alpha-Fetoprotein and transcortin behave as acute phase reactants in the maternal and fetal compartments of the inflammatory pregnant mouse.

abstract：:In the present study we examined the mechanisms involved in the activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis after administration of the glucose analog 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG), which inhibits intracellular glucose use. Adult male rats were injected with either 2-DG (400 mg/kg body wt ip) or vehicle and wer...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Weidenfeld J,Corcos AP,Wohlman A,Feldman S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because there are sex differences in feeding behavior in rats, we looked for a possible sex difference in the response to glucose of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) neurons in the lateral hypothalamic area using phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein (pCREB) as a marker of neural activity. Intact mal...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mogi K,Funabashi T,Mitsushima D,Hagiwara H,Kimura F

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoltification is a transformation that occurs in some species of salmon, during which solitary fish in fresh water become schooling fish and migrate to the sea. This process is accompanied by large increases in plasma T4. T4 secretion rate and other parameters of T4 metabolism in juvenile coho salmon were estimated b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Specker JL,DiStefano JJ 3rd,Grau EG,Nishioka RS,Bern HA

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：:Potassium deficiency produced by feeding mice a low potassium diet caused a marked decrease in plasma and testicular testosterone concentrations and a concomitant fall in the weight of seminal vesicles and in renal ornithine decarboxylase activity. All of these parameters were rapidly restored when potassium supply wa...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sánchez-Capelo A,Castells MT,Cremades A,Peñafiel R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptin (encoded by the Kiss1 gene) is an important regulator of reproduction. In rodents, Kiss1 is expressed in two hypothalamic regions, the arcuate nucleus and anteroventral periventricular/ periventricular continuum, where it is regulated by sex steroids. However, the distribution, regulation, and functional si...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kim J,Semaan SJ,Clifton DK,Steiner RA,Dhamija S,Kauffman AS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikreins are a multigene subfamily of serine proteases that may have a role in processing precursors of polypeptide hormones and growth factors. The epidermal growth factor (EGF) immunoreactivity in mouse milk is derived from the membrane-bound EGF precursor located on the lumenal border of the alveolar cells in th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jahnke GD,Chao J,Walker MP,Diaugustine RP

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study epididymal epithelium was immortalized in transgenic mice by expressing simian virus 40 T antigen under a 5.0-kb mouse glutathione peroxidase 5 promoter (GPX5-Tag1). Epididymal tumorigenesis was associated with an increase in c-Myc expression, and a marked decrease in B-Myc expression, with a 500-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sipilä P,Shariatmadari R,Huhtaniemi IT,Poutanen M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), 1 X 10(-7) M, to cultured neonatal rat heart cells resulted in rapid increases in beating rate and cellular concentrations of cAMP. Calcitonin (1 X 10(-7) M), in contrast, had no significant effect on heart cell beating rate or cAMP content. CGRP-stimulated increases...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fisher RA,Robertson SM,Olson MS

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:System A is one of the most highly regulated transport systems for transport of neutral amino acids into mammalian cells. Stimulation of uptake of alpha-[3H]methylaminoisobutyric acid (MeAIB), a nonmetabolizable system A substrate, by a novel insulin-sensitizing agent, troglitazone, in 3T3-L1 adipocytes was investigat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Su TZ,Wang M,Oxender DL,Saltiel AR

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These experiments queried the potential for developmental change in the positive and negative feedback sensitivities of LH secretion to estradiol. Serum LH levels were compared in juvenile, peripubertal, and adult female mice after ovariectomy and challenge with a variety of 4-day steroid treatments. Since male stimul...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bronson FH

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several novel cyclic MSH analogs were synthesized, and their binding properties were tested on cells transiently expressing the human melanocortin-1 (MC1), MC3, MC4, and MC5 receptors. We discovered a novel substance (HS024) that showed about 20-fold selectivity and very high affinity (Ki = 0.29 nM) for the MC4 recept...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kask A,Mutulis F,Muceniece R,Pähkla R,Mutule I,Wikberg JE,Rägo L,Schiöth HB

