Evidence that alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide is a neurohormone that controls systemic lipid availability and utilization.

abstract：:The active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, [1,25(OH)2D3] has potent actions on innate and adaptive immunity. Although endocrine synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3 takes place in the kidney, the enzyme that catalyzes this, 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1alpha-hydroxylase (CYP27b1 in humans, Cyp27b1 in mice), is expressed at m...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu N,Nguyen L,Chun RF,Lagishetty V,Ren S,Wu S,Hollis B,DeLuca HF,Adams JS,Hewison M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in Na(+)-glucose transporters (SGLT)-2 and hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha genes have been related to renal glycosuria and maturity-onset diabetes of the young 3, respectively. However, the expression of these genes have not been investigated in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Here in kidney of diabetic r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Freitas HS,Anhê GF,Melo KF,Okamoto MM,Oliveira-Souza M,Bordin S,Machado UF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal induction of steroidogenesis in the adrenal and gonads is dependent on the synthesis and function of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). As a first approach to investigate the role of translation in the control of StAR expression, we examined StAR protein synthesis and steroid production in MA-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clark BJ,Combs R,Hales KH,Hales DB,Stocco DM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrated the involvement of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF alpha), a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family, in the developmental regulation of hypothalamic LHRH release. Although both TGF alpha and EGF stimulate LHRH release, they do not appear to act directly on LHRH neurons, ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ma YJ,Berg-von der Emde K,Rage F,Wetsel WC,Ojeda SR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the developing follicle, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) are the primary stimulators of steroidogenesis in granulosa and theca cells. The steroidogenic actions of both these gonadotropins are largely if not exclusively mediated through cAMP. Previous studies have shown that EGF and T...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gangrade BK,Davis JS,May JV

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify genes that are differentially expressed in the developing testis we used representational difference analysis of complementary DNA from gonads of mouse embryos at 13.5 days postcoitum (dpc). Three genes were identified. One of them was a novel gene termed tescalcin that encoded a putative EF-hand Ca(2+)-bi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Perera EM,Martin H,Seeherunvong T,Kos L,Hughes IA,Hawkins JR,Berkovitz GD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic (DA) neurons located in the preoptico-hypothalamic region of the brain exert a major neuroendocrine control on reproduction, growth, and homeostasis by regulating the secretion of anterior pituitary (or adenohypophysis) hormones. Here, using a retrograde tract tracing experiment, we identified the neurons...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fontaine R,Affaticati P,Bureau C,Colin I,Demarque M,Dufour S,Vernier P,Yamamoto K,Pasqualini C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol-17beta (E2) is suspected to exert a role in the regulation of testicular activity. Using a nonmammalian vertebrate model (the frog, Rana esculenta), we have investigated whether c-fos activity is detectable in the testis during the annual sexual cycle and whether E2 exerts a regulatory role on spermatogenesi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cobellis G,Pierantoni R,Minucci S,Pernas-Alonso R,Meccariello R,Fasano S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptin (encoded by the Kiss1 gene) is an important regulator of reproduction. In rodents, Kiss1 is expressed in two hypothalamic regions, the arcuate nucleus and anteroventral periventricular/ periventricular continuum, where it is regulated by sex steroids. However, the distribution, regulation, and functional si...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kim J,Semaan SJ,Clifton DK,Steiner RA,Dhamija S,Kauffman AS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IGF1-a small, single-chain, secreted peptide in mammals-is essential for normal somatic growth and is involved in a variety of other physiological and pathophysiological processes. IGF1 expression appears to be controlled by several different signaling mechanisms in mammals, with GH playing a key role by activating an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rotwein P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates, activation of the GnRH receptor is necessary to initiate the reproductive cascade. However, little is known about the characteristics of GnRH receptors before the vertebrates evolved. Recently genome sequencing was completed for amphioxus, Branchiostoma floridae. To understand the GnRH receptors (GnRHR...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tello JA,Sherwood NM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several neuropeptides with the C-terminal RFamide sequence have been identified in the hypothalamus of a variety of vertebrates. Among the RFamide peptide groups, however, only LPXRFamide peptides, including gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone, have been characterized in the avian brain. In the present study, we sought fo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ukena K,Tachibana T,Iwakoshi-Ukena E,Saito Y,Minakata H,Kawaguchi R,Osugi T,Tobari Y,Leprince J,Vaudry H,Tsutsui K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in the regulation of adrenal sensitivity to angiotensin II (AII) was investigated in vivo and in vitro by analyzing the characteristics of the inhibitory effect of ANF on aldosterone production stimulated by AII and other stimuli. In isolated adrenal glomerulosa cel...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Aguilera G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin radioreceptor assays were developed using splenic leukocytes and peripheral erythrocytes from individual mice. Splenic leukocytes were prepared using an NH4Cl buffer which did not alter insulin binding, but gave much higher yields than density gradient methods. Mouse erythrocytes were isolated from heparinized...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shimizu F,Kahn CR

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of activin and other TGF beta superfamily signaling is the primary mechanism of action for both follistatin (FS) and FS-like 3 (FSTL-3). However, most studies of these ligands use activin A due to its wide availability. We have now tested the ability of FS288 and FSTL-3 to bind and neutralize activin B rela...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schneyer A,Schoen A,Quigg A,Sidis Y

