Tumor necrosis factor alpha improves glucose homeostasis in diabetic mice independent with tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 and tumor necrosis factor receptor 2.

abstract：:The present study used intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) in 10 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 7-day outpatient treatment with the combination of intensive insulin therapy and sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2-I). All participa...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kurozumi A,Okada Y,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH) with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). A 57-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for further examination of secondary hypertension and bilateral adrenal macrotumors. Midnight serum cortisol elevation with undetectable plasma AC...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sato M,Soma M,Nakayama T,Kosuge K,Suzuki R,Okada K,Komatsu K,Sugitani M,Matsumoto K

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and 10 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within eight osteoporosis susceptibility genes that were previously identified in genome-wide association studies (GWASs). A total of 494 men and 493 postmenopausal women participating in the Ch...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Park SE,Oh KW,Lee WY,Baek KH,Yoon KH,Son HY,Lee WC,Kang MI

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating human GH (hGH) consists of several molecular isoforms. It was previously reported that the proportion of 20 kilodalton hGH (20K-hGH) was elevated in the serum of patients with active acromegaly. In this study, we investigated the effects of octreotide and transsphenoidal adenomectomy on the proportion of 2...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Murakami Y,Shimizu T,Yamamoto M,Kato Y

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the changes in serum sodium (Na) and potassium (K) levels in seventeen patients in diabetic ketoacidosis and nine patients in non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma, who had marked hyperglycemia (707.4 +/- 75.6 mg/dl, mean +/- SEM) and dehydration. The disorder characterized two types of alteration. The one group wa...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ishikawa S,Sakuma N,Fujisawa G,Tsuboi Y,Okada K,Saito T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old Japanese woman was referred for examination of right flank pain and progressive hypertension. Abdominal CT incidentally detected a right adrenal mass 8 cm in size. The tumor exhibited isodensity by CT and contained high-intense lesion by T2-weighted MRI. Scintigraphy with (131) I-metaiodobenzylguanidine ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Goto J,Otsuka F,Kodera R,Miyoshi T,Kinomura M,Otani H,Mimura Y,Ogura T,Yanai H,Nasu Y,Makino H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to steroid 21-hydroxylase (21-OH) deficiency (21-OHD) is an autosomal recessive disorder, in which CYP21A2 mutations or deletions result in underproduction of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid, and overproduction of androgens. Patients with CAH are treated with oral steroid ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Naiki Y,Miyado M,Horikawa R,Katsumata N,Onodera M,Pang S,Ogata T,Fukami M

更新日期：2016-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) commonly includes TSH-suppressive therapy with L-T4 and, in case of postsurgical hypoparathyroidism, Calcium-D3 supplementation, both of which may affect skeletal health. Experience with female patients treated for DTC at a young age and who wer...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Leonova TA,Drozd VM,Saenko VA,Mine M,Biko J,Rogounovitch TI,Takamura N,Reiners C,Yamashita S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is clasically defined as a triad presentation with the findings of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, café-au-lait spots, and sexual precocity. However, not all patients present with complete symptoms. A 52-year-old man was diagnosed as having a variant of McCune-Albright syn...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sargin H,Gozu H,Bircan R,Sargin M,Avsar M,Ekinci G,Yayla A,Gulec I,Bozbuga M,Cirakoglu B,Tanakol R

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While patients with large goitrous thyroid diseases often have a relatively high serum free triiodothyronine (FT3)/free thyroxine (FT4) ratio, athyreotic patients have a relatively low FT3/FT4 ratio. Here we investigated the relationship between thyroid hormone status and thyroid volume (TV) among a large number of eu...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kawasaki M,Ito M,Danno H,Kousaka K,Nakamura T,Yoshioka W,Kasahara T,Kudo T,Nishihara E,Fukata S,Nishikawa M,Nakamura H,Toyoda N,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2019-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported three cases of severe hypertriglyceridemia caused by tamoxifen-treatment after breast cancer surgery. In that report we showed that one of the three patients had apo E3/3 and another had E4/2 phenotype. There are few data about the relationship between apoprotein E phenotype, one of modifiers of l...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hozumi Y,Kawano M,Saito T,Miyata M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates whether urinary levels of pentosidine, pyrraline and acrolein adduct are increased in type 2 diabetes (DM), and whether these levels are correlated with glycemic control and clinical traits. Urinary levels of pentosidine, pyrraline and acrolein adduct in DM patients (n = 100) recruited from the...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Daimon M,Sugiyama K,Kameda W,Saitoh T,Oizumi T,Hirata A,Yamaguchi H,Ohnuma H,Igarashi M,Kato T

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies revealed that obesity is a low-grade, chronic inflammatory state that is accompanied by the enhanced production of multiple chemokines. In particular, metabolic syndrome (MS) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) accumulation are significantly associated with certain chemokines in adults. However, little is...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ishii M,Araki S,Goto M,Yamamoto Y,Kusuhara K

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of TSH receptor antibody (TRAb) has been recommended to predict the risk of neonatal hyperthyroidism (NH) in pregnant women with Graves' disease (GD). For the first generation TRAb (TRAb1) assay with commercial kit (Brahms, Berlin, Germany; or Cosmic co., Tokyo, Japan) an arbitrary limit of 40 U/l or 5...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kamijo K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of paradoxical TRH response in human somatotroph adenoma cells were investigated using intracellular calcium measurement and static incubation assay. Intracellular calcium measurement revealed that TRH induces a biphasic response: a transient increase followed by a sustained plateau. The transient phase...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Okinaga H,Takano K,Hayashi S,Yasufuku-Takano J,Teramoto A,Fujita T

