Inhibin B is a more potent suppressor of rat follicle-stimulating hormone release than inhibin a in vitro and in vivo.

abstract：:Previously, three receptors, xTRHR1, xTRHR2, and xTRHR3, were cloned from brain tissue of Xenopus laevis with primers designed using sequences from the mammalian TRH receptor (TRHR) subtype 1. We expressed the Xenopus receptors in HEK 293EM cells and studied their binding and signaling properties using a series of TRH...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lu X,Bidaud I,Ladram A,Gershengorn MC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammary epithelial cells isolated from pregnant, nonlactating heifers were grown in vitro using collagen substrates. Using these systems, the truncated form of insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) (des-3-IGF-1), IGF-1, and IGF-2 all stimulated a significant (0.5 to 1 fold) increase in cell proliferation (des-3-IGF-1 greate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McGrath MF,Collier RJ,Clemmons DR,Busby WH,Sweeny CA,Krivi GG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal nutrient restriction at specific stages of gestation has differential effects on fetal development such that the offspring are programmed to be at increased risk of adult disease. We investigated the effect of gestational age and maternal nutrition on the maternal plasma concentration of leptin and cortisol t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bispham J,Gopalakrishnan GS,Dandrea J,Wilson V,Budge H,Keisler DH,Broughton Pipkin F,Stephenson T,Symonds ME

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion rate was measured in seven calves by using a technique which involved RIA of parathyroid venous blood collected during timed intervals and measured volumetrically. Infusion of solutions of NA2EDTA and MgCl2 into the jugular vein was used to alter plasma calcium and magnesium concent...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mayer GP,Hurst JG

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet β-cell dysfunction that leads to impaired insulin secretion is a principal source of pathology of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, this breakdown in β-cell health is associated with compromised islet-enriched transcription factor (TF) activity that disrupts gene expression programs essential for cell function and i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Davidson RK,Kanojia S,Spaeth JM

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured pineal ependymal cells from rat fetuses aged 17 to 19 days post-coitum release into their media a substance that has hydroosmotic, antidiuretic and rat uterine activities. Paper chromatography of concentrates from culture media demonstrates that the substance possessing all the above activities was eluted fro...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pavel S,Goldstein R,Ghinea E,Calb M

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of a new blood supply, angiogenesis, is an essential component of carcinogenesis and unrestricted tumor growth. A substance capable of inhibiting angiogenesis would be of considerable therapeutic potential in the treatment of cancer. We previously reported that the 16-kilodalton N-terminal fragment of ra...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clapp C,Martial JA,Guzman RC,Rentier-Delure F,Weiner RI

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) exerts an adverse effect on human sperm motility, which has been ascribed to inhibition of mitochondrial activity. This seems to be at variance with evidence suggesting a major role of glycolysis in supplying ATP for sperm motility; furthermore, the role o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Barbonetti A,Vassallo MR,Fortunato D,Francavilla S,Maccarrone M,Francavilla F

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of cytoplasmic estrogen receptors (ERs) has been reported in the guinea pig brain using immunocytochemical techniques. While cytoplasmic ERs have been reported recently in other species, such as opossum, musk shrew, and ferrets, an exclusively cell nuclear pattern of ER immunoreactivity has been reported...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Blaustein JD

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of constant infusions of bovine TSH in different concentrations on the pattern of T4 and T3 secretion was examined in perfused canine thyroids isolated in situ. Each of the thyroid lobes was isolated and perfused in each animal. It was thus possible to examine the effect of two different concentrations of T...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Laurberg P

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied regulation of the glucose transporter by thyroid hormone in ARL 15 cells, a thyroid hormone-responsive cell line derived from rat liver, T3 treatment (5 x 10(-8) M for 48 h) of confluent cell monolayers grown in thyroid hormone-deficient medium increased the rate of uptake of [3H] 2-deoxyglucose by 2.3...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Weinstein SP,Watts J,Graves PN,Haber RS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the roles of the hypothalamic peptides, GH-releasing hormone (GRH) and somatostatin (SRIH), potentially responsible for altered GH dynamics in diabetes, we studied the time courses of their changes in level associated with altered GH secretion in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. Diabetic mice w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Murao S,Sato M,Tamaki M,Niimi M,Ishida T,Takahara J

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the acute injection of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) into the brain ventricles of intact female rats promptly decreases LHRH release and inhibits gene expression of this peptide in the medial preoptic area (MPOA). The present studies were therefore designed to determine whether contin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rivest S,Lee S,Attardi B,Rivier C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are potent regulators of energy metabolism. Chronic GC exposure suppresses brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenic capacity in mice, with evidence for a similar effect in humans. Intracellular GC levels are regulated by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) activity, which can amplify...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Doig CL,Fletcher RS,Morgan SA,McCabe EL,Larner DP,Tomlinson JW,Stewart PM,Philp A,Lavery GG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of hormones on the synthesis of phospholipids of lung lamellar bodies was studied using lung tissue explants from 16- to 22-week gestational age human abortuses. Lung explants were incubated in a defined medium containing either no hormonal additions or insulin (2.5 micrograms/ml), cortisol (0.2 microgra...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Snyder JM,Longmuir KJ,Johnston JM,Mendelson CR

