Improvement of insulin sensitivity after peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha agonist treatment is accompanied by paradoxical increase of circulating resistin levels.

abstract：:We have studied regulation of the glucose transporter by thyroid hormone in ARL 15 cells, a thyroid hormone-responsive cell line derived from rat liver, T3 treatment (5 x 10(-8) M for 48 h) of confluent cell monolayers grown in thyroid hormone-deficient medium increased the rate of uptake of [3H] 2-deoxyglucose by 2.3...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Weinstein SP,Watts J,Graves PN,Haber RS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early life exposure to immunological challenge has programming effects on the adult hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis stress responsivity, and stress is known to suppress GnRH pulse generator activity, especially LH pulses. We investigated the effects of neonatal exposure to endotoxin on stress-induced suppres...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Li XF,Kinsey-Jones JS,Knox AM,Wu XQ,Tahsinsoy D,Brain SD,Lightman SL,O'Byrne KT

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental evidence indicates that the neonatal gonadal steroid environment is an important determinant of the sexual dimorphism of GH secretion and body growth. However, the influence of the sex steroids in GH control during adult life and their mechanism/site of action are largely unknown. In the present study we ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Painson JC,Thorner MO,Krieg RJ,Tannenbaum GS

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Differences in the catalytic activity of the placental and gonadal isozymes of porcine aromatase cytochrome P450 (P450arom) were examined in cell lines exhibiting stable expression of recombinant enzyme. Cell lines were selected that expressed high, but similar, immunodetectable levels of each isozyme based on Western...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Corbin CJ,Trant JM,Walters KW,Conley AJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effects of hCG and estradiol on the time course of the inhibition of C17-20-lyase and the depletion of the estradiol cytosol receptor in testicular tissue of male rats. In hCG-treated animals the first significant decrease in C17-20-lyase activity was observed 16 h after injection of the hormo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Brinkmann A,Leemborg I,Rommerts F,van der Molen H

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the molecular origin of an ER variant, the truncated ER product-1, transiently expressed at the proestrus in lactotrope cells, we generated a 2.5-kb sequence of a genomic region upstream and downstream the specific sequence truncated ER product-1. Genomic Southern blot analysis showed that truncated ER prod...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tiffoche C,Vaillant C,Schausi D,Thieulant ML

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone and retinoic acid (RA) are essential for normal neural development in vivo, yet all in vitro differentiation strategies of embryonic stem (ES) cells use only RA. We developed a novel differentiation strategy of mouse ES cells using T(3). A dominant-negative knock-in point mutation (P398H) was introduce...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu YY,Tachiki KH,Brent GA

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:GH and IGF-I are potent regulators of muscle growth and function. Although IGF-I is known to mediate many of the effects of GH, it is not yet clear whether all effects of GH are completely dependent on the IGF-I system. To evaluate the biological effects of the GH/IGF-I axis on muscle growth, we administrated recombin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kim H,Barton E,Muja N,Yakar S,Pennisi P,Leroith D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera were raised against synthetic replicates of the carboxyl-terminal (C-terminal) fragment of the precursor to human GH-releasing factor (GRF) (pre-proGRF) whose structure was predicted from the complementary DNA cloned from a pancreatic tumor. These antisera were used along with antisera to human GRF itself to ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bloch B,Baird A,Ling N,Guillemin R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preincubation of rat pituitary cells in primary culture with rat GH-releasing factor (rGRF) resulted in substantial desensitization to subsequent GRF stimulation. rGRF-directed GH release and intracellular cAMP accumulation decreased in the desensitized cells. Whereas prior treatment of rat pituitary cells caused part...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ceda GP,Hoffman AR

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stat proteins are SH2 domain-containing transcription factors that are activated by various cytokines and growth factors. In a previous work, we have identified Stat 5B as a substrate of the insulin receptor based on yeast two-hybrid and mammalian cell transfection studies. In the present study, we have approached the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sawka-Verhelle D,Tartare-Deckert S,Decaux JF,Girard J,Van Obberghen E

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-I has been reported to inhibit gastric acid secretion through stimulation of gastric somatostatin-14 (S-14) release. To establish whether some of the effects of CGRP-I on intestinal function might also be mediated through somatostatin, fetal rat intestinal cultures were treated w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Brubaker PL,Greenberg GR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the lactogen specific binding sites of rat liver was studied in several different high lactogen states. The specific binding of [125I]iodo-hGH was determined as a measure of these sites. Hypophysectomy of pregnant rats produced a much smaller decrease in hepatic binding of [125I]iodo-hGH than was seen in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Posner BI

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated growth hormone deficiency type II (IGHD2) is mainly caused by heterozygous splice-site mutations in intron 3 of the GH1 gene. A dominant-negative effect of the mutant GH lacking exon 3 on wild-type GH secretion has been proposed; however, the molecular mechanisms involved are elusive. To uncover the molecular...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ariyasu D,Kubo E,Higa D,Shibata S,Takaoka Y,Sugimoto M,Imaizumi K,Hasegawa T,Araki K

