Aggressive thyroid carcinoma showing thymic-like differentiation (CASTLE): case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their binding proteins (IGFBPs) are important for fetal and postnatal development, but the regulation of circulating IGFs and IGFBPs has not been as thoroughly investigated in the maternal/fetal unit as in the adult animal where nutrition status plays a regulatory role. We used t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lee WH,Gaylord TD,Bowsher RR,Hlaing M,Moorehead H,Liechty EA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified an approximately 200 bp "minimal promoter" of the rat TSH receptor (TSHR) gene which is essential for the promoter activity. In the present study, we have cloned and characterized an upstream region of the TSHR promoter to disclose additional functional element(s). We screened a rat genomic li...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ikuyama S,Ohe K,Takayanagi R,Kohn LD,Nawata H

更新日期：1997-04-01 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 assessed the dose-dependent efficacy and safety of exenatide over 12 weeks in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes suboptimally controlled despite therapeutic doses of sulfonylurea (SU), SU plus biguanide, or SU plus thiazolidinedione. Patients were randomly assigned to placebo (N = 40), 2.5 microg (N = 3...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kadowaki T,Namba M,Yamamura A,Sowa H,Wolka AM,Brodows RG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical staining and cell immunoblot assay (CIBA) were performed in adenoma tissue from five patients with Cushing's disease and three patients with clinically silent corticotroph adenomas. All five patients with Cushing's disease showed hypersecretion of ACTH (130, 190, 331, 120, and 130 pg/ml), high level...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kojima Y,Suzuki S,Yamamura K,Ohhashi G,Yamamoto I

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total thyroidectomy was performed in 455 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma between 1978 and 1999. Serum calcitonin (CT) was determined preoperatively in all patients using polyclonal antibodies. Among the subjects, 25 patients showed elevated serum calcitonin levels preoperatively. Pathological diagnoses ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yokoi K,Imai T,Shibata A,Hibi Y,Kikumori T,Funahashi H,Nakao A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study set forth the reference values for penile size and determined the prevalence of buried penis in Japanese full-term newborns. The stretched penile length was measured and the presence of buried penis was assessed at 1-7 days of age in 547 Japanese full-term newborn infants born between 2008 and 2012 i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Matsuo N,Ishii T,Takayama JI,Miwa M,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied functional and histopathological changes in acromegalic cardiomyopathy following intermittent subcutaneous infusion of octreotide. A 68-year-old female patient with acromegaly associated with congestive heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy was initially treated with cardioactive medication for three ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nishiki M,Murakami Y,Sohmiya M,Koshimura K,Inoue K,Goto Y,Nakamura N,Kato Y

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and nonclassic 21-hydroxylase deficiency (CAH) are related to hyperhomocysteinemia, and to investigate if there is a correlation between homocysteine levels and insulin sensitivity in women with PCOS and CAH. Fifty patients with PCOS, ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Bayraktar F,Dereli D,Ozgen AG,Yilmaz C

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Glucagon dysfunction as well as insulin dysfunction is associated with the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, it is still unclear whether the measurement of plasma glucagon levels is useful in understanding the pathophysiology of T2DM. We recently reported that sandwich ELISA provides more accurate plasm...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kobayashi M,Satoh H,Matsuo T,Kusunoki Y,Tokushima M,Watada H,Namba M,Kitamura T

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We here describe two patients with empty sella syndrome who had variable and abnormal ACTH and cortisol secretory profiles. The patients are a 58-year old male and a 41-year old female, both of whom were neurotic. In both cases, low-dose dexamethasone suppression tests (1 mg, p.o., overnight) caused variable responses...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sakaguchi H,Inoue D,Kataoka K,Koshiyama H,Aoki N,Nakao K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies indicate that succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) genes B, C, or D are, at least partly, involved in the pathogenesis of pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. Of these three genes, the SDHD gene mutation is most closely related with paragangliomas of the neck. Here we describe a case of an SDHD-related paragangl...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamashita R,Usui T,Hashimoto S,Suzuki H,Takahashi M,Honkura K,Iwamoto K,Kodama E,Tagami T,Naruse M,Shimatsu A,Kaise K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the difference in lymph node-recurrence free survival (LN-RFS), distant recurrence-free survival (DRFS), and cause-specific survival (CSS) between patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in the entire group (Group I) and those with lymph node- and distant-recurrence-free survival...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Kudo T,Kihara M,Takamura Y,Kobayashi K,Miya A,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Troglitazone (T) and d-chiroinositol (DCI) have been reported to improve insulin resistance associated with obesity and NIDDM. We tested whether these compounds counteract the insulin antagonistic effects of recombinant human GH. Male Wistar rats were allocated to 4 different treatment groups, rhGH (n=8), rhGH+T (n=7)...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sugimoto M,Takeda N,Hattori J,Yoshino K,Nakashima K,Okumura S,Ishimori M,Yasuda K

