A polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region of the gene for tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 modulates reporter gene expression.

abstract：:Uterine estrogen receptor (ER) and ER mRNA were measured in cycling and ovariectomized (OVX) estrogen-treated mice to probe the physiological regulation of the intracellular distribution and biosynthesis of ER. On proestrus, when plasma estradiol (E2) levels are highest, the cell nuclear ER concentration was 2.4-fold ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bergman MD,Schachter BS,Karelus K,Combatsiaris EP,Garcia T,Nelson JF

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：:In seasonal species, various physiological processes including reproduction are organized by photoperiod via melatonin, but the mechanisms of melatonin action are still unknown. In birds, the peptide gonadotropin-inhibiting hormone (GnIH) has been shown to have inhibitory effects on reproductive activity and displays ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Revel FG,Saboureau M,Pévet P,Simonneaux V,Mikkelsen JD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many aspects of reproductive function are corrected in hypogonadal mice with preoptic area grafts (HPG/POA). Gonadotropin release and gonadal development are dependent on the presence of GnRH cells within the grafts and GnRH innervation of the median eminence. This study examined the effect of a known modulator of GnR...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Saitoh Y,Silverman AJ,Gibson MJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new animal model of obesity and GH deficiency and report the effects on body fat of administering (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) in the model. Female GH-deficient dwarf rats fed a high-fat diet became obese and insulin-resistant compared with chow-fed controls. They were treated with recombi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clark RG,Mortensen DL,Carlsson LM,Carlsson B,Carmignac D,Robinson IC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T3 is required for normal skeletal development, but its cellular targets in bone are unknown. T3 regulates target gene transcription via a specific nuclear receptor (T3R), which can heterodimerize with 9-cis-retinoic acid, 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, or retinoic acid receptors to modify T3 responsiveness. Serum-f...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Williams GR,Bland R,Sheppard MC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma modulates the expression of numerous genes involved in glucose and lipid homeostasis and plays a critical role in adipocyte differentiation. Expression of uncoupling protein (UCP)1, which is necessary for thermogenesis, is strongly stimulated ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sell H,Berger JP,Samson P,Castriota G,Lalonde J,Deshaies Y,Richard D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms whereby ovarian hormones, and particularly estrogens, modulate fat cell metabolism, we investigated the effects of estradiol administration on c-fos and c-jun expressions in fat cells from ovariectomized (OVX) rats. Estradiol treatment resulted in a rapid increase in c-fo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Garcia E,Lacasa D,Giudicelli Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of administration of ovine prolactin in vivo on intestinal fluid and ion transport in vitro was investigated using intact and hypophysectomized male rats. Prolactin administration significantly stimulated fluid, sodium,potassium, calcium, magnesium and chloride transport across everted jejunal sacs. The ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mainoya JR

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, heterogeneity of POMC mRNA content between intermediate lobe melanotropes of the rat pituitary gland was demonstrated by in situ hybridization of tissue sections. In the present study the heterogeneity of POMC mRNA content in dispersed rat pituitary cells has been investigated. Acutely dispersed cells from a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hatfield JM,Daikh DI,Adelman JP,Douglass J,Bond CT,Allen RG

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the long-term effects of nicotinamide (NIC) on the synthesis of NO by insulin producing cells. NIC delays the formation of nitrite by interleukin (IL)-1 beta-(IL-1, 25 U/ml)-stimulated RINm5F cells, and previous exposure of cells to IL-1 for 15 h prevents this effect. The delay is associated with a lac...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Andrade J,Conde M,Ramírez R,Monteseirín J,Conde J,Sobrino F,Bedoya FJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in artificially induced ovarian differentiation were analyzed by exposing embryos of medaka (Oryzias latipes) to a potent nonsteroidal estrogen, diethylstilbestrol (DES). Embryos were exposed for short-exposure (SE) [from 0 to 8 d postfertilization (dpf)] and long-exposure (L...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Paul-Prasanth B,Shibata Y,Horiguchi R,Nagahama Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily treatment with 1 mg of the GnRH antagonist [Ac-delta 3-Pro1,pC1-D-Phe2,D-Trp3,6,N alpha MeLeu7]-GnRH abolished mating behavior and disrupted spermatogenesis in male rats within 2 weeks. This was accompanied by a sharp decrease in plasma testosterone (T) levels as well as sexual organ weights while body weight re...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rivier C,Rivier J,Vale W

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) increase during puberty, concurrent with an increase in the levels of GH and the gonadal steroids. The relationship between the changes observed in IGF-I and testosterone (T) levels are not understood. This study was designed to determine whether T has a direc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Phillip M,Palese T,Hernandez ER,Roberts CT Jr,LeRoith D,Kowarski AA

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that endogenous GnRH is required for maintenance of its own pituitary receptors (GnRH-R). We have measured GnRH-R in pituitaries of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadal (hpg) mice, in whom hypothalamic GnRH is deficient or absent. The GnRH-R concentration in hpg male mouse pituitaries was 10.6 +/- 1...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Young LS,Speight A,Charlton HM,Clayton RN

