Insulin and insulin-like growth factor I binding to cultured rat glomerular mesangial cells.

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：:Tuberoinfundibular peptide is a recently discovered agonist for the PTH receptor-2; the latter has a wide distribution including the external zone of the median eminence of the hypothalamus, suggesting a role in neuroendocrine function. We have investigated the effects of tuberoinfundibular peptide on the hypothalamo-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ward HL,Small CJ,Murphy KG,Kennedy AR,Ghatei MA,Bloom SR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin regulates food intake and other activities through its hypothalamic receptor. Leptin receptors are also found in other organs, including the ovary. Direct effects of leptin in ovarian steroid production were studied in primary rat granulosa cells and in rat and human granulosa cell lines. Leptin (0.6-18 nM) sup...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Barkan D,Jia H,Dantes A,Vardimon L,Amsterdam A,Rubinstein M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17HSD) catalyzes the reversible conversion of estrone into estradiol. The complementary DNA (cDNA) coding for rat 17HSD type 1 was cloned from a commercial rat ovarian cDNA library, using human 17HSD type 1 cDNA as a probe. The nucleotide sequence extends for 1160 basepairs (bp), ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ghersevich S,Nokelainen P,Poutanen M,Orava M,Autio-Harmainen H,Rajaniemi H,Vihko R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) has paradoxically been suggested to be important for both insulin action and insulin resistance as well as for contributing to the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. Presently, we evaluated the effects of knockout of the PKCbeta gene on overall glucose homeostasis and in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Standaert ML,Bandyopadhyay G,Galloway L,Soto J,Ono Y,Kikkawa U,Farese RV,Leitges M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GnRH peptides in the hypothalami of marsupials (tammar wallaby, short-nosed bandicoot, and eastern quoll) and a monotreme (echidna) were investigated by reverse phase HPLC and RIA with region-specific antisera. In the wallaby hypothalamic extract, a single form of GnRH was present, which eluted in the same position as...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： King JA,Mehl AE,Tyndale-Biscoe CH,Hinds L,Millar RP

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of MUC1 expression and removal is a salient feature of embryo implantation, bacterial clearance, and tumor progression. In some species, embryo implantation is accompanied by a transcriptional decline in uterine epithelial expression of MUC1. In other species, MUC1 is locally removed at blastocyst attachmen...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Thathiah A,Brayman M,Dharmaraj N,Julian JJ,Lagow EL,Carson DD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the role of androgen receptor (AR) in Sertoli cells (SC), we used a SC-specific AR knockout (S-AR-/y) mouse to further evaluate the chronological changes of seminiferous tubules and the molecular mechanisms of SC androgen/AR signals on spermatogenesis. Testes morphology began changing as early as postnatal ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang RS,Yeh S,Chen LM,Lin HY,Zhang C,Ni J,Wu CC,di Sant'Agnese PA,deMesy-Bentley KL,Tzeng CR,Chang C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decidualization, the process by which fibroblastic human endometrial stromal cells (HESC) differentiate into secretory decidual cells, is a critical event during the establishment of pregnancy. It is dependent on the steroid hormone progesterone acting through the nuclear progesterone receptor (PR). Previously, we ide...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Neff AM,Yu J,Taylor RN,Bagchi IC,Bagchi MK

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult male rhesus monkeys, 1 day of fasting leads to a profound suppression of LH secretion that is rapidly reversed with refeeding. To test the hypothesis that changes in insulin secretion during fasting and refeeding mediate the changes in LH secretion, blood samples for LH measurement were obtained between 0900-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Williams NI,Lancas MJ,Cameron JL

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether normal morphological development occurs in pituitary corticotrophs deprived of products of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), e.g. corticotropin releasing hormone and arginine vasopressin (AVP), after PVN lesions. In addition, we have attempted to ascerta...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McDonald TJ,Hoffman GE,Nathanielsz PW

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initiation of mammalian puberty requires an increase in pulsatile release of GnRH from the hypothalamus. This increase is brought about by coordinated changes in transsynaptic and glial-neuronal communication. As the neuronal and glial excitatory inputs to the GnRH neuronal network increase, the transsynaptic inhi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ojeda SR,Lomniczi A,Mastronardi C,Heger S,Roth C,Parent AS,Matagne V,Mungenast AE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of FSH secretion suggest pulsatile, nonpulsatile, or compositely pulsatile and nonpulsatile release modes. This may reflect the reduced signal-to-noise ratio inherent in FSH pulse estimation procedures and/or immunological-biological assay inconsistencies. To address these issues, we sampled cavernous sinus a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clarke I,Moore L,Veldhuis J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found notable sex difference in peptidylarginine deiminase (EC 3.5.3.15) in rat pituitaries. Pituitaries collected from 3-week to 6-month-old male rats, and those from 3-week-old females showed negligible enzyme activities. The enzyme activity of female pituitaries increased markedly by 2 months, and even furt...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Senshu T,Akiyama K,Nagata S,Watanabe K,Hikichi K

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrate that disruption of neuroendocrine signaling is a major factor driving disease progression in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-induced chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model of multiple sclerosis. Although the initial episode of chronic relapsing ex...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stefferl A,Storch MK,Linington C,Stadelmann C,Lassmann H,Pohl T,Holsboer F,Tilders FJ,Reul JM

