Influence of progesterone and its antagonist mifepristone (RU 486) on collagen content in uterine cervix in pregnant rats.

abstract：:We have recently reported on the activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), hexokinase (HK) and carbonic anhydrase I (CA-I) and II (CA-II) isoenzymes obtained from erythrocytes of healthy subjects and untreated patients with hyperthyroid diseases. Also, erythrocyte zinc concentrations were measured. Red b...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Odçikin E,Ozdemir H,Ciftçi M,Capoğlu I

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Adenosine deaminase (ADA), purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNPase), S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAHH), 5'-nucleotidase (5N), and deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) are involved in purine salvage metabolism. Changes of the activities of the above enzymes have been observed in blood cells in patients with imm...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Karbownik M,Zasada K,Wyczechowska D,Lewiński A,Fabianowska-Majewska K

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) are both intrapancreatic neuropeptides that are known to inhibit stimulated insulin secretion. In the present study, we examined their influences on basal and stimulated glucagon and insulin secretion in the mouse. Either NPY or CGRP was injected intraven...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pettersson M,Lundquist I,Ahrén B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin, the product of the ob gene, is an adipose-tissue secreted hormone, which regulates satiety, metabolic rate and thermogenesis. Many lines of evidence suggest the existence of mutual relationships between leptin and adrenal-cortex secretion, but in vivo studies gave rather conflicting results. Therefore, we have...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Malendowicz LK,Macchi C,Nussdorfer GG,Nowak KW

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal cortex is a dynamic organ in which the cells of the outer cortex continually divide. It is well known that this cellular proliferation is dependent on constant stimulation from peptides derived from the ACTH precursor proopiomelanocortin (POMC) since disruption of pituitary corticotroph function results in...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Bicknell AB

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence have suggested that the nuclear receptor Steroidogenic Factor-1 (SF-1 or Ad4BP) may be directly involved in the cAMP-dependent regulation of steroid hydroxylase genes in adrenocortical cells. In the bovine CYP17 gene, which encodes the cytochrome P450 17alpha-hydroxylase, an SF-1 site is pres...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Lund J,Jacob A,Aesöy R,Yri OE,Mellgren G

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP17 is not expressed in adult mouse adrenal glands but is expressed in a subset of fetal adrenocortical cells, indicating the potential to produce both corticosterone and cortisol during murine embryogenesis. CYP11A is expressed in the fetal adrenal but also in developing hindgut, which will form the colon, and in c...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Keeney DS

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two P450c11 genes, sharing 99% homology, were cloned from Cape baboon adrenal tissue using RT-PCR. The cDNAs showed 96% and 94.6% sequence identity to human P450c11 and aldosterone synthase, respectively. One of the gene sequences contained a termination codon in exon one. The cloned cDNAs were expressed in COS 1 cell...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Swart AC,Brown N,Kolar N,Swart P

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady state level of most cellular phosphoproteins is dependent on the relative catalytic activities of intracellular protein kinases and phosphatases. In adrenal cortex, ACTH acts through PKA activation and Ser/Tre phosphorylation. Phosphatases involved in this pathway are not completely described, particularly ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Cornejo Maciel F,Paz C,Neuman MI,Podestá EJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Impairments in neuroendocrine regulation of food intake and postprandial satiety are leading causes to obesity. Ghrelin peptide is a GI hormone known to increase food intake partly through induction of growth hormone. The regulation of ghrelin production is still unknown. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the current ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Haddad H,Mroueh M,Faour WH,Daher C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether ethanol's (ETOH's) known suppressive effect on serum luteinizing hormone (LH) could be mediated directly at the anterior pituitary level was addressed by examining the effects of ETOH in vitro on release of LH from cultured male rat pituitary cells. The impact of added ethanol concentrations ra...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Emanuele MA,Tentler J,Emanuele NV,Reda D,Kirsteins L,Lawrence AM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is one of the most common organ-specific autoimmune diseases. Increasing evidence indicates that HT may be characterized by an imbalance in the helper T cell subsets Th1 and Th2. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) considers HT as a chronic exhaustion disease, leading to deficiency of qi. I...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Chen J,Feng X,Huang Q

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretory activity of the adrenal gland is mainly regulated by peptidergic hormones (ACTH, angiotensin II) and ions. However, there is now increasing evidence that local factors, including neuropeptides and neurotransmitters, can also participate in the control of adrenocortical cells. In particular, serotonin (5-...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Delarue C,Contesse V,Lefebvre H,Lenglet S,Grumolato L,Kuhn JM,Vaudry H

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether hyperuricemia is associated with the early phase and late phase of insulin release in apparently healthy non-obese subjects with normal glucose tolerance. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A population-based cross-sectional study was performed. Apparently healthy individuals aged 20 to 65 years were eligi...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Simental-Mendía LE,Simental-Mendía E,Rodríguez-Morán M,Guerrero-Romero F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients affected by new-onset Graves' disease with ophthalmopathy have been examined for lymphocyte subset phenotypes by two-colour cytometric analysis. CD5+ B cells were significantly increased in comparison to the normal population (43.2 +/- 20.6% versus 19.5 +/- 6.9%; p < 0.0009); total T cells showed a no...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Afeltra A,Paggi A,Ferri GM,Amoroso A,Di Prima MA,Startari S,Faralli AR,Bonomo L