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt-initiated signaling through a frizzled receptor and the low-density lipoprotein-related receptor-5 coreceptor instructs key anabolic events during skeletal development, homeostasis, and repair. Recent studies indicate that Wnt signaling also regulates the intermediary metabolism of osteoblastic cells, inducing glu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Frey JL,Kim SP,Li Z,Wolfgang MJ,Riddle RC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the desensitization and internalization of the relaxin receptor (RXFP1) after agonist activation in both primary human decidual cells and HEK293 cells stably transfected with RXFP1. The importance of beta-arrestin 2 in these processes has also been demonstrated. Thus, in HEK-RXFP1 cells the desensitizat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kern A,Bryant-Greenwood GD

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection-induced inflammation, frequently associated with increased production of proinflammatory cytokines, is considered a significant contributor to preterm birth. A G protein-coupled cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2), encoded by Cnr2, is expressed in various immune cells and was shown to modulate immune responses. We ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sun X,Cappelletti M,Li Y,Karp CL,Divanovic S,Dey SK

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ hybridization histochemistry was used to monitor the expression of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, delta4-isomerase (3betaHSD) and cytochrome P450 11beta-hydroxylase (P45011beta) messenger RNA (mRNA) in adult rat adrenals after stimulation in vivo. In Exp 1, adrenals were collected from rats injected with ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Engeland WC,Levay-Young BK,Rogers LM,Fitzgerald D

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous (i.v.) administration of TRF (1 mg/kg) increases the LD50 of pentobarbital (PB) by 25% while the same dose of somatostatin results in a 30% reduction in PB LD50. A similar increase of PB LD50 by TRF was observed in hypophysectomized rats. Mortality was completely abolished in rats receiving TRF (1 mg/kg) t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Brown M,Vale W

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain if reductions in fetal plasma cortisol cause increases in fetal plasma ACTH, we treated pregnant ewes or their fetuses with aminoglutethimide (10 mg/kg BW) and metyrapone (20 mg/kg BW) and measured the hormonal responses with RIAs. When given to fetuses (n = 9) at 0.90 +/- 0.01 gestation (term-145 days), ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rose JC,Turner CS,Ray D,Rawashdeh N

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ cells were isolated from 30-day-old rat testes and purified by a Percoll gradient. Germ cells were cultured for 24 h to eliminate contaminant cells by utilizing the property of many nongerm cells of attaching to plastic surfaces. Germ cells were subsequently seeded on top of 7-day-old Sertoli cell monolayers. RNA...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rivarola MA,Sanchez P,Saez JM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GnRH peptides in the hypothalami of marsupials (tammar wallaby, short-nosed bandicoot, and eastern quoll) and a monotreme (echidna) were investigated by reverse phase HPLC and RIA with region-specific antisera. In the wallaby hypothalamic extract, a single form of GnRH was present, which eluted in the same position as...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： King JA,Mehl AE,Tyndale-Biscoe CH,Hinds L,Millar RP

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular LH receptor occupancy and steroidogenic responses were measured in adult male rats after intracardiac injections of [125I]iodo-hCG (0.5--5 x 10(6) cpm) mixed with known amounts of nonradioactive hCG to yield doses ranging from 10 ng to 300 micrograms. Uptake of the hormone by the testis was measured in the ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Huhtaniemi IT,Clayton RN,Catt KJ

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humanin is a peptide that is cytoprotective against stresses in many cell types. We investigated whether a potent humanin analogue S14G-humanin (HNG) would protect against chemotherapy-induced damage to normal cells without interfering with the chemotherapy-induced suppression of cancer cells. Young adult male mice we...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lue Y,Swerdloff R,Wan J,Xiao J,French S,Atienza V,Canela V,Bruhn KW,Stone B,Jia Y,Cohen P,Wang C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal and fetal metabolism of vitamin D was examined in term pregnant rabbits fed a normal diet and in those supplemented with a large amount of vitamin D3. Term pregnant rabbits (27--30 days of gestation) fed the normal diet showed lower levels of plasma calcium, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (250HD3), and 24,25-dihydroxyv...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kubota M,Ohno J,Shiina Y,Suda T

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homozygous ablation of the gene encoding the PTH/PTHrP receptor (PPR(-/-)) leads to early lethality and limited developmental defects, including an acceleration of chondrocyte differentiation. In contrast to the findings in homozygous PTHrP-ablated (PTHrP(-/-)) animals, these PPR(-/-) mice show an increase in cort...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Soegiarto DW,Kiachopoulos S,Schipani E,Jüppner H,Erben RG,Lanske B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular mechanisms underlying unloading-induced reduction of bone formation have not yet been fully understood. In vitro, Runx2 has been suggested to be involved in mechanical signaling in osteoblasts. However, the roles of Runx2 in vivo during the bone response to mechanical stimuli have not yet been known. The pur...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Salingcarnboriboon R,Tsuji K,Komori T,Nakashima K,Ezura Y,Noda M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we investigated whether fetal exposure to flutamide affected messenger and protein levels of claudin-11, a key Sertoli cell factor in the establishment of the hemotesticular barrier, at the time of two key events of postnatal testis development: 1) before puberty (postnatal d 14) during the establ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Florin A,Maire M,Bozec A,Hellani A,Chater S,Bars R,Chuzel F,Benahmed M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing adiposity predisposes to the development of the metabolic syndrome, in part, through adipose tissue dysregulation and inflammation. In addition, offspring nutrient-restricted (NR) in utero can exhibit an increased risk of early-onset insulin resistance and obesity, although the mechanisms remain unclear. We...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sharkey D,Symonds ME,Budge H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00