Effect of methimazole treatment for 2 years on circulating IL-4, IgE, TBII, and TSAb in patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease.

abstract：:The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between daily glycemic variability (GV) and visit-to-visit glycemic variability (VVV) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). A total of 156 outpatients with T2DM who had undergone continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for 5 days were included in this study. Indices ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsuchiya T,Saisho Y,Murakami R,Watanabe Y,Inaishi J,Itoh H

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue-specific circulating markers of thyroid hormone action on cardiac function have not been established. Although the relationship between thyroid function and plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels has been evaluated in patients with thyroid disorders, the relationship between these parameters in the g...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ohba K,Okada E,Goto Y,Suzuki S,Machii M,Nonaka D,Matsushita A,Sasaki S,Suda T,Oki Y,Takase H

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the total daily inulin dose (TDD) and contribution of basal insulin to TDD and to identify the predictive factors for insulin requirement profiles in subjects with type 2 diabetes, we retrospectively examined insulin requirement profiles of 275 hospitalized subjects treated with basal-bolus insulin therapy (...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimoda S,Okubo M,Koga K,Sekigami T,Kawashima J,Kukidome D,Igata M,Ishii N,Shimakawa A,Matsumura T,Motoshima H,Furukawa N,Nishida K,Araki E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment using the active form of vitamin D (1,25(OH)2D3) could protect against high-fat diet (HFD)-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in rats and ameliorate oxidative stress. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups and treated with sta...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Zhu CG,Liu YX,Wang H,Wang BP,Qu HQ,Wang BL,Zhu M

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and its agonists have been known to directly affect steroid hormone production in human granulosa cells. In this study, we examined effects of GnRH on Ca2+ mobilization, protein kinase C activity and steroidogenesis of human granulosa cells. Human granulosa cells were harvested by...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hori H,Uemura T,Minaguchi H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fasting triglyceridemia >10 mmol/L is associated with chylomicronemia (CM) and an increased recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP) risk. The number of pancreatitis episodes varies significantly between patients with CM. The objective of this study was to investigate gene expression profiles of RAP in patients with CM. A...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tremblay K,Brisson D,Gaudet D

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association of the RETN (resistin) -420 C>G polymorphism (rs1862513) with risk of diabetes mellitus (DM), considering lifestyle factors, in Japanese. Subjects were participants of J-MICC Study, where 2,651 participants aged 35-69 years provided their blood for genotyping and lifestyle data after inform...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hishida A,Wakai K,Okada R,Morita E,Hamajima N,Hosono S,Higaki Y,Turin TC,Suzuki S,Motahareh K,Mikami H,Tashiro N,Watanabe I,Katsuura S,Kubo M,Tanaka H,Naito M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) are diagnosed in Japan by comprehensive or organ-specific diagnostic criteria. To date, organ-specific criteria have been established for several organs, but not for the thyroid. We attempted to establish diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related thyroid disease (IgG4-RTD) based...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takeshima K,Li Y,Kakudo K,Hirokawa M,Nishihara E,Shimatsu A,Takahashi Y,Akamizu T

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhea is a non-specific symptom which may be associated with Addison's disease and several causes had been demonstrated in the aetiology. We describe a patient with Addison's disease who was suffering from chronic diarrhea for three months. She was diagnosed as having collagenous colitis and successfully treated wi...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Unlühizarci K,Bayram F,Ozbakir O,Kirgin A,Patiroglu T,Yücesoy M,Keleştimur F

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two local subtypes of extravillous trophoblast (EVT): one is the proliferative phenotype of EVT, which primarily consists of proximal cells and the other is the invasive phenotype of EVT, which is composed mainly of distal cells of cell columns. The mechanism of invasion of EVT to the decidua remains obscure...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Murakoshi H,Matsuo H,Laoag-Fernandez JB,Samoto T,Maruo T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic carcinoma arises from differentiated carcinoma and generally shows a dire prognosis. Anaplastic transformation may occur not only in primary tumors but also in metastatic lymph nodes. We encountered 5 cases of papillary carcinoma showing anaplastic transformation in lymph nodes that were curatively resected...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Higashiyama T,Hirokawa M,Fukushima M,Inoue H,Yabuta T,Tomoda C,Uruno T,Kihara M,Takamura Y,Miya A,Kobayashi K,Matsuzuka F,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's disease rarely appears as a consequence of hereditary disease. However, familial diseases with diminished glucocorticoid feedback are associated with secondary hypercorticotropinism and have been shown to give rise to pituitary adenomas. We here describe the rare case of a 30-year old female patient with con...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Haase M,Schott M,Kaminsky E,Lüdecke DK,Saeger W,Fritzen R,Schinner S,Scherbaum WA,Willenberg HS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of an aqueous extract of Ferula hormonis on social aggression, fertility and some physiological and biochemical parameters were investigated in male mice. The ingestion of 3 mg/kg of aqueous extract of F. hormonis for six weeks clearly inhibited social aggression. Body wet weight and other sex accessory or...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Khleifat K,Homady MH,Tarawneh KA,Shakhanbeh J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PRL surges in female rats have dual effects of luteal function: either inducing luteolysis during the estrous cycle or rescuing and maintaining luteal function during pseudopregnancy. We analyzed these apparent contradictory effects in relation to apoptosis. The detection of fragmented DNA and in situ 3'-end labeling ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kanuka H,Matsuyama S,Ohnishi M,Matsumoto Y,Nishihara M,Takahashi M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) is a benign syndrome with elevated levels of serum calcium, relative hypocalciuria, and non-suppressed serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. FHH usually occurs by a heterozygous mutation of the calcium sensing receptor (Casr), but some FHH patients show no mutations of the ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kanazawa H,Tanaka H,Kodama S,Moriwake A,Kobayashi M,Seino Y