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD) catalyzes the interconversion of cortisol (F) to inactive cortisone (E) in man (corticosterone (B) to 11-dehydrocorticosterone (A) in rodents) and plays a crucial role in regulating corticosteroid hormone action. Two isoforms of this enzyme have been characterized; a ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Shimojo M,Condon J,Whorwood CB,Stewart PM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] can mediate effects without being converted to 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D]. METHODS:Vitamin D3 (VD3) was injected intramuscularly to 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase [1α(OH)ase] gene knockout (KO) male mice with a dose of 10,000 IU per week for...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Zhang ZL,Ding XF,Tong J,Li BY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two CYP21 genes, the active CYP21 and the pseudogene, CYP21P, also pairs of duplicated genes including the XA, XB, XB-S; YA, YB; and ZA, ZB are arranged in tandem next to the serum complement C4 genes (C4A and C4B). In this report, we have analyzed the influence of some DNA sequences within the C4A/CYP21P region on th...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Chang SF,Cheng CL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase plays a crucial role in the steroidogenic process in the adrenal gland. In the present study we tried to characterize its localization and developmental changes in the rat adrenal cortex during the postnatal period, using immunohistochemical methods. The development of the...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pignatelli D,Bento MJ,Maia M,Magalhães MM,Magalhães MC,Mason JI

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Transthyretin (TTR) is a protein with a growing number of biological functions in addition to its well-established binding and circulatory transport of thyroxine, and indirect retinoid transport through interaction with retinol-binding protein. Misfolded and aggregated wild-type and mutant TTRs are involved i...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Fong VH,Wong S,Jintaridhi P,Vieira A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment of confluent human fibroblast cultures for two days in dexamethasone, serum free medium increased 10-20 fold the sensitivity of the cells to insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) stimulation of amino acid uptake using the amino acid analog alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (AIB). This increased sensitivity result...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Heath-Monnig E,Daughaday WH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal computed tomography with determination of Hounsfield units has proved to be sensitive and specific in the differential diagnosis of benign vs. malign adrenal lesions. On the other hand, computed tomography may fail in patients with small adrenal masses of less than 1.0 cm. However, especially in patients with ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Willenberg HS,Mansmann G,Fritzen R,Schott M,Feldkamp J,Schulte HM,Scherbaum WA,Bornstein SR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using Western blot analysis we found transcriptional co-repressor Sin3A to be expressed at a higher level in male mouse kidney than in females. HDAC1 (histone deacetylase 1) protein, another co-repressor forming complexes with Sin3A, was not higher in males. No sex differences in Sin3A expression were found after gona...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Xu J,Arnold AP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis toxin (PT) and cholera toxin (CT) have been shown to modulate lactogenic hormone-stimulated Nb2 cell mitogenesis, a lactogen-dependent cell line. As both toxins have been shown to alter guanylate cyclase activity in other cell systems, cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) analogs, 8-bromo or dibutyryl cGMP,...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Larsen JL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulation of the zona glomerulosa phenotype by a low sodium diet is characterised by increased expression of aldosterone synthase accompanied by increases in (pro)renin, bFGF, c-fos and c-jun gene transcription. In contrast ACTH diminishes the specific glomerulosa phenotype. The EGF related transmembrane protein...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Raza FS,Puddefoot JR,Vinson GP

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Thyroglobulin (Tg) assessment in the needle washout after fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of a suspicious neck lymph node (LN) is known to improve the diagnostic accuracy in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). However, there is still controversy on the best diagnostic cut-off levels for FNAB-Tg a...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Konca Degertekin C,Yalcin MM,Cerit T,Ozkan C,Kalan I,Iyidir OT,Altinova AE,Akturk M,Toruner F,Akin M,Cakir N

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver is known to be sensitive to dietary challenge and to reduction in its functional mass. To investigate the influence of the vitamin D endocrine system on the hepatic growth response, liver DNA synthesis (S phase of cell cycle) was primed by dietary manipulation (high carbohydrate/protein-free diet x 3 d follo...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Ethier C,Goupil D,Gascon-Barré M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of crowding on the pituitary-gonadal axis was studied in adult male rats. Crowding reduced body weight gain, did not alter relative adrenal weight and increased relative testis weight. Neither basal levels of corticosterone nor its response to acute stress were altered by crowding. Likewise, LH secretion wa...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Armario A,Lopez-Calderón A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal smoking is considered to be a risk factor for low birth weight. It is hypothesized that alteration in leptin concentration may be associated with reduced fetal growth. In this study, we assess the effect of smoking during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal serum leptin concentrations, and also on breast milk ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Ozkan B,Ermis B,Tastekin A,Doneray H,Yildirim A,Ors R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of binding of 125I-porcine FSH to porcine granulosa cells from small and large ovarian follicles indicated that binding is dependent on both time and temperature. At 37 C, binding of ligand is more than four times higher in cells from small follicles than in cells from large follicles within 30 minutes of t...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： LaBarbera AR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00