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T3 and rT3 production rates in the fetus account for roughly only a third of the total T4 production rate; thus, the fate of the majority of T4 produced in the fetus is unknown (the "T4 disposal gap"). We developed sensitive and specific T4 sulfate (T4S) and T3 sulfate (T3S) RIAs to investigate the roles of these comp...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu S,Polk D,Wong S,Reviczky A,Vu R,Fisher DA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoblasts are known to produce osteoclast-stimulating activity (OSA). The aim of the current study was to relate the expression of OSA to the osteoblastic phenotype and examine its regulation by calciotropic hormones. The study was performed with the normal osteoblastic cell clone CRP 10/30 and the preosteoblastic c...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Collin P,Guenther HL,Fleisch H

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-38 (PACAP38) is a neuropeptide related to vasoactive intestinal peptide-secretin-glucagon which stimulates adenylate cyclase in cultured rat pituitary cells and stimulates LH and FSH release in vitro and in vivo. Because the cAMP-protein kinase-A pathway regulates the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tsujii T,Ishizaka K,Winters SJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a common form of endocrine hypertension that is characterized by the excessive production of aldosterone relative to suppressed plasma renin levels. PA is usually caused by either a unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma or bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. Somatic mutations have been iden...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Aragao-Santiago L,Gomez-Sanchez CE,Mulatero P,Spyroglou A,Reincke M,Williams TA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHR) expression in the ovary is regulated by a messenger RNA (mRNA) binding protein, which specifically binds to the coding region of LHR mRNA. We have shown that miR-122, a short noncoding RNA, mediates LHR mRNA levels by modulating the expression of LHR mRNA-bindi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Menon B,Guo X,Garcia N,Gulappa T,Menon KMJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further our understanding of the role of pituitary gonadotropin secretion in the control of corpus luteum function during the primate menstrual cycle, we have used an experimental model which enables us to directly control pituitary gonadotropin secretion throughout the luteal phase. Specifically, we have asked whe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hutchison JS,Zeleznik AJ

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronically elevated circulating glucocorticoid levels are although to enhance vulnerability to psychopathology. Here we hypothesized that such sustained glucocorticoid levels, disturbing corticosterone pulsatility, attenuate glucocorticoid receptor signaling and target gene responsiveness to an acute challenge in the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sarabdjitsingh RA,Isenia S,Polman A,Mijalkovic J,Lachize S,Datson N,de Kloet ER,Meijer OC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, skeletal muscle mass is negatively regulated by a muscle-derived growth/differentiating factor named myostatin (MSTN) that belongs to the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily. Although putative MSTN homologs have been identified from several vertebrates, nonmammalian orthologs remained poorly define...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rodgers BD,Weber GM,Sullivan CV,Levine MA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nutrients and hormones in the regulation of glucagon release is investigated in pancreatic A cells purified by autofluorescence-activated cell sorting. Purified A cells lack secretory activity in 1-h incubation at 1.4 mM glucose. Their release mechanism can be activated by arginine, alanine, and glutamine,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pipeleers DG,Schuit FC,Van Schravendijk CF,Van de Winkel M

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bovine corneal extracellular matrix (ECM) on gonadotropin-primed rat granulosa cells in vitro was studied by examining the following parameters: 1) rate of cell attachment to culture dishes; 2) modulation of cell morphology; 3) specific binding of [125I]human(h)CG to LH/hCG receptors; 4) cAMP response to...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Furman A,Rotmensch S,Kohen F,Mashiach S,Amsterdam A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a vasoactive molecule released in response to hCG is believed to be the main feature in the development of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in women, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the main candidate as the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) mediator. This study was conducted...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gómez R,Simón C,Remohí J,Pellicer A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1) are secreted by activated monocytes and other immune cells. Since IL-1 has been shown to elevate rat plasma ACTH and both of these cytokines induce similar acute-phase responses, the present studies of TNF were undertaken to characterize the ACTH response...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sharp BM,Matta SG,Peterson PK,Newton R,Chao C,Mcallen K

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat medullary thyroid carcinoma, which was previously shown to produce high levels of immunoreactive cholecystokinin (CCK), was used to establish a stable cell line. Transplantable tumors were subjected to four series of alternate in vitro and in vivo passages. Cells were prepared from the fourth series of tumors un...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Haun RS,Beinfeld MC,Roos BA,Dixon JE

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:19-Nor progesterone (19-nor P) has previously been shown to have a approximately 3-fold higher affinity for mineralocorticoid receptors than progesterone (P), its C-19 methylated parent steroid; in contrast, 19-nor aldosterone has less than 1% the mineralocorticoid receptor affinity of aldosterone. In the present stud...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Funder JW,Adam WR

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00