Estrogenic activities in rodent estrogen-free diets.

abstract：:The tissue-specific differential processing of proglucagon (Pg) yields glucagon in pancreatic A cells and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), GLP-2, and glicentin in intestinal L cells. It has been suggested that the difference in Pg cleavage in A and L cells is due to the presence of distinct prohormone convertases (PC)...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Damholt AB,Buchan AM,Holst JJ,Kofod H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between serum levels of rat GH (rGH), rat PRL (rPRL), corticosterone, estrogen, and testosterone and the liver-binding sites specific to [125I]iodo-human GH (hGH), -human PRL (hPRL), and -rPRL were investigated in normal rats, in rats bearing the GH- and PRL-secreting tumor (GH3), and in rats 14 days ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Furuhashi N,Fang VS

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In animal models of inflammation, the pregnancy hormone relaxin was shown to reduce the recruitment of leukocytes, especially neutrophils, in inflamed tissues. The current study was designed to clarify whether relaxin could inhibit activation of isolated human neutrophils and, if so, whether the nitric oxide (NO) bios...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Masini E,Nistri S,Vannacci A,Bani Sacchi T,Novelli A,Bani D

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of biologically active LH in rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) serum was measured by a highly sensitive bioassay based upon testosterone production by dispersed rat interstitial cells. The sensitivity of the in vitro bioassay was equal to or higher than that of radioimmunoassay, with detection limits of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dufau ML,Hodgen GD,Goodman AL,Catt KJ

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In osteoblasts, retinoic acid (RA) modulates the synthesis of various proteins, including collagen. However, little is known about the effects of RA on the regulation of interstitial collagenase synthesis and collagen degradation. After treatment of primary osteoblast-enriched (Ob) cells from fetal rat calvariae with ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Varghese S,Rydziel S,Jeffrey JJ,Canalis E

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, adrenal medulla chromaffin cells constitute a fundamental component of the sympathetic nervous system outflow, producing most of the circulating adrenaline. We recently found that the rhesus monkey adrenal gland expresses several genes in a 24-h rhythmic pattern, including TH (the rate-limiting enzyme in c...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lemos DR,Goodspeed L,Tonelli L,Antoch MP,Ojeda SR,Urbanski HF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of hepatic NADPH cytochrome c reductase, an enzyme important in drug and steroid metabolism, increases rapidly during the perinatal period in rats. However, the regulation of this increase is not well understood. To investigate the role of hormones in the development of NADPH cytochrome c reductase activi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kriz BM,Gates JA,Read FE,Fong BB

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were injected ip with 1 microgram pertussis toxin (PTX)/100 g BW. The rats were killed 24, 48, and 72 h after injection, and their pancreases were removed. At each time point, insulin secretion by isolated islets was measured under basal and glucose-stimulated conditions and in the absence and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Komatsu M,McDermott AM,Gillison SL,Sharp GW

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) and its receptors in human and mouse pituicytes are expressed abundantly in corticotrophs and somatotrophs. As LIF induces POMC transcription and LPS-mediated stress also induces hypothalamic and pituitary LIF expression, we studied ACTH secretion in LIF knockout (LIF KO) mice. Basal A...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Akita S,Malkin J,Melmed S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution pattern of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) for insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), IGF-II, and the type 1 IGF receptor and the detection of IGF-binding sites in sections of ovine ovary were demonstrated using in situ hybridization and autoradiography. Ovaries were collected from 30 ewes at time points throug...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Perks CM,Denning-Kendall PA,Gilmour RS,Wathes DC

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount and sources of T3 associated with high affinity, low capacity cellular nuclear receptors in brown adipose tissue (BAT) have been estimated by in vivo pulse-labeling techniques. Maximal binding capacity was measured by in vivo saturation analysis. Nuclear receptor occupancy at endogenous levels of T3 and T4 ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bianco AC,Silva JE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of the 18-hydroxy group of the hemiacetal form of aldosterone transforms its activity from that of pure agonist to predominant antagonist. The 18-deoxy derivative possesses one third of the binding affinity of aldosterone for the cytoplasmic mineralocorticoid receptor of rat kidney and exhibits an approximate ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ulick S,Marver D,Adam WR,Funder JW

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH is an important peptide hormone regulator of calcium homeostasis and osteoblast function. However, its mechanism of action in osteoblasts is poorly understood. Our previous study demonstrated that PTH activates mouse osteocalcin (Ocn) gene 2 promoter through the osteoblast-specific element 1 site, a recently ident...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yu S,Franceschi RT,Luo M,Zhang X,Jiang D,Lai Y,Jiang Y,Zhang J,Xiao G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunomodulatory role for LHRH was suggested when we reported the presence of immunoactive and bioactive LHRH and its mRNA in rat splenic and thymic lymphocytes. In this paper we report that human peripheral T-cells as well as its subsets CD4+ and CD8+ contained immunoactive and bioactive LHRH. Furthermore, analysi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Azad N,La Paglia N,Jurgens KA,Kirsteins L,Emanuele NV,Kelley MR,Lawrence AM,Mohagheghpour N

