Daily exposure to phthalates and alkylphenols alters miR biogenesis and expression in mice ovaries.

abstract：:The subcellular distribution of steroidogenic enzymes has so far been studied mostly in classical endocrine glands and in the placenta. In the peripheral intracrine organs which synthesize sex steroids there is no indication about the organelles which contain the enzymes involved in steroid biosynthesis. We have thus ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Pelletier G,Luu-The V,El-Alfy M,Li S,Labrie F

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acids are essential nutrients that contribute to several intracellular functions. Fatty acid synthesis and oxidation are known to be regulated by sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs), which play a pivotal role in the regulation of cellular triglyceride synthesis and cholesterol biogenesis. Recent ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Park HY,Kang HS,Im SS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin is important for optimal fetal and neonatal growth and development. Its continued availability is due, in part, to ongoing islet cell growth within the pancreas. IGFs and IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) have been implicated as paracrine regulators of islet cell growth within the developing pancreas. The purpose ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Hogg J,Hill DJ,Han VK

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular Leydig cells (LC) are modulated by several pathways, one of them being the histaminergic system. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), whose upregulation comprises the primary response to oxidative noxae, has a central homeostatic role and might dysregulate LC functions when induced. In this report, we aimed to determin...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Raices T,Varela ML,Monzón CM,Correa Torrado MF,Pagotto RM,Besio Moreno M,Mondillo C,Pignataro OP,Pereyra EN

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the action of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and intrathyroidal lymphocytes (ITLs) on the biochemical and hormonal metabolism of autologous thyrocytes cultured in follicles in a collagen gel. The production of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in culture was also measured. Thyroid tissues a...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Massart C,Gibassier J,Raoul ML,Le Gall F,Lancien G,Genetet N,Denais A,Darcel F,Lucas C

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the thyroid itself may contribute to the inflammatory process observed in autoimmune thyroiditis by releasing the cytokines interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8), but studies of cytokine gene expression in thyrocytes have been limited and conflicting...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Watson PF,Pickerill AP,Davies R,Weetman AP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular changes that affect the androgen receptor (AR) can cause prostate cancer to transition from androgen dependent to androgen independent, which is usually lethal. One common change in prostate tumors is overexpression of the AR, which has been shown to lead to androgen-independent growth of prostate cancer cell...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Hsieh CL,Cai C,Giwa A,Bivins A,Chen SY,Sabry D,Govardhan K,Shemshedini L

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones regulate growth, development, differentiation, and metabolic processes by interacting with and activating thyroid hormone receptors and associated pathways. We investigated the triiodothyronine (T3) modulation of gene expression, in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines, via a PCR-based cDNA subtr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Lin KH,Chen CY,Chen SL,Yen CC,Huang YH,Shih CH,Shen JJ,Yang RC,Wang CS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic structure and transcriptional regulation of the rat apelin receptor (APJR) were analysed by rapid amplification of 5' cDNA ends (5'-RACE), transient expression assays and DNA-protein interaction. Analysis of the 5'-flanking region of a rat genomic clone shows no TATA box, but a putative CAAT box and severa...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： O'Carroll AM,Lolait SJ,Howell GM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulosa cells were prepared from small follicles (less than 3 mm) from the ovaries of 5-month-old gilts. They were cultured in plastic dishes coated with a synthetic adhesion peptide in a chemically defined medium supplemented with 2% serum substitute. After 3 days of culture, the cells reached confluence and expres...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Goxe B,Salesse R,Remy JJ,Genty N,Garnier J

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor regulates extracellular calcium concentrations and is therefore important for mineral homeostasis. ROS 17/2.8 cells, a rat osteoblast-like osteosarcoma cell line, express the PTH/PTHrP receptor and provide a good model for examining the transcriptional...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Williams LJ,Abou-Samra AB

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL)-releasing peptide (PrRP) is a strong candidate stimulator of pituitary PRL transcription and secretion in teleosts. However, the role in control of extrapituitary PRL expression is unclear even in mammals. To study the possible presence of PrRP-PRL axes not only in the brain-pituitary but also in perip...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Sakamoto T,Amano M,Hyodo S,Moriyama S,Takahashi A,Kawauchi H,Ando M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subset of over-expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) identified in parathyroid carcinomas (Ca) compared to normal glands belongs to C19MC, a cluster on chromosome 19q13.4 involved in stem cell biology and tumourigenesis. In this study, the expression of C19MC-MIR371-3 clusters and the molecular mechanisms presiding their mod...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Vaira V,Elli F,Forno I,Guarnieri V,Verdelli C,Ferrero S,Scillitani A,Vicentini L,Cetani F,Mantovani G,Spada A,Bosari S,Corbetta S

更新日期：2012-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is likely to be a multifactorial disease with an important genetic component. Animal models of genetic and experimentally induced obesity suggest that glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activity plays a role in the aetiology and maintenance of the obese state. Glucocorticoid activity appears to be essential for the ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Weaver JU,Hitman GA,Kopelman PG

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In embryonic growth cartilage, Indian hedgehog (Ihh) and parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) participate in a negative feedback loop that regulates chondrocyte differentiation. Postnatally, this region undergoes major structural and functional changes. To explore the organization of the Ihh–PTHrP system in pos...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Chau M,Forcinito P,Andrade AC,Hegde A,Ahn S,Lui JC,Baron J,Nilsson O

