Intrarenal effects of [Ala-Pro-Gly-(Ile3-Val5)] angiotensin II in the conscious dog.

abstract：:The placenta is the primary source of estrogens and progesterone during pregnancy. Because pregnant diabetic women are reported to have lower serum estrogen and higher progesterone levels than nondiabetic pregnant women, and placental insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) production may be elevated during diabetic pr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nestler JE

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH stimulates synthesis and secretion of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] in renal proximal tubule cells through activation of the protein kinase-A (PKA) or the protein kinase-C (PKC) signaling pathway. The relative contribution of the two transducing systems was explored using PTH fragments with selective act...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Janulis M,Wong MS,Favus MJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA) to immature female rats on day 27 for 3 days resulted in an increase in uterine weight within 6 h of injection and a surge of FSH, LH and prolactin occurred on day 30 resulting in premature ovulation. Increase in ovarian weight and vaginal patency also occurred on day 30....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Knudsen JF,Mahesh VB

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotensin (NT) is a peptide expressed in the brain and in the gastrointestinal tract. Brain NT inhibits food intake, but the effects of peripheral NT are less investigated. In this study, peripheral NT decreased food intake in both mice and rats, which was abolished by a NT antagonist. Using c-Fos immunohistochemist...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ratner C,Skov LJ,Raida Z,Bächler T,Bellmann-Sickert K,Le Foll C,Sivertsen B,Dalbøge LS,Hartmann B,Beck-Sickinger AG,Madsen AN,Jelsing J,Holst JJ,Lutz TA,Andrews ZB,Holst B

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) have been shown to play an important role in modulating LH secretion. One mechanism by which the ARH NPY system may regulate LH secretion is by modulating GnRH neuronal function. Thus, the present study examined whether the ARH NPY system pr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Li C,Chen P,Smith MS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if CRH and glucocorticoids are respectively required for hypophagia and catabolism in malnutrition, we have subjected wild-type (WT) and CRH knockout (KO) mice to dietary protein deprivation. Compared with WT mice, CRH KO mice exhibited greater decreases in food intake and negligible change in plasma cort...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jacobson L

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species-specific differences in genes encoding type II GnRH receptor indicate that a functional hepta-helical receptor is produced in monkeys but not in rodents, cows, chimpanzees, or humans. To further investigate the extent of evolutionary differences, we sequenced the type II GnRH receptor gene from wild-type Soay ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gault PM,Morgan K,Pawson AJ,Millar RP,Lincoln GA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) on basal and TRH-induced TSH release, and the effects of IL-1 beta on the uptake of [125I]T3 and [125I]T4 and on nuclear binding of [125I]T3 were examined. Furthermore, the release of other anterior pituitary hormones in the pres...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wassen FW,Moerings EP,Van Toor H,De Vrey EA,Hennemann G,Everts ME

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local release of TGF-beta during times of high bone turnover leads to elevated levels within the bone microenvironment, and we have shown that TGF-beta suppresses osteoclast apoptosis. Therefore, understanding the influences of TGF-beta on bone resorbing osteoclasts is critical to the design of therapies to reduce exc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ruan M,Pederson L,Bradley EW,Bamberger AM,Oursler MJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is often associated with an impairment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. The leptin-deficient ob/ob mouse model is characterized by a morbid obesity with a sterility in males and females that is corrected by continuous leptin treatment. Since ob/ob mice are maintained on the C57BL/6J inbred genetic b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ewart-Toland A,Mounzih K,Qiu J,Chehab FF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured pulmonary artery endothelial (CPAE) cells possess specific high affinity receptors for atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). CPAE cells were used to investigate the regulation of ANP receptors by glucocorticoids. Treatment of CPAE cells with dexamethasone (1 microM) produced a 69.3 +/- 23% (P less than 0.01) incr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lanier-Smith KL,Currie MG

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of the ob/ob gene, leptin, is known to be able to exert a modulator, role on HPA axis function. The aim of the present study was to determine whether endogenous ACTH and glucocorticoids exert any regulatory effect on leptin secretion. For this purpose bilaterally adrenalectomized (ADX) or sham operated (Sh...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Spinedi E,Gaillard RC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin-nuclear factor of activated T cells signaling controls the differentiation and function of osteoclasts and osteoblasts, and regulator of calcineurin-2 (Rcan2) is a physiological inhibitor of this pathway. Rcan2 expression is regulated by T(3), which also has a central role in skeletal development and bone ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bassett JH,Logan JG,Boyde A,Cheung MS,Evans H,Croucher P,Sun XY,Xu S,Murata Y,Williams GR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that, in prostate cancer cells, androgens up-regulate IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR) by inducing cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) activation and CREB-dependent IGF-IR gene transcription through androgen receptor (AR)-dependent membrane-initiated effects. This IGF-IR up-regulation i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Malaguarnera R,Sacco A,Morcavallo A,Squatrito S,Migliaccio A,Morrione A,Maggiolini M,Belfiore A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese quail, a species with a precocial pattern of development, were used as a model for studying the ontogeny of thyroid responses to TSH. Thiourea was administered to embryos early in incubation, and the effects were assessed by measuring thyroid 32P uptake, serum thyroid hormones, thyroid weights, and body weigh...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McNabb FM,Stanton FW,Weirich RT,Hughes TE

