Transforming growth factor-beta3 increases gap-junctional communication among folliculostellate cells to release basic fibroblast growth factor.

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has been shown to induce insulin resistance in cultured cells as well as in animal models. The aim of this study was to map the in vivo mechanism whereby TNF-alpha contributes to the pathogenesis of impaired insulin signaling, using obese and lean Zucker rats in which TNF-alpha ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cheung AT,Ree D,Kolls JK,Fuselier J,Coy DH,Bryer-Ash M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of cultured midpregnancy mouse ovarian cells to synthesize progesterone de novo and from oxogenous pregnenolone has been assessed. The conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone is almost completely blocked by cyanoketone, a known inhibitor of delta5,3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3beta-HSD) activity,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Salomon DS,Sherman MI

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uterotropic response of the uterus to 17β-estradiol (E2) is genetically controlled, with marked variation observed depending on the mouse strain studied. Previous genetic studies from our laboratory using inbred mice that are high (C57BL6/J; B6) or low (C3H/HeJ; C3H) responders to E2 led to the identification of q...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wall EH,Case LK,Hewitt SC,Nguyen-Vu T,Candelaria NR,Teuscher C,Lin CY

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a map describing the antigenic determinants (epitopes) of the human CG (hCG) molecule. A panel of monoclonal antibodies to hCG, previously characterized by us was incorporated into two-site binding assays to probe hCG by a 21 X 11 matrix of 231 pairs of MCA. Nine different reaction patterns of reciprocal ho...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schwarz S,Berger P,Wick G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear growth results from proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes within the growth plates and is regulated, in part, by the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) also appear to play a significant, but yet unclear, role. To examine IGFBP production by chondrocytes, we isolated bo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Olney RC,Smith RL,Kee Y,Wilson DM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graves' hyperthyroidism is an organ-specific autoimmune disease mediated by stimulatory autoantibodies against the TSH receptor (TSHR; thyroid-stimulating antibodies), causing thyroid hyperplasia and hyperthyroidism. Development of this ailment is well known to be under polygenic and environmental control. For example...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nagayama Y,McLachlan SM,Rapoport B,Oishi K

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium deficiency produced by feeding mice a low potassium diet caused a marked decrease in plasma and testicular testosterone concentrations and a concomitant fall in the weight of seminal vesicles and in renal ornithine decarboxylase activity. All of these parameters were rapidly restored when potassium supply wa...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sánchez-Capelo A,Castells MT,Cremades A,Peñafiel R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-associated changes in the reproductive hormones-the gonadal steroid hormones and the gonadotropins-have been identified as potential risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, levels of gonadotropins and estrogens are closely linked in vivo, and it has proven difficult to separate the effects of gonadotro...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Barron AM,Verdile G,Taddei K,Bates KA,Martins RN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreactive beta-endorphin (ir-beta EP) and immunoreactive N-acetyl-endorphin (ir-NacEP) have been demonstrated in the rat thyroid by specific RIA and characterized by reverse phase HPLC. In addition, pituitary and thyroid ir-beta EP and ir-NacEP levels have been determined after manipulation of the pituitary-thyro...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cheng MC,Smith AI,Funder JW

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A RIA for mouse placental lactogen-I (mPL-I) was developed using recombinant mPL-I as the standard, radioligand, and antigen for antiserum production. Displacement curves for dilutions of serum and placental extracts from pregnant mice were parallel to the recombinant mPL-I standard curve. Serum from male and nonpregn...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ogren L,Southard JN,Colosi P,Linzer DI,Talamantes F

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin (OT) is a hypothalamic nonapeptide that is synthesized as part of a larger precursor protein that also contains an approximately 10-kDa protein called neurophysin at its C-terminus. This precursor protein is trafficked through the regulated secretory pathway into secretory granules and then axonally transport...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhang BJ,Kusano K,Zerfas P,Iacangelo A,Young WS 3rd,Gainer H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of vitamin D deficiency and its correction by vitamin D or calcium-lactose supplementation on vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression in skin keratinocytes, kidney, and duodenum of adult rats. VDR messenger RNA (mRNA) was assayed by Northern blot, and VDR protein was determined immunocytochemically....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zineb R,Zhor B,Odile W,Marthe RR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific retinoid X receptor (RXR) agonists, such as LG100268 (LG268), and the thiazolidinedione (TZD) PPARgamma agonists, such as rosiglitazone, produce insulin sensitization in rodent models of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. In sharp contrast to the TZDs that produce significant increases in body weight gai...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Leibowitz MD,Ardecky RJ,Boehm MF,Broderick CL,Carfagna MA,Crombie DL,D'Arrigo J,Etgen GJ,Faul MM,Grese TA,Havel H,Hein NI,Heyman RA,Jolley D,Klausing K,Liu S,Mais DE,Mapes CM,Marschke KB,Michellys PY,Montrose-Rafi

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IGF-I is an endocrine and paracrine regulator of skeletal homeostasis, principally by virtue of its anabolic effects on osteoblastic cells. In the current study, we examined the intracellular signaling pathways by which IGF-I promotes proliferation and survival in SaOS-2 human osteoblastic cells. Inhibition of each of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grey A,Chen Q,Xu X,Callon K,Cornish J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatic extractions of gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and insulin were determined using in vitro and in vivo methods to assess the role of the liver in GIP metabolism and the possible effect of GIP on the hepatic extraction of insulin. During in vitro studies using the isolated perfused rat liver, infusion o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hanks JB,Andersen DK,Wise JE,Putnam WS,Meyers WC,Jones RS

