Age-related failure of endocytosis may be the pathogenetic mechanism responsible for "cold" follicle formation in the aging mouse thyroid.

abstract：:19-Nor progesterone (19-nor P) has previously been shown to have a approximately 3-fold higher affinity for mineralocorticoid receptors than progesterone (P), its C-19 methylated parent steroid; in contrast, 19-nor aldosterone has less than 1% the mineralocorticoid receptor affinity of aldosterone. In the present stud...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Funder JW,Adam WR

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis of various malignant cells is inversely related to the abundance of the Nm23-H1 protein. The role of estrogens in tumor metastasis has now been investigated by examining the effect of E2 on the expression of the Nm23-H1 gene. Three human breast carcinoma cell lines, in which endogenous ERalpha is expressed ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lin KH,Wang WJ,Wu YH,Cheng SY

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentrations of IGF-1 decrease markedly during starvation secondary to a reduction in somatotropic receptors in the liver. We investigated whether IGF-1 administration during starvation in mice inhibits the catabolic state normally observed. Plasma concentrations of IGF-1 in starved mice receiving IGF-1 thera...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： O'Sullivan U,Gluckman PD,Breier BH,Woodall S,Siddiqui RA,McCutcheon SN

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative light microscope radioautographic approach was utilized to locate specific binding sites for blood-borne 125I-labeled ACTH1-24 in the rat brain. Specific binding occurred exclusively in the external zone of the median eminence, adjacent to the primary portal plexus, and to a lesser extent in the ventr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： van Houten M,Khan MN,Khan RJ,Posner BI

更新日期：1981-06-01 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：:Hyperaldosteronism is linked to the development and progression of several different cardiovascular diseases. Angiotensin (Ang) II increases aldosterone secretion and adrenal blood flow. Ang II peptide fragments are produced by various peptidases, and these Angs have diverse and vital physiologic roles. Due to the unc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kopf PG,Campbell WB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct effects of glucocorticoids on testicular LH receptor content and steroidogenesis were studied in vivo and in vitro. Immature hypophysectomized rats were treated with varying doses of dexamethasone, corticosterone, or a synthetic progestin, 17,21-dimethyl-19-nor-pregna-4,9-diene-3,20-dione (R5020). Some anim...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bambino TH,Hsueh AJ

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that RU486 can reverse progesterone (P)-induced suppression of the estrogen receptor (ER) in the uterus of pregnant rhesus monkeys, but we did not determine whether estrogen (E) could act through its receptor in the presence of P and RU486. To pursue this question, we treated spayed rhesus monke...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Slayden OD,Hirst JJ,Brenner RM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) I, a polypeptide synthesized by skeletal cells, and its amino terminus truncated derivative desamino-(1-3)-IGF I (des-IGF I) were compared for their effects on bone formation in vitro. Des-IGF I and IGF I were studied for their effects on DNA and collagen synthesis in cultures of intac...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Canalis E,McCarthy TL,Centrella M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disappearance of 125-I-ACTH from the circulation of 4 pregnant and fetal sheep has been followed after a single injection to the ewe or fetus. The mean metabolic clearance rate for the fetus and the ewe was 55 and 34 ml/min/kg respectively, giving a half-life in each case of about 1 min. The higher fetal than mate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jones CT,Luther E,Ritchie JW,Worthington D

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of beta-endorphin upon plasma arg8-vasopressin release was studied in vivo in rabbits and in vitro in rat neural lobes. Following intravenous administration of 200 mug/kg synthetic beta-endorphin plasma AVP rose significantly by five minutes after injection and remained elevated for twenty-five minutes comp...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Weitzman RE,Fisher DA,Minick S,Ling N,Guillemin R

