Noninvasive assessment of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in patients with severe obesity.

abstract：:Hypertensive heart disease, here defined by the presence of pathologic left ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of a cause other than arterial hypertension, is characterized by complex changes in myocardial structure including enhanced cardiomyocyte growth and non-cardiomyocyte alterations that induce the remodelin...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： González A,López B,Ravassa S,Beaumont J,Zudaire A,Gallego I,Brugnolaro C,Díez J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle atrophy is associated with type-1 diabetes. Skeletal muscle is the source of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines that can mediate muscle hypertrophy and atrophy, while resistance exercise can modulate both muscle mass and muscle cytokine expression. This study determined the effects of a 5-week resist...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Molanouri Shamsi M,Hassan ZH,Gharakhanlou R,Quinn LS,Azadmanesh K,Baghersad L,Isanejad A,Mahdavi M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens regulate gene expression and cell proliferation in target tissues. In studies of estrogen-regulated gene expression, identification of appropriate housekeeping genes (HKGs), reference genes whose expression is not altered by treatment, is difficult. The goal of this study was to define HKGs unaltered by estr...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Schroder AL,Pelch KE,Nagel SC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of combining human parathyroid hormone (1-34) (PTH1-34; PTH) and menaquinone-4 (MK-4) on calvarial bone defect repair in osteopenic rats. METHODS:Fourteen week olds were subject to craniotomy for the establishment of osteopenic animal models fed through a chroni...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Weng SJ,Xie ZJ,Wu ZY,Yan DY,Tang JH,Shen ZJ,Li H,Bai BL,Boodhun V,Eric Dong XD,Yang L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The hyperthermal liquid, spray and smog caused by energy-based surgical devices (EBDs) may be the potential risk factors for recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) thermal injury, but not been reported previously. We aim to demonstrated it both in thyroid surgeries and animal experiments. METHODS:321 thyroid patients...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Yu X,Liu C,Yan M,Gong W,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We validated the effect of prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) on prolactin (PRL) secretion from rat anterior pituitary cells in in vitro culture. We found that culture conditions considerably influenced the response of the anterior pituitary cells to PrRP. Longer culture term (4 d) was required to obtain better respon...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Kawamata Y,Fujii R,Fukusumi S,Habata Y,Hosoya M,Hinuma S,Kitada C,Onda H,Nishimura O,Fujino M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory biomarker high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) is considered as a major predictor of cardiovascular events. Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) directly reflects the number of plasma atherogenic lipoproteins, and may play a major role in vascular inflammation. We aimed to assess whether an association between ...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Xu W,Li R,Zhang S,Gong L,Wang Z,Ren W,Xia C,Li Q

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare tumour which frequently occurs in the context of the multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes, where it coexists with other usually benign tumours. The clinical picture varies and distant metastases are frequently present at diagnosis. Calcitonin levels are elevated in the pre...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Alevizaki M,Kyratzoglou E,Bamias A,Tzanela M,Dimopoulos MA,Saltiki K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients, and its etiopathogenesis is related to an underlying tumor in 14% of cases. Hyponatremia has been associated with a worse outcome in several pathologies, including cancer, in which the leading cause of this electrolyte alteration is ...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Marroncini G,Fibbi B,Errico A,Grappone C,Maggi M,Peri A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effectiveness of liquid L-T4 (L-thyroxine) and tablet L-T4 in patients on L-T4 replacement or suppressive therapy. METHODS:The Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases were searched to identify relevant articles. All prospective or randomized controlled studies (RCTs) compa...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Laurent I,Tang S,Astère M,Wang KR,Deng S,Xiao L,Li QF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of RU486 to late pregnant rats results in preterm delivery 24 h after treatment and the induction of a luteolytic process after labor. We investigated whether functional changes occurring within the corpora lutea after RU486 treatment were associated with morphologic features of apoptotic cell death. Ra...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Telleria CM,Goyeneche AA,Cavicchia JC,Stati AO,Deis RP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low 25(OH) vitamin D levels have been associated with several autoimmune diseases and recently with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). The aim of the study was to investigate the association of AITD with 25(OH) vitamin D levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Fifty women with PCOS were consecutively en...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Muscogiuri G,Palomba S,Caggiano M,Tafuri D,Colao A,Orio F

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the majority of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) patients has benign clinical courses, some PTMCs have a clinical presentation similar to conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for lymph node metastasis at presentation and prognostic parameters...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Pisanu A,Saba A,Podda M,Reccia I,Uccheddu A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the administration of small amounts of glucose through an oral spray device (GSD) facilitates weight loss in overweight/obese subjects involved in a lifestyle modification programme. We randomly assigned 56 overweight/obese subjects to either the treatment group (n = 32) or the control group (n = ...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Khazrai YM,Maddaloni E,Altomare M,Cacciapaglia F,Pozzilli P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the adrenal effect of a phytosterol (PS) additive, 80 male Japanese quail were divided into four sub-groups and fed 0, 40, 400, and 4,000 ppm of PS, respectively, for 21 days. Subsequently, 50% of the birds from each dosage group were subjected to a 6-day adrenal function test, whereby they were injecte...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Liu F,Chen J,Shi F,Wang T,Watanabe G,Taya K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, an endogenous ligand has been described for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), named ghrelin. It was originally isolated from the stomach, but it is also present in the hypothalamus, where the highest concentration of GHS-R has been detected. It is well established that synthetic GHSs exert th...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Korbonits M,Kojima M,Kangawa K,Grossman AB

