Atrial natriuretic peptide is synthesized in the human thymus.

abstract：:Glucocorticoids and their synthetic derivatives are known to alter cardiac function in vivo; however, the nature of these effects and whether glucocorticoids act directly on cardiomyocytes are poorly understood. To explore the role of glucocorticoid signaling in the heart, we used rat embryonic H9C2 cardiomyocytes and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ren R,Oakley RH,Cruz-Topete D,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal adrenal steroid hydroxylase activity and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression increases concurrent with the preterm rise in fetal plasma cortisol during late gestation in sheep. By placing bilateral lesions of the fetal paraventricular nuclei (PVN) we have previously demonstrated that the fetal PVN is necessary for t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Myers DA,McDonald TJ,Nathanielsz PW

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged exposure to elevated glucocorticoid levels is known to produce insulin resistance (IR), a hallmark of diabetes mellitus. Although not fully elucidated, the underlying molecular mechanisms by which glucocorticoids induce IR may provide potential targets for pharmacological interventions. Here we characterized...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gounarides JS,Korach-André M,Killary K,Argentieri G,Turner O,Laurent D

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LH treatment of isolated medium (3- to 7-mm) follicles from porcine ovaries stimulated pregnenolone synthesis by mitochondria isolated from these tissues. This LH stimulation of pregnenolone synthesis was observed regardless of whether exogenous cholesterol was added to the mitochondrial assay system, suggesting that ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Neymark MA,Bieszczad RR,Dimino MJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin and protein kinase B (or Akt) play critical roles in cardiomyocytic growth and survival. High concentrations of glucocorticoids antagonize insulin's action. To examine whether endogenous glucocorticoids modulate insulin's effect on Akt signaling in the protein and glycogen synthetic pathways in myocardium, we ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu Y,Barrett EJ,Long W,Liu Z

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactating rats exhibit stable individual differences in pup licking/grooming (LG) over the first week postpartum. Such naturally occurring variations in maternal behavior are associated with differences in estrogen-inducible oxytocin receptors in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) of the hypothalamus. We compared levels ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Champagne FA,Weaver IC,Diorio J,Sharma S,Meaney MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that dexamethasone (DEX) induces dose-dependent biphasic effects on steady state somatostatin (SS) messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in normal rat islet and islet SS-producing tumor cells (1027B2), characterized by stimulation at low doses and marked inhibition at high doses. The stimulatory effect is...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu JL,Patel YC

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies implicated the involvement of protein kinase-A in the inhibitory effects of isoproterenol and relaxin on oxytocin-stimulated phosphoinositide turnover in rat myometrium. To understand the possible mechanisms involved, the properties and regulation of phospholipase-C (PLC) in purified myometrial pl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wen Y,Anwer K,Singh SP,Sanborn BM

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial fibrosis is a key pathological change in a variety of heart diseases contributing to the development of heart failure, arrhythmias, and sudden death. Recent studies have shown that relaxin prevents and reverses cardiac fibrosis. Endogenous expression of relaxin was elevated in the setting of heart disease; ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gu HP,Lin S,Xu M,Yu HY,Du XJ,Zhang YY,Yuan G,Gao W

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear translocation of PRL is demonstrated at the immunofluorescence and electron microscopic (EM) levels in interleukin-2 (IL2)-stimulated cloned T-cells and concanavalin A-stimulated splenocytes. This translocation occurs 2-10 h after IL2 stimulation, and is reversed by the addition of anti-PRL antiserum into ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clevenger CV,Sillman AL,Prystowsky MB

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal exposure to high doses of estrogen results in permanent suppression of prostate growth and reduced sensitivity to androgens in adulthood. It is unclear whether alterations in prostate growth are due to a direct effect of estrogens on the gland or are the result of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis suppressi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jarred RA,Cancilla B,Prins GS,Thayer KA,Cunha GR,Risbridger GP

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As4.1 cells are derived from a renin-expressing kidney tumor induced by tissue-specific oncogene-mediated tumorigenesis in transgenic mice. These cells express high levels of renin messenger RNA (mRNA) and synthesize prorenin and renin; they were therefore used as a model to further investigate the molecular biology o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Thompson HA,Burson JM,Lang JA,Gross KW,Sigmund CD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental induction of puberty by GnRH administration to prepubertal lambs increases serum bioactive FSH (B-FSH) as measured in the rat Sertoli cell aromatase induction bioassay. Serum immunoreactive FSH (I-FSH) levels are unchanged. The increase in serum B-FSH is associated with an increase in the proportion o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hassing JM,Kletter GB,I'Anson H,Wood RI,Beitins IZ,Foster DL,Padmanabhan V

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of IGF-I and IGF-II are thought to be largely due to their activation of the IGF-I receptor. However, IGF-II can also bind with high affinity to, and effectively activate, an isoform of the insulin receptor (IR-A) that lacks a sequence at the carboxyl-terminal end of the extracellular alpha subunit due to ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Denley A,Brierley GV,Carroll JM,Lindenberg A,Booker GW,Cosgrove LJ,Wallace JC,Forbes BE,Roberts CT Jr

