Proteomic Profiling of Human Uterine Fibroids Reveals Upregulation of the Extracellular Matrix Protein Periostin.

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to use an approach targeted specifically on endogenous relaxin to determine the influence of relaxin on birth in the rat. To that end, a monoclonal antibody specific for rat relaxin, designated MCA1, was used to passively neutralize endogenous relaxin in intact pregnant rats. MCA1...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guico-Lamm ML,Sherwood OD

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The corpora lutea of pregnancy in the rat are highly dependent on the action of PRL and PRL-like hormones to hypertrophy and to produce progesterone needed for the maintenance of gestation. Two forms of the PRL receptor (PRL-R), designated as long (PRL-RL) and short (PRL-RS), have been described in rat tissues. To det...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Telleria CM,Parmer TG,Zhong L,Clarke DL,Albarracin CT,Duan WR,Linzer DI,Gibori G

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone and retinoic acid (RA) are essential for normal neural development in vivo, yet all in vitro differentiation strategies of embryonic stem (ES) cells use only RA. We developed a novel differentiation strategy of mouse ES cells using T(3). A dominant-negative knock-in point mutation (P398H) was introduce...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu YY,Tachiki KH,Brent GA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) and its receptors in human and mouse pituicytes are expressed abundantly in corticotrophs and somatotrophs. As LIF induces POMC transcription and LPS-mediated stress also induces hypothalamic and pituitary LIF expression, we studied ACTH secretion in LIF knockout (LIF KO) mice. Basal A...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Akita S,Malkin J,Melmed S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) fed at 0.4% in the diet is known to exert strong antihyperglycemic effects in C57BL/KsJ genetically diabetic (db/db) mice. Three of the major metabolic products of DHEA; DHEA sulfate, alpha-hydroxyetiocholanolone (alpha-ET), and beta-hydroxyetiocholanolone (beta-ET) when fed at 0.1% in th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Coleman DL,Leiter EH,Applezweig N

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A binding protein for activin was purified from bovine pituitary by affinity chromatography on dextran sulfate-Sepharose CL-4B and activin-Affi-Gel 10. A 52,700-fold purification over the starting crude homogenate was achieved. The purified preparation showed two bands of 36 and 33 kilodalton in sodium dodecyl sulfate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kogawa K,Nakamura T,Sugino K,Takio K,Titani K,Sugino H

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF alpha) has been localized to the anterior pituitary, specifically to the lactotroph and somatotroph cell populations, by our previous studies. Since pituitary lactotrophs are known to undergo growth in response to estrogens, we have used an estradiol-induced pituitary hyperplasia/...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Borgundvaag B,Kudlow JE,Mueller SG,George SR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the number of pituitary vasopressin (VP) receptors plays an important role in controlling pituitary responsiveness during alterations of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. The mechanisms regulating these VP receptors were studied by analysis of the effects of adrenalectomy and glucocorticoid admini...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rabadan-Diehl C,Makara G,Kiss A,Lolait S,Zelena D,Ochedalski T,Aguilera G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of the Hyp mutation and diet-induced hyperparathyroidism on renal responsiveness to PTH and forskolin and to determine whether the renal brush border membrane phosphate transport defect is expressed in the vitamin D- and calcium-deficient Hyp mouse. Our result...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tenenhouse HS,Veksler A

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of pentobarbital (Pnt) treatment on the progesterone (P)-induced afternoon increase in the medial basal hypothalamic (MBH) LHRH and serum LH and FSH levels in ovariectomized estradiol benzoate-primed rats were studied. Pnt injection before P blocked the afternoon rise in serum gonadotropins but failed to a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kalra SP,Simpkins JW,Kalra PS

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent adduction of a nitrosyl group to cysteines [S-nitrosylation (S-NO)] is emerging as a key route for nitric oxide (NO) to directly modulate protein functions. Here, we studied the effects of estrogens on endothelial protein S-NO and analyzed the nitrosyl-proteomes by biotin/CyDye switch technique combined with ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhang HH,Feng L,Livnat I,Hoh JK,Shim JY,Liao WX,Chen DB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat esophagus shares some cellular features with skin squamous epithelium and striated muscle that express high levels of corticotropin-releasing factor type 2 (CRF2) receptors or their cognate ligand urocortin (Ucn) 1, 2, and 3. We investigated the expression and cell signaling of CRF2 receptors and ligands in th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu SV,Yuan PQ,Wang L,Peng YL,Chen CY,Taché Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that calcitonin (CT) treatment induced downregulation of the CT receptor (CTR) in mouse osteoclast-like cells (OCLs). Here, we studied the features of homologous down-regulation of the CTR in mature mouse OCLs. Treatment with salmon CT (sCT) and human CT (hCT) reduced [125I]sCT specific binding. The d...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wada S,Udagawa N,Nagata N,Martin TJ,Findlay DM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitellogenin (Vg) is a major yolk protein precursor in numerous oviparous animals. Numerous studies in bilateral oviparous animals have shown that Vg sequences are conserved across taxa and that Vgs are synthesized by somatic-cell lineages, transported to and accumulated in oocytes, and eventually used for supporting ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shikina S,Chen CJ,Chung YJ,Shao ZF,Liou JY,Tseng HP,Lee YH,Chang CF

