The neuronal growth-associated protein (GAP)-43 is expressed by corticotrophs in the rat anterior pituitary after adrenalectomy.

abstract：:Carbohydrate metabolism in pregnancy reflects the balance between counterregulatory hormones, which induce insulin resistance, and lactogenic hormones, which stimulate beta-cell proliferation and insulin production. Here we explored the interactions of prolactin (PRL) and glucocorticoids in the regulation of beta-cell...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Arumugam R,Horowitz E,Lu D,Collier JJ,Ronnebaum S,Fleenor D,Freemark M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin was injected into the cerebral ventricle of male rats anesthetized with urethane to study its effect on plasma levels of immunoreactive somatostatin (IRS) in hypophysial portal and jugular blood. An intraventricular injection of bombesin (0.2 and 2 micrograms/rat) caused a significant and dose-related increas...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Abe H,Chihara K,Minamitani N,Iwasaki J,Chiba T,Matsukura S,Fujita T

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) have been shown to play an important role in modulating LH secretion. One mechanism by which the ARH NPY system may regulate LH secretion is by modulating GnRH neuronal function. Thus, the present study examined whether the ARH NPY system pr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Li C,Chen P,Smith MS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum LH and FSH were measured at 60, 30, and 0 min before, at 5, 15, and 30 min during, and at 10, 45, and 90 min after bilateral electrical stimulation (ES) of various hypothalamic regions in 12 unanesthetized ovariectomized rhesus monkeys. ES of the arcuate-ventromedial nuclei (medial basal hypothalamus; MBH) induc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Spies HG,Norman RL,Quadri SK,Clifton DK

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated that GnRH-stimulated gonadotropin secretion is augmented by coadministration with neuropeptide-Y (NPY) in anterior pituitaries removed in the afternoon from proestrous, but not metestrous, rats. To test the hypothesis that these effects of NPY are due to an interaction with progesterone (...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Knox KL,Bauer-Dantoin AC,Levine JE,Schwartz NB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of clinical progestins used in contraception and hormone therapies on the metabolic capacity of the brain has long-term implications for neurological health in pre- and postmenopausal women. Previous analyses indicated that progesterone and 17β-estradiol (E2) sustain and enhance brain mitochondrial energy-t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Irwin RW,Yao J,Ahmed SS,Hamilton RT,Cadenas E,Brinton RD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sertoli cell intracellular protein 1 (SCc1) and 2 (SCc2) are polypeptides found in rat Sertoli cell cultures incubated with either FSH or (Bu)2cAMP. They were first identified in [35S]methionine-labeled Sertoli cell lysates using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Here we extend these observations by showing that SC...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gregory CW,DePhilip RM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current drug therapies for obesity are ineffective, and existing treatments for lipid disorders can be further improved. Thyroid hormones affect both conditions, although currently available nonselective thyromimetics are not clinically useful for such treatment due to cardiac side effects. Recent studies suggest that...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grover GJ,Egan DM,Sleph PG,Beehler BC,Chiellini G,Nguyen NH,Baxter JD,Scanlan TS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin acts directly as a mitogen on isolated embryonic tissues but has been shown to be inactive at physiological concentrations on several fetal cell types. Since insulin availability is obligatory for optimal fetal growth, we have investigated its mitogenic actions on chondrocytes isolated from the epiphyseal grow...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hill DJ,de Sousa D

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at testing the hypothesis that different forms of fibronectin (FN), produced as a consequence of the alternative splicing of the precursor messenger RNA, play specific roles during development of the ovarian follicle. In particular, we were interested in determining the effect of the ED-I (also te...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Colman-Lerner A,Fischman ML,Lanuza GM,Bissell DM,Kornblihtt AR,Barañao JL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Triple A syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive cause of adrenal failure. Additional features include alacrima, achalasia of the esophageal cardia, and progressive neurodegenerative disease. The AAAS gene product is the nuclear pore complex protein alacrima-achalasia-adrenal insufficiency neurological disor...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Prasad R,Metherell LA,Clark AJ,Storr HL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) is present in high levels in fetal fluids, certain neoplasias, and regenerating liver. Although AFP's physiological role remains an enigma, we have recently demonstrated mitogenic activity for AFP. Using a primary monolayer culture system, we have further investigated the proliferative activity...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Keel BA,Eddy KB,Cho S,May JV

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were conducted to further evaluate inositol phosphate formation and metabolism in prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha)-stimulated bovine luteal cells. Corpora lutea were dispersed with collagenase, and luteal cells were prelabeled for 3 h with [3H]inositol. Inositol phosphates produced in response t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Duncan RA,Davis JS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important enzymes for thyroid hormone metabolism, antioxidative defense, and intracellular redox control contain selenocysteine (Sec) in their active centers. Expression of these selenoproteins is tightly controlled, and a sex-specific phenotype is observed on disturbance of selenium (Se) transport in mice. Therefore,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Riese C,Michaelis M,Mentrup B,Götz F,Köhrle J,Schweizer U,Schomburg L

