Ezetimibe, an inhibitor of Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 protein, decreases cholesteryl ester transfer protein in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

abstract：:Estrogen has been shown to stimulate lactotroph proliferation and expression of the prolactin (PRL) gene. Recently it has been established that Pit-1, a pituitary-specific transcription factor, is required for lactotroph proliferation. Furthermore, in vitro studies showed that an increase in the PRL promoter activity ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsukahara S,Kambe F,Suganuma N,Tomoda Y,Seo H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antipituitary antibody (APA) has been reported to be detected in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) is expressed in both pituitary gland and thyroid gland. We studied the association of APA and D2 peptide antibody in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. Rat pituitary gl...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nakahara R,Tsunekawa K,Yabe S,Nara M,Seki K,Kasahara T,Ogiwara T,Nishino M,Kobayashi I,Murakami M

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:The presence of human progesterone receptor (PR) mRNA variants has been demonstrated in uterine endometrium and breast tissues as well as in cancer cells of these tissues. While exon deletions by the alternative splicing in these variants have been reported, there are few reports available on the PR mRNA variants with...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamanaka T,Hirata S,Shoda T,Hoshi K

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 30 Japanese insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients of short duration were examined to determine whether they had antibodies to proteolytic fragments of islet antigen, the molecular weights of which were 37,000 and/or 40,000 Mr (37KAb). The median age and disease duration of the patients were 13 ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ozawa Y,Kasuga A,Maruyama T,Kitamura Y,Amemiya S,Ishihara T,Suzuki R,Saruta T

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of an aqueous extract of Ferula hormonis on social aggression, fertility and some physiological and biochemical parameters were investigated in male mice. The ingestion of 3 mg/kg of aqueous extract of F. hormonis for six weeks clearly inhibited social aggression. Body wet weight and other sex accessory or...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Khleifat K,Homady MH,Tarawneh KA,Shakhanbeh J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel study assessed the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of exenatide once weekly (QW) in 30 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) suboptimally controlled by diet and exercise alone or combined with biguanide, sulfonylurea, thiaz...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Iwamoto K,Nasu R,Yamamura A,Kothare PA,Mace K,Wolka AM,Linnebjerg H

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:We examined 13 patients with euthyroid Graves' disease suspected ophthalmologically, by comparing them with 20 patients with untreated Graves' disease and by following them up for 5 to 10 years. They had Graves' ophthalmopathy (NOSPECS class II-IV) without other ocular diseases, normal levels of serum thyroid hormones...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kashiwai T,Tada H,Asahi K,Hidaka Y,Tamaki H,Iwatani Y,Amino N

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanylin (Gn), a bioactive peptide, and its receptor, guanylyl cyclase-C (GC-C), are primarily present in the intestine and maintain homeostasis in body fluids. Recently, rats whose macrophages overexpress Gn and GC-C were found to be resistant to diet-induced obesity. Considering that obesity is strongly related to a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hasegawa K,Akieda-Asai S,Fujii Y,Bae CR,Yasuda M,Date Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid cancer and Graves' disease may present simultaneously in one patient. The incidence of the development of hyperthyroidism from metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma is rare. We herein report a case of metastatic follicular carcinoma complicated with Graves' disease after total thyroidectomy. A 57-year-ol...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Aoyama M,Takizawa H,Tsuboi M,Nakagawa Y,Tangoku A

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Conophylline and betacellulin-delta4 reproduce differentiation-inducing activity of activin A and betacellulin, respectively. We examined the effect of conophylline and betacellulin-delta4 on beta cell differentiation. In AR42J cells, conophylline and betacellulin-delta4 converted them into insulin-producing cells. Ce...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kitamura R,Ogata T,Tanaka Y,Motoyoshi K,Seno M,Takei I,Umezawa K,Kojima I

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy using insulin pumps has become widely used in the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). This retrospective study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of long-term insulin pump treatment in patients with T1DM aged ≥50 years. The study included patients ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Matejko B,Krzyżowska S,Kieć-Wilk B,Malecki MT,Klupa T

更新日期：2020-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies revealed that obesity is a low-grade, chronic inflammatory state that is accompanied by the enhanced production of multiple chemokines. In particular, metabolic syndrome (MS) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) accumulation are significantly associated with certain chemokines in adults. However, little is...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ishii M,Araki S,Goto M,Yamamoto Y,Kusuhara K