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-, glucagon- and somatostatin-producing cells (beta, alpha, and delta, respectively) in the pancreatic islets derive from a common precursor stem cell and differentiate sequentially during embryonic development. The homeodomain protein islet duodenum HOX (IDX)-1 [insulin promoter factor (IPF)-1/somatostatin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lu M,Miller C,Habener JF

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the incidence of obesity continues to increase, the development of effective therapies is a high priority. The endocannabinoid system has emerged as an important influence on the regulation of energy homeostasis. The endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol act on cannabinoid receptor-1 (CB1) in the b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： de Kloet AD,Woods SC

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of development and estrogen, thyroid hormone, corticosteroid, and fibrate administration on apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV mRNA levels in the liver and intestine and on serum or plasma concentrations of apo A-IV was studied in the rat. Treatment of ovariectomized rats with ethinyl estradiol provoked a dose-de...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Staels B,van Tol A,Verhoeven G,Auwerx J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation can interfere with endometrial receptivity. We examined how interleukin 1β (IL-1β) affects expression of the uterine gap junction protein connexin 43 (Cx43), which is known to be critical for embryonic implantation. We used an in vitro model of human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs), Western blotting, and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yu J,Berga SL,Zou W,Yook DG,Pan JC,Andrade AA,Zhao L,Sidell N,Bagchi IC,Bagchi MK,Taylor RN

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The somatic Sertoli cells of the testis are major targets for FSH and are important for the regulation of spermatogenesis. The binding of FSH to Sertoli cells activates the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A signaling pathway, resulting in phosphorylation of the cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB), which is requ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Walker WH,Fucci L,Habener JF

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) bind to AGGTCA-related motifs as monomers and/or homodimers, and as heterodimers with retinoid X receptors (RXRs) depends on the number, spacing, and orientation of these half-sites. Here we show that recombinant RXR alpha affects TR binding to DNA in diverse ways; it enhance...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ribeiro RC,Apriletti JW,Yen PM,Chin WW,Baxter JD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) gene is expressed in several extraatrial tissues in which ANP may be involved in the regulation of autocrine or paracrine functions. In the ovary, the synthesis of ANP, its binding sites, and a physiological role were found. The ANP system in the oviduct, however, is yet to be defi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kim SH,Cho KW,Kim SZ,Koh GY

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP has been shown to mediate the response of the parathyroid gland to a number of agonists and appears to take part in the regulation of this gland by divalent cations as well. We have studied the effects of the concentrations of free magnesium (Mg+2) and ionic calcium (Ca+2) on the kinetic properties of normal porc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Oldham SB,Rude RK,Molloy CT,Lipson LG

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal medulla contains fenestrated capillaries that allow catecholamines and neuropeptides secreted by adrenal chromaffin cells (ACCs) to readily access the circulation. These capillaries may also allow bacterial products to enter the adrenal medulla and interact with ACCs during infection. One potential mediato...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lukewich MK,Lomax AE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of bombesin on rat pancreatic digestive enzyme gene expression using cloned complementary DNA probes for amylase, trypsinogen I, chymotrypsinogen B, and lysophospholipase. Rats were injected sc three times daily with 5 nmol/kg body wt bombesin. Pancreata were investigated after 6, 12, 24, 48, a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rosewicz S,Liehr RM,Solomon TE,Riecken EO,Logsdon CD

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblasts represent one of the in vivo sites of extrahepatic insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) production. In this study, cultured fibroblasts prepared from the skin of neonatal rats were used as a model to assess the role of serum in regulating IGF-I messenger RNA (mRNA) levels. IGF-I mRNA, as demonstrated by No...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lowe WL Jr,Kummer M,Karpen CW,Wu XD

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In male hamsters, light deprivation was reported to reduce both testis weight and prolactin (PRL) levels. Therefore, we decided to examine the effects of PRL on testicular function in hamsters exposed to short day-length. Adult hamsters were exposed to 5 h of light per day to induce gonadal atrophy, and, starting two ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bartke A,Croft BT,Dalterio S

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptin, encoded by the Kiss1 gene, binds to a specific G protein-coupled receptor (kisspeptin1 receptor) to regulate the central reproductive axis. Kisspeptin has also been reported to be expressed in peripheral tissues, including the testes. However, factors regulating testicular kisspeptin and its role in reprod...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Salehi S,Adeshina I,Chen H,Zirkin BR,Hussain MA,Wondisford F,Wolfe A,Radovick S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testosterone treatment induces erythrocytosis that could potentially affect blood viscosity and cardiovascular risk. We thus investigated the effects of testosterone administration on blood viscosity and erythrocyte deformability using mouse models. Blood viscosity, erythrocyte deformability, and hematocrits were meas...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guo W,Bachman E,Vogel J,Li M,Peng L,Pencina K,Serra C,Sandor NL,Jasuja R,Montano M,Basaria S,Gassmann M,Bhasin S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphine sulfate was found to have a direct inhibitory effect on both basal and GnRH-stimulated LH release by cultured rat pituitary cells. The inhibitory effect of morphine on LH release was prevented by the opiate antagonist naltrexone, and treatment of cells with naltrexone or beta-endorphin antiserum significantly...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Blank MS,Fabbri A,Catt KJ,Dufau ML

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00