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D (GPI-PLD) is abundant in mammalian serum, but the source of the circulating enzyme is unknown. Pancreatic islets have been reported to contain and secrete GPI-PLD. In this report we examined the regulation of GPI-PLD secretion from beta TC3 cells, a mouse insulinom...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Deeg MA,Verchere CB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that renin is present in fetal membranes, with the highest concentration in the chorion laeve (reflected chorion). The purpose of this study was to identify and localize renin in human chorion laeve. Indirect immunofluorescent analysis, using antiserum against pure human kidney renin, revealed a single lay...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Poisner AM,Wood GW,Poisner R,Inagami T

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present report, we show that prostaglandin (PG) E2 is the most potent factor which stimulates aromatase expression via cyclic AMP and promoter II. PGE2 acts via EP1 and EP2 receptor subtypes to stimulate both the PKC and PKA pathways. The combined stimulation of both of these pathways results in maximal express...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhao Y,Agarwal VR,Mendelson CR,Simpson ER

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin receptors in lizard brain were identified and characterized using 125I-labeled melatonin ([125I]MEL) after solubilization with the detergent digitonin. Saturation studies of solubilized material revealed a high affinity binding site, with an apparent equilibrium dissociation constant of 181 +/- 45 pM. Bindin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rivkees SA,Conron RW Jr,Reppert SM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocator protein (TSPO) is a mitochondrial outer membrane protein of unknown function with high physiological expression in steroidogenic cells. Using TSPO gene-deleted mice, we recently demonstrated that TSPO function is not essential for steroidogenesis. The first link between TSPO and steroidogenesis was establ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tu LN,Zhao AH,Stocco DM,Selvaraj V

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of MUC1 expression and removal is a salient feature of embryo implantation, bacterial clearance, and tumor progression. In some species, embryo implantation is accompanied by a transcriptional decline in uterine epithelial expression of MUC1. In other species, MUC1 is locally removed at blastocyst attachmen...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Thathiah A,Brayman M,Dharmaraj N,Julian JJ,Lagow EL,Carson DD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular tissue of normal and hCG-stimulated European eels was incubated in vitro with tritiated progesterone or androstenedione as substrates. The following compounds were isolated and identified: 5 beta-androstane-3,17-dione; 17 beta-hydroxy-5 beta-androstan-3-one; androst-4-ene-3,11,17-trione (adrenosterone); 11 ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Eckstein B,Cohen S,Hilge V

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogenates from male ddy mouse sublingual glands were incubated with 100 nM [125I]rT3 in the presence of 2 mM dithiothreitol (DTT). Metabolites were analyzed by HPLC or Dowex-50 minicolumn assay. 3,3'-Diiodothyronine and I- were the only appreciable products. Iodide release from rT3 was compatible with the enzymatic ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tanaka K,Imura H

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is a leading cause of death, especially in the elderly or obese and diabetic populations. Various remodeling events have been characterized, which collectively contribute to the progression of heart failure. Of particular interest, autophagy has recently emerged as an important determinant of cardiac rem...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jahng JW,Turdi S,Kovacevic V,Dadson K,Li RK,Sweeney G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are functional constituents of many fruits and vegetables. Some flavonoids have antidiabetic properties because they improve altered glucose and oxidative metabolisms of diabetic states. Procyanidins are flavonoids with an oligomeric structure, and it has been shown that they can improve the pathological ox...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pinent M,Blay M,Bladé MC,Salvadó MJ,Arola L,Ardévol A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones are of considerable importance for vertebrate reproductive function and during development. To further assess the role of these compounds in this capacity, we examined the expression pattern of the type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2), which converts T(4) to the more active hormone T(3), in the rat ut...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Galton VA,Martinez E,Hernandez A,St Germain EA,Bates JM,St Germain DL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study employed the dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA) loading test to determine if the placenta in baboons remains functional following fetectomy. A bolus iv injection of 100 mg DHA was given to 4 baboons prior to and at various intervals following fetectomy at midgestation. Blood samples were withdrawn over a 4...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Albrecht ED,Pepe GJ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study whether changes in adenohypophysial dopamine are only related to PRL release or also to the variation of LH or FSH, dopamine (DA) in the pars distalis was measured during the estrous cycle and after castration of both male and female rats. Catecholamines were assayed using a highly sensitive radioenz...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chiocchio SR,Chafuen S,Tramezzani JH

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first mutation in a gene associated with a neuronal migration disorder was identified in patients with Kallmann Syndrome, characterized by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia. This pathophysiological association results from a defect in the development of the GnRH and the olfactory system. A recent genetic s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hutchins BI,Kotan LD,Taylor-Burds C,Ozkan Y,Cheng PJ,Gurbuz F,Tiong JD,Mengen E,Yuksel B,Topaloglu AK,Wray S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated whether activation of the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway might mediate at least in part the high glucose effect on angiotensinogen (ANG) gene expression and immortalized renal proximal tubular cell (IRPTC) hypertrophy. IRPTC were cultured in monolayer. ANG, renin, and beta-actin mRNA ex...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hsieh TJ,Fustier P,Zhang SL,Filep JG,Tang SS,Ingelfinger JR,Fantus IG,Hamet P,Chan JS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00