F,Berthou F,Jager J,Dumas K,Cormont M,Tanti JF

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enteroendocrine and enteric nervous systems convey signals through an overlapping network of regulatory peptides that act either as circulating hormones or as localized neurotransmitters within the gastrointestinal tract. Because recent studies invoke an important role for vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) as a ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yusta B,Holland D,Waschek JA,Drucker DJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epididymal adipocytes were isolated from Fischer 344 rats aged 3, 6, 12, and 24 months, to study the mechanisms responsible for age-dependent diminution in cellular adrenergic responsiveness. Messenger RNA (mRNA) levels for the beta 1-, beta 2-, and beta 3-adrenergic receptors (ARs) were compared across age groups and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gettys TW,Rohlfs EM,Prpic V,Daniel KW,Taylor IL,Collins S

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrical responses of rat islet cells maintained in culture with varying levels of glucose were determined. After culture with 2.8 or 4.2 mM glucose, the beta-cells did not respond electrically to 27.8 mM glucose. However, after culture in 5.6 mM glucose, the cells responded to 27.8 mM glucose in short term expe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pace CS,Conant S,Lacy PE

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of alloxan and cyclic AMP on glucose-induced insulin secretion was studied with the use of isolated rat islet perifusion. Simultaneous perifusion with cyclic AMP and alloxan did not protect the islets against the effect of alloxan. However, addition of dibutyryl cyclic AMP to the alloxan solution produ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tomita T,Scarpelli DG

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies from our laboratory indicate that high density lipoproteins (HDL) and apolipoproteins-AI, -AII, and -CI stimulate the release of human placental lactogen (hPL) from human placental explants and trophoblast cells. However, the intracellular mechanisms by which HDL stimulate hPL release are unknown. Since...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu YQ,Jorgensen EV,Handwerger S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse mammary gland and uterus expressed the gene for the secretory protein lactotransferrin under various physiological conditions. Lactotransferrin, however, was induced by estrogen in a time- and dose-dependent fashion in the uterus of the immature mouse, but was not affected by estrogen in the mammary gland. D...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Teng CT,Pentecost BT,Chen YH,Newbold RR,Eddy EM,McLachlan JA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of synthetic ovine CRF on ACTH secretion of dispersed, domestic fowl pituitary cells was investigated. Cells preincubated for 2 h, 16 h, or after 48-h culture were incubated briefly with CRF (up to 4 h). ACTH was bioassayed using isolated rat adrenocortical cells; ACTH-(1-24) served as the standard for expr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Carsia RV,Weber H,Perez FM Jr

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene by normal lung and thyroid was examined by measurement of the content of ACTH, beta-lipotropin (beta LPH), and beta-endorphin (beta EP) in porcine lung and thyroid tissue. Acid extracts of normal porcine lung and thyroid tissue each contained appreciable amounts of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clements JA,Funder JW,Tracy K,Morgan FJ,Campbell DJ,Lewis P,Hearn MT

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17α-Ethinyl estradiol (EE), a synthetic analog of natural estrogen 17β-estradiol (E2), is extensively used in hormonal contraceptives and estrogen replacement therapy, and it has also been found in sewage effluents. Given that E2 is a well-known immunomodulator, surprisingly there has been only limited information on ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dai R,Edwards MR,Heid B,Ahmed SA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA blot hybridization analysis with cloned rat CRF precursor (prepro-CRF) cDNA as a probe showed that prepro-CRF mRNA existed in rat hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic brain tissue, whereas it was undetectable in the pituitary and adrenal. To study the effect of glucocorticoid on the level of prepro-CRF mRNA in the h...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jingami H,Matsukura S,Numa S,Imura H

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used in situ hybridization histochemistry to investigate interactions between the thyroid and adrenal axes in the rat. Propylthiouracil (PTU)-induced hypothyroidism caused a significant reduction in CRH gene transcripts in the paraventricular nucleus of male rats, with a concomitant decrease in both POMC gene ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shi ZX,Levy A,Lightman SL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Asparaginase (ASNase), a drug widely used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, has been reported to decrease serum T4-binding globulin (TBG) levels, while results of serum albumin determinations were conflicting. This effect in vivo has been attributed to depressed liver protein synthesis, but this hypo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bartalena L,Martino E,Antonelli A,Pacchiarotti A,Robbins J,Pinchera A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estrogen-regulated arginine esteropeptidase is present in the immature rat uterus. The enzymatic complex consists of a membrane-bound activator and a soluble proenzyme. The activator is under strong estrogen control; its activity increases 10-fold 3 h after a single dose of 17 beta-estradiol. The subcellular locali...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jazín EE,Dickerman HW,Henrikson KP

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine granulosa cells seeded in the presence of serum on extracellular matrix-coated dishes proliferate actively when exposed to serum-free medium supplemented with insulin (2 microgram/ml), fibroblast growth factor (FGF, 100 ng/ml), and high density lipoprotein (HDL, 30 microgram protein/ml). The final density of th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Savion N,Lui GM,Laherty R,Gospodarowicz D

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00