Targeted overexpression of leptin to keratinocytes in transgenic mice results in lack of skin phenotype but induction of early leptin resistance.

abstract：:Mutations in Na(+)-glucose transporters (SGLT)-2 and hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha genes have been related to renal glycosuria and maturity-onset diabetes of the young 3, respectively. However, the expression of these genes have not been investigated in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Here in kidney of diabetic r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Freitas HS,Anhê GF,Melo KF,Okamoto MM,Oliveira-Souza M,Bordin S,Machado UF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that placental protein 12 (PP12) is synthesized and secreted by human term pregnancy decidua in vitro. In the present study, fragments of proliferative and secretory phase endometrium were cultured in media in the presence and absence of progesterone (P) and 17 beta-estradiol (E2) for 96 h. Th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rutanen EM,Koistinen R,Sjöberg J,Julkunen M,Wahlström T,Bohn H,Seppälä M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estrogen-regulated arginine esteropeptidase is present in the immature rat uterus. The enzymatic complex consists of a membrane-bound activator and a soluble proenzyme. The activator is under strong estrogen control; its activity increases 10-fold 3 h after a single dose of 17 beta-estradiol. The subcellular locali...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jazín EE,Dickerman HW,Henrikson KP

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sertoli cells regulate differentiation and development of the testis and are essential for maintaining adult testis function. To model the effects of dysregulating Sertoli cell number during development or aging, we have used acute diphtheria toxin-mediated cell ablation to reduce Sertoli cell population size. Results...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rebourcet D,Darbey A,Monteiro A,Soffientini U,Tsai YT,Handel I,Pitetti JL,Nef S,Smith LB,O'Shaughnessy PJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When colonic crypt cells isolated from intact rats are incubated with [3H]corticosterone specific nuclear binding is displaced by neither aldosterone nor the antiglucocorticoid RU38486, suggesting that [3H]corticosterone is binding to a site distinct from classical mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors. TLC r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sheppard KE,Funder JW

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prokineticin-1 (PK1) is a recently described protein with a wide range of functions, including tissue-specific angiogenesis, modulation of inflammatory responses, and regulation of hemopoiesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the localization and expression of PK1 and PK receptor-1 (PKR1), their signaling pat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Denison FC,Battersby S,King AE,Szuber M,Jabbour HN

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of insulin and glucose, alone and combined, on diacylglycerol (DAG), protein kinase-C (PKC), and glucose transport were compared in rat adipocytes and solei incubated in medium containing 0-20 mM glucose. In both tissues insulin rapidly stimulated [3H]DAG production from [3H]glycerol; extracellular glucose...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hoffman JM,Ishizuka T,Farese RV

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone remodeling is a complex process of coordinated resorption and formation of bone, which is regulated by systemic hormones and by local factors. We have previously shown that the peptide hormone adrenomedullin is mitogenic to osteoblastic cells in vitro and that it promotes bone growth in vivo. The aim of the prese...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Naot D,Callon KE,Grey A,Cooper GJ,Reid IR,Cornish J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypeptide YY(3-36) (PYY(3-36)) is a gastrointestinal secreted molecule, agonist of neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptor subtypes Y2 and Y5, recently involved in the control of food intake. Notably, several factors with key roles in energy homeostasis conduct pleiotropic effects upon the reproductive axis. However, whether ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fernandez-Fernandez R,Aguilar E,Tena-Sempere M,Pinilla L

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ghrelin receptor (GhrR) is known for its strong orexigenic effects in pharmacological doses and has long been considered as a promising target for the treatment of obesity. Several antagonists have been developed to decrease the orexigenic signaling, but none of these have been approved for the treatment of obesit...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hedegaard MA,Holst B

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since hypophysectomy and GH deficiency are associated with decreases in hypothalamic content and release of SRIF, it was of interest to determine whether these hormonal alterations also affect peripheral tissue levels of SRIF. Hypophysectomized (hypox) rats were studied at various times after surgery and compared with...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Recant L,Voyles NR,Wilkins SD,Fairtile RD,King C

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct effects of cortisol and cortisone on insulin and glucagon secretion by the isolated perfused rat pancreas were examined. Cortisone, but not cortisol, in a final concentration of 10(-4) M acutely and strongly inhibited both phases of glucose- and arginine-induced insulin secretion. In repeated pulse administ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Barseghian G,Levine R,Epps P

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of LHRH neurons was examined in young and middle-aged female rats at two different time points associated with the LH surge on proestrus. More immunopositive LHRH neurons were detected in the brains of young but not middle-aged females killed on the evening of proestrus (1830-2030 h) compared with those...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rubin BS,King JC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puberty in primates is timed by 2 hypothalamic events: during late infancy a decline in pulsatile GnRH release occurs, leading to a hypogonadotropic state that maintains quiescence of the prepubertal gonad; and in late juvenile development, pulsatile GnRH release is reactivated and puberty initiated, a phase of develo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ramaswamy S,Dwarki K,Ali B,Gibbs RB,Plant TM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian rhythm of blood corticosterone was examined in rats whose feeding was restricted to a specific time of day. The peak of the corticosterone level was found just before feeding time regardless of whether, the rats were kept on a 12-h light, 12-h dark cycle or in constant light or were blinded. It took at l...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kato H,Saito M,Suda M