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the specificity inferred by its name, glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3beta is an important kinase with a plethora of significant cellular targets, including cytoskeletal proteins and transcription factors, and its activity is regulated by phosphorylation on tyrosine/serine residues. As part of our efforts to d...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liao X,Thrasher JB,Holzbeierlein J,Stanley S,Li B

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of LH on glucose metabolism within cumulus cell-enclosed bovine oocytes were determined. Cumulus cell-enclosed bovine oocytes were matured in vitro (IVM) in control medium alone or supplemented with LH, FSH, or TSH, then individually assayed for the metabolism of D-[5-3H]glucose, D-[1-14C]glucose, D-[6-14C...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zuelke KA,Brackett BG

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of an embryo induces rapid proliferation and differentiation of uterine stromal cells, forming a new structure, the decidua. One salient feature of decidua formation is a marked increase in maternal angiogenesis. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-dependent pathways are active in the ovary, uterus,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Douglas NC,Tang H,Gomez R,Pytowski B,Hicklin DJ,Sauer CM,Kitajewski J,Sauer MV,Zimmermann RC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-dependent displacement characteristics of a biologically active 20,000 molecular weight human pituitary growth hormone variant (20K) and of human growth hormone (hGH) were compared using hGH liver plasma membrane receptors both from 20-30 day pregnant rabbits and from normal female rats and also using mammary...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sigel MB,Thorpe NA,Kobrin MS,Lewis UJ,Vanderlaan WP

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cilostazol, a dual inhibitor of type 3 phosphodiesterase and adenosine uptake, on ion currents were investigated in pituitary GH(3) cells and pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. In whole-cell configuration, cilostazol (10 microm) reversibly increased the amplitude of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) current [I(K(Ca))]. C...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu SN,Liu SI,Huang MH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare 20K isoform of GH-V (here abbreviated as GHv) was discovered in 1998. To date, only 1 research article has characterized this isoform in vivo, observing that GHv treatment in male high-fat fed rats had several GH-like activities, but unlike GH lacked diabetogenic and lactogenic activities and failed to increase...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： List EO,Berryman DE,Basu R,Buchman M,Funk K,Kulkarni P,Duran-Ortiz S,Qian Y,Jensen EA,Young JA,Yildirim G,Yakar S,Kopchick JJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) concentration was measured in prostatic tissue obtained from castrate or intact beagles treated with androgens and/or estradiol-17 beta. Also DHT concentration was measured in prostatic tissue of beagles ranging from 0.7-9.2 yr; some with and others without spontaneously occurring benign pros...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ewing LL,Berry SJ,Higginbottom EG

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown previously that epidermal growth factor (EGF) plays a role in the testosterone-dependent fetal Wolffian duct differentiation. In this communication, the role of EGF was further investigated by determining whether EGF receptor plays a role in mediating the effect of EGF during Wolffian duct (male duct) dif...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gupta C,Jaumotte J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuronal growth-associated protein (GAP)-43 has been localized in both long fibers and punctate clusters by immunocytochemistry within the rat anterior pituitary (AP). After adrenalectomy (ADX), GAP-43 immunoreactivity (GAP-43-ir) is greatly increased and is associated with corticotrophs at the light microscopic l...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Paden CM,Watt JA,Selong TH,Paterson CL,Cranston HJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise has a potent insulin-sensitivity enhancing effect on skeletal muscle, but the intracellular mechanisms that mediate this effect are not well understood. In muscle, Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1) regulates both insulin- and contraction-stimulated glucose transport and is dysregulated in insu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sylow L,Møller LL,D'Hulst G,Schjerling P,Jensen TE,Richter EA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordinating the activities of neighboring cells during development in multicellular organisms requires complex cellular interactions involving secreted, cell surface, and extracellular matrix components. Although most cloning efforts have concentrated on secreted molecules, recent work has emphasized the importance o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stephan JP,Roberts PE,Bald L,Lee J,Gu Q,Devaux B,Mather JP

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptin-neurokinin B-dynorphin (KNDy) cells of the hypothalamus are a key component in the neuroendocrine regulation of GnRH secretion. Evidence in sheep and other species suggests that dynorphin released by KNDy cells inhibits pulsatile GnRH secretion by acting upon κ-opioid receptors (KOR). However, the precise a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Weems PW,Witty CF,Amstalden M,Coolen LM,Goodman RL,Lehman MN

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a peptide hormone primarily produced in the previously unidentified X/A endocrine cells of the stomach. Extensive studies have focused on the effects of ghrelin on growth hormone release and appetite regulation. However, the mechanisms regulating ghrelin secretion are less understood. In the present study, ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gagnon J,Anini Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to identify the mechanisms underlying the effect of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) on LH receptor in rat granulosa cells. Treatment with FSH, as expected, produced a substantial increase in LH receptor messenger RNA (mRNA) level, and concurrent treatment with increasing concentrati...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hirakawa T,Minegishi T,Abe K,Kishi H,Ibuki Y,Miyamoto K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats, protein hydrolysates (peptones) stimulate cholecystokinin (CCK) release both in vivo and in a model of isolated vascularly perfused duodeno-jejunum. However, the mechanisms involved in peptone-induced stimulation of CCK cells are not well understood. In particular, the possibility that peptones may directly i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cordier-Bussat M,Bernard C,Haouche S,Roche C,Abello J,Chayvialle JA,Cuber JC

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00