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that the IGF system plays an important role in the growth and function of the thyroid gland. Proteolysis is an important posttranslational process that modulates the affinity of IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) to IGFs, thus regulating their activity. IGFBP-3 has been shown to be cleaved by members of t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang J,Grünler J,Lewitt MS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pineal denervation by superior cervical ganglionectomy (Gx) decreased high affinity binding of estradiol (E2) to the pineal cytosol of female rats and of testosterone to the cytosol of male rats by 40 and 26% and by 75 and 80%, 5 and 14 days after sugery; hormone binding remained unchanged up to 24 h after surgery. Bi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cardinali DP,Gómez E,Rosner JM

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TSH receptor (TSHR) hinge region, the least well understood component, bridges the leucine-rich repeat and transmembrane domains. We report data on clusters of hinge charged residues the mutation of which to Ala is compatible with cell surface expression and normal, or near normal, TSH binding affinity yet with a ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen CR,Salazar LM,McLachlan SM,Rapoport B

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Up to now, no relevant tumor antigen has been identified in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). The aim of the present study was to prove the concept of an immunization with an amino acid-modified calcitonin (CT) for the treatment of MTC in a transgenic mouse model. Amino acid-modified (human) CT has been chosen for va...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wuttke M,Papewalis C,Meyer Y,Kessler C,Jacobs B,Willenberg HS,Schinner S,Kouatchoua C,Baehring T,Scherbaum WA,Schott M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue levels of bioactive and immunoactive ACTH were measured in both the anterior and neuro-intermediate lobes of the rat pituitary. Similar concentrations of bioactive (65 ng/mg) and immunoactive (83 ng/mg) ACTH were found in the anterior lobes control rats. A 2-min ether stress had no effect on either bioactive or...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Moriarty CM,Moriarty GC

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium vanadate, an agent known to have multiple cellular actions, was studied for its effects on aspects of bone formation in cultures of 21-day-old fetal rat calvariae. Vanadate (0.1-10 microM) stimulated the incorporation of [3H] thymidine into acid-insoluble residues (DNA); the effect appeared after 3 h and was su...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Canalis E

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of somatostatin-14 (SRIF) inhibits corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) and forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP formation and ACTH release from tumor cells of the mouse anterior pituitary (AtT-20/D16-16). After long-term pretreatment of these cells with SRIF, the ability of SRIF to inhibit CRF and forskolin-stimu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Reisine T,Axelrod J

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the role of the multidrug resistance (mdr) P-glycoprotein (Pgp) at the blood-brain barrier in the control of access of cortisol and corticosterone to the mouse and human brain. [(3)H]Cortisol poorly penetrated the brain of adrenalectomized wild-type mice, but the uptake was 3.5-fo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Karssen AM,Meijer OC,van der Sandt IC,Lucassen PJ,de Lange EC,de Boer AG,de Kloet ER

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to further define the optimum experimental conditions for the in vitro study of PRL endocrinology, the effect of extracellular leucine concentration on PRL secretion was assessed. Rat pituitary cells, maintained in short term monolayer culture, were washed free of serum and placed in Minimum Essential Me...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cross M,Walker AM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostacyclin (PGI2) (1-5 micrograms in 3 microliters 0.05 M Tris/HCl buffer, pH 7.5) and its stable metabolite, 6-oxo-PGF1 alpha, were microinjected into the third ventricle of ovariectomized rats, and plasma FSH, GH, PRL, and TSH levels were measured by RIA. Control animals received 3 microliters buffer. Injection of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ottlecz A,Samson WK,McCann SM

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the finding that retinoic acid (RA) increases 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] receptor number in ROS 17/2 cells, we investigated the effects of RA on the ability of 1,25-(OH)2D3 to regulate alkaline phosphatase activity and PTH-responsive adenylate cyclase in these cells. A maximally effective dose of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grigoriadis AE,Petkovich PM,Rosenthal EE,Heersche JN

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of chronic stress paradigms have been shown to increase basal activity in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, resulting in hypercorticoidism. Despite this, chronically stressed rats typically exhibit facilitated ACