Deletion of Stat3 blocks mammary gland involution and extends functional competence of the secretory epithelium in the absence of lactogenic stimuli.

abstract：:TSH receptor (TSHR) DNA vaccination induces high TSHR antibody levels in BALB/c mice housed in a conventional facility. However, under pathogen-free conditions, we observed a Th1 cellular response to TSHR antigen characterized by interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) production. In the present study we investigated the effect ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pichurin P,Pichurina O,Chazenbalk GD,Paras C,Chen CR,Rapoport B,McLachlan SM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IGF binding proteins-3 and -4, whether given in the perfused rat heart or given iv in the intact animal, cross the microvascular endothelium of the heart and distribute in subendothelial tissues. IGF binding protein-3, like IGF-I/II, localizes in cardiac muscle, with lesser concentrations in CT elements. In contrast, ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Knudtson KL,Boes M,Sandra A,Dake BL,Booth BA,Bar RS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify genes that are differentially expressed in the developing testis we used representational difference analysis of complementary DNA from gonads of mouse embryos at 13.5 days postcoitum (dpc). Three genes were identified. One of them was a novel gene termed tescalcin that encoded a putative EF-hand Ca(2+)-bi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Perera EM,Martin H,Seeherunvong T,Kos L,Hughes IA,Hawkins JR,Berkovitz GD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two surges of PRL designated as nocturnal (N) and diurnal (D) are observed during early pregnancy. The present study was undertaken to determine the involvement of serotonin (5-HT) in regulating these PRL surges. On day 7 of pregnancy intracarotid catheters were implanted, and blood samples were obtained at 0200 and 0...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mistry A,Voogt JL

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable evidence that CRH can suppress food intake. As hypothalamic CRH, a main site of CRH expression, is also negatively regulated by glucocorticoids, it is unclear whether anorexia and weight loss in adrenal insufficiency are attributable to elevated CRH or to decreased glucocorticoid levels. To disti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jacobson L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of LHRH neurons was examined in young and middle-aged female rats at two different time points associated with the LH surge on proestrus. More immunopositive LHRH neurons were detected in the brains of young but not middle-aged females killed on the evening of proestrus (1830-2030 h) compared with those...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rubin BS,King JC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hypophysectomy and GH on blood pressure and renin secretion were studied. Within 2 weeks after removal of the pituitary gland of rats, mean arterial blood pressure declined 30%, and heart rate fell 50%. No significant effect of hypophysectomy on blood volume or hematocrit was noted. Within 2 h after the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Honeyman TW,Goodman HM,Fray JC

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our research programs required the preparation of hypophysectomized and orchidectomized rhesus monkeys. This afforded us the possibility to characterize and compare levels of the gonadotropin and inhibin subunit mRNAs in pituitaries from intact and castrate monkeys. Eighteen adult male monkeys, four of which had been ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Attardi B,Marshall GR,Zorub DS,Winters SJ,Miklos J,Plant TM

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute nephrectomy seriously impairs hypovolemic adrenal epinephrine (E) release in the anesthetized dog. That systemically delivered angiotensin II totally restores E release to acutely anephric dogs is equally clear, but the dose-response relationship of this angiotensin II effect is not known. Adrenal secretion rate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Badder EM,Duarte B,Seaton JF,Hamaji M,Harrison TS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal thymectomy at 3 days of age in mice results in ovarian dysgenesis, characterized by early follicular and oocyte loss, followed by a high incidence of ovarian tumorigenesis. Thymectomized animals with dysgenetic ovaries had extremely high levels of circulating PRL and gonadotropins before the appearance of the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Michael SD,Taguchi O,Nishizuka Y

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied potential mechanisms by which zinc deficiency (ZD) may result in growth impairment in young animals. Dietary-induced ZD in young rats resulted in diminished skeletal growth as measured by tibial epiphyseal width. Treatment with bovine GH (bGH) did not increase skeletal growth suggesting GH resistance r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Oner G,Bhaumick B,Bala RM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal aspects of gonadotropin release were studied in infantile (14-day-old) female rats. Blood samples were collected using vena cava cannulae at 10-, 15-, 20-, or 30-min intervals and assayed for either LH alone or for both LH and FSH. Within individual animals, blood LH levels exhibited a degree of variabili...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Frawley LS,Henricks DM

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse, there is a large family of paralogous genes closely related to PRL. The objective of this report was to investigate the organization of the mouse PRL gene family locus. PRL family genes reside on chromosome 13 of the mouse genome. The PRL gene family members were localized to a series of overlapping bact...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wiemers DO,Shao LJ,Ain R,Dai G,Soares MJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuronal growth-associated protein (GAP)-43 has been localized in both long fibers and punctate clusters by immunocytochemistry within the rat anterior pituitary (AP). After adrenalectomy (ADX), GAP-43 immunoreactivity (GAP-43-ir) is greatly increased and is associated with corticotrophs at the light microscopic l...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Paden CM,Watt JA,Selong TH,Paterson CL,Cranston HJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pituitary prolactin (hPRL) contains a single major component. Upon iodination by a lactoperoxidase procedure approximately 50% of this component remains ulaltered in molecular size and net charge by the criteria of quantitative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Aminiotic fluid hPRL contains two componen...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rogol AD,Chrambach A