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of [125I]triiodothyroacetic acid ([125I]Triac) in anterior pituitary cells was investigated and compared with that of [125I]T3. Furthermore, the effects of Triac, T3, and T4 on TSH release were compared. Cells isolated from adult male Wistar rats were cultured for 3 days in medium with 10% fetal calf serum....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Everts ME,Visser TJ,Moerings EP,Docter R,van Toor H,Tempelaars AM,de Jong M,Krenning EP,Hennemann G

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit uterine muscle may contract or relax with adrenergic stimulation depending on the hormonal milieu. This difference in contractile activity has been shown to be due to alteration of adrenergic response between alpha-adrenergic (contraction) and beta-adrenergic (relaxation). When rabbits are treated with estrogen...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Roberts JM,Insel PA,Goldfien RD,Goldfien A

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones (THs) are charged and iodinated amino acid derivatives that need to pass the cell membrane facilitated by thyroid hormone transmembrane transporters (THTT) to exert their biological function. The importance of functional THTT is affirmed by the devastating effects of mutations in the human monocarboxy...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Johannes J,Jayarama-Naidu R,Meyer F,Wirth EK,Schweizer U,Schomburg L,Köhrle J,Renko K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X syndrome is the most frequent hereditary form of mental retardation. This X-linked disorder is, in most cases, caused by an unstable and expanding trinucleotide CGG repeat located in the 5'-untranslated region of the gene involved, the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. Expansion of the CGG repe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Slegtenhorst-Eegdeman KE,de Rooij DG,Verhoef-Post M,van de Kant HJ,Bakker CE,Oostra BA,Grootegoed JA,Themmen AP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic enzymatic activities capable of degrading LHRH may play a physiological role in the neuroendocrine control of LHRH. There is increasing evidence, however, that these enzymes are not peptide specific. The present study in the ewe analyzed the possibility that the specificity of LHRH-degrading activity (LHR...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Advis JP,Kuljis RO,Dey G

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the changes in thyroid hormone economy that occur in normal pregnant rats between 17-22 days of gestation. T4 and T3 decreased in all extrathyroidal tissues studied, namely plasma, liver, kidney, lung, heart, and skeletal muscle. The exception is the concentration of T3 in cerebral cortex, which remain...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Calvo R,Obregon MJ,Ruiz de Oña C,Ferreiro B,Escobar Del Rey E,Morreale de Escobar G

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonpeptide CRH antagonist antalarmin has been shown to block both behavioral and endocrine responses to CRH. However, it's potential activity in blunting behavioral and endocrine sequelae of stressor exposure has not been assessed. Because antagonism of central CRH by alpha-helical CRH attenuates conditioned fear ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Deak T,Nguyen KT,Ehrlich AL,Watkins LR,Spencer RL,Maier SF,Licinio J,Wong ML,Chrousos GP,Webster E,Gold PW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central administration of melanocortin 3 and 4 receptor (MC3/4-R) agonists increases energy expenditure, with the hypothalamus commonly held as the primary site of action. It is also clear, however, that MC4-R are expressed in caudal brainstem structures of relevance to the control of energy expenditure. Three experim...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Williams DL,Bowers RR,Bartness TJ,Kaplan JM,Grill HJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the nature of the thyroid hormone-binding proteins in bullfrog plasma using N-bromoacetyl-[125I]T3 as an affinity labeling probe. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under nondenaturing conditions of the bullfrog N-bromoacetyl-[125I]T3-labeled plasma proteins revealed two proteins with specific binding to T...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yamauchi K,Kasahara T,Hayashi H,Horiuchi R

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a newly discovered neuropeptide that is present in high amounts in hypothalamic neuroendocrine neurons and potently stimulates the accumulation of cAMP within cells of the anterior pituitary. We have employed several specific antisera recognizing different ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hannibal J,Mikkelsen JD,Fahrenkrug J,Larsen PJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of cell polarity is essential for Sertoli cell and blood-testis barrier (BTB) function and spermatogenesis; however, the signaling mechanisms that regulate the integrity of the cytoskeleton and polarity of Sertoli cells are not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that rapamycin-insensitive component of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dong H,Chen Z,Wang C,Xiong Z,Zhao W,Jia C,Lin J,Lin Y,Yuan W,Zhao AZ,Bai X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillations in intracellular calcium levels have been described in GnRH-1 neurons in both prenatal and adult cells. However, differences have been reported in the mechanisms underlying these [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations, dependent on the model used. The goal of this study was to address whether these changes depend on th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Constantin S,Klenke U,Wray S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are potent inhibitors of prostaglandin (PG) release in vitro, but they fail to influence basal PG production in vivo. To test one possible explanation for this apparent discrepancy in the present study we investigated the effect of dexamethasone (DEX) on basal and antidiuretic hormone-stimulated renal ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Náray-Fejes-Tóth A,Fejes-Tóth G

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to widespread belief, the implantation of an embryo for the initiation of pregnancy is like a battle, in that the embryo uses a variety of coercive tactics to force its acceptance by the endometrium. We propose that embryo implantation involves a three-step process: (1) identification of a receptive endometri...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ashary N,Tiwari A,Modi D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of an embryo induces rapid proliferation and differentiation of uterine stromal cells, forming a new structure, the decidua. One salient feature of decidua formation is a marked increase in maternal angiogenesis. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-dependent pathways are active in the ovary, uterus,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Douglas NC,Tang H,Gomez R,Pytowski B,Hicklin DJ,Sauer CM,Kitajewski J,Sauer MV,Zimmermann RC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00