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic GHRH controls the release of GH from the pituitary gland and also acts as a growth factor in a variety of cancers. The mitogenetic activity of GHRH is exerted through the binding to the pituitary type receptor (pGHRH-R) and its splice variants, mainly SV1. The intracellular signaling pathways that are act...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Barabutis N,Siejka A,Schally AV,Block NL,Cai R,Varga JL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) is required for the induction of adipogenic transcription factors such as CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBPs). Interestingly, it is known from studies in other tissues that LKB1 and its substrates AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and salt-inducible kinases (SIKs) ne...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Gormand A,Berggreen C,Amar L,Henriksson E,Lund I,Albinsson S,Göransson O

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) has been identified in several peripheral tissues, including the female reproductive organs. CRH is expressed in the placenta, myometrium, epithelial endometrium and the endometrial stromal cells at all phases of the menstrual cycle. Similarly, CRH receptors are present in pregna...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Karteris E,Papadopoulou N,Grammatopoulos DK,Hillhouse EW

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypogonadal (hpg) mutant mice, with a congenital deficiency of hypothalamic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH), and testicular feminized (tfm) mice, which lack a functional androgen receptor, were used to study the effects of the potent GnRH agonist 'Zoladex' (ICI 118630; D-Ser (Bu(t))6, Azgly10-GnRH) on pituitary...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Scott IS,Bennett MK,Porter-Goff AE,Harrison CJ,Cox BS,Grocock CA,O'Shaughnessy PJ,Clayton RN,Craven R,Furr BJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of castration and gonadal steroid replacement on the concentrations of LH-beta and alpha subunit and prolactin mRNA was examined in mice. Mouse LH-beta, alpha and prolactin mRNAs were approximately 0.8, 0.7 and 1.1 kb in size respectively. After ovariectomy, LH-beta mRNA levels increased 2- to 2.5-fold, whi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Saade G,London DR,Lalloz MR,Clayton RN

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-regulated transcription factors are targets of a wide range of lipophilic signaling molecules as well as several drugs and xenobiotics that modulate many aspects of physiology and metabolism. Agonist binding to receptors is associated with recruitment of coactivato...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Fernandes I,White JH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgens play an important role in male reproductive development and function. These steroid hormones mediate their actions by binding to the androgen receptor (AR). Diseases such as androgen insensitivity syndrome, prostate cancer, Kennedy's disease, and infertility can be caused by mutations in the AR. To get a bet...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Kerkhofs S,Denayer S,Haelens A,Claessens F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malic enzyme 1 (ME1) is a cytosolic protein that catalyzes the conversion of malate to pyruvate while concomitantly generating NADPH from NADP. Early studies identified ME1 as a mediator of intermediary metabolism primarily through its participatory roles in lipid and cholesterol biosynthesis. ME1 was one of the first...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Simmen FA,Alhallak I,Simmen RCM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurohypophysial nonapeptides vasotocin (VT) and mesotocin (MT) are the amphibian counterparts of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT). We have here reported the cloning and functional characterization of the receptors for vasotocin (VTR) and mesotocin (MTR) in two species of frog, Rana catesbeiana and Ran...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Acharjee S,Do-Rego JL,Oh DY,Moon JS,Ahn RS,Lee K,Bai DG,Vaudry H,Kwon HB,Seong JY

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study developed a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method to measure estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) mRNA in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Using RT-PCR, and primers based on the known ERalpha DNA sequence in this species, cDNA sequences representing most of the pr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Nagler JJ,Krisfalusi M,Cyr DG

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that genetic deletion of myeloperoxidase (MPO) alleviates obesity-related insulin resistance in mice in vivo. How MPO impairs insulin sensitivity in adipocytes is poorly characterized. As hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a principal oxidant product generated by MPO, we evaluated the effects of HOCl on ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Zhou J,Wang Q,Ding Y,Zou MH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mechanisms by which corticosteroids regulate the expression of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in neurones. Aldosterone and dexamethasone produced a dose-dependent increase of MR and mRNA levels in cultured primary hippocampal neurones. Transient transfection of neuroblastoma cells showed that ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Castrén M,Trapp T,Berninger B,Castrén E,Holsboer F

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation is involved in the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and beneficial effects of androgens in the vagina have been described. We investigated the potential involvement of human vagina smooth muscle cells (hvSMCs) in the inflammatory response and the immunomodulatory effect of androgen recept...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Maseroli E,Cellai I,Filippi S,Comeglio P,Cipriani S,Rastrelli G,Rosi M,Sorbi F,Fambrini M,Petraglia F,Amoriello R,Ballerini C,Lombardelli L,Piccinni MP,Sarchielli E,Guarnieri G,Morelli A,Maggi M,Vignozzi L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Low levels of vitamin D are associated with high risk of myocardial infarction, even after controlling for factors associated with coronary artery disease. A growing body of evidence indicates that vitamin D plays an important role in CVD-relat...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Hlaing SM,Garcia LA,Contreras JR,Norris KC,Ferrini MG,Artaza JN

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening by differential display of oestrogen-sensitive MCF7 human breast cancer cells grown in the short-term (6 days) and long-term (70 weeks) absence of oestrogen has led to the identification of a new oestrogen-regulated mRNA. The cDNA isolated by differential display has 100% homology from nucleotides 615 to 859...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Stephen R,Corcoran D,Darbre PD

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00