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional programming, taking place in utero or early after birth, is closely linked with metabolic and appetite disorders in adulthood. Following the hypothesis that nutritional programming impacts hypothalamic neuronal organization, we report on discrepancies of multiple molecular and cellular early events that ta...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Coupé B,Amarger V,Grit I,Benani A,Parnet P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD36/FAT (fatty acid translocase) is associated with human and murine nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, but it has been unclear whether it is simply a marker or whether it directly contributes to disease pathogenesis. Mice with hepatocyte-specific deletion of Janus kinase 2 (JAK2L mice) have increased circulating free...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wilson CG,Tran JL,Erion DM,Vera NB,Febbraio M,Weiss EJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of rat pancreas contain significant amounts of an [3H]estradiol-binding protein. The amount of steroid-binding activity that could be measured varied considerably depending on the tonicity of the homogenizing medium. High speed supernatants of homogenates initially prepared in isotonic buffer contained about ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grossman A,Richardson SB,Altszuler N,Lane B

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies that bind to the TSH receptor were obtained by an autoantiidiotypic approach in which immunization of BALB/c mice was performed with mixtures of bovine (b) and human (h) TSH. Two of 28 positive wells were selected for cloning and characterization: D2 and 4G11. Their antiidiotypic character was ev...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hill BL,Erlanger BF

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions were observed on the lateral plasma membrane of the typical thyroid epithelial cell in freeze-fracture preparations of rat thyroid gland. The gap junctions were 0.1 to 0.4 mum in diameter and were composed of closely packed, approximately 80 nm particles. They were located from 1 to 6 mum from the apical...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tice LW,Carter RC,Wollman SH

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperandrogenism is the central feature of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Due to the intricate relationship between hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance in PCOS, 50%-70% of these patients also present with hyperinsulinemia. Metformin, an insulin sensitizer, has been used to reduce insulin resistance and improve ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lee BH,Indran IR,Tan HM,Li Y,Zhang Z,Li J,Yong EL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial pressure (AP), heart rate (HR), and cardiovascular diseases, including ischemic heart attack and cerebrovascular accident, show diurnal variation. Evidence that circadian-related genes contribute to cardiovascular control has been accumulated. In this study, we measured the AP and HR of Clock mutant mice on t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sei H,Oishi K,Chikahisa S,Kitaoka K,Takeda E,Ishida N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermis has a great potential as a bioreactor to produce proteins with systemic action. However, the consequences of ectopic epidermal protein overexpression need to be carefully addressed to avoid both local and systemic adverse effects. Thus, the long-term effects of leptin on skin physiology have not been stu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rico L,Del Rio M,Bravo A,Ramirez A,Jorcano JL,Page MA,Larcher F

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The iodothyronine deiodinases, D1, D2, and D3, all contain selenium (Se) in the form of selenocysteine at their active sites, and they play crucial roles in determining the circulating and intracellular levels of the active thyroid hormone (TH), T3. However, not only are serum T3 levels normal in Se-deficient rats but...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bates JM,Spate VL,Morris JS,St Germain DL,Galton VA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used differential display PCR on two GnRH producing cell lines to identify genes involved in GnRH gene expression and neuronal migration. RNA from Gn10 cells (derived from a tumor in the olfactory area when GnRH neurons are migrating and make low levels of GnRH) and from GT1-7 cells (derived from a tumor in forebra...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fang Z,Xiong X,James A,Gordon DF,Wierman ME

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated activin A levels in inhibin-deficient mice promote the development of gonadal tumors and induce cachexia by reducing muscle, liver, stomach, and fat mass. Because activin A is an important regulator of tissue growth, inhibiting the actions of this TGFβ family ligand may halt or reverse pathology in diseased t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Makanji Y,Walton KL,Chan KL,Gregorevic P,Robertson DM,Harrison CA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice with the recessively inherited obese-hyperglycemic syndrome (ob/ob) and their nonobese litter mates were studied over a 26-week period. The body weights and serum glucose levels of ob/ob mice began to rise markedly at 5-6 weeks of age and remained elevated throughout the period of study. Obese mice were significa...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Larson BA,Sinha YN,Vanderlaan WP

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen or raloxifene (LY156758) prevent estrogen deficiency-induced bone loss in animals and humans. We demonstrated in the rat that a 22% reduction in bone mineral density generated by ovariectomy was associated with a 2-fold reduction of transforming growth factor-beta 3 (TGF beta 3) messenger RNA expression in th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yang NN,Bryant HU,Hardikar S,Sato M,Galvin RJ,Glasebrook AL,Termine JD

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female Wistar-Furth rats were implanted sc with GH3 rat pituitary tumor cells. Tumors were palpable by 4 weeks, and animals were killed periodically from 5-9 weeks. Tumor-bearing rats (n = 10) were heavier than their respective controls, reaching a weight of 372 +/- 3 by 9 weeks vs. 195 +/- 5 g in controls (mean +/- S...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yamashita S,Slanina S,Kado H,Melmed S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to determine the role of the thyroid gland in three neuroendocrine responses to photoperiod; secretion of melatonin, PRL, and LH. Ewes were thyroidectomized (THX) in midsummer or left thyroid intact, and both groups were moved indoors to artificial short days (8 h of light, 16 h of darkness) for ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dahl GE,Evans NP,Moenter SM,Karsch FJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00