Cloning of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and its type II receptor from zebrafish ovary and role of TGF-beta 1 in oocyte maturation.

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：:Previous studies have shown that mice missing gp130, the common receptor subunit for many cytokines, die at or before birth with multiple skeletal abnormalities. Furthermore, interactions between PTH and gp130 signaling have suggested that gp130 signaling might influence calcium homeostasis. We, therefore, examined th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shin HI,Divieti P,Sims NA,Kobayashi T,Miao D,Karaplis AC,Baron R,Bringhurst R,Kronenberg HM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies it was shown that bovine GH (bGH) suppressed and glucagon stimulated the level of 24- and 30- to 34-kilodalton insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs) in the media of cultured rat hepatocytes. In the present study we have evaluated the regulation of IGFBP-1 gene expression in primary r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kachra Z,Yang CR,Murphy LJ,Posner BI

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the physiological regulation and functional significance of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the endocrine melanotrope cells of the pituitary pars intermedia of the amphibian Xenopus laevis, which can adapt its skin color to the light intensity of its environment. In black-adapted anima...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kramer BM,Cruijsen PM,Ouwens DT,Coolen MW,Martens GJ,Roubos EW,Jenks BG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of short term (1-month) and life-long 60% ad libitum food restriction on the adrenocortical response to restraint stress were compared in young and aged Fischer 344 rats. In rats restricted for 1 month (study 1), the adrenocortical response differed as a function of age. In 8-month-old animals, the initial...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stewart J,Meaney MJ,Aitken D,Jensen L,Kalant N

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were conducted to obtain information on the possible transfer of TSH and thyroid hormones from mother rats to their infants via milk. The mothers were thyroidectomized by surgical or chemical (tapazole) means to eliminate maternal thyroid hormones from milk while increasing its content of TSH. Their pups w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Glasscock GF,Nicoll CS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclast precursors have not been well characterized because there are no known markers that can detect them. We have used osteoclast-like cells formed in vitro to develop a panel of specific antibodies that react with mature osteoclasts, osteoclast precursors, and other cells in the osteoclast lineage. Monoclonal a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kukita T,Roodman GD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciduomal reactions in response to artificial stimuli were induced on the tube-ligated uterine horns of unilateral pregnant hamsters. Serum progesterone levels were determined, and the changes of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR, respectively) were simultaneously studied in the deciduoma. After stimulat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen TJ,Hwang TC,Huang CC,Jow GM,Yu JY

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors, the kidney contains a third high affinity binding site for endogenous glucocorticoids, the type III receptor. These binding sites have been localized to the collecting duct, but their biological function has not yet been identified. We have used immunodiss...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Náray-Fejes-Tóth A,Rusvai E,Fejes-Tóth G

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To address controversies of estrogen therapy, in vitro models of perimenopause and prevention vs. treatment modes of 17beta-estradiol (E(2)) exposure were developed and used to assess the neuroprotective efficacy of E(2) against beta-amyloid-1-42 (Abeta(1-42))-induced neurodegeneration in rat primary hippocampal neuro...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen S,Nilsen J,Brinton RD

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal induction of steroidogenesis in the adrenal and gonads is dependent on the synthesis and function of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). As a first approach to investigate the role of translation in the control of StAR expression, we examined StAR protein synthesis and steroid production in MA-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clark BJ,Combs R,Hales KH,Hales DB,Stocco DM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serum-free, hormone- and factor-supplemented, defined medium was developed which maintains functional activity of primary cultures of adult islet cells and continuous islet cell lines. Medium supplements examined included proteose peptone (PP), transferrin (TrFe), insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), an insulinotro...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clark SA,Chick WL

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides the first demonstration that human hepatocarcinoma-derived cell line HepG2 contains GnRH receptors and responds to various molecular forms of GnRH in terms of inhibition of proliferation in a time- and dose-related manner. In addition, GnRH peptides also significantly inhibited the uptake of [3H]th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pati D,Habibi HR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of T4 to T3 in the brain and anterior pituitary gland contributes significantly to the T3 content of these tissues and appears to be an important modulator of thyroid hormone action. In the present study, the antimanic agent lithium was demonstrated in cultured neural and pituitary tissue to have a sign...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： St Germain DL

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that long-term treatment with pioglitazone restored cardiac Akt phosphorylation in response to hyperthermia (HT) and subsequent cardiac heat-shock protein 72 (HSP72) expression, in heredity insulin resistance rats via improvement of insulin sensitivity. Because adrenomedullin (AM) promotes Akt pho...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Torigoe Y,Takahashi N,Hara M,Yoshimatsu H,Saikawa T

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens have pronounced effects on thermoregulation, as illustrated by the occurrence of hot flushes secondary to estrogen withdrawal in menopausal women. Because neurokinin B (NKB) gene expression is markedly increased in the infundibular (arcuate) nucleus of postmenopausal women, and is modulated by estrogen withd...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dacks PA,Krajewski SJ,Rance NE

