Pharmacological treatments for GH-induced insulin resistance.

abstract：:We studied the changes in serum sodium (Na) and potassium (K) levels in seventeen patients in diabetic ketoacidosis and nine patients in non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma, who had marked hyperglycemia (707.4 +/- 75.6 mg/dl, mean +/- SEM) and dehydration. The disorder characterized two types of alteration. The one group wa...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ishikawa S,Sakuma N,Fujisawa G,Tsuboi Y,Okada K,Saito T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some categories of drugs are known for causing hyperglycemia or diabetes such as steroids, antipsychotics, and immunosuppressant. However, there has been little evidence from studies about the proportion of each drug in the context of drug-induced diabetes. In this study, we used data from the Japanese Adverse Drug Ev...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Konishi H,Shirakawa J,Arai M,Terauchi Y

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide the details of the successful management of a patient with active Cushing's disease complicated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. The patient was a 27-year-old Japanese female healthcare worker who was scheduled to undergo pituitary surgery for Cushing's disease. She had been in close cont...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yuno A,Kenmotsu Y,Takahashi Y,Nomoto H,Kameda H,Cho KY,Nakamura A,Yamashita Y,Nakamura J,Nakakubo S,Kamada K,Suzuki M,Sugino H,Inoshita N,Konno S,Miyoshi H,Atsumi T,Sawamura Y,Shimatsu A

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide epidemiologic survey of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23)-related hypophosphatemic diseases was conducted in 2010 to clarify the prevalence and the clinical presentations of the disorders. A questionnaire inquiring the experience of patients with these diseases was sent to randomly selected hospitals th...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Endo I,Fukumoto S,Ozono K,Namba N,Inoue D,Okazaki R,Yamauchi M,Sugimoto T,Minagawa M,Michigami T,Nagai M,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the cross-sectional relationship between GA and HbA1c in 142 type 2 diabetic patients who had an HbA1c level < 7.5% for at least one year without fluctuation by more than 0.5%. We also followed the changes of GA and HbA1c in 18 type 2 diabetic patients for 16 weeks as they progressed from untreated severe h...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takahashi S,Uchino H,Shimizu T,Kanazawa A,Tamura Y,Sakai K,Watada H,Hirose T,Kawamori R,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown the correlation between vitamin D [25(OH)D] deficiency and thyroid autoimmunity and reducing of thyroid autoantibodies in patients with normal levels of vitamin D combining with thyroid hormone replacement. However, other authors not agree with this association. It is still unclear whether t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Botelho IMB,Moura Neto A,Silva CA,Tambascia MA,Alegre SM,Zantut-Wittmann DE

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has a potent bone resorbing activity in vitro, but some recent studies have shown that PGE2 stimulates bone formation in vivo. The effects of PGE2 on the bone are therefore still controversial. We attempted to reveal the effects of PGE2 on bone in vivo more directly; we injected PGE2 continuous...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takada M,Yamamoto I,Yuu I,Kigami Y,Ohnaka Y,Morita R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association of the RETN (resistin) -420 C>G polymorphism (rs1862513) with risk of diabetes mellitus (DM), considering lifestyle factors, in Japanese. Subjects were participants of J-MICC Study, where 2,651 participants aged 35-69 years provided their blood for genotyping and lifestyle data after inform...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hishida A,Wakai K,Okada R,Morita E,Hamajima N,Hosono S,Higaki Y,Turin TC,Suzuki S,Motahareh K,Mikami H,Tashiro N,Watanabe I,Katsuura S,Kubo M,Tanaka H,Naito M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels and PAI-1 activity in young and lean women with PCOS and to compare with controls matched for age and weight. Thirty two women with PCOS and 25 weight and age-matched healthy controls participated in this study. Patients were...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tarkun I,Cantürk Z,Arslan BC,Türemen E,Tarkun P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that there is an inverse relationship between serum sodium (Na) and potassium (K) levels in patients with diabetic coma. The present study was undertaken to determine whether such an inverse relation depends upon plasma glucose levels in diabetic patients for their glycemic control. We examined tw...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Saito T,Ishikawa S,Higashiyama M,Nakamura T,Rokkaku K,Hayashi H,Kusaka I,Nagasaka S,Saito T

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim of this study was to examine the association between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and dysglycemia in Japanese individuals with and without type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We enrolled 115 individuals diagnosed with OSA with an apnea hypopnea-index (AHI) ≥ 20 in whom continuous positive airway pressure (CPA...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kurosawa H,Saisho Y,Fukunaga K,Haraguchi M,Yamasawa W,Kurihara I,Betsuyaku T,Itoh H

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the long-term different diabetic therapies on the plasma leptin level in type 2 diabetic subjects. We measured plasma leptin, body fat and fasting plasma insulin in 96 type 2 diabetic male subjects. They had received the same treatment regimen for more than one year (3...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Huang CC,Lin JD,Chang HY

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human endometrium undergoes cyclical changes including proliferation, differentiation, tissue breakdown, and shedding (menstruation) throughout a woman's reproductive life. The postovulatory rise in ovarian progesterone induces profound remodeling and differentiation of the estradiol-primed endometrium. This chang...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Maruyama T,Yoshimura Y

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of atorvastatin on bone mass and markers of bone remodeling in patients with acute coronary syndrome according to the Lys656Asn leptin receptor gene polymorphism. METHODS:Sixty-two patients with acute coronary syndrome were included. Patients were allocated to low and high doses of at...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Pérez-Castrillón JL,Vega G,Abad L,Sanz-Cantalapiedra A,Sagredo MG,De Luis D,Duenas-Laita A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of thyroid papillary carcinoma, a less aggressive cancer, surgeons may hesitate to perform total thyroidectomy on patients with poor general condition because these may experience longer survival without undergoing surgery. To investigate the influence of general patient condition on the patients' survival wh...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shinohara S,Kikuchi M,Harada H,Takebayashi S,Yunoki K,Yamazaki K