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) have a clinical feature of visceral adiposity and it has been reported that these patients have an increased active cortisol (F)/inactive cortisone (E) metabolite ratio. 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1) is an enzyme expressed in liver and adipo...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Morita J,Hakuno F,Hizuka N,Takahashi S,Takano K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment plan for neonates with borderline hypothyroidism (persistent hyperthyrotropinemia with normothyroxinemia) has not been established. In this study, changes in thyroid function after discontinuation of low-dose L-thyroxine (L-T4) supplement in infants with the condition were evaluated. Fourteen infants with hy...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tomita Y,Ishiguro H,Shinagawa T,Kubota C,Shinohara O

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of paradoxical TRH response in human somatotroph adenoma cells were investigated using intracellular calcium measurement and static incubation assay. Intracellular calcium measurement revealed that TRH induces a biphasic response: a transient increase followed by a sustained plateau. The transient phase...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Okinaga H,Takano K,Hayashi S,Yasufuku-Takano J,Teramoto A,Fujita T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the relationship between serum thyrotropin and components of metabolic syndrome in a Chinese cohort. A total of 1534 adult inhabitants in DaDong district of Shenyang were asked to fulfill the questionnaire, complete physical examination and OGTT. Blood samples were collected to test thyrotropin (TSH), fasti...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lai Y,Wang J,Jiang F,Wang B,Chen Y,Li M,Liu H,Li C,Xue H,Li N,Yu J,Shi L,Bai X,Hou X,Zhu L,Lu L,Wang S,Xing Q,Teng X,Teng W,Shan Z

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) is the most common type of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. In addition to the clinical problems caused by adrenal insufficiency and androgen excess, a risk for obesity and metabolic syndrome during young adulthood is a major ramification of the disease. Although glucocorticoid therap...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takishima S,Nakajima K,Nomura R,Tsuji-Hosokawa A,Matsuda N,Matsubara Y,Ono M,Miyai K,Takasawa K,Morio T,Hasegawa Y,Kashimada K

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Transsphenoidal adenomectomy is currently the first choice for treatment of patients with pituitary ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. However, pharmacotherapy is prescribed for some patients, e.g., unsuccessful surgery. We treated a woman in whom pituitary Cushing's syndrome was improved while she was on antimuscarin...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimizu C,Yamane Y,Ishizuka T,Kijima H,Takano K,Takano A,Kubo M,Koike T

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycation gap (G-gap: difference between measured hemoglobin A1c [A1C] and the value predicted by its regression on the fructosamine level) is stable and associated with diabetic complications. Measuring A1C level in International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) units (A1C-SI; mmol/mol) and National Glycoh...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Akatsuka J,Mochizuki M,Musha I,Ohtake A,Kobayashi K,Kikuchi T,Kikuchi N,Kawamura T,Urakami T,Sugihara S,Hoshino T,Amemiya S,Japanese Study Group of Insulin Therapy for Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes.

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been indicated that some subsets of clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma exhibit immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of somatotroph or corticotroph cells, which are described as silent somatotroph and corticotroph adenomas, respectively. We here describe a 70-year-old woman with nonfunctioni...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sakaguchi H,Koshiyama H,Sano T,Inoue D,Hashimoto N,Aoki N,Nakao K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the prevalence of islet autoantibodies and other organ-specific autoantibodies in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients and characterize their clinical features. Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GADA), insulinoma antigen 2 antibody (IA-2A), zinc transporter 8 antibody (ZnT8A) and...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Pan S,Wu T,Shi X,Xie Z,Huang G,Zhou Z

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this prospective study was to characterize the changes in serum levels of two proteins produced during the synthesis and degradation of type I collagen, i.e., the carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PICP) and the pyridinoline cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen (ICT...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yasumizu T,Fukada Y,Hoshi K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates whether the plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level is increased by the clinical traits of diabetes, including its complications, and whether these levels are affected by the presence of other combined diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and coronary heart disease (CHD) in patie...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Igarashi M,Jimbu Y,Hirata A,Tominaga M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction is considered to be an early event in the development of atherosclerosis. The present study was undertaken to evaluate endothelial function and biochemical markers in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients before and after treatment with or without pioglitazone (PIO). Forty-one T2DM patients ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsuchiya K,Akaza I,Yoshimoto T,Hirata Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with right adrenal tumor detected incidentally. The tumor was diagnosed as pheochromocytoma by endocrinological and radiological studies, and was removed surgically. Graves' disease, which had been in remission for more than two decades after discontinuation of antithyroid drug treatment, relapse...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Abe M,Mori K,Nagai K,Ito S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of human progesterone receptor (PR) mRNA variants has been demonstrated in uterine endometrium and breast tissues as well as in cancer cells of these tissues. While exon deletions by the alternative splicing in these variants have been reported, there are few reports available on the PR mRNA variants with...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamanaka T,Hirata S,Shoda T,Hoshi K

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the occurrence of diabetes mellitus/glucose intolerance, arterial hypertension, central obesity, dyslipidemia, and microalbuminuria in the same patient (definition by WHO). Presence of metabolic syndrome is associated with larger myocardial infarction size and complications following acut...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kranjcec D,Altabas V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00