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Na(+)/I(-) symporter (NIS)-mediated iodide uptake into thyroid follicular cells serves as the basis of radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer. NIS protein is also expressed in the majority of breast tumors, raising potential for radionuclide therapy of breast cancer. KT5823, a staurosporine-related protein kinase inhi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Beyer S,Lakshmanan A,Liu YY,Zhang X,Wapnir I,Smolenski A,Jhiang S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the relationship between the concentrations of serum T3 and hepatic nuclear T3 receptor in a reversible nonthyroidal disease, we studied these parameters in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus, control rats, and rats that were weight-matched to the diabetic rats by food restriction. Results...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Las MS,Surks MI

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of how progesterone affects mammary gland growth is controversial, and the mechanism governing the effects of the hormone remains mostly unknown. We have previously shown that G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30) is a progestin target gene whose expression correlates with progestin-induced growth inhibition...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ahola TM,Manninen T,Alkio N,Ylikomi T

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) has been shown to influence the growth and differentiation of many widely varied cell types in vitro, including some that are endocrinologically active. We have investigated the previously unknown effects of this unique growth factor in the differentiated rat thyroid follicul...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Morris JC 3rd,Ranganathan G,Hay ID,Nelson RE,Jiang NS

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A functioning rat thyroid cell line (FRTL-5) responds acutely to the addition of TSH, norepinephrine, and the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 by a depression in iodide (I-) uptake levels. The decrease in I- content measured at the steady state depends on the presence of external Ca2+ and can be accounted for by an effect on sti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Weiss SJ,Philp NJ,Grollman EF

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DHCR24 gene encodes an enzyme catalyzing the last step of cholesterol biosynthesis, the conversion of desmosterol to cholesterol. To elucidate the physiological significance of cholesterol biosynthesis in mammalian cells, we investigated proliferation of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) prepared from DHCR24(-/-)...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lu X,Kambe F,Cao X,Yoshida T,Ohmori S,Murakami K,Kaji T,Ishii T,Zadworny D,Seo H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of peripheral glucagon like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) stimulation on feeding, gastric emptying, and energetic responses involve vagal transmission and central nervous system processing. Despite a lack of studies aimed at determining which central nervous system regions are critical for the GLP-1R respons...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hayes MR,Skibicka KP,Grill HJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates, activation of the GnRH receptor is necessary to initiate the reproductive cascade. However, little is known about the characteristics of GnRH receptors before the vertebrates evolved. Recently genome sequencing was completed for amphioxus, Branchiostoma floridae. To understand the GnRH receptors (GnRHR...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tello JA,Sherwood NM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature male rat liver cytosol contains a moderate affinity and capacity estrogen-binding protein in at least a 200-fold higher level than mature female or immature male rat liver cytosol. Binding of estradiol to this protein is very rapid, is stabilized by EDTA, and is inhibited by divalent cations. This is the major ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dickson RB,Aten RF,Eisenfeld AJ

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maternal plasma concentrations of GH and PRL increase dramatically upon the initiation of lactation in the rat. In light of the fact that these two hormones have evolved from one common precursor, we sought to determine if the neuroendocrine mechanisms regulating their concomitant increase during lactation are com...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wehrenberg WB,Gaillard RC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is stored in atrial myocytes as a 15-17K prohormone, but circulates in plasma as a 3K, carboxy (C)-terminal fragment of the prohormone. The tissue location at which the cleavage of pro-ANF to its hormonal form occurs is unknown. In the present study, an immunological approach was taken ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wildey GM,Fischman AJ,Fallon JT,Matsueda GR,Zisfein JB,Preibisch G,Seipke G,Homcy CJ,Graham RM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance are linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study, we used Tg2576 transgenic (Tg) mice, a widely used transgenic mouse model for AD, to explore the relationship between increased amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) and insulin resistance. When fed a high...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kohjima M,Sun Y,Chan L

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a gastric peptide that regulates appetite and GH secretion. Circulating ghrelin levels are elevated by fasting and suppressed postprandially. However, the mechanisms regulating circulating ghrelin levels are unclear. Oxyntomodulin is an anorexic peptide hormone released from L cells in the gut. We investiga...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Patterson M,Murphy KG,Patel SR,Patel NA,Greenwood HC,Cooke JH,Campbell D,Bewick GA,Ghatei MA,Bloom SR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the thyroid follicles and blood of goats with congenital hypothyroidism and goiter, abnormal iodoproteins (e.g. iodoalbumin) are found. To study the mechanism involved in the passage of these proteins between the follicles and the blood, the morphology of tight junctions in goiters and normal thyroids of goats was ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： van Uigen AJ,van Dijk JE,Koch CA,de Vijlder JJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00