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickets and osteomalacia are diseases characterized by impaired mineralization of bone matrix. Recent investigations revealed that the causes for rickets and osteomalacia are quite variable. While these diseases can severely impair the quality of life of the affected patients, rickets and osteomalacia can be completel...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Fukumoto S,Ozono K,Michigami T,Minagawa M,Okazaki R,Sugimoto T,Takeuchi Y,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late-night salivary cortisol (NSC) has been recognized as a sensitive and easy-to-perform screening test for the diagnosis of overt Cushing's syndrome (CS). However, there have been few reports on the diagnostic utility of salivary cortisol (SC) measurement in the diagnosis of subclinical Cushing's syndrome (SCS). T...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tateishi Y,Kouyama R,Mihara M,Doi M,Yoshimoto T,Hirata Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen-secreting adrenal cancers are extremely rare, with feminizing symptoms attributed to aromatase expression in the adrenal tumor. We describe a case of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism as a consequence of aberrant aromatase expression in a patient with adrenocortical adenocarcinoma. A 54 year-old man presented wit...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Advani A,Johnson SJ,Nicol MR,Papacleovoulou G,Evans DB,Vaikkakara S,Mason JI,Quinton R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations have been reported to be associated with body fat, especially visceral fat accumulation, but most studies up to now have been conducted on non-diabetic subjects. In this study, we investigated the association between the serum CRP concentrations and parameters of adiposity...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Iwasaki T,Nakajima A,Yoneda M,Terauchi Y

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteins found in cow milk have been reported to cause systemic inflammation. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is known to be involved in the development of several metabolic disorders including insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, the effect of thiazolidinediones (TZDs) on ER stress...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kang SB,Kim HM,Kim HJ,Seok H,Huh JH,Lee BW,Kang ES,Lee HC,Cha BS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum T3 to T4 ratio is a useful indicator for differentiating destruction-induced thyrotoxicosis from Graves' thyrotoxicosis. However, the usefulness of the serum free T3 (FT3) to free T4 (FT4) ratio is controversial. We therefore systematically evaluated the usefulness of this ratio, based on measurements made u...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yoshimura Noh J,Momotani N,Fukada S,Ito K,Miyauchi A,Amino N

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of unique point mutations in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) with Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO) in different ethnic backgrounds has proved that defects within the Gs alpha gene account for Gs alpha deficiency in those patients. To search a mutation hot spot of the Gs alpha ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takeda K,Yokoyama M,Hashimoto K,Hiromatsu Y,Yamanaka H,Shimizu T,Sasaki M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two types of prognostic factors of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are static and dynamic. The following static prognostic factors have been conventionally adopted: age, tumor size, extrathyroid extension, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis based on pre-, intra- and post-operative findings. These fact...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Miyauchi A,Kobayashi K,Kihara M,Miya A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) is the most common type of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. In addition to the clinical problems caused by adrenal insufficiency and androgen excess, a risk for obesity and metabolic syndrome during young adulthood is a major ramification of the disease. Although glucocorticoid therap...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takishima S,Nakajima K,Nomura R,Tsuji-Hosokawa A,Matsuda N,Matsubara Y,Ono M,Miyai K,Takasawa K,Morio T,Hasegawa Y,Kashimada K

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured serum levels of the carboxy-terminal propeptide of type 1 procollagen (P1CP) as a marker of bone formation and the carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (1CTP) as a marker of bone resorption by RIA in sera from 40 Graves' disease patients and 14 Hashimoto's disease patients before and during trea...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Miyakawa M,Tsushima T,Demura H

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We here describe two patients with empty sella syndrome who had variable and abnormal ACTH and cortisol secretory profiles. The patients are a 58-year old male and a 41-year old female, both of whom were neurotic. In both cases, low-dose dexamethasone suppression tests (1 mg, p.o., overnight) caused variable responses...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sakaguchi H,Inoue D,Kataoka K,Koshiyama H,Aoki N,Nakao K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine pathophysiology of body water control in hypernatremic subjects with hypothalamic space-occupying lesions. Eight subjects with hypothalamic space-occupying lesions were divided into two groups of hypernatremia in the presence or absence of body water deficit. In 5 dehydrat...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hayashi T,Murata M,Saito T,Ikoma A,Tamemoto H,Kawakami M,Ishikawa SE

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies have shown that hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with bone fragility. Homocysteine (Hcy) induces apoptosis of osteoblastic cell lineage by increasing oxidative stress, which may contribute to Hcy-induced bone fragility. Statins, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, ameliorate ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takeno A,Kanazawa I,Tanaka K,Notsu M,Yokomoto-Umakoshi M,Sugimoto T

更新日期：2016-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We saw a 57-yr-old female non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patient with antiinsulin antibody, in whom insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was shown to be effective as a blood glucose-lowering agent. Due to the presence of the antibody, the patient suffered from postprandial hyperglycemia and frequent h...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kajimoto Y,Kawamori R,Fujitani Y,Kishimoto M,Kubota M,Yamasaki Y,Morishima T,Kamada T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallmann syndrome is defined by the association of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia, for which three modes of transmission have been described: X-linked, autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant. The KAL1 gene, responsible for the X-linked form of the disease, has been isolated and its intron-exon organizat...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Izumi Y,Tatsumi K,Okamoto S,Hosokawa A,Ueno S,Fukui H,Amino N

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00