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to estrogen during the developmental period causes reproductive dysfunction in mammals, because the developing brain is highly sensitive to estrogens. In the present study, we report that long-term exposure to supraphysiological doses of estrogen during the neonatal critical period causes irreversible suppres...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Minabe S,Ieda N,Watanabe Y,Inoue N,Uenoyama Y,Maeda KI,Tsukamura H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha)-induced activation of protein kinase C (PKC) via phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC) limits IL-6 synthesis induced by IL-1alpha itself in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. In the present study, we further investigated the mechanism behind IL-1a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Miwa M,Kozawa O,Tokuda H,Uematsu T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the regulation of adipogenesis of a 3T3-F442A cell variant. The variant, designated 3T3-GH-independent clone 16 (GI-16), was isolated after serum-induced adipogenic commitment. 3T3-GI-16 fibroblasts displayed a lower serum requirement for adipogenesis than the 3T3-F442A parent cell. Insulin-stimulated...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guller S,Sonenberg M,Corin RE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular cytosol from Sprague-Dawley rats was shown to possess an estradiol binding component which exhibited the properties of a receptor. Specific binding of estradiol by the receptor was shown, at 4C in vitro, to reach equilibrium by 6 h. That level of binding was maintained at a plateau for 18 h. Estradiol bindi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Abney TO

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into mature chondrocytes, osteoblasts, and adipocytes. Excessive and dysfunctional visceral adipocytes increase upon menopause and importantly contribute to altered metabolism in postmenopausal women. We previously showed both plasma membrane and nuclear estrogen receptors alph...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ahluwalia A,Hoa N,Ge L,Blumberg B,Levin ER

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] inhibits proliferation of normal and malignant prostate epithelial cells at least in part through inhibition of G1 to S phase cell cycle progression. The mechanisms of the antiproliferative effects of 1,25-(OH)2D3 have yet to be fully elucidated but are known to require the vita...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Flores O,Burnstein KL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is produced in multiple tissues and is believed to exert its action in a paracrine or autocrine fashion. We have investigated the GH dependency of tissue IGF-I gene expression in rats harboring implanted somatomammotropic tumors. Circulating GH and radioimmunoassayable IGF-I levels...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fagin JA,Brown A,Melmed S

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some 17 alpha-alkylated androgens used as anabolic agents, such as stanozolol (ST) and danazol (DA), have specific effects on the liver that are not exerted by testosterone. This gives rise to the possibility that a steroid-binding protein, other than the androgen receptor, could modulate the intracellular actions of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fernández L,Chirino R,Boada LD,Navarro D,Cabrera N,del Rio I,Díaz-Chico BN

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Asparaginase (ASNase), a drug widely used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, has been reported to decrease serum T4-binding globulin (TBG) levels, while results of serum albumin determinations were conflicting. This effect in vivo has been attributed to depressed liver protein synthesis, but this hypo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bartalena L,Martino E,Antonelli A,Pacchiarotti A,Robbins J,Pinchera A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to characterize the interaction of calcium and PTH in the control of renin release in isolated rat kidneys perfused in a closed circuit at constant flow. Kidneys were rendered nonfiltering using low perfusion pressures (70 mm Hg) and a hyperoncotic perfusate (100 g/liter BSA). Under thes...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Helwig JJ,Musso MJ,Judes C,Nickols GA

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL) is tonically inhibited by dopamine (DA) released from neurons in the arcuate and periventricular nuclei. Kisspeptin plays a pivotal role in LH regulation. In rodents, kisspeptin neurons are found mostly in the anteroventral periventricular and arcuate nuclei, but the physiology of arcuate kisspeptin ne...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Szawka RE,Ribeiro AB,Leite CM,Helena CV,Franci CR,Anderson GM,Hoffman GE,Anselmo-Franci JA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH increased PG synthase-2 transcription in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells at 30 min, as assessed by nuclear run-on assays. To determine the signaling pathways used by PTH, the activity of a construct containing the PG synthase-2 gene between nucleotides -963 and +70 linked to a luciferase reporter was analyzed in stabl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tetradis S,Pilbeam CC,Liu Y,Herschman HR,Kream BE

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor Stat3 is activated through tyrosine phosphorylation by many cytokines and is a fundamental mediator of their signals. In the mammary gland, Stat3 activity increases sharply shortly after weaning, and involution is delayed in mice, that contain a mutant Stat3 lacking 33 amino acids including th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Humphreys RC,Bierie B,Zhao L,Raz R,Levy D,Hennighausen L

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones increase bone turnover in vivo and stimulate bone resorption in vitro. Clinical states associated with excess circulating thyroid hormone levels are known to produce osteoporosis. To determine the effect of T3 on bone resorption, we used an isolated rat osteoclast bone resorption assay in the absence ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Britto JM,Fenton AJ,Holloway WR,Nicholson GC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemiluminescent dot blot assay has been developed by our laboratory for rapid determinations of IGF-I in serum-free conditioned media (CM) collected from cultured cells. In contrast to IGF-I radioimmunoassays (RIAs), the IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) did not interfere with the dot blot assay and did not require the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： De León DD,Asmerom Y

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00