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis has been theoretically linked to the processes of aging for decades. To investigate the effects of age on high frequency rhythms of plasma ACTH at the time of circadian activation, integrated 2-min blood samples were collected over 4 h in 10 young and 14 ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Carnes M,Goodman BM,Lent SJ,Vo H

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1 (PGC-1), a cold-induced protein expressed in brown adipose tissue (BAT), plays a role in adaptive thermogenesis by up-regulating uncoupling proteins (UCP). Here, we explore its relationship to the thermogenic actions of leptin, which also up-regulates UCPs...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kakuma T,Wang ZW,Pan W,Unger RH,Zhou YT

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess of glucocorticoids (GCs) is a leading cause of bone fragility, and therapeutic targets are sorely needed. We report that genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) prevents GC-induced bone loss by overriding GC effects of detachment-induced bone cell apoptosis (anoik...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sato AY,Cregor M,McAndrews K,Li T,Condon KW,Plotkin LI,Bellido T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Media from large vessel endothelial cells (pulmonary artery, aorta) contained intact connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and a dominant 19-kDa band. N-terminal analysis of the 19-kDa band showed sequence corresponding to CTGF amino acid 181-190, suggesting that the 19-kDa band represented a proteolytic fragment of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Boes M,Dake BL,Booth BA,Erondu NE,Oh Y,Hwa V,Rosenfeld R,Bar RS

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Although the neurohypophyseal hormone oxytocin (OT) is best know for its role in reproduction, OT also stimulates natriuresis at physiological plasma levels. This effect is mediated via specific renal OT receptors (OTRs). In the present study, we have characterized rat renal OTR gene transcripts and assessed their reg...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Breton C,Neculcea J,Zingg HH

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin, a novel 28 amino acid peptide found in hypothalamus and stomach, was recently identified as the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). We have now found that both intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) and intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of ghrelin in freely feeding rats stimu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wren AM,Small CJ,Ward HL,Murphy KG,Dakin CL,Taheri S,Kennedy AR,Roberts GH,Morgan DG,Ghatei MA,Bloom SR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In thyroid epithelial cells, TSH via cAMP induces a rounding up of the cells associated with actin stress fiber disruption, expression of differentiation genes and cell cycle progression. Here we have evaluated the role of small G proteins of the Rho family and their impact on the actin cytoskeleton in these different...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fortemaison N,Blancquaert S,Dumont JE,Maenhaut C,Aktories K,Roger PP,Dremier S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remodeling of maternal spiral arteries during pregnancy requires a subpopulation of extravillous cytotrophoblasts (EVTs) to differentiate into endovascular EVTs. Activin A, which is abundantly expressed at the maternal-fetal interface, has been shown to promote trophoblast invasion, but its role in endovascular differ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Li Y,Zhu H,Klausen C,Peng B,Leung PC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase activity is essential for protection of cells against the telomere erosion that occurs with each round of cell replication, and thus appears to play a role in the indefinite replication potential of some, but not all, eukaryotic cells. In this regard, some tissues contain stem cells that have a long prolife...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Banerjee PP,Banerjee S,Zirkin BR,Brown TR

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P19 EPI-7, a differentiated murine embryonal carcinoma cell line with an epithelioid morphology, does not require external growth factors for proliferation under clonal and subconfluent conditions. At saturation density, however, cells become quiescent in the G1/G0 phase of the cell cycle from which they can be restim...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： van Zoelen EJ,Koornneef I,Holthuis JC,Ward-van Oostwaard TM,Feijen A,de Poorter TL,Mummery CL,van Buul-Offers SC

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired wound healing of skin is one of the most serious complications of diabetes. However, the pathogenesis of this process is not known, and it is unclear whether impaired insulin signaling could directly affect skin physiology. To elucidate the role of insulin in skin, we studied skin insulin receptor (IR) null m...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wertheimer E,Spravchikov N,Trebicz M,Gartsbein M,Accili D,Avinoah I,Nofeh-Moses S,Sizyakov G,Tennenbaum T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is produced by the gastrointestinal tract, and its systemic concentrations are mainly regulated by nutritional factors. Our aim was to investigate: 1) endogenous portal and systemic acylated and unacylated ghrelin levels (AG and UAG, respectively); 2) whether an iv glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) modifies AG an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gauna C,Uitterlinden P,Kramer P,Kiewiet RM,Janssen JA,Delhanty PJ,van Aken MO,Ghigo E,Hofland LJ,Themmen AP,van der Lely AJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study was designed to investigate the ability of prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) to activate a second messenger system (phosphatidylinositol pathway) in corpora lutea (CL) of rhesus monkeys. Activation of this pathway was assessed by monitoring the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol to inositol phospha...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Houmard BS,Guan Z,Stokes BT,Ottobre JS

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens are crucial for growth and function of the female genital tract. Recently, we showed that induction of uterine epithelial proliferation by estradiol is a paracrine event requiring an estrogen receptor-positive stroma. Growth factors [such as EGF (epidermal growth factor) ligands] are likely paracrine mediato...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hom YK,Young P,Wiesen JF,Miettinen PJ,Derynck R,Werb Z,Cunha GR

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00