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate trafficking in neuroendocrine cells, green fluorescent protein (GFP) tags were fused to various portions of the preproneuropeptide Y (NPY) precursor. Two neuroendocrine cell lines, AtT-20 corticotrope tumor cells and PC-12 pheochromocytoma cells, along with primary anterior pituitary cells, were examine...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： El Meskini R,Jin L,Marx R,Bruzzaniti A,Lee J,Emeson R,Mains R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the interaction between hypothalamic ACTH secretagogues and adrenocortical glucocorticoids in rat anterior pituitary tissue using an in vitro perifusion system. Repeated 5 min pulses of 41-residue CRF (CRF-41) or arginine vasopressin (AVP) were applied at 1 h intervals for up to 7 h. Administratio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shipston MJ,Antoni FA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Media from large vessel endothelial cells (pulmonary artery, aorta) contained intact connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and a dominant 19-kDa band. N-terminal analysis of the 19-kDa band showed sequence corresponding to CTGF amino acid 181-190, suggesting that the 19-kDa band represented a proteolytic fragment of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Boes M,Dake BL,Booth BA,Erondu NE,Oh Y,Hwa V,Rosenfeld R,Bar RS

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a potent vasorelaxant peptide that plays important roles in cardiovascular homeostasis and inflammatory response. ADM derived from macrophages is one of the major sources of ADM that is produced in the inflammatory process. To assess the functions of ADM in inflammation, we studied the temporal...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wong LY,Cheung BM,Li YY,Tang F

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transient increase in serum progesterone concentrations (to 1 ng/ml for 1-2 days) is observed in the majority of ewes before the first estrous cycle of the breeding season. To determine whether such a brief antecedent rise in progesterone ensures initiation of a full-length cycle by the next LH surge, synthetic GnRH...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Legan SJ,I'Anson H,Fitzgerald BP,Akaydin MS Jr

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During luteinization of bovine granulosa cells in vitro in the presence of insulin, or insulin plus forskolin, there is a massive upregulation not only of progesterone production, but also of the gene for the peptide hormone oxytocin, with secretion of the peptide into the medium. By using the progesterone receptor an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lioutas C,Einspanier A,Kascheike B,Walther N,Ivell R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin (PG) E2 (PGE(2)) plays a central role in the regulation of smooth muscle contractions. Classically, PGE(2) stimulates contractions via EP1 and EP3 receptors, whereas EP2 and EP4 maintain quiescence. Labor involves a change from myometrial quiescence to contractions with a shift from anti- to proinflammat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kandola MK,Sykes L,Lee YS,Johnson MR,Hanyaloglu AC,Bennett PR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons in the hypothalamus are direct targets of the adipostatic hormone leptin and contribute to energy homeostasis by integrating peripheral and central information. The melanocortin and beta-endorphin neuropeptides are processed from POMC and putatively coreleased at axon terminals. Mela...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Appleyard SM,Hayward M,Young JI,Butler AA,Cone RD,Rubinstein M,Low MJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the ligand-receptor relationship of the natriuretic peptide system, which comprises at least three endogenous ligands, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), and three receptors, the ANP-A receptor or guanylate cyclase-A (GC-A), the ANP-B r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Suga S,Nakao K,Hosoda K,Mukoyama M,Ogawa Y,Shirakami G,Arai H,Saito Y,Kambayashi Y,Inouye K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Leydig cells of the testis are known to possess high affinity receptors for luteinizing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), but no information concerning the synthesis of these receptors is available yet. In order to investigate this question, we have purified crude rat interstitial cell preparations o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Aubry M,Collu R,Ducharme JR,Crine P

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Native PRL and des-amido forms 1, 2, and 3 were tested for their individual immunochemical and receptor-binding abilities. The results show that deamidation of either secreted mouse PRL or stored ovine PRL alters their binding in a radioreceptor assay. For each accumulated deamidation there was a statistically signifi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Haro LS,Talamantes FJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin (ET) and GnRH act through specific receptors to promote Ca2+ mobilization and influx pathways in pituitary gonadotrophs. In the present study cytoplasmic calcium ([Ca2+]i) and secretory responses to these two agonists are compared. In single gonadotrophs, low concentrations of both agonists cause oscillator...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stojilković SS,Iida T,Cesnjaj M,Catt KJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH and PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) have been shown to bind to and activate the same PTH/PTHrP receptor. Recent studies have demonstrated, however, the presence of additional receptors specific for each ligand. We used the PTHrP and PTH/PTHrP receptor gene knock-out models to investigate whether this receptor mediates...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lanske B,Divieti P,Kovacs CS,Pirro A,Landis WJ,Krane SM,Bringhurst FR,Kronenberg HM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Des-acyl ghrelin (DAG), the most abundant form of ghrelin in humans, has been found to reduce arterial blood pressure and prevent cardiac and endothelial cell apoptosis. Despite this, data regarding its direct effect on cardiac function and coronary blood flow, as well as the related involvement of autonomic nervous s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grossini E,Raina G,Farruggio S,Camillo L,Molinari C,Mary D,Walker GE,Bona G,Vacca G,Moia S,Prodam F,Surico D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biologically active form of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) precursor has been detected in human fluids and secretions. The secreted protein identified in human urine and milk has an apparent molecular mass of 160-170 kilodaltons and exhibits an affinity for the glycosaminoglycan heparin. More importantly, the sec...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mroczkowski B,Reich M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidation of the role of Ca2+ in the secretion of insulin and glucagon is complicated by the presence of different types of cells in the pancreatic islets. Visualization of calcium in sections of guinea pig pancreas with the histochemical reagent glyoxal bis-2-hydroxyanil revealed the most intense staining in the en...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Berggren PO,Ostenson CG,Petersson B,Hellman B

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00