The role of small proliferative adipocytes in the development of obesity: comparison between Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats and non-obese Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats.

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：:Exercise is a fundamental component of diabetes management. However, choosing inappropriate type or timing of exercise is associated with mild or severe hypoglycemia either during exercise or several hours after exercise. Several studies have shown that impaired counterregulatory responses triggers hypoglycemia. There...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Mao Y,Wen S,Zhou M,Zhu S,Zhou L

更新日期：2019-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone plays an important role in growth hormone (GH) synthesis and secretion. To study the relationship between thyroid function and urinary GH secretion in the hyperthyroid and hypothyroid states, we measured thyroid hormones, simultaneously with serum and urinary GH levels, in 54 patients with thyroid dise...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

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

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment using the active form of vitamin D (1,25(OH)2D3) could protect against high-fat diet (HFD)-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in rats and ameliorate oxidative stress. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups and treated with sta...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Zhu CG,Liu YX,Wang H,Wang BP,Qu HQ,Wang BL,Zhu M

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It seems reasonable to expect that biochemical changes occurring in the pregnant woman with diabetes should be reflected in the placenta structure. However, it has not been possible to correlate placental morphology with glycemic control in a comparison between those with long life diabetes and poorly controlled gesta...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： al-Okail MS,al-Attas OS

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：: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：:The aim of this study is to explore beta cell dysfunction and its clinical significance in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We assessed insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in a total of 277 Japanese women between 24 and 27 weeks of pregnancy who underwent a 2 h, 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) becaus...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Saisho Y,Miyakoshi K,Tanaka M,Shimada A,Ikenoue S,Kadohira I,Yoshimura Y,Itoh H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is common in obese women with insulin resistant type 2 diabetes for which metformin treatment is getting established in addition to clomiphene. However, lean PCOS patients are sometimes accompanied with type 1 diabetes. It remains unclear whether these patients are insulin resistant an...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shigiyama F,Kumashiro N,Rikitake T,Usui S,Saegusa M,Kitamura M,Uchino H,Hirose T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide the details of the successful management of a patient with active Cushing's disease complicated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. The patient was a 27-year-old Japanese female healthcare worker who was scheduled to undergo pituitary surgery for Cushing's disease. She had been in close cont...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yuno A,Kenmotsu Y,Takahashi Y,Nomoto H,Kameda H,Cho KY,Nakamura A,Yamashita Y,Nakamura J,Nakakubo S,Kamada K,Suzuki M,Sugino H,Inoshita N,Konno S,Miyoshi H,Atsumi T,Sawamura Y,Shimatsu A

更新日期：2020-12-24 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：:Rickets and osteomalacia are diseases characterized by impaired mineralization of bone matrix. Recent investigations revealed that the causes for rickets and osteomalacia are quite variable. While these diseases can severely impair the quality of life of the affected patients, rickets and osteomalacia can be completel...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Fukumoto S,Ozono K,Michigami T,Minagawa M,Okazaki R,Sugimoto T,Takeuchi Y,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) is characterized by polyuria and polydipsia caused by impairment of arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion. In this study, we evaluated plasma AVP concentrations during a hypertonic saline infusion test using a new AVP radioimmunoassay (RIA) which is now available in Japan. Thirteen cont...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takagi H,Hagiwara D,Handa T,Sugiyama M,Onoue T,Tsunekawa T,Ito Y,Iwama S,Goto M,Suga H,Banno R,Takahashi K,Matsui S,Arima H

更新日期：2020-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of reserpine treatment, not associated with pituitary irradiation, on the pituitary-adrenocortical axis in a total of 37 untreated patients with Cushing's disease were evaluated. With short-term treatment (2 mg daily for 2 weeks, n = 36), basal excretion of urinary 17-OHCS significantly decreased from 11.2 +/-...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Minamori Y,Yasuda K,Murayama M,Morita H,Yamakita N,Miura K

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to define the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in non-insulin dependent diabetic rats (WBN/Kob), we measured plasma corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), as well as arginine vasopressin (AVP), ACTH, and corticosterone (B), CRF concentrations in the median eminence (ME), the remainder of the hypo...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tojo C,Takao T,Nishioka T,Numata Y,Suemaru S,Hashimoto K

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1) is a rare genetic disease characterized by resistance to aldosterone, and the renal form of PHA1 is associated with heterozygous inactivating mutations in NR3C2, which encodes mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). Here we report a case of renal PHA1 due to a novel frameshift mutation i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kawashima Sonoyama Y,Tajima T,Fujimoto M,Hasegawa A,Miyahara N,Nishimura R,Hashida Y,Hayashi A,Hanaki K,Kanzaki S

