One in five subjects with normal thyroid ultrasonography has altered thyroid tests.

abstract：:In cases of thyroid papillary carcinoma, a less aggressive cancer, surgeons may hesitate to perform total thyroidectomy on patients with poor general condition because these may experience longer survival without undergoing surgery. To investigate the influence of general patient condition on the patients' survival wh...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shinohara S,Kikuchi M,Harada H,Takebayashi S,Yunoki K,Yamazaki K

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In hope of understanding possible roles of estrogen during early embryogenesis, we examined the expression of both estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) and ER beta, a recently cloned novel subtype, in mouse oocytes and preimplantation embryos by means of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). To inves...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hiroi H,Momoeda M,Inoue S,Tsuchiya F,Matsumi H,Tsutsumi O,Muramatsu M,Taketani Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid nodules (TN) are common in the general population, and the clinical importance of diagnosing thyroid nodules is based on excluding the possibility of thyroid cancer, which occurs in 7-15% of cases. The thyroid gland, owing to its superficial location, is easily accessible via thermography, a noninvasive method...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Damião CP,Montero JRG,Moran MBH,de Oliveira Marçal E Silva Carvalho ME,de Farias CG,Brito IB,Saad MAN,Fontes CAP,Fainstein C,Rodrigues MFO,Palombo A,Conci A,da Cruz Filho RA,Lima GAB

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on two siblings with classic simple virilizing 21-hydroxylase deficiency whose neonatal screening for serum 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) gave normal results. The proband, a girl with clitoromegaly whose screening 17-OHP value had been 9.2 ng/ml, was diagnosed at the age of 6 months, and her elder bro...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shinohara O,Ishiguro H,Shinagawa T,Kubota C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) is known to stimulate erythropoiesis after binding with its specific receptor. In clinics, EPO is widely used in hemodialyzed patients with diabetes. However, changes in the expression of the erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) under diabetic conditions are still unclear. Therefore, we investigated EPO...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kuo SC,Li Y,Cheng KC,Niu CS,Cheng JT,Niu HS

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A preoperative molecular-based diagnostic technique for thyroid papillary and anaplastic carcinomas was recently developed to detect oncofetal fibronectin (onfFN) messenger RNA (mRNA) in fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) by means of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We report two cases of th...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takano T,Shiba E,Tada H,Yoshimura H,Yoshida K,Doi R,Amino N

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim of this study was to examine the association between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and dysglycemia in Japanese individuals with and without type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We enrolled 115 individuals diagnosed with OSA with an apnea hypopnea-index (AHI) ≥ 20 in whom continuous positive airway pressure (CPA...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kurosawa H,Saisho Y,Fukunaga K,Haraguchi M,Yamasawa W,Kurihara I,Betsuyaku T,Itoh H

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured serum levels of the carboxy-terminal propeptide of type 1 procollagen (P1CP) as a marker of bone formation and the carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (1CTP) as a marker of bone resorption by RIA in sera from 40 Graves' disease patients and 14 Hashimoto's disease patients before and during trea...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Miyakawa M,Tsushima T,Demura H

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiology of insulin signaling under normal and disease conditions is well studied in classical insulin target tissues, but not in podocytes. To examine insulin stimulation of podocyte GLUT4 translocation, we established a protocol involving treatment with the PPARα agonist fenofibrate to induce E11 podocyte diff...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Saito T,Yamada E,Okada S,Shimoda Y,Tagaya Y,Hashimoto K,Satoh T,Mori M,Okada J,Pessin JE,Yamada M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amounts of immunoreactive proinsulin (IRP), immunoreactive insulin (IRI), and C-peptidelike immunoreactivity (CPR) in six insulinomas and one nesidioblastosis lesion were determined together with those in the surrounding pancreatic tissue. Four non-insulinoma and nondiabetic human pancreases were used as the contr...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tasaka Y,Nakaya F,Matsumoto H,Odagiri R,Ohgawara H,Omori Y

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the concentration of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in platelets, serum and plasma obtained from 47 patients with Graves' disease, 7 with hypothyroidism and 20 healthy subjects. The platelets of the subjects were collected from platelet rich plasma and lysed by freezing and thawing. Subsequently the platel...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Okada M,Kamiya Y,Ito J,Yoshimata T,Kawaguchi M,Shibata H,Fujinami T