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen or raloxifene (LY156758) prevent estrogen deficiency-induced bone loss in animals and humans. We demonstrated in the rat that a 22% reduction in bone mineral density generated by ovariectomy was associated with a 2-fold reduction of transforming growth factor-beta 3 (TGF beta 3) messenger RNA expression in th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yang NN,Bryant HU,Hardikar S,Sato M,Galvin RJ,Glasebrook AL,Termine JD

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swine granulosa cells cultured under serum-free conditions in vitro exhibit significant responsivity to the stimulatory actions of estradiol (E2) and FSH or LH. Under these conditions, granulosa cells harvested from either immature or mature Graafian follicles synthesized significantly increased quantities of progeste...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Veldhuis JD,Gwynne JT,Strauss JF 3rd,Demers LM

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior pituitary cells from adult male rats were cultured on a natural extracellular matrix (ECM). From the 5th day, spindle-shaped cells, fusing to form elongated fibers, were observed among the epithelial cells. These fibers later increased in size and number and were identified as striated muscle fibers, based on...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Spira O,Atzmon R,Rahamim E,Bar-Shavit R,Gross J,Gordon A,Vlodavsky I

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absence of TSH-stimulated radioiodide uptake in differentiated thyroid cancer is associated with a high recurrence rate and reduced survival. We studied regulation of the sodium/iodide symporter gene in human papillary thyroid cancer cell lines (BHP) and primary human thyroid cells. BHP cells expressed very low le...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kogai T,Hershman JM,Motomura K,Endo T,Onaya T,Brent GA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary kidney cell cultures from normal rhesus monkeys were used to study the regulation of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 production. Kidney cells were grown to confluency in the modified National Cancer Institute Medium NCTC 135 with 2% fetal calf serum and then maintained in a serum-free medium (2% bovine serum albumin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Juan D,DeLUCA HF

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we examined the mechanisms involved in the activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis after administration of the glucose analog 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG), which inhibits intracellular glucose use. Adult male rats were injected with either 2-DG (400 mg/kg body wt ip) or vehicle and wer...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Weidenfeld J,Corcos AP,Wohlman A,Feldman S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments were devoted to analyzing the hypothesis that somatostatin (SS) could modulate glomerular filtration rate by interacting with mesangial cells. Studies were performed in cultured human mesangial cells, passages 3-5. Radioligand experiments demonstrated the presence in the cells of two kinds of r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Díez-Marqués ML,García-Escribano C,Medina J,Boyano-Adanez MC,Arilla E,Torrecilla G,Rodríguez-Puyol D,Rodríguez-Puyol M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids induce tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) in hepatoma cells. We have previously shown that both the concentration of the agonist dexamethasone (Dex) required for half-maximal induction (EC50) and the amount of agonist activity produced by the antagonist dexamethasone 21-mesylate (Dex-Mes), expressed as a ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Oshima H,Simons SS Jr

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is both a gut-derived hormone and a neurotransmitter synthesized in the brain. Early reports suggested that GLP-1 acts in the periphery to promote insulin secretion and affect glucose homeostasis, whereas central GLP-1 reduces food intake and body weight. However, current research indic...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Williams DL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clonal cell line (44-2C) which synthesizes and secretes somatostatin, neurotensin, calcitonin (CT), and CT gene-related peptide and transiently expresses c-fos was used to characterize the mechanism of action of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). bFGF had two modes of action: 1) short term incubation of 44-2C ce...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zeytin FN,Rusk SF,Raymond V,Mandell AJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desensitization and internalization of G protein-coupled receptors can be mediated by phosphorylation within the C-terminal tail, facilitating beta-arrestin binding and targeting the receptor for internalization. Type II GnRH receptors (GnRH-Rs) show such regulation, but type I GnRH-Rs lack C-tails and are not rapidly...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Caunt CJ,Hislop JN,Kelly E,Matharu AL,Green LD,Sedgley KR,Finch AR,McArdle CA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether bisphenol A (BPA) has adverse effects on cardiovascular functions in CD-1 mice and define sex-specific modes of BPA action in the heart. Dams and analyzed progeny were maintained on a defined diet containing BPA (0.03, 0.3, 3, 30, or 300 ppm) that resulted in BPA exposure...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Belcher SM,Gear RB,Kendig EL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipokine leptin regulates energy homeostasis through ubiquitously expressed leptin receptors. Leptin has a number of major signaling targets in the brain, including cells of the anterior pituitary (AP). We have previously reported that mice lacking leptin receptors in AP somatotropes display growth hormone (GH) d...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Allensworth-James M,Banik J,Odle A,Hardy L,Lagasse A,Moreira ARS,Bird J,Thomas CL,Avaritt N,Kharas MG,Lengner CJ,Byrum SD,MacNicol MC,Childs GV,MacNicol AM

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that nonlactogenic rat (r) GH is far more potent than rPRL in inducing rat mammary development. To determine the relative roles of GH and PRL in mammary development and their mechanisms of action, we have compared the abilities of a group of native and mutant GHs, PRLs, and placental lactogens (PLs) to i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Feldman M,Ruan W,Cunningham BC,Wells JA,Kleinberg DL

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were done to examine whether rat relaxin is dipsogenic and whether such dipsogenic effects of rat relaxin are related to time of injection during the light-dark cycle. Female rats were fitted with a chronic intra-cerebro-ventricular (i.c.v.) cannula. Rat relaxin (2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50, or 100 ng/2 microl in 0...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Summerlee AJ,Hornsby DJ,Ramsey DG

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00