Cultured murine thyroid epithelial cells expressing transgenic Fas-associated death domain-like interleukin-1beta converting enzyme inhibitory protein are protected from fas-mediated apoptosis.

abstract：:We studied the interactions of two natural thyroid hormone receptor (TR) mutants from patients with resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) and an artificial TR mutant with a nuclear receptor corepressor, N-CoR, and a steroid receptor coactivator, SRC-1. In electrophoretic mobility shift assays, wild-type TRbeta-1 interac...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu Y,Takeshita A,Misiti S,Chin WW,Yen PM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trophoblast hypoxia and injury, key components of placental dysfunction, are associated with fetal growth restriction and other complications of pregnancy. Accumulation of lipid droplets has been found in hypoxic nonplacental cells. Unique to pregnancy, lipid accumulation in the placenta might perturb lipid transport ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bildirici I,Schaiff WT,Chen B,Morizane M,Oh SY,O'Brien M,Sonnenberg-Hirche C,Chu T,Barak Y,Nelson DM,Sadovsky Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FOXO family of forkhead transcription factors stimulates the transcription of target genes involved in many fundamental cell processes, including cell survival, cell cycle progression, DNA repair, and insulin sensitivity. The activity of FOXO proteins is principally regulated by activation of protein kinase B (PKB...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tsai WC,Bhattacharyya N,Han LY,Hanover JA,Rechler MM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin has been associated with many effects and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders, although little is known about its vascular effects. The present study was designed to determine the primary effect of prolactin on regional vascular beds and the mechanisms involved...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Molinari C,Grossini E,Mary DA,Uberti F,Ghigo E,Ribichini F,Surico N,Vacca G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A side population (SP) has been identified in a number of tissues, where it typically represents a small population enriched in stem/progenitor cells. In this study we show that the adult mouse anterior pituitary (AP) also contains a characteristic SP displaying verapamil-sensitive Hoechst dye efflux capacity. A major...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen J,Hersmus N,Van Duppen V,Caesens P,Denef C,Vankelecom H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The very low density lipoprotein/apolipoprotein-E receptor (VLDLR) is the newest member of the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) family. Very little is known about VLDLR localization and regulation. Immunohistochemical analysis of human placenta with a specific polyclonal antibody detected VLDLR in syncytiotroph...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wittmaack FM,Gåfvels ME,Bronner M,Matsuo H,McCrae KR,Tomaszewski JE,Robinson SL,Strickland DK,Strauss JF 3rd

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the MtTF4 tumor of rat pituitary origin we established the F4Z2 cell line whose growth is stimulated by 17 beta-estradiol (E2). Taking E2 actions as references we investigated actions of other effectors on the proliferation, protein, and insulin growth factor-I (IGF-I) secretions of F4F2 cells. Dexamethasone (Dex...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhou-Li F,Joly-Pharaboz MO,Bouillard B,Albaladejo V,Nicolas B,Andre J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A RIA for mouse placental lactogen-I (mPL-I) was developed using recombinant mPL-I as the standard, radioligand, and antigen for antiserum production. Displacement curves for dilutions of serum and placental extracts from pregnant mice were parallel to the recombinant mPL-I standard curve. Serum from male and nonpregn...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ogren L,Southard JN,Colosi P,Linzer DI,Talamantes F

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A1/A2 noradrenergic neurons in the medulla oblongata are well known to mediate stress signals in the central nervous system. Stress activates A1/A2 noradrenergic neurons, and then noradrenaline (NA) stimulates ACTH secretion through hypothalamic CRH. On the other hand, PRL-releasing peptide (PrRP) was recently isolate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Maruyama M,Matsumoto H,Fujiwara K,Noguchi J,Kitada C,Fujino M,Inoue K

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of sex hormones on the immune response to foreign antigens as well as self-antigens is now recognized. In this study, we investigated the influence of gender and sex hormones on the development of antibodies to double-stranded DNA in nonautoimmune C57BL/6J mice. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) anti-dsDNA antibodi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Verthelyi D,Ahmed SA

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously only been possible to assess osteoclastic bone resorption in intact bone, where other cell types may modify or mediate osteoclastic responses to environmental agents. We have recently developed techniques which enable us to measure bone resorption by osteoclasts extracted from bone and have used thes...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chambers TJ,McSheehy PM,Thomson BM,Fuller K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is often associated with an impairment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. The leptin-deficient ob/ob mouse model is characterized by a morbid obesity with a sterility in males and females that is corrected by continuous leptin treatment. Since ob/ob mice are maintained on the C57BL/6J inbred genetic b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ewart-Toland A,Mounzih K,Qiu J,Chehab FF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both fructose consumption and increased intracellular glucocorticoid activation have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome. Glucocorticoid activation by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) depends on hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PD), which physically interacts with 11β-HSD...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Senesi S,Legeza B,Balázs Z,Csala M,Marcolongo P,Kereszturi E,Szelényi P,Egger C,Fulceri R,Mandl J,Giunti R,Odermatt A,Bánhegyi G,Benedetti A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a physiological process by which multicellular organisms eliminate unwanted cells. Death factors such as Fas ligand induce apoptosis by triggering a series of intracellular protein-protein interactions mediated by defined motifs found in the signaling molecules. One of these motifs is the death effector d...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Leo CP,Hsu SY,McGee EA,Salanova M,Hsueh AJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several observations suggest that GH stimulates sebaceous gland growth and development. Therefore, we studied the effects of GH and insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), alone and with androgen, on sebaceous epithelial cell (sebocyte) growth and differentiation in vitro. The rat preputial cell culture model system was u...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Deplewski D,Rosenfield RL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to establish a primary LHRH cell culture system using embryonic olfactory placode and to examine whether LHRH cells derived from olfactory placode and the migratory pathway of LHRH neurons mature in vitro. Six monkey fetuses at the ages of E34-E36 were delivered surgically and the area inc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Terasawa E,Quanbeck CD,Schulz CA,Burich AJ,Luchansky LL,Claude P

