Anti-alpha-enolase antibodies in pituitary disease.

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：:Treatment plan for neonates with borderline hypothyroidism (persistent hyperthyrotropinemia with normothyroxinemia) has not been established. In this study, changes in thyroid function after discontinuation of low-dose L-thyroxine (L-T4) supplement in infants with the condition were evaluated. Fourteen infants with hy...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tomita Y,Ishiguro H,Shinagawa T,Kubota C,Shinohara O

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise is a fundamental component of diabetes management. However, choosing inappropriate type or timing of exercise is associated with mild or severe hypoglycemia either during exercise or several hours after exercise. Several studies have shown that impaired counterregulatory responses triggers hypoglycemia. There...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Mao Y,Wen S,Zhou M,Zhu S,Zhou L

更新日期：2019-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new classification of thyroid follicular cell tumors which is correlated with patient's prognosis. It is unique as to two new categories: borderline malignancy between benign and malignant, and moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (MDA) as a differentiation classification to stratify tumor aggressive...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kakudo K,Bai Y,Liu Z,Li Y,Ito Y,Ozaki T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old Japanese woman was referred for examination of right flank pain and progressive hypertension. Abdominal CT incidentally detected a right adrenal mass 8 cm in size. The tumor exhibited isodensity by CT and contained high-intense lesion by T2-weighted MRI. Scintigraphy with (131) I-metaiodobenzylguanidine ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Goto J,Otsuka F,Kodera R,Miyoshi T,Kinomura M,Otani H,Mimura Y,Ogura T,Yanai H,Nasu Y,Makino H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The islets of Langerhans is the endocrine function region of pancreas, which exist in five cell types. The majority of endocrine cells are insulin-secreting β cells, mixed up with glucagon-secreting α-cells. The islets of Langerhans are highly vascularized, and the capillary network around the islet is about five time...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Cao Z,Wang X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that short-term continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) with the professional iPro2© CGM device is a good clinical indicator of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. However, there was no significant correlation between CGM and HbA1c levels when HbA1c levels were >8.0%. To further investigate this is...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamada M,Okada S,Oda H,Nakajima Y,C Bastie C,Kasai Y,Osaki A,Shimoda Y,Shibusawa R,Uehara R,Saito T,Ozawa A,Yamada E

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of diabetes insipidus (DI) due to a pituitary tumor in a 33-year-old pregnant woman who developed a sudden onset of polyuria (over 8 l/day) and polydipsia at 30 weeks of gestation. Her plasma concentration of vasopressin (AVP) was low compared with high serum osmolality (298 mOsm/kg), and her urine ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hashimoto M,Ogura T,Otsuka F,Yamauchi T,Mimura Y,Hayakawa N,Makino H,Ota Z,Seki N,Hiramatsu Y,Kudo N

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is significantly lower in Asian countries than Western countries; however, the difference remains unexplained. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of NIFTP in tumors diagnos...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hirokawa M,Higuchi M,Suzuki A,Hayashi T,Kuma S,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that IA-2 autoantibodies (Ab) facilitated the diagnosis of Japanese insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), but the number tested was not large enough to investigate whether IA-2Ab can improve the diagnostic accuracy. In this report, sera from 78 patients with less than 2 year-disease durati...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kasuga A,Ozawa Y,Maruyama T,Ishihara T,Amemiya S,Saruta T

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:We describe a patient with right adrenal tumor detected incidentally. The tumor was diagnosed as pheochromocytoma by endocrinological and radiological studies, and was removed surgically. Graves' disease, which had been in remission for more than two decades after discontinuation of antithyroid drug treatment, relapse...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Abe M,Mori K,Nagai K,Ito S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallmann syndrome is defined by the association of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia. The KAL1 gene is responsible for the X-linked form of Kallmann syndrome. We analyzed the KAL1 gene in 19 Japanese patients with Kallmann syndrome, including 3 patients reported previously, using PCR-direct sequencing method. ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Izumi Y,Tatsumi K,Okamoto S,Ogawa T,Hosokawa A,Matsuo T,Kato Y,Fukui H,Amino N

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated hypoaldosteronism is a rare and occasionally life-threatening cause of salt wasting in infancy. A 2-month-old Japanese boy of unrelated parents was examined for failure to thrive and poor weight gain. Laboratory findings were hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, high plasma renin and low aldosterone levels. Spot ur...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kondo E,Nakamura A,Homma K,Hasegawa T,Yamaguchi T,Narugami M,Hattori T,Aoyagi H,Ishizu K,Tajima T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's disease rarely appears as a consequence of hereditary disease. However, familial diseases with diminished glucocorticoid feedback are associated with secondary hypercorticotropinism and have been shown to give rise to pituitary adenomas. We here describe the rare case of a 30-year old female patient with con...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Haase M,Schott M,Kaminsky E,Lüdecke DK,Saeger W,Fritzen R,Schinner S,Scherbaum WA,Willenberg HS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of monosodium L-glutamate (MSG) to neonatal mice produces a hypothalamic syndrome consisting of stunted growth and later development of obesity. We assayed plasma insulin (IRI), thyroxine (T4) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) to investigate their roles in the growth of the mice. Two mg/g body we...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamamoto T,Matsuo S,Ueshima Y,Inoue F,Kinugasa A,Sawada T

