Antiequine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) antibodies generated in goats treated with eCG for the induction of ovulation modulate the luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone bioactivities of eCG differently.

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that aldosterone plus salt loading cause cardiac hypertrophy in rats in vivo, and that in vitro, both aldosterone and glucose stimulate fibroblast growth. The present studies examined the effects of adrenal steroids via mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors (MR and GR) on [3H]leuci...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sato A,Funder JW

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that TRH exerts a stimulatory effect on the secretion of both TSH and PRL. Clinically, hyperprolactinemia is usually present in hypothyroid women, but not men. In experimental studies, results vary because of the sexes, and treatments of animals differ. The purpose of this study was to further i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pan JT,Chen CW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal obesity at conception increases the risk of offspring obesity, thus propagating an intergenerational vicious cycle. Male offspring born to obese dams are hyperresponsive to high fat-diets, gaining greater body weight, fat mass, and additional metabolic sequelae compared to lean controls. In this report, we id...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shankar K,Zhong Y,Kang P,Lau F,Blackburn ML,Chen JR,Borengasser SJ,Ronis MJ,Badger TM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic enzymatic activities capable of degrading LHRH may play a physiological role in the neuroendocrine control of LHRH. There is increasing evidence, however, that these enzymes are not peptide specific. The present study in the ewe analyzed the possibility that the specificity of LHRH-degrading activity (LHR...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Advis JP,Kuljis RO,Dey G

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific serum binding of 25-hydroxy-cholecalciferol (25-OHD3) was measured by saturation analysis in rats of various ages, and during vitamin D deprivation. The serum binding capacity for 25-OHD3 was observed to increase until age 6-8 weeks, then decline and remain stable thereafter at 3.7 x 10(-6) M. The 25-hydroxyv...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rojanasathit S,Haddad JG

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3 beta-Hydroxy-5-ene-steroid dehydrogenase/delta 5-delta 4-isomerase (3 beta HSD) is a NAD(+)-dependent membrane-bound enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of delta 5-3 beta-hydroxysteroids to delta 4-3-keto structures during adrenal, gonadal, and placental steroidogenesis. Enzyme activity is located in both microsomes...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sauer LA,Chapman JC,Dauchy RT

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the carboxy-terminal domain of the Glut 1 glucose transporter was investigated using an antipeptide antibody to the C-terminal part of the molecule. The study was performed in fibroblasts transfected with the cDNA coding for the human insulin receptor. These cells acutely respond to insulin for glucose tra...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tanti JF,Gautier N,Cormont M,Baron V,Van Obberghen E,Le Marchand-Brustel Y

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproductive fitness in females is susceptible to obesogenic diets. Energy balance and reproduction are tightly regulated, in part, by hypothalamic neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), and high-fat diet (HFD) can steadily increase estradiol levels in rodents. Estradiol regulates the reproductive axis via negative fee...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Negrón AL,Radovick S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies of lipoprotein requirements for steroid secretion by the adrenal have examined the mixed cell population of the whole gland; none have examined lipoprotein requirements of guinea pig adrenocortical cells. In this study the effect of exogenous lipoprotein on the ability of cells from each of the different ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Black VH

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both serotonin (5-HT) and opiates exert a stimulatory effect on PRL secretion. Some evidence suggests that the action of opiates may be elicited through serotonergic neurons. We tested this hypothesis in the present study by evaluating the effect of perturbation of the serotonergic system on PRL secretion induced by f...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pan JT,Teo KL

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoradiographs of thyroid glands of aging mice demonstrate the gradual appearance of "cold" follicles which fail to iodinate the intraluminar iodoproteins even after intense exogeneous or endogeneous TSH stimulation. "Cold" follicles first appear at the age of 5 months. They may account for 80% of all thyroid follicl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Studer H,Forster R,Conti A,Kohler H,Haeberli A,Engler H

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic synthesis of alpha 2u-globulin and its mRNA in the male rat is dependent on androgen, glucocorticoid, T4, insulin, and GH. Some of these hormones may act directly on the liver, while others may influence alpha 2u-globulin synthesis through indirect physiological changes. In the present study the specific role ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Murty CV,Rao KV,Roy AK

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulinopenic diabetes mellitus in the rat is associated with reduced circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), resulting primarily from decreased IGF-I synthesis in liver and extrahepatic sites. Plasma GH levels in these animals are also suppressed, with loss of episodic secretion and decreased pitu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Olchovsky D,Bruno JF,Gelato MC,Song J,Berelowitz M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated growth hormone deficiency type II (IGHD2) is mainly caused by heterozygous splice-site mutations in intron 3 of the GH1 gene. A dominant-negative effect of the mutant GH lacking exon 3 on wild-type GH secretion has been proposed; however, the molecular mechanisms involved are elusive. To uncover the molecular...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ariyasu D,Kubo E,Higa D,Shibata S,Takaoka Y,Sugimoto M,Imaizumi K,Hasegawa T,Araki K

