Endogenous relaxin is a naturally occurring modulator of experimental renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis.

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：:Neurons in the rodent anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) play a key role in integrating circadian and gonadal steroid hormone information in the control of fertility. In particular, estradiol-sensitive kisspeptin neurons located in the AVPV, and adjacent structures [together termed the rostral periventricula...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ducret E,Gaidamaka G,Herbison AE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat ovary, follicle cells produce and respond to activin, but as yet, the functional significance of the autocrine/paracrine effects of ovarian activin remains equivocal. To assess the effects of activin on folliculogenesis, normal cycling female rats were injected once every 8 h over a 40-h period with recombi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Erickson GF,Kokka S,Rivier C

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three members of the progestin and adipoQ receptor (PAQR) family, PAQR-7, PAQR-8, and PAQR-5 [membrane progesterone (P4) receptor (PR) (mPR)α, mPRβ, and mPRγ], function as plasma mPRs coupled to G proteins in mammalian cells, but the characteristics of two other members, PAQR6 and PAQR9 (mPRδ and mPRε), remain unclear...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pang Y,Dong J,Thomas P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pregnane X receptors (PXRs) and the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) were initially isolated as nuclear receptors regulating xenobiotic metabolism and elimination, alleviating chemical insults. However, recent works suggest that these xenoreceptors play an endobiotic role in modulating hepatic lipid metaboli...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Breuker C,Moreau A,Lakhal L,Tamasi V,Parmentier Y,Meyer U,Maurel P,Lumbroso S,Vilarem MJ,Pascussi JM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain metabolic properties of hormonally responsive osteogenic sarcoma cells derived from a transplantable rat tumor have been compared with those of related normal rat bone cells. All studies were carried out on cells grown in monolayer culture. Normal rat bone cells derived by repeated collagenase/trypsin digestio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Partridge NC,Alcorn D,Michelangeli VP,Kemp BE,Ryan GB,Martin TJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:We have compared the physicochemical properties of rat uterine nuclear estrogen receptors (ER) labeled with (E2) or the high affinity antiestrogen 4-hydroxytamoxifen [OH Tam; 1-[4-(2-dimethylaminoethoxy)phenyl]-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl) 2-phenyl-but-1-(Z)ene]. Nuclear ER labeled in vivo with either ligand had sedimentation ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Attardi B,Happe HK

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ovulatory LH surge results in follicular inflammation with an increase in cytokines and PGs. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are also produced during inflammatory processes. To study ROS generation during the ovulatory cascade, preovulatory follicles were dissected from immature female rats primed with PMSG. Follicl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kodaman PH,Behrman HR

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired regulation of hepatic glucose production is a characteristic feature of the metabolic syndrome, a cluster of diseases that includes obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. It has been proposed that sustained endoplasmic reticulum stress, which appears to occur in obesity and ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang D,Wei Y,Schmoll D,Maclean KN,Pagliassotti MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia, a common stressor in prematurity, leads to sexually dimorphic, short- and long-term effects on the adult hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axes. We hypothesized that these effects are due to stress-induced increases in testosterone during early postnatal life. We ev...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gehrand AL,Phillips J,Malott K,Raff H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although atrial and brain natriuretic peptides are well known to be involved in the regulation of cardiovascular and endocrine functions as circulating hormones, the roles of the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) remain unknown. We examined the effects of CNP on the secretion of aldosterone and cyclic nucleotides from ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kawai M,Naruse M,Yoshimoto T,Naruse K,Shionoya K,Tanaka M,Morishita Y,Matsuda Y,Demura R,Demura H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a proinflammatory cytokine that plays a pivotal role in several immunoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases. In this study we examined the role of MIF in the development of immunoinflammatory diabetes induced in susceptible strains of mice by multiple low doses of strepto...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cvetkovic I,Al-Abed Y,Miljkovic D,Maksimovic-Ivanic D,Roth J,Bacher M,Lan HY,Nicoletti F,Stosic-Grujicic S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cultured granulosa cells, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) induced a time-dependent (16-72 h) and dose-related (0.3-30 ng/ml) stimulation of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) activity, as determined by the catalytic conversion of [3H]arginine to [3H]citrulline and NO2- accumulation in the culture medium. Although FSH ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tabraue C,Diaz Peñate R,Gallardo G,Hernandez I,Quintana J,Lopez Blanco F,Gonzalez Reyes J,Fanjul LF,Ruiz de Galarreta CM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of the insulin receptor beta-subunit acidic domain, amino acids 1262-1291, to receptor function was analyzed. A mutant insulin receptor complementary DNA lacking this domain was created. Rat-1 fibroblasts were stably transfected with plasmids containing the mutant insulin receptor complementary DNA an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rolband GC,Williams JF,Webster NJ,Olefsky JM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As we showed previously, the extracellular matrix (ECM) derived from rat bladder carcinoma cells (804G-ECM) has positive effects on rat primary beta-cell function and survival in vitro. The aim of this study was to define beta-cell genes induced by this ECM with a specific focus on cytokines. Analysis of differential ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ribaux P,Ehses JA,Lin-Marq N,Carrozzino F,Böni-Schnetzler M,Hammar E,Irminger JC,Donath MY,Halban PA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibian skin has functional characteristics of epithelium in the mammalian distal nephron and plays an important role in sodium and water metabolism in these animals. A peptide extracted from the skin of the Australian frog Crinia georgiana has been purified, has been determined to have the amino acid sequence of [A...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Siragy H,Howell N,Rose CE Jr,Khosla MC,Peach MJ,Carey RM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an in vitro system for evaluating the direct effects of catecholamines on the activity of the type II iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase in dispersed rat brown adipocytes. Incubation with norepinephrine or phenylephrine for 3-4 h causes up to a 5-fold increase in deiodinase activity in these cells. As found in vi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Obregon MJ,Mills I,Silva JE,Larsen PR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior published reports have demonstrated that glucose-oxidized low-density lipoproteins (g-OxLDL) enhance the proliferative response of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) to IGF-I. Our previous studies have determined that the regulation of cleavage of integrin-associated protein (IAP) by matrix-metalloprotease-2 (MM...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Allen LB,Capps BE,Miller EC,Clemmons DR,Maile LA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary functional bovine adrenal cortical cell cultures have been developed to study the factors controlling adrenal cell growth. Cells were prepared by the collagenase technique and maintained in F-12 medium containing fetal calf serum and horse serum. Cells contained abundant lipid as demonstrated by staining with ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gospodarowicz D,Ill CR,Hornsby PJ,Gill GN

