The role of serum high density lipoproteins in adrenal steroidogenesis.

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：:The enzyme, 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/delta 5-4 isomerase (3 beta-HSD) is an essential element in the biosynthetic pathway for potent adrenal steroid hormones that appear to regulate maturation of many tissues in utero and are critical for homeostasis after birth. The results of prior studies are suggestive ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Parker CR Jr,Faye-Petersen O,Stankovic AK,Mason JI,Grizzle WE

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The B vitamin nicotinamide (NIC), commonly known as niacin, is currently in trial as a potential means of preventing Type 1 diabetes in first-degree relatives of affected individuals. Sodium butyrate (BUT) a common dietary micronutrient has also been reported to have beneficial effects on the differentiation and funct...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Liu HK,Green BD,Flatt PR,McClenaghan NH,McCluskey JT

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to regulating renal sodium resorption and, thus, intravascular volume, aldosterone may have direct effects on the cardiovascular system. We previously identified a polymorphism (-344C/T) in the promoter of the aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) gene that affects binding of the SF-1 transcription factor and thu...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： White PC,Hautanen A,Kupari M

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：PURPOSE:Monthly regimen of minodronate for osteoporosis more than two years has not been reported yet. The aim of this study is to elucidate the effect of monthly minodronate (M-MIN) on bone mineral density (BMD) and serum pentosidine (Pen) during 27 months. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study consisted of 52 newly treate...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Ohishi T,Fujita T,Suzuki D,Nishida T,Yamamoto K,Okabayashi R,Ushirozako H,Banno T,Matsuyama Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

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：:An analysis of the glucocorticoid receptor population of skeletal muscle and liver from dystrophic and control mice was performed. These data demonstrate that the cytosol of muscles from dystrophic animals contain a significantly higher concentration of glucocorticoid receptors (approximately 100%) relative to the cyt...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： DuBois DC,Almon RR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) is a steroid product of the adrenal gland, which circulates in high concentrations, but whose functions are largely unknown. There is evidence for antiproliferative effects of DHEAS in neoplastic tissue. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of DHEAS on vascu...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Hinson JP,Khan M

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:Islets derived from patients with persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy, PHHI, show a significant capacity to proliferate in vitro without the addition of growth factors. However, as with other differentiated cells, PHHI-derived islet cells show a loss of differentiated function with repeated subculture....

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Webb M,James RF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was the aim of this study to test for a possible effect of the new non ergot dopamine agonist CV 205-502 on plasma growth hormone (GH) concentrations in acromegaly. 10 acromegalic patients received a single oral dose of 150 micrograms CV 205-502 after an overnight fast. As a control group 7 acromegalic patients und...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Svoboda T,Kotzmann H,Clodi M,Bernecker P,Geyer G,Luger A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemistry using a StAR peptide antiserum had previously revealed strong staining in rat and bovine adrenal medulla, suggesting the presence of a protein immunogenically related to StAR. Western blots of bovine medulla tissue homogenates showed the principal adrenal medullary immuno-reactive species to have ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Lo YC,MacKenzie SM,Howie AF,Apps DK,Mason JI,Williams BC,Morley SD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Increasing evidence exists that hyperprolactinemia alters metabolic profile. The mechanism of this effect is unknown. We aimed to investigate the differences between the metabolic profile of patients with prolactinomas and nonfunctional pituitary adenomas and to evaluate the impact of other pituitary hormones o...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Perić B,Kruljac I,Šundalić S,Pećina HI,Jović A,Štefanović M,Butorac D,Vrkljan M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS/HYPOTHESIS:Glucose tolerance progressively declines with age, and there is a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the elderly people. Previous studies have reported the sex differences in risk for type 2 diabetes, especially in the elderly people, whereas reasons for these sex differences remain poorly understood...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Li T,Jiao W,Li W,Li H

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pioglitazone on serum uric acid (UA) levels and several diabetic parameters in drug-naïve subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The patients (n = 68) received 7.5-30 mg/day pioglitazone monotherapy. They were divided into t...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Kutoh E,Hori T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils have an important role in the host defense. The elevated serum glucose levels of diabetics affect traditional host defenses such as neutrophil counts and functions. The causes of these impairments are not clear. We aimed to investigate changes of peripheral neutrophil counts and functions and their relatio...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Cantürk Z,Cantürk NZ,Cetinarslan B,Erçin C,Dökmetaş S,Sencan M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cell line produces large amounts of steroids only in response to hormonal stimulation while the R2C rat Leydig tumor cell line is constitutively steroidogenic in nature. In an effort to uncover the potential reasons for constitutive steroidogenesis in R2C cells, we have recently shown that...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Rao RM,Jo Y,Babb-Tarbox M,Syapin PJ,Stocco DM

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that the changes in hormone levels that occur with menopause and aging are related to loss of muscle mass. However, the role of gonadotropins in this process is unknown. OBJECTIVES:To analyze the relationship between follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) and l...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： García-Martín A,Reyes-García R,García-Castro JM,Muñoz-Garach A,Escobar-Jiménez F,Muñoz-Torres M

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:A comparative study (n = 20) of serum levels of leutinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone (T) between male trained athletes (high-school students, 16-18 years old) living in North and South Shouna in the Jordan Valley (JV), 320-360 meters below sea level, and those living in Ramtha and Irbid, 550-650 meters above sea ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Bani Hani I,El-Migdadi F,Shotar A,Abudheese R,Bashir N

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Some similar factors, such as genetic susceptibility and subinflammation/autoimmunity, contribute to development of both polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), suggesting a potential pathogenic link between the two common disorders. In this study, we investigated the relationship b...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Arduc A,Aycicek Dogan B,Bilmez S,Imga Nasiroglu N,Tuna MM,Isik S,Berker D,Guler S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antithyroid drugs such as propylthiouracil (PTU) and methimazole (MMI) are common medications in Chinese patients with hyperthyroidism and PTU-induced antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positive vasculitis has been reported. The current cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence and the...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Gao Y,Zhao MH,Guo XH,Xin G,Gao Y,Wang HY

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the protein kinase C ligand 12-O-tetradecanoyphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) inhibited the angiotensin II (AII) stimulated CYP11B2 gene expression in the adrenocortical H295R cell line. Here we report that TPA increased the level of phospho-p44/42 MAPK but AII did not. The MEK1 inhibitor PD98...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： LeHoux JG,Lefebvre A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of exercise on anterior pituitary hormones (adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), leutinizing hormone (LH) and growth hormone) as well as on cortisol at low altitude (350 meters below the sea level) and to compare these effects with those at a moderate level altitude ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Bashir N,el-Migdadi F,Hasan Z,al-Hader AA,Wezermes I,Gharaibeh M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct isoforms of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD) with respect to enzymatic activity were identified in the ovine liver and kidney. 11 beta-HSD1 (the hepatic isoform) was reversible and NADP(H)-dependent. By contrast, 11 beta-HSD2 (the renal isoform) was unidirectional and NAD-dependent. Ovin...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Yang K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of clomiphene on nuclear estrogen receptors of the Fallopian tube during ovum transport in the rabbit has been studied. Nuclear binding capacity was observed in ampulla (A), ampullary-isthmic junction (AIJ), isthmus (I), uterine-isthmic junction (UIJ) and uterus (U). Receptor concentration decreased in all ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Gupta JS,Roy SK

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00