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of active and passive immunization with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) on serum LH and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels and the ultrastructure of the pituitary gonadotrophs was investigated in castrated male rats. Two weeks after castration, the animals were immunized with Glu1-LHRH c...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Arimura A,Shino M,de la Cruz KG,Rennels EG,Schally AV

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH stimulates synthesis and secretion of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] in renal proximal tubule cells through activation of the protein kinase-A (PKA) or the protein kinase-C (PKC) signaling pathway. The relative contribution of the two transducing systems was explored using PTH fragments with selective act...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Janulis M,Wong MS,Favus MJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphoregulator genes like members of the Hox gene family regulate uterine development and are associated with endocrine-related processes such as endometrial proliferation and differentiation in the adult uterus. Exposure to neonatal endocrine disruptors could affect signaling events governed by Hox genes, altering t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Varayoud J,Ramos JG,Bosquiazzo VL,Muñoz-de-Toro M,Luque EH

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four different GnRHs and one GnRH receptor are reported to be expressed in various mammals, whereas 13 GnRHs and numerous GnRH receptors have been identified in various nonmammalian vertebrates. The nucleotide sequencing of the human genome provided the opportunity to determine which of these peptides and receptors mi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Neill JD

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different types of corticoid receptor molecules bind circulating corticosterone in brain: mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) and glucocorticoid receptors. MR exhibit the highest affinity for the endogenous glucocorticoid in the rat, corticosterone. During development, low corticosterone levels influence neurogenesis...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Vázquez DM,López JF,Morano MI,Kwak SP,Watson SJ,Akil H

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[14C]-3-O-Methyl-D-glucose transport in response to GH stimulation was measured in freshly prepared and cultured hepatocytes from hypophysectomized (hypox) adult female rats. Sugar transport in freshly isolated hepatocytes from hypox animals was stimulated by 10(-9) M human GH (hGH) and 10(-9) M rat GH (rGH) during 0-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fix JA,Moore WV

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In dairy goats, treatments associating a progestogen and the equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) are the easiest way to induce and synchronize estrus and ovulation and to permit artificial insemination (AI) and/or out of season breeding. From the first treatment, the injection of eCG induces, in some females, the prod...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hervé V,Roy F,Bertin J,Guillou F,Maurel MC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine D2 receptor agonists are commonly used in the control of PRL-secreting adenomas, and the sensitivity of dopamine agonists during long term therapy is exquisite. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of this cellular sensitivity to dopamine agonists remain poorly understood. In the ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ng GY,Varghese G,Chung HT,Trogadis J,Seeman P,O'Dowd BF,George SR

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates a localized origin in the olfactory placode for the mammalian forebrain neurons that express GnRH. To identify the cellular and molecular signals that induce the GnRH phenotype, we cloned and characterized a cDNA encoding the GnRH prohormone, the precursor for both GnRH-I and GnRH-associated ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hayes WP,Wray S,Battey JF

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GH/IGF-I axis has both pre- and postpubertal metabolic effects. However, the differential effects of GH and/or IGF-I on animal physiology or the plasma proteome are still being unraveled. In this report, we analyzed several physiological effects along with the plasma proteome after treatment of mice with recombina...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ding J,List EO,Bower BD,Kopchick JJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreastatin, a novel 49-amino acid peptide isolated from porcine pancreas, shows over 70% sequence homology to the central part of bovine and human chromogranin-A. Using an N-terminal and C-terminal synthetic peptide, we developed two sensitive and specific RIAs for the detection of pancreastatin-like immunoreactivi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schmidt WE,Siegel EG,Lamberts R,Gallwitz B,Creutzfeldt W

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the MtTF4 tumor of rat pituitary origin we established the F4Z2 cell line whose growth is stimulated by 17 beta-estradiol (E2). Taking E2 actions as references we investigated actions of other effectors on the proliferation, protein, and insulin growth factor-I (IGF-I) secretions of F4F2 cells. Dexamethasone (Dex...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhou-Li F,Joly-Pharaboz MO,Bouillard B,Albaladejo V,Nicolas B,Andre J

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) inhibits the embryonic migration of GnRH neurons and regulates hypothalamic GnRH release. A subset of GnRH neurons expresses GABA along their migratory route in the nasal compartment before entering the brain, suggesting that GABA produced by GnRH neurons may help regulate the migratory ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Heger S,Seney M,Bless E,Schwarting GA,Bilger M,Mungenast A,Ojeda SR,Tobet SA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in insulin, somatostatin, and glucagon secretion during the development of obesity in rats after ventromedial hypothalamic (VMH) lesions were evaluated by measuring fasting hormone levels and their secretion from the isolated perfused pancreas. Fasting peripheral insulin levels were not altered 1 week after th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Seino Y,Seino S,Takemura J,Tsuda K,Nishi S,Ishida H,Seno M,Usami M,Ikeda M,Imura H

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) pituitary-specific variant, TERP-1, is regulated dramatically by physiological status. We examined hormonal regulation of the TERP-1 promoter in transient transfection assays in GH3 somatolactotrope cells. We found that 17beta-estradiol (E2), genistein, androgen, pituitary adenyla...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bryant WM,Gibson MA,Shupnik MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00