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:Gastrin is natriuretic, but its renal molecular targets and signal transduction pathways are not fully known. In this study, we confirmed the existence of CCKBR (a gastrin receptor) in male human renal proximal tubule cells and discovered that gastrin induced S6 phosphorylation, a downstream component of the phosphati...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu T,Jose PA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca2+ response of individual cells to TRH was investigated in excitable pituitary GH3 and in nonexcitable Hela cells transfected with the TRH receptor complementary DNA (HelaR cells). GH3 cells typically responded to 1 microM TRH with an immediate transient [Ca2+]i spike (mean peak [Ca2+]i = 1.5 microM) followed by...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nelson EJ,Hinkle PM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen deficiency causes bone loss by increasing the number of bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Selective p38α MAPK inhibitors prevent bone-wasting effects of estrogen withdrawal but implicated mechanisms remain to be identified. Here, we show that inactivation of the p38α-encoding gene in osteoblast lineage cells with t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Thouverey C,Caverzasio J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in rodents demonstrate that the mitogen, IGF-I, stimulates intestinal peptide YY (PYY) expression. To investigate whether the stimulatory influence of IGF-I is exerted at the level of gene transcription, rat PYY 5'-upstream sequences (-2800/+37 bp, -770/+37 bp, -127/+37 bp) fused to the firefly luciferase (luc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang G,Leiter AB,Englander EW,Greeley GH Jr

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For 3 yr, 1-yr synchronized circannual rhythms were found for the chick oviduct weights, amounts of soluble protein, concentrations of the progesterone receptor in this organ, and capacity of this steroid-receptor complex in cytosol in bind in vitro to deoxyribonucleoprotein acceptor sites. By fitting the data with 1-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Spelsberg TC,Halberg F

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to test the hypothesis that reflex increases in heart rate, PRA, and plasma concentrations of vasopressin, angiotensin-II, ACTH, and cortisol are reduced during pregnancy. The hypothesis was tested by measuring, in pregnant and nonpregnant conscious dogs, changes in arterial and atrial pressur...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Brooks VL,Keil LC

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T4 dynamically regulates the levels of type II iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase in the brain. Using an astrocyte cell culture model, we have shown that thyroxine increases inactivation of this enzyme through a mechanism using the actin cytoskeleton. In the absence of T4, the filamentous actin (F-actin) stress fibers are ab...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Farwell AP,Leonard JL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess a possible regulatory influence of opioids upon anterior pituitary function in the chimpanzee, we evaluated the effects of the specific opiate receptor antagonist naloxone and the agonistic enkephalin analog [D-Ala2, MePhe4,Met(o)-ol]enkephalin (FK 33-824; Sandoz) on serum levels of PRL, cortisol, FSH, and L...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gosselin RE,Blankstein J,Dent DW,Hobson WC,Fuller GB,Reyes FI,Winter JS,Faiman C

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal gland is highly vascularized with tightly regulated blood flow that is closely correlated with steroidogenesis. Mechanisms involved in the regulation of adrenal blood flow and vascular tone are largely unknown. The present study characterizes the contractile responses of isolated small cortical arteries fr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhang DX,Gauthier KM,Campbell WB

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin receptor substrates (IRSs) are key proteins in signal transduction from the insulin receptor. Recently, we discovered a fourth member of this family, designated IRS-4, cloned its complementary DNA from the human embryonic kidney 293 cell line, and characterized its signaling properties in this cell line. A...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fantin VR,Lavan BE,Wang Q,Jenkins NA,Gilbert DJ,Copeland NG,Keller SR,Lienhard GE

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of growth hormone and somatomedin in stimulating muscle cell proliferation were investigated in a series of experiments on myoblast growth in culture. At levels 100 times normal circulating concentrations, neither growth hormone nor insulin stimulated growth of rat muscle cells in serum-free medium. In contr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Florini JR,Nicholson ML,Dulak NC

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have identified a role for annexin 1 (also called lipocortin 1) in the regulatory actions of glucocorticoids (GCs) on the release of PRL from the rat anterior pituitary gland. In the present study we used antisense and immunoneutralization strategies to extend this work. Exposure of rat anterior p...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Taylor AD,Philip JG,John CD,Cover PO,Morris JF,Flower RJ,Buckingham JC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folliculostellate (FS) cells are known to communicate with each other and with endocrine cells via gap junctions in the anterior pituitary. We investigated whether TGFbeta3 and estradiol, known to regulate FS cell production and secretion of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), increases gap junctional communication...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kabir N,Chaturvedi K,Liu LS,Sarkar DK

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00