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colestimide is a new anion-exchange resin used to lower serum cholesterol in Japan. Because of its excellent compliance, colestimide can replace cholestyramine. To clarify the effect of colestimide on glycemic controls, colestimide (3 g/day) or pravastatin (10 mg) was given orally to patients with type 2 diabetes trea...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamakawa T,Takano T,Utsunomiya H,Kadonosono K,Okamura A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musk is a secreted external hormone or information compound that is stored in musk scent glands of the males of species within the family Moschidae, such as Moschus berezovskii. The secretion of musk changes periodically during the courtship and reproduction periods, with the early stage of secretion occurring from Ma...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Fan M,Zhang M,Shi M,Zhang T,Qi L,Yu J,Li X,Lin S,Huang Z,Yang S,Zhou J,Li Y,Sun X,Cha M,Xu S,Liu Y,Guo X,Hu D,Liu S

更新日期：2018-11-29 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：: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：:The relation between thyroid ultrasonography and laboratory, and the relationship of thyroid volume with clinical and anthropometric parameters, are not well clarified. Aim of the study was to investigate normal and hypoechoic-inhomogeneous not nodular thyroid gland in predicting thyroid tests, and to assess the corre...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Trimboli P,Rossi F,Thorel F,Condorelli E,Laurenti O,Ventura C,Nigri G,Romanelli F,Guarino M,Valabrega S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with adrenal insufficiency require appropriate glucocorticoid replacement therapy; however, reliable biological parameters for optimizing glucocorticoid supplementation are limited. The physician has to rely primarily on clinical judgment, carefully taking into account signs and symptoms potentially suggestiv...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Watanabe T,Ozawa A,Ishii S,Tomaru T,Shibusawa N,Saito T,Yamada E,Horiguchi K,Nakajima Y,Matsumoto S,Yoshino S,Katano-Toki A,Hashimoto K,Mori M,Okada S,Satoh T,Yamada M

更新日期：2018-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the influence of short-term treatment with exenatide twice daily or liraglutide once daily on daily blood glucose fluctuations in 40 patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled by sulfonylureas. The patients in a multicenter, open-label trial were randomly assigned to receive add-on exenatide (1...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nagakura J,Yamakawa T,Taguri M,Tsuchiya H,Shigematsu E,Suzuki J,Morita S,Kadonosono K,Terauchi Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antidiabetic effects of Lactobacillus casei (LC) on a non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) model, KK-Ay mice, were investigated. The oral administration of LC to male 4-week-old KK-Ay mice, or raising the mice on a 0.05% LC-containing diet significantly decreased the plasma glucose at 8 to 10 weeks of a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Matsuzaki T,Yamazaki R,Hashimoto S,Yokokura T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of insulin secretion-sensitivity index-2 (ISSI-2) in the identification of the role of pancreatic iron deposition on beta-cell function in thalassemia major. Tissue iron stores were measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the liver (R2), pancreas (R2*), and...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Karadas N,Yurekli B,Bayraktaroglu S,Aydinok Y

更新日期：2019-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the immunological aspects of silent thyroiditis, T lymphocyte subsets were analyzed by two-color flow cytometry in 10 patients with silent thyroiditis in the thyrotoxic phase, 12 patients with silent thyroiditis in the recovery phase, and 11 healthy volunteers as a control. The percentages of C...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kushima K,Ban Y,Taniyama M,Itoh K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TSH receptor antibody (TRAb) titer has been reported to be correlated with Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO). However, the correlation between GO activity and TRAb titer assessed with a third-generation assay has not been reported. We enrolled 238 untreated Graves' disease patients who came to the outpatient clinic of Ito H...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Mukasa K,Yoshimura Noh J,Kouzaki A,Ohye H,Kunii Y,Watanabe N,Yoshihara A,Matsumoto M,Suzuki M,Ito K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age is an important prognostic factor in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). In this study, we investigated the difference in prognosis of 7 subsets of PTC patients without distant metastasis at presentation or a history of radiation exposure (20 years or younger, 21-30 years, 31-40 years, 41-50 years, 51-60 years, 61...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Miyauchi A,Kihara M,Takamura Y,Kobayashi K,Miya A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with an apparently normal 46, XY karyotype, suffering from pure gonadal dysgenesis and of short stature was investigated. The patient, who was growth retarded, was a 30-year-old married Japanese woman with a history of primary amenorrhea and infertility with a weight of 42 kg and a height of 146 cm. She has ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsutsumi O,Iida T,Taketani Y,Sugase M,Nakahori Y,Nakagome Y

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rare case of a 66-year-old woman with the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD) accompanied by an empty sella whose symptoms were seen twice in the eight years after the administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) or prochlorperazine. No diuresis or suppression of the plasma le...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimada T,Higashi K,Kimura K,Shido T,Tomita K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) secreted from the pituitary is essential for postnatal growth in animals. GH exerts its actions by a direct effect on target organs and by stimulating insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) production. In the human pituitary, there is a naturally occurring variant protein which has a molecular mass o...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yoshizato H,Tanaka M,Fujikawa T,Higashimoto Y,Shimizu A,Nakashima K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00