Effects of FSH on testicular mRNA transcript levels in the hypogonadal mouse.

abstract：:Chronic inflammation is involved in the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and beneficial effects of androgens in the vagina have been described. We investigated the potential involvement of human vagina smooth muscle cells (hvSMCs) in the inflammatory response and the immunomodulatory effect of androgen recept...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Maseroli E,Cellai I,Filippi S,Comeglio P,Cipriani S,Rastrelli G,Rosi M,Sorbi F,Fambrini M,Petraglia F,Amoriello R,Ballerini C,Lombardelli L,Piccinni MP,Sarchielli E,Guarnieri G,Morelli A,Maggi M,Vignozzi L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barrett's oesophagus (BO) and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) are regarded as complications of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, although all the factors that contribute to the development of these lesions are unknown. Acid suppressive drugs are widely used for symptomatic therapy of reflux disease but may induce hy...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Beales IL,Ogunwobi OO

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine prolactin cDNA clones were screened using antiserum against ovine prolactin from a cDNA library of porcine anterior pituitary, and their nucleotide sequences were determined by the chain-termination method. The nucleotide sequence of the 5' untranslated region and part of the signal peptide region were determi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Kato Y,Hirai T,Kato T

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transgenic mouse line (EGF/Tag) has been established in which expression of SV40 T-antigen is directed by a 5.5 kb fragment of the 5'-flanking region of the mouse epidermal growth factor (EGF) gene. Of the two principal sites of EGF expression in mice, submaxillary gland and kidney, T-antigen mRNA and protein were d...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Pascall IC,Surani MA,Barton SC,Vaughan TJ,Brown KD

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) is an intestinal incretin that regulates glucose homeostasis through stimulation of insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells and inhibits appetite by acting on the brain. Thus, it is a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. Studies using s...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Hwang JI,Yun S,Moon MJ,Park CR,Seong JY

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular genetics and other contemporary approaches have contributed to a better understanding of prolactin (PRL) actions at the cellular and organismal levels. In this review, several advances in knowledge of PRL actions are highlighted. Special emphasis is paid to areas of progress with consequences for understandi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Horseman ND,Gregerson KA

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Most pro-neuropeptides are processed by the prohormone convertases, PC1 and PC2. We previously reported that changes in thyroid status altered anterior pituitary PC1 mRNA and this regulation was due to triiodothyronine (T(3))-dependent interaction of thyroid hormone receptor (TR) with negative thyroid hormone response...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Shen X,Li QL,Brent GA,Friedman TC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal and thyroid hormone-regulated expression of constructs containing varying lengths of 5' flanking sequence of the human glycoprotein hormone alpha subunit gene ligated to the reporter gene encoding chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) were examined in transfected pituitary GH3 cells. CAT gene expression was q...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Balfour NJ,Franklyn JA,Gurr JA,Sheppard MC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the process of insulitis in the pathogenesis of type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, proinflammatory cytokines induce expression of the death receptor Fas on the surface of pancreatic beta-cells and thereby contribute to the enhanced susceptibility of beta-cells for apoptosis. The aim of this study was...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Augstein P,Wachlin G,Berg S,Bahr J,Salzsieder C,Hehmke B,Heinke P,Salzsieder E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones regulate growth, development, differentiation, and metabolic processes by interacting with and activating thyroid hormone receptors and associated pathways. We investigated the triiodothyronine (T3) modulation of gene expression, in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines, via a PCR-based cDNA subtr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Lin KH,Chen CY,Chen SL,Yen CC,Huang YH,Shih CH,Shen JJ,Yang RC,Wang CS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), transforming growth factor alpha (TGFalpha) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) induced cathepsin D gene expression and reporter gene activity in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells transiently transfected with a construct (pCD1) containing a -2576 to -124 cathepsin D gene promoter inse...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Wang F,Duan R,Chirgwin J,Safe SH

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA) is a xenobiotic endocrine-disrupting chemical. In vitro and in vivo studies have indicated that BPA alters endocrine-metabolic pathways in adipose tissue, which increases the risk of metabolic disorders and obesity. BPA can affect adipose tissue and increase fat cell numbers or sizes by regulating th...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Menale C,Piccolo MT,Cirillo G,Calogero RA,Papparella A,Mita L,Del Giudice EM,Diano N,Crispi S,Mita DG

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nociceptin receptor (NOP) and its endogenous ligand, nociceptin/orphanin FQ (OFQ), are involved in a wide range of biological functions, such as pain, anxiety, learning, and memory. The zebrafish has been proposed as a candidate to study the in vivo effects of several drugs of abuse and to discover new pharmacolog...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Rivas-Boyero AA,Herrero-Turrión MJ,Gonzalez-Nunez V,Sánchez-Simón FM,Barreto-Valer K,Rodríguez RE

更新日期：2011-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight amino acids are considered essential for human nutrition, and three of them, including leucine, isoleucine and valine, are called as branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs). We recently discovered that dietary deficiency of any BCAA for 7 days rapidly reduces the abdominal fat mass in mice. The goal of this study was...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Xiao F,Du Y,Lv Z,Chen S,Zhu J,Sheng H,Guo F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide microarrays were used to analyse gene expression profiles in human ZR75-1 breast cancer cells in the presence of 17beta-oestradiol and oestrogen antagonists. Differential gene expression of a number of genes was confirmed by quantitative RNA analysis. In addition to known oestrogen-responsive genes, an...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Soulez M,Parker MG