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive radioimmunoassay is described for the measurement of plasma concentrations of canine growth hormone (cGH) as low as 0.25 ng/ml. The assay utilizes enzymatically iodinated cGH and the double antibody technique. The mean plasma concentration of growth hormone in the normal dog after overnight fast is 1.75 pl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hampshire J,Altszuler N,Steele R,Greene LJ

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperandrogenism, disturbance of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary axis followed by elevated serum luteinizing hormone (LH) levels, and insulin resistance are involved in the complicated pathophysiology of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Kisspeptin is coexpressed with neurokinin B (NKB) in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Osuka S,Iwase A,Nakahara T,Kondo M,Saito A,Bayasula,Nakamura T,Takikawa S,Goto M,Kotani T,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has been shown to induce insulin resistance in cultured cells as well as in animal models. The aim of this study was to map the in vivo mechanism whereby TNF-alpha contributes to the pathogenesis of impaired insulin signaling, using obese and lean Zucker rats in which TNF-alpha ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cheung AT,Ree D,Kolls JK,Fuselier J,Coy DH,Bryer-Ash M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgenic glands (AGs) of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii were subjected to endocrine manipulation, causing them to hypertrophy. Transcripts from these glands were used in the construction of an AG cDNA subtractive library. Screening of the library revealed an AG-specific gene, termed the M. rosenbergi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ventura T,Manor R,Aflalo ED,Weil S,Raviv S,Glazer L,Sagi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starvation depresses thyroid gland function. In addition, the peripheral turnover of thyroxine (T4) is reduced, in part due to decreased fecal elimination of T4. The present studies were performed to determine if starvation also affects the deiodinative pathway for T4 degradation. Rats were isotopically equilibrated w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ingbar DH,Galton VA

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol is known to inhibit antigen presentation in the vagina. We report here that TGFbeta mediates the action of estradiol on vaginal antigen presenting cells (APC). When vaginal APC from ovariectomized rats were incubated with increasing concentrations of TGFbeta1 and TGFbeta2 in the presence of ovalbumin-specifi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wira CR,Roche MA,Rossoll RM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoid X receptor (RXR) occupies a central position within the nuclear receptor superfamily, serving as an obligatory partner to numerous other nuclear receptors, including vitamin D receptor (VDR). In the current study, we examined whether phosphorylation of RXRα at serine 260 affects VDR/RXR and VDR interacting pr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jusu S,Presley JF,Williams C,Das SK,Jean-Claude B,Kremer R

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals maintained on retinol (vitamin A-alcohol)-deficient diets exhibit testicular atrophy and loss of the germinal epithelium. Retinoic acid (vitamin A-acid), when fed to retinol-deficient animals, does not prevent these lesions and had thus been thought not to play a role in the tests. Serum testosterone (T) level...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Appling DR,Chytil F

更新日期：1981-06-01 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：:IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), the most abundant circulating IGF binding protein, inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis by both IGF-I-dependent and -independent pathways. The ability of IGFBP-3 to inhibit tumor growth has been demonstrated in many cancers including prostate cancer (PCa). High concentrations of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Peng L,Malloy PJ,Wang J,Feldman D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS) is a 140-kilodalton homodimeric glycoprotein that causes regression of the Mullerian ducts in male embryos, and may also have a role in both males and females in the regulation of germ cell maturation. We examined the ontogeny of MIS messenger RNA (mRNA) in rat testes from midgesta...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lee MM,Cate RL,Donahoe PK,Waneck GL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently found that plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2))-regulated filamentous actin (F-actin) polymerization was diminished in hyperinsulinemic cell culture models of insulin resistance. Here we delineated whether increased glucose flux through the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP) ca...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bhonagiri P,Pattar GR,Horvath EM,Habegger KM,McCarthy AM,Elmendorf JS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of the ob/ob gene, leptin, is known to be able to exert a modulator, role on HPA axis function. The aim of the present study was to determine whether endogenous ACTH and glucocorticoids exert any regulatory effect on leptin secretion. For this purpose bilaterally adrenalectomized (ADX) or sham operated (Sh...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Spinedi E,Gaillard RC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that endogenous GnRH is required for maintenance of its own pituitary receptors (GnRH-R). We have measured GnRH-R in pituitaries of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadal (hpg) mice, in whom hypothalamic GnRH is deficient or absent. The GnRH-R concentration in hpg male mouse pituitaries was 10.6 +/- 1...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Young LS,Speight A,Charlton HM,Clayton RN

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:Graves' hyperthyroidism is an organ-specific autoimmune disease mediated by stimulatory autoantibodies against the TSH receptor (TSHR; thyroid-stimulating antibodies), causing thyroid hyperplasia and hyperthyroidism. Development of this ailment is well known to be under polygenic and environmental control. For example...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nagayama Y,McLachlan SM,Rapoport B,Oishi K

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00