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:To evaluate the clinical usefulness of serum soluble Fas (sFas) and sFas ligand as a prognostic factor and for monitoring the regression and progression of metastatic prostate cancer treated with endocrine therapy, sFas and sFas ligand were measured in sera collected from 30 patients with untreated metastatic prostate...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Furuya Y,Nagakawa O,Fuse H

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on two siblings with classic simple virilizing 21-hydroxylase deficiency whose neonatal screening for serum 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) gave normal results. The proband, a girl with clitoromegaly whose screening 17-OHP value had been 9.2 ng/ml, was diagnosed at the age of 6 months, and her elder bro...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shinohara O,Ishiguro H,Shinagawa T,Kubota C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a well defined clinical condition, which is characterized by abnormal body composition, impaired physical activity and decreased quality of life. In addition, in recent years, growing interest has been shown towards cardiovascular risks in adult patients affected by GHD. In thi...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Giovannini L,Tirabassi G,Muscogiuri G,Di Somma C,Colao A,Balercia G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the cross-sectional relationship between GA and HbA1c in 142 type 2 diabetic patients who had an HbA1c level < 7.5% for at least one year without fluctuation by more than 0.5%. We also followed the changes of GA and HbA1c in 18 type 2 diabetic patients for 16 weeks as they progressed from untreated severe h...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takahashi S,Uchino H,Shimizu T,Kanazawa A,Tamura Y,Sakai K,Watada H,Hirose T,Kawamori R,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antipituitary antibody (APA) has been reported to be detected in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) is expressed in both pituitary gland and thyroid gland. We studied the association of APA and D2 peptide antibody in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. Rat pituitary gl...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nakahara R,Tsunekawa K,Yabe S,Nara M,Seki K,Kasahara T,Ogiwara T,Nishino M,Kobayashi I,Murakami M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anovulatory patients ovulation is usually induced by clomiphene citrate (CC) or gonadotropin therapy, but in the case of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), diagnosed by the presence of several micropolycysts in the ovaries and a high LH/FSH ratio in the serum, CC is only minimally effective, and side effects are oft...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sakai A,Kondo Z,Kamei K,Izumi S,Sumi K

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified an approximately 200 bp "minimal promoter" of the rat TSH receptor (TSHR) gene which is essential for the promoter activity. In the present study, we have cloned and characterized an upstream region of the TSHR promoter to disclose additional functional element(s). We screened a rat genomic li...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ikuyama S,Ohe K,Takayanagi R,Kohn LD,Nawata H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of prolactin and bromocriptine on neutral and phospholipids of liver, adipose tissue and serum were studied in mature male bonnet monkeys. Hyperprolactinemia (ovine prolactin, 250 micrograms/kg body weight/day, i.p. for 30 days) elevated hepatic total lipids and phospholipids and decreased total and free chole...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Aruldhas MM,Thampi LT,Kumari TM,Govindarajulu P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 1-year-old boy with McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) who presented with infantile-onset Cushing' s syndrome caused by ACTH independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH). Abdominal CT, MRI, and adrenal scintigraphy with (131)I-adosterol identified bilateral adrenal involvement with t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hamajima T,Maruwaka K,Homma K,Matsuo K,Fujieda K,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report of an 18-year-old man with central diabetes incipidus (DI). An MRI done three months after the onset of the DI did not disclose a responsible lesion. Four months later, a second MRI showed the location of the tumor origin at the upper pituitary stalk and median eminence. Eight months later, the t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Saeki N,Uchida D,Tatsuno I,Saito Y,Yamaura A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old man was diagnosed as having hypothyroidism. An electrocardiogram obtained at the time of the first examination revealed Brugada electrocardiographic waveforms in leads V1 to V3. When pilsicainide hydrochloride loading changed the waveforms of the electrocardiographic ST segment, this result suggested an ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kitahara A,Hirai R,Matsui Y,Ikeda Y,Nakamura H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine pathophysiology of body water control in hypernatremic subjects with hypothalamic space-occupying lesions. Eight subjects with hypothalamic space-occupying lesions were divided into two groups of hypernatremia in the presence or absence of body water deficit. In 5 dehydrat...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hayashi T,Murata M,Saito T,Ikoma A,Tamemoto H,Kawakami M,Ishikawa SE

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new classification of thyroid follicular cell tumors which is correlated with patient's prognosis. It is unique as to two new categories: borderline malignancy between benign and malignant, and moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (MDA) as a differentiation classification to stratify tumor aggressive...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kakudo K,Bai Y,Liu Z,Li Y,Ito Y,Ozaki T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies indicate that succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) genes B, C, or D are, at least partly, involved in the pathogenesis of pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. Of these three genes, the SDHD gene mutation is most closely related with paragangliomas of the neck. Here we describe a case of an SDHD-related paragangl...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamashita R,Usui T,Hashimoto S,Suzuki H,Takahashi M,Honkura K,Iwamoto K,Kodama E,Tagami T,Naruse M,Shimatsu A,Kaise K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00