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microarray studies have identified many genes that are down-regulated in uterine leiomyoma compared with myometrium, including early growth response gene-1 (EGR1). However, the mechanisms underlying coordinated down-regulation of this gene cohort remain unknown. To address the transcriptional role of EGR1 in leiomyoma...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Ishikawa H,Shozu M,Okada M,Inukai M,Zhang B,Kato K,Kasai T,Inoue M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mechanisms by which corticosteroids regulate the expression of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in neurones. Aldosterone and dexamethasone produced a dose-dependent increase of MR and mRNA levels in cultured primary hippocampal neurones. Transient transfection of neuroblastoma cells showed that ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Castrén M,Trapp T,Berninger B,Castrén E,Holsboer F

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a cytokine secreted from adipose tissue at a rate commensurate with the size of the body's fat stores. In addition to its anorectic and thermogenic central actions, leptin is known to act on peripheral tissues, including the pancreatic beta-cell where it inhibits insulin secretion and reduces insulin transcr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Morton NM,Emilsson V,de Groot P,Pallett AL,Cawthorne MA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPRC6A is a seven-transmembrane receptor mediating signaling by a wide range of L-alpha-amino acids, a signaling augmented by the divalent cations Ca(2)(+) and Mg(2)(+). GPRC6A transcripts are detected in numerous mammalian tissues, but the physiological role of the receptor is thus far elusive. Analogously to the clo...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Wellendorph P,Johansen LD,Jensen AA,Casanova E,Gassmann M,Deprez P,Clément-Lacroix P,Bettler B,Bräuner-Osborne H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotactic cytokines (chemokines) are small secreted proteins that control leukocyte trafficking in immune organs. Chemokines which are induced in the brain during conditions of inflammation play a role in the local immune response. Recently, it has been established in the rodent brain that distinct chemokines and ch...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Stumm R,Höllt V

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mannose 6-phosphate/IGF 2 receptor (IGF2R) is comprised of 15 extra-cellular domains that bind IGF2 and mannose 6-phosphate ligands. IGF2R transports ligands from the Golgi to the pre-lysosomal compartment and thereafter to and from the cell surface. IGF2R regulates growth, placental development, tumour suppressio...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Rezgui D,Williams C,Savage SA,Prince SN,Zaccheo OJ,Jones EY,Crump MP,Hassan AB

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An isolated in-vitro perifused interrenal gland preparation from the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula was used to study production of quantitatively the major corticosteroid 1 alpha-hydroxycorticosterone (1 alpha-OH-B), measured by radioimmunoassay. Basal secretory rates were 877.1 +/- 145 (S.E.M.) fmol/mg per 15 min (n ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： O'Toole LB,Armour KJ,Decourt C,Hazon N,Lahlou B,Henderson IW

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human progesterone receptor (PR) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor and two isoforms, (PRA and PRB), can be distinguished. PROGINS, a PR polymorphic variant, affects PRA and PRB and acts as a risk-modulating factor in several gynaecological disorders. Little is known about the functional consequences of th...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Romano A,Delvoux B,Fischer DC,Groothuis P

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgens play an important role in male reproductive development and function. These steroid hormones mediate their actions by binding to the androgen receptor (AR). Diseases such as androgen insensitivity syndrome, prostate cancer, Kennedy's disease, and infertility can be caused by mutations in the AR. To get a bet...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Kerkhofs S,Denayer S,Haelens A,Claessens F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system has gained substantial interest due to its involvement in regulating cell proliferation, differentiation and survival during anoikis and after conventional and targeted therapies. However, results from clinical trials have been largely disappointing, with only a few but nota...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Mancarella C,Scotlandi K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) has been identified in islets of Langerhans and insulin-secreting tumour cells. Diacylglycerols (DAGs, the endogenous PKC activators) are generated in response to insulin secretagogues, although nutrient and non-nutrient secretagogues generate DAGs of different compositions and of different pote...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Jones PM,Persaud SJ,Howell SL

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic predisposition of the host and the virus is the most important determinant for prediction of the course of human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) viral infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) progression. Transcription from the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) is a crucial step for vi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Nevado J,Tenbaum SP,Castillo AI,Sánchez-Pacheco A,Aranda A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 70% of breast tumors express estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), which mediates the proliferative effects of estrogens on breast epithelial cells, and are candidates for treatment with antiestrogens, steroidal or non-steroidal molecules designed to compete with estrogens and antagonize ERs. The variable patterns of a...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Traboulsi T,El Ezzy M,Gleason JL,Mader S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main regulators of aldosterone secretion in adrenal gland zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells are the hormones angiotensin II (Ang II) and adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and small increases in the extracellular potassium (K(+)) concentration. The action of these agonists is mediated by different signalling systems - ACTH is ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Foster RH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear receptors (NRs) have been targets of intensive drug development for decades due to their roles as key regulators of multiple developmental, physiological and disease processes. In breast cancer, expression of the estrogen and progesterone receptor remains clinically important in predicting prognosis and determ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Doan TB,Graham JD,Clarke CL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00