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronous associations of Cushing's syndrome (CS) and primary aldosteronism (PA) with multiple adrenocortical adenomas secreting each hormone independently have rarely been reported. Herein, we describe a unique case of PA associated with CS with detailed clinical and pathological investigations. Bilateral adrenal m...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Onoda N,Ishikawa T,Nishio K,Tahara H,Inaba M,Wakasa K,Sumi T,Yamazaki T,Shigematsu K,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Expression of activin A in fetal rat pancreas was studied immunohistochemically by using anti-activin A antibody. On embryonic day 12 (E12), cells in cap-like pancreatic anlage were stained with anti-activin A antibody. In these sections, no immunoreactive insulin or glucagon was observed. On E13.5, cells containing i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Furukawa M,Eto Y,Kojima I

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine clinical features of hypopituitarism in elderly subjects. Thirty-one elderly patients with hypopituitarism were enrolled. They were 19 males and 12 females, with the ages of 70.7±5.4 years ranging from 62 to 80 years. High prevalence of hyponatremia (80.6%) and hypoglyc...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Asano T,Aoki A,Sasaki M,Ikoma A,Kakei M,Kawakami M,Ishikawa SE

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Inflammatory lesions of the pituitary gland are rarely encountered. Recently, the concept of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related systemic disease was proposed in Japan, and more than 20 cases have been reported as possibly associated with infundibulo-hypophysitis since 2000. We herein review such case reports in the publ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimatsu A,Oki Y,Fujisawa I,Sano T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue-specific circulating markers of thyroid hormone action on cardiac function have not been established. Although the relationship between thyroid function and plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels has been evaluated in patients with thyroid disorders, the relationship between these parameters in the g...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ohba K,Okada E,Goto Y,Suzuki S,Machii M,Nonaka D,Matsushita A,Sasaki S,Suda T,Oki Y,Takase H

更新日期：2020-04-28 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：:This paper reports the case of an infant presenting with sexual ambiguity at birth. The child presented with labia majora synechia, thready genital tubercle and perineal hypospadias. The karyotype was 46,XY. Low testosterone levels with no response to hCG administration, associated with high LH level for her age, h...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Richard N,Leprince C,Gruchy N,Pigny P,Andrieux J,Mittre H,Manouvrier S,Lahlou N,Weill J,Kottler ML

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are induced under diabetic conditions and are likely associated with the development of type 2 diabetes. It is also known that ROS production is facilitated in the presence of copper ion through the Fenton reaction. The aim of this study was to examine the involvement of copper ion in the...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tanaka A,Kaneto H,Miyatsuka T,Yamamoto K,Yoshiuchi K,Yamasaki Y,Shimomura I,Matsuoka TA,Matsuhisa M

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:We report herein the case of a 1-year-old boy with McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) who presented with infantile-onset Cushing' s syndrome caused by ACTH independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH). Abdominal CT, MRI, and adrenal scintigraphy with (131)I-adosterol identified bilateral adrenal involvement with t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hamajima T,Maruwaka K,Homma K,Matsuo K,Fujieda K,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is considered to play a role in maintenance of energy balance and body weight by neuroendocrine mechanisms. The physiological mechanisms for thyroid hormone-induced alteration in serum leptin are not well known. In the present study, the relationship between thyroid hormones and leptin levels was investigated i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Oge A,Bayraktar F,Saygili F,Guney E,Demir S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen plays pivotal roles in body weight regulation through its effects on central estrogen receptor-α (ERα) expression. ERα is found on neurons that express the hypothalamic anorexigenic factors steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) and pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) mediate these effects of estrogen. As the gonadal hormonal...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Iwasa T,Matsuzaki T,Mayila Y,Yano K,Irahara M

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old Japanese woman was referred for examination of right flank pain and progressive hypertension. Abdominal CT incidentally detected a right adrenal mass 8 cm in size. The tumor exhibited isodensity by CT and contained high-intense lesion by T2-weighted MRI. Scintigraphy with (131) I-metaiodobenzylguanidine ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Goto J,Otsuka F,Kodera R,Miyoshi T,Kinomura M,Otani H,Mimura Y,Ogura T,Yanai H,Nasu Y,Makino H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and increased tHcy levels have been reported to be a novel risk factor of atherosclerotic disease. The aim of this study was to assess the association of the metabolic syndrome components with plasma (tHcy) level. Total 722 parti...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Rhee EJ,Hwang ST,Lee WY,Yoon JH,Kim BJ,Kim BS,Kang JH,Lee MH,Park JR,Sung KC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00