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A side population (SP) has been identified in a number of tissues, where it typically represents a small population enriched in stem/progenitor cells. In this study we show that the adult mouse anterior pituitary (AP) also contains a characteristic SP displaying verapamil-sensitive Hoechst dye efflux capacity. A major...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen J,Hersmus N,Van Duppen V,Caesens P,Denef C,Vankelecom H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticostatic peptides are a family of arginine-rich cysteine-rich peptides that inhibit ACTH-stimulated corticosterone (B) production in rat adrenal cell suspensions. In this communication we describe a new method for the facile isolation and purification of these basic peptides from rabbit adult lung. We then descri...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhu Q,Solomon S

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possibility that a common phenomenon might exist by which glucocorticoids influence responses to thyroid hormones, the cytosol levels of four proteins were measured after 2 days of treatment with L-T3 (T3; 50 micrograms/100 g. day 2) and/or cortisone (2 mg/100 g./day) in adult male hypothyroid rats....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shapiro LE,Sachchidananda J

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous experiments showed that LSH/SsLak female hamsters cease ovarian cyclicity after 2-4 weeks of short photoperiod (SP) treatment. This study was designed to reveal early hormonal and histological changes on day 1 of the estrous cycle (estrus) in SP-treated animals and changes brought about by the SP-induced acyc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hauser UE,Benson B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral destruction of the hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei (PVN) produced a profound depression of plasma TSH and the median eminence TRH concentration in hypothyroid rats. Anterior pituitary type II iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase (5'-D) activity was consistently lower but not significantly different in sham- and P...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Murakami M,Tanaka K,Greer MA,Mori M

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puberty is associated with an increase in the plasma concentration of sex steroids, GH, and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). Gonadal steroid hormones are important for the normal pubertal growth spurt and skeletal growth. The mechanism by which gonadal steroids induce skeletal growth is still not fully understood...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Maor G,Segev Y,Phillip M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple interferon (IFN)-tau genes exist in cattle, but it has remained unclear how many are expressed, the extent of their variation, and whether different genes exhibit similar patterns of expression and code for proteins with similar biological activities. A total of 118 complementary DNA (cDNA) were bi-directiona...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ealy AD,Larson SF,Liu L,Alexenko AP,Winkelman GL,Kubisch HM,Bixby JA,Roberts RM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGF-BPs) modify IGF activity. To investigate their role in regulating growth, the number and size of IGF-BPs in porcine serum and the role of nutritional and endocrine factors in controlling their relative abundance were determined. IGF-BPs w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McCusker RH,Campion DR,Jones WK,Clemmons DR

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study employed the dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA) loading test to determine if the placenta in baboons remains functional following fetectomy. A bolus iv injection of 100 mg DHA was given to 4 baboons prior to and at various intervals following fetectomy at midgestation. Blood samples were withdrawn over a 4...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Albrecht ED,Pepe GJ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-minded 1 (SIM1) mutations are associated with obesity in mice and humans. Haploinsufficiency of mouse Sim1 causes hyperphagic obesity with increased linear growth and enhanced sensitivity to a high-fat diet, a phenotype similar to that of agouti yellow and melanocortin 4 receptor knockout mice. To investigate t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kublaoui BM,Holder JL Jr,Tolson KP,Gemelli T,Zinn AR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine (NE) on lipid mobilization were studied in coho salmon liver slices incubated in vitro. Fatty acid (FA) release from liver slices was measured continuously by pH-stat titration. The pH-stat assay system was validated by simultaneous colorimetric measurement of FA an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sheridan MA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadal differentiation is dependent upon a cascade of molecular and morphological events. Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) and DAX-1 have been implicated in this process. A SF-1 binding site has been reported to be present on the DAX-1 gene. We therefore used immunocytochemistry to determine whether these two transcript...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Majdic G,Saunders PT

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 enzymes catalyze the degradation of drugs and xenobiotics, but also catalyze a wide variety of biosynthetic processes, including most steps in steroidogenesis. The catalytic rate of a P450 enzyme is determined in large part by the rate of electron transfer from its redox partners. Type I P450 enzymes, ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Miller WL

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:System A is one of the most highly regulated transport systems for transport of neutral amino acids into mammalian cells. Stimulation of uptake of alpha-[3H]methylaminoisobutyric acid (MeAIB), a nonmetabolizable system A substrate, by a novel insulin-sensitizing agent, troglitazone, in 3T3-L1 adipocytes was investigat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Su TZ,Wang M,Oxender DL,Saltiel AR

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult male rhesus monkeys, 1 day of fasting leads to a profound suppression of LH secretion that is rapidly reversed with refeeding. To test the hypothesis that changes in insulin secretion during fasting and refeeding mediate the changes in LH secretion, blood samples for LH measurement were obtained between 0900-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Williams NI,Lancas MJ,Cameron JL

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of adipocytes to glucocorticoid hormones in vitro causes inhibition of glucose transport and metabolsim. Maximal inhibition of glucose oxidations is reduced from 42-50 to 22-25 to 5-8% in young, mature, and senescent rat adipocytes, respectively. Percent values also reflect absolute reductions since basal lev...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Roth GS,Livingston JN

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00