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of uteroglobin in rabbit uterine epithelial cells during early pregnancy is induced by progesterone and apparently suppressed by estrogen. To assess whether the steroid hormones exert regulatory effects on the expression of the uteroglobin gene, we performed transcriptional rate assays in endometrial nuclei ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shen XZ,Tsai MJ,Bullock DW,Woo SL

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the winged helix transcription factor family are known to regulate epithelial cell differentiation by regulating cell-specific gene expression. rWIN is a newly discovered member of the winged helix family shown to be present in the adult rat testis. In the testis the human homolog of rWIN, HFH-11, was local...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chaudhary J,Mosher R,Kim G,Skinner MK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new animal model of obesity and GH deficiency and report the effects on body fat of administering (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) in the model. Female GH-deficient dwarf rats fed a high-fat diet became obese and insulin-resistant compared with chow-fed controls. They were treated with recombi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clark RG,Mortensen DL,Carlsson LM,Carlsson B,Carmignac D,Robinson IC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenergic control of cAMP and 3',5'-cyclic GMP (cGMP) in dispersed adult rat pinealocytes was investigated. Norepinephrine treatment increased cAMP and cGMP content 60- and 400-fold, respectively; both alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors had to be activated for these responses to occur. Beta-Adrenergic stimulation alon...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Vanecek J,Sugden D,Weller J,Klein DC

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the direct effect of leptin on GH gene expression and secretion and the role of nitric oxide as a possible mediator in pig anterior pituitary cells. Pituitary cells from adult sows were treated for 4 or 24 h with rhleptin (from 0.1 nM to 1 microM) alone or in association with G...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Baratta M,Saleri R,Mainardi GL,Valle D,Giustina A,Tamanini C

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, we have shown that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) acutely inhibits 45Ca2+ uptake in osteoblastic UMR106 cells, and we have proposed that ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are involved in mediating this action of CGRP. To directly test this proposed mechanism, we have now examined t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kawase T,Burns DM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer in women is a complex and deadly disease, where the molecular events that initiate and control tumor formation remain poorly defined. Therefore, mouse models provide one approach for determining the mechanisms by which specific oncogenic factors cause ovarian surface epithelial cell and granulosa cell t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mullany LK,Richards JS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH and PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) have been shown to bind to and activate the same PTH/PTHrP receptor. Recent studies have demonstrated, however, the presence of additional receptors specific for each ligand. We used the PTHrP and PTH/PTHrP receptor gene knock-out models to investigate whether this receptor mediates...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lanske B,Divieti P,Kovacs CS,Pirro A,Landis WJ,Krane SM,Bringhurst FR,Kronenberg HM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoglin is an integral membrane glycoprotein predominantly expressed on human endothelial cells and recently shown to bind transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF beta 1) with high affinity. We now report the cloning and sequencing of a full-length murine endoglin complementary DNA of 2902 base pairs which hybridizes ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： St-Jacques S,Cymerman U,Pece N,Letarte M

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal cortex contains a kallikrein-like enzyme that may lead to bradykinin (BK) formation. This study was designed to determine whether BK acts on adrenocortical cells to stimulate steroid secretion. BK, Lys-BK, a specific BK 2 (B2) receptor agonist, and desArg9-BK, a specific BK 1 (B1) receptor agonist, all sti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rosolowsky LJ,Campbell WB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00