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreactive activin A (ir-activin A) release from cultured rat anterior pituitary cells was examined by measuring ir-activin A in culture medium by a specific radioimmunoassay. Ir-activin A release into the medium increased over 1-18 days, and reached a maximal level at 12-15 days. The basal levels of ir-activin A ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Liu ZH,Shintani Y,Wakatsuki M,Sakamoto Y,Harada K,Zhang CY,Saito S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroidogenic factor-1 [(SF-1/Ad4BP) (MIM184757)] is a nuclear receptor that regulates multiple genes involved in adrenal and gonadal development, steroidogenesis, reproduction, and other metabolic functions. Initially, mutations of SF-1/Ad4BP gene (NR5A1) in humans were identified in two 46, XY female patients with a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tajima T,Fujiwara F,Fujieda K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of paradoxical TRH response in human somatotroph adenoma cells were investigated using intracellular calcium measurement and static incubation assay. Intracellular calcium measurement revealed that TRH induces a biphasic response: a transient increase followed by a sustained plateau. The transient phase...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Okinaga H,Takano K,Hayashi S,Yasufuku-Takano J,Teramoto A,Fujita T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1) is rarely reported in Japanese and other oriental populations. To examine if there is a racial difference in the prevalence of MEN 1, we initiated extensive work on patients with endocrine tumors for additional lesions, and annual screening of family members of affected pati...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Katai M,Sakurai A,Itakura Y,Ikeo Y,Nakajima K,Hara M,Iijima S,Kaneko T,Kobayashi M,Ichikawa K,Aizawa T,Hashizume K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess the relationship between the metabolic effect after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in morbidly obese Japanese patients, with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and improved pancreatic steatosis (PS). The study enrolled 27 morbidly obese Japanese patients who were undergoing L...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Umemura A,Sasaki A,Nitta H,Baba S,Ando T,Kajiwara T,Ishigaki Y

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old girl presented at our emergency room with hypokalemic periodic paralysis. She had a thyrotoxic goiter and had experienced three paralytic attacks during the previous 2 years on occasions when she stopped taking antithyroid drugs. In addition to thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP), she had metabolic acido...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Im EJ,Lee JM,Kim JH,Chang SA,Moon SD,Ahn YB,Son HS,Cha BY,Lee KW,Son HY

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:A nationwide epidemiologic survey of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23)-related hypophosphatemic diseases was conducted in 2010 to clarify the prevalence and the clinical presentations of the disorders. A questionnaire inquiring the experience of patients with these diseases was sent to randomly selected hospitals th...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Endo I,Fukumoto S,Ozono K,Namba N,Inoue D,Okazaki R,Yamauchi M,Sugimoto T,Minagawa M,Michigami T,Nagai M,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired secretion of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) has been suggested to contribute to the deficient incretin effect in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Recent studies, however, have not always supported this notion. Since Japanese patients with T2DM usually have severe impairment in the earlyphase of...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lee S,Yabe D,Nohtomi K,Takada M,Morita R,Seino Y,Hirano T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare the bone aging process in Werner's syndrome, a disease characterized by premature aging, and that in natural aging, we have assessed the bone status in a total of 19 cases (11 males and eight postmenopausal females) with Werner's syndrome. The spinal deformity index was determined for a total of 87...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shiraki M,Aoki C,Goto M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In each estrous cycle not all follicles recruited grow to ovulate, as some degenerate through the process of atresia. Apoptosis is the mechanism underlying follicle atresia. TGF-beta1 has been implicated in the induction and promotion of apoptosis in many cell types and it is expressed in the ovary. In this study immu...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Christopher B

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase plays an important role in folate metabolism. Individuals who are type 2 diabetes mellitus have greatest risk for the development of vascular complications. The results of studies which assessed the association between MTHFR C677T polymorphism and T2DM with vascular complications we...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Zhang D,Zhou Y,Han L,Ji H,Li J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels and PAI-1 activity in young and lean women with PCOS and to compare with controls matched for age and weight. Thirty two women with PCOS and 25 weight and age-matched healthy controls participated in this study. Patients were...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tarkun I,Cantürk Z,Arslan BC,Türemen E,Tarkun P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the potential predictive factors for follicle growth, ovulation, and pregnancy rate in patients with primary ovarian insufficiency/premature ovarian failure (POI/POF). We enrolled 25 POI patients with desired fertility who were treated and monitored for a minimum of 7 months b...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Miyazaki K,Miki F,Uchida S,Masuda H,Uchida H,Maruyama T

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:KRN568 is a calcimimetic compound which acts on the calcium sensing receptors (CaR) on the parathyroid gland to suppress secretion of PTH. A recent report has demonstrated that CaRs are expressed on cultured human antral gastrin cells and that gastrin secretion is stimulated by an increase in extracellular calcium lev...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Igarashi T,Ogata E,Maruyama K,Fukuda T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that metabolic syndrome (MetS) overlaps prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and that it is not necessary to consider it as a separate clinical entity. In the present study, patients with normoglycemia and dysglycemia were compared in terms of MetS frequency and MetS criteria characteristics, in order...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Uzunlulu M,Oguz A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Components of cyclinD1/cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4)/p16INK4a/pRb pathway are the frequent target of many tumor types. We examined the role of retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (RB1) and the CDK4 gene in human pituitary tumorigenesis. For the RB1 gene, pRb expression and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on 13q in pitu...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Honda S,Tanaka-Kosugi C,Yamada S,Sano T,Matsumoto T,Itakura M,Yoshimoto K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between daily glycemic variability (GV) and visit-to-visit glycemic variability (VVV) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). A total of 156 outpatients with T2DM who had undergone continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for 5 days were included in this study. Indices ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsuchiya T,Saisho Y,Murakami R,Watanabe Y,Inaishi J,Itoh H

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00