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strict glucose control is a well-proven therapeutic approach for peripheral neuropathies in patients with diabetes. Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) has also been accepted as a therapeutic agent for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in the respect of pathogenesis. However, the potential of ALA as a treatment for DPN in comp...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Lee KA,Lee NY,Park TS,Jin HY

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many aspects of tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neuronal function are increased by elevated prolactin (PRL) levels, including the activity of tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of dopamine. This study evaluated the roles of calmodulin, cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase, and cal...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Arbogast LA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to monitor the correlation of gonadal steroidogenic activity and nitric oxide (NO) of plasma and testis of male laboratory mouse, Mus musculus, under (1) control/basal and (2) experimental conditions. In the first study, male mice (n = 6) of three age groups (3-week-old sexually immature...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Singh VP,Chaturvedi CM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid hormones potentiate the toxic effects of neuronal stressors. Alteration of gene expression by glucocorticoids could contribute to neuronal susceptibility by downregulating the synthesis of proteins necessary to adapt to challenge. Using heat shock of hippocampal slices as a model for cellular insult, pr...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Barr CS,Dokas LA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) and prolactin share similarities in structure and function. We have previously shown that women with congenital isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) caused by a homozygous mutation in the GHRH receptor gene (GHRHR) (MUT/MUT) have a short reproductive life, with anticipated climacteric. At climacteric, the...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Menezes M,Salvatori R,Melo LD,Rocha ÍE,Oliveira CR,Pereira RM,Souza AH,Valença EH,Melo EV,Campos VC,Costa FO,Aguiar-Oliveira MH

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:To prepare for radioactive iodine therapy in post total thyroidectomy patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC), either thyroid hormone withdrawal (THW) or administration of recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) can be performed. OBJECTIVE:Our objective is to compare quality of life (QoL) paramet...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Tang CYL,Thang SP,Zaheer S,Kwan CK,Ng DC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of a hemolytic plaque assay to antigen-secreting endocrine cells has brought about great advances in the study of regulation of hormone secretion. The reverse hemolytic plaque assay (RHPA) has enabled quantitation of secretion at the single cell level with simultaneous analysis of the population respon...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Gregerson KA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study in female rats determined the effects of experimental hyperthyroidsm on hemorheological parameters and fibrinogen concentration. To induce experimental hyperthyroidism L-thyroxine (0.4 mg/100 g fodder) was added to the fodder of the experimental group rats for 20 d. After experimental duration, T3, T...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Ozdemir S,Yücel R,Dariyerli N,Toplan S,Akyolcu MC,Yigit G,Hatemi H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low mineral mass and reduced bone strength with increased fracture risk are the main causes of morbidity in Thalassemia Major (TM). The pathogenesis is multifactorial and includes ineffective erythropoiesis with medullary expansion, multiple endocrine dysfunctions, direct iron bone deposition, deferoxamine-i...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Pellegrino F,Zatelli MC,Bondanelli M,Carnevale A,Cittanti C,Fortini M,Gamberini MR,Giganti M,Ambrosio MR

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riedel's thyroiditis (RT) is a rare type of chronic thyroiditis of unproven etiology and definite treatment. It can be associated with retroperitoneal, mediastinal, orbital, and hepatic fibrosis. Symptoms arise mainly due to compression of neighboring structures. Surgery is usually required for a definite diagnosis an...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Erdoğan MF,Anil C,Türkçapar N,Ozkaramanli D,Sak SD,Erdoğan G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance in skeletal muscle is a key feature in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) that often manifests early in its development. Pharmaceutical and dietary strategies have targeted insulin resistance to control T2D, and many natural products with excellent pharmacological properties are good candidat...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Shi L,Zhang T,Zhou Y,Zeng X,Ran L,Zhang Q,Zhu J,Mi M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hormonal status and menopause affect human macrophage function and cardiometabolic risk. In polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients the cardiometabolic risk increases through mechanisms that are largely unknown. We tested the hypotheses that macrophage activation is influenced by menstrual cycle and that ovar...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Tedesco S,Adorni MP,Ronda N,Cappellari R,Mioni R,Barbot M,Pinelli S,Plebani M,Bolego C,Scaroni C,Bernini F,Fadini GP,Cignarella A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the present study was to investigate whether p53 antibodies (Abs) could be a relevant marker for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Three types of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methods were developed for the detection of p53 Abs, including p53-ELISA, phage-SS-ELISA, and phage-SP-ELISA. A total ...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Pan P,Han X,Li F,Fu Q,Gao X,Sun H,Wang L

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Histologic and pTNM classification of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is mandatory to assess risk of relapse, risk of death, and radioactive iodine administration. The impact of an expert central review of external pathology reports has not yet been reported. METHODS:Monocentric retrospective study to eval...

journal_title：Endocrine

authors： Hescot S,Sheikh-Alard H,Kordahi M,Hartl D,Hadoux J,Terroir M,Breuskin I,Baudin E,Scoazec JY,Schlumberger M,Al Ghuzlan A,Leboulleux S

更新日期：2020-10-31 00:00:00