更新日期：2017-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Late-night salivary cortisol (NSC) has been recognized as a sensitive and easy-to-perform screening test for the diagnosis of overt Cushing's syndrome (CS). However, there have been few reports on the diagnostic utility of salivary cortisol (SC) measurement in the diagnosis of subclinical Cushing's syndrome (SCS). T...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tateishi Y,Kouyama R,Mihara M,Doi M,Yoshimoto T,Hirata Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the occurrence of diabetes mellitus/glucose intolerance, arterial hypertension, central obesity, dyslipidemia, and microalbuminuria in the same patient (definition by WHO). Presence of metabolic syndrome is associated with larger myocardial infarction size and complications following acut...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kranjcec D,Altabas V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for further treatment of acromegaly with high plasma GH and IGF-I levels after transsphenoidal adenomectomy and subsequent treatment with bromocriptine. Physical examination and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an active acromegalic appearance with residual pitui...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Matsuno M,Sohmiya M,Yamamoto H,Kato Y

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the total daily inulin dose (TDD) and contribution of basal insulin to TDD and to identify the predictive factors for insulin requirement profiles in subjects with type 2 diabetes, we retrospectively examined insulin requirement profiles of 275 hospitalized subjects treated with basal-bolus insulin therapy (...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimoda S,Okubo M,Koga K,Sekigami T,Kawashima J,Kukidome D,Igata M,Ishii N,Shimakawa A,Matsumura T,Motoshima H,Furukawa N,Nishida K,Araki E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although curcumin was widely applied as a functional food for different diseases, it was found to reduce serum testosterone level and fertility in male animals by unknown molecular mechanisms. Here in our study, we investigated the possible mechanisms of curcumin-suppressed testosterone production in Leydig cells. Our...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lin YC,Chiu CH,Liu HC,Wang JY

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease (VHLD) is a hereditary autosomal dominant syndrome that causes various benign and malignant tumors. VHLD is caused by mutations in the VHL tumor suppressor gene. Here, we report a mutation in the VHL gene in a Japanese family with VHLD type 2A, characterized by pheochromocytoma (PHE), a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Imanaka M,Iida K,Takahashi K,Tsuji K,Nishizawa H,Fukuoka H,Takeno R,Takahashi Y,Okimura Y,Kaji H,Chihara K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the changes in insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in relation to fasting and 2-hour plasma glucose (PG) levels and to assess the independent contributions of their impairments to non-diabetic hyperglycemia. A total of 2157 Japanese workers (mean age 52.6±7.3 years and mean B...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Oka R,Yagi K,Sakurai M,Nakamura K,Moriuchi T,Miyamoto S,Nohara A,Kawashiri MA,Takeda Y,Yamagishi M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid disease is known to be associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We investigated the prevalence of thyroid disease in patients with idiopathic PAH (IPAH) or heritable PAH (HPAH), and the factors affecting the pathogenesis of thyroid disease. We retrospectively evaluated 59 patients with IPAH or HP...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Satoh M,Aso K,Nakayama T,Saji T

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative concentrations of total insulin receptor (IR) mRNA were measured in the epididymal adipose tissue and liver of intact untreated rats, dexamethasone-treated rats, adrenalectomized rats and adrenalectomized rats treated with dexamethasone, using RNA blot assays and a specific IR cDNA probe. Northern blot as...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Leal MA,Aller P,Mas A,Carranza MC,Calle C

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) are diagnosed in Japan by comprehensive or organ-specific diagnostic criteria. To date, organ-specific criteria have been established for several organs, but not for the thyroid. We attempted to establish diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related thyroid disease (IgG4-RTD) based...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takeshima K,Li Y,Kakudo K,Hirokawa M,Nishihara E,Shimatsu A,Takahashi Y,Akamizu T

更新日期：2021-01-28 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 investigated the regulation of each intracellular signal transduction system including cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent and calcium (Ca2+) messenger systems in bovine adrenal fasciculo-reticularis cells to clarify the exact mode of action of ACTH. Pretreatment with primaquine and quinacrine, which are phospholipase A2 i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Omura M,Suematsu S,Nishikawa T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of prolonged diabetes on epinephrine-induced adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) response in the liver was examined in diabetes-prone BB/W rats. Basal and 1 microM epinephrine-induced cAMP release from isolated perfused liver was similar in non-diabetic and diabetic BB/W rats with preserved adipose tissue....

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamatani K,Saito K,Ohnuma H,Ikezawa Y,Seino T,Manaka Y,Daimon M,Takahashi K,Sasaki H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rare case of a 66-year-old woman with the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD) accompanied by an empty sella whose symptoms were seen twice in the eight years after the administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) or prochlorperazine. No diuresis or suppression of the plasma le...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimada T,Higashi K,Kimura K,Shido T,Tomita K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00