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to define the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in non-insulin dependent diabetic rats (WBN/Kob), we measured plasma corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), as well as arginine vasopressin (AVP), ACTH, and corticosterone (B), CRF concentrations in the median eminence (ME), the remainder of the hypo...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tojo C,Takao T,Nishioka T,Numata Y,Suemaru S,Hashimoto K

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease (VHLD) is a hereditary autosomal dominant syndrome that causes various benign and malignant tumors. VHLD is caused by mutations in the VHL tumor suppressor gene. Here, we report a mutation in the VHL gene in a Japanese family with VHLD type 2A, characterized by pheochromocytoma (PHE), a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Imanaka M,Iida K,Takahashi K,Tsuji K,Nishizawa H,Fukuoka H,Takeno R,Takahashi Y,Okimura Y,Kaji H,Chihara K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study used intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) in 10 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 7-day outpatient treatment with the combination of intensive insulin therapy and sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2-I). All participa...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kurozumi A,Okada Y,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1) is rarely reported in Japanese and other oriental populations. To examine if there is a racial difference in the prevalence of MEN 1, we initiated extensive work on patients with endocrine tumors for additional lesions, and annual screening of family members of affected pati...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Katai M,Sakurai A,Itakura Y,Ikeo Y,Nakajima K,Hara M,Iijima S,Kaneko T,Kobayashi M,Ichikawa K,Aizawa T,Hashizume K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids play a critical role in the regulation of homeostasis, including metabolism. In patients with Cushing's syndrome, chronic glucocorticoid excess disrupts physiological internal milieu, resulting in central obesity, muscle atrophy, fatty liver, and insulin resistance. However, the relationship among vari...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Uehara M,Yamazaki H,Yoshikawa N,Kuribara-Souta A,Tanaka H

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates whether urinary levels of pentosidine, pyrraline and acrolein adduct are increased in type 2 diabetes (DM), and whether these levels are correlated with glycemic control and clinical traits. Urinary levels of pentosidine, pyrraline and acrolein adduct in DM patients (n = 100) recruited from the...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Daimon M,Sugiyama K,Kameda W,Saitoh T,Oizumi T,Hirata A,Yamaguchi H,Ohnuma H,Igarashi M,Kato T

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) is known to accelerate spermatogenesis and maintain gonadal function. In this study, we evaluated the effect of GH on recovery from testicular damage induced by cyclophosphamide (CP). Eleven- to fourteen-week-old GH-deficient Lewis rats (dw/dw) were divided into 4 groups (n = 10 each), with one gro...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Satoh K,Ohyama K,Nakagomi Y,Ohta M,Shimura Y,Sano T,Ishikawa H,Amemiya S,Nakazawa S

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of thyroidectomy in Graves' disease remains controversial. In our institution, long-term euthyroidism without thyroxin replacement therapy has been the aim, and it has long been the standard surgical procedure used to treat Graves' disease in many institutions, including our hospital. Based our several clin...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sugino K,Nagahama M,Kitagawa W,Ohkuwa K,Uruno T,Matsuzu K,Suzuki A,Tomoda C,Y Hames K,Akaishi J,Masaki C,Ogimi Y,Yabuta T,Ito K

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of reserpine treatment, not associated with pituitary irradiation, on the pituitary-adrenocortical axis in a total of 37 untreated patients with Cushing's disease were evaluated. With short-term treatment (2 mg daily for 2 weeks, n = 36), basal excretion of urinary 17-OHCS significantly decreased from 11.2 +/-...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Minamori Y,Yasuda K,Murayama M,Morita H,Yamakita N,Miura K

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is an emerging risk factor for metabolic disorders. No study of the association of sarcopenia with insulin resistance, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome (MS) according to age group and obesity status in the general population has been reported. We investigated these associations in the Korean population. Par...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Moon SS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been indicated that some subsets of clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma exhibit immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of somatotroph or corticotroph cells, which are described as silent somatotroph and corticotroph adenomas, respectively. We here describe a 70-year-old woman with nonfunctioni...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sakaguchi H,Koshiyama H,Sano T,Inoue D,Hashimoto N,Aoki N,Nakao K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with adrenal insufficiency require appropriate glucocorticoid replacement therapy; however, reliable biological parameters for optimizing glucocorticoid supplementation are limited. The physician has to rely primarily on clinical judgment, carefully taking into account signs and symptoms potentially suggestiv...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Watanabe T,Ozawa A,Ishii S,Tomaru T,Shibusawa N,Saito T,Yamada E,Horiguchi K,Nakajima Y,Matsumoto S,Yoshino S,Katano-Toki A,Hashimoto K,Mori M,Okada S,Satoh T,Yamada M

更新日期：2018-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarpogrelate, a selective 5-HT(2) receptor antagonist, is known to have a significant effect on antiplatelet action. This study was a double-blinded, randomized, paralleled multicenter trial to compare the effects of sarpogrelate and aspirin on preventing macrovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. T...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Park SY,Rhee SY,Oh S,Kwon HS,Cha BY,Lee HJ,Lee HC,Kim YS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00