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the adult pancreas to generate new insulin (beta) cells has been controversial because of difficulties in unequivocally identifying the precursor population. We recently determined that beta cells were generated during development from precursors that expressed the homeodomain-containing transcription f...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fernandes A,King LC,Guz Y,Stein R,Wright CV,Teitelman G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state levels of plasma membrane receptors (measured in radioligand assays) result from processes that contribute to the production of receptors (synthesis, recycling, and unmasking) as well as those that contribute to the loss of receptors (degradation, internalization, and inactivation). Accordingly, we have p...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Braden TD,Conn PM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bovine corneal extracellular matrix (ECM) on gonadotropin-primed rat granulosa cells in vitro was studied by examining the following parameters: 1) rate of cell attachment to culture dishes; 2) modulation of cell morphology; 3) specific binding of [125I]human(h)CG to LH/hCG receptors; 4) cAMP response to...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Furman A,Rotmensch S,Kohen F,Mashiach S,Amsterdam A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CRH-binding protein (CRH-BP) antagonizes the ACTH-releasing activity of the neuropeptide CRH in vitro. However, the function of CRH-BP in vivo and the molecular mechanisms that regulate CRH-BP expression are not well understood. In this study, the rat CRH-BP gene was characterized, and CRH-BP promoter sequences we...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cortright DN,Goosens KA,Lesh JS,Seasholtz AF

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influences of mating on serum luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels were evaluated in 4-day cyclic proestrous rats of the Wistar strain. Blood samples were collected via guillotine from mated and unmated controls at 1900-2000 h or 2100--2200 h. Serum LH levels were determined by tw...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Moss RL,Dudley CA,Schwartz NB

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that ewes carrying the Booroola gene (Fec(B)) consistently ovulate more follicles because they recruit more primordial follicles and/or have a lower rate of atresia. If the former is correct, the pool of follicles would be depleted sooner in Fec(B) animals. We have studied follicular dynamics and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gonzalez-Bulnes A,Souza CJ,Campbell BK,Baird DT

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGF-BPs) modify IGF activity. To investigate their role in regulating growth, the number and size of IGF-BPs in porcine serum and the role of nutritional and endocrine factors in controlling their relative abundance were determined. IGF-BPs w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McCusker RH,Campion DR,Jones WK,Clemmons DR

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：:Kisspeptin, neurokinin B (NKB) and dynorphin A are coexpressed in a population of neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), termed KNDy neurons, which were recently recognized as important elements for the generation of GnRH pulses. However, the topographic distribution of these peptides and their regulated expression by ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Overgaard A,Ruiz-Pino F,Castellano JM,Tena-Sempere M,Mikkelsen JD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of secretagogue(s) from mouse decidual tissue on the release of mouse placental lactogen-II (mPL-II) were studied. Decidual tissue was obtained from 10- and 11-day-pregnant mice. The tissue was homogenized, extracted, and the tissue extract was made 50% saturated with ammonium sulfate. Both the precipitate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Thordarson G,Southard JN,Talamantes F

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though functional CRH receptors have been identified in several brain regions by ligand binding, the identity of brain areas expressing the CRH receptor gene has not been described. The recent cloning of the rat CRH receptor gene has permitted us to conduct an in situ hybridization histochemistry study to localiz...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wong ML,Licinio J,Pasternak KI,Gold PW

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the potential interactions between dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a survival factor, and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), an apoptotic inducer, were examined in a derivative of the hormone-sensitive prostate cancer cell line LNCAP: The LNCaP TGF-beta receptor II cells, engineered to express TGF-b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bruckheimer EM,Kyprianou N

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the use of sucrose density gradient and protamine sulfate analyses, the cytosol fraction of rat lung has been found to contain binding activities for both androgenic and estrogenic steroids. These activities are present in lungs of rats of both sexes and at all ages examined. Both activities interacted stereospecif...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Morishige WK,Uetake CA

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical stimulation of the preoptic area resulted in a significant increase in the secretion rate of immunoreactive somatostatin (IRS) and its concentration in the hypophysial portal blood of urethane-anesthetized rats. In contrast, stimulation of the ventromedial nucleus did not cause any changes in portal immunor...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chihara K,Arimura A,Kubli-Garfias C,Schally AV

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to define biochemical events relevant to the adipogenic action of GH, the effect of GH on expression of the cytoskeletal element vinculin was studied in 3T3-F442A preadipose cells. Results from Western blotting indicated that in serum-free medium 2 nM met-hGH induced an approximately 100% increase in vinc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guller S,Corin RE,Yuan-Wu K,Sonenberg M

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:Various neuropeptides have recently been isolated from the thymus, suggesting an interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems. We report here that the human thymus synthesizes a further peptide hormone, namely atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). This is documented by the following findings. ANP and its proh...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Vollmar AM,Schulz R

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRK 1-6) stimulate short-term desensitization (< 5 min) by phosphorylating G-protein coupled receptors, and also participate in receptor sequestration, which may relate to intermediate-term desensitization (30-60 min). The existence of such kinases and hence a potential role for the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Neill JD,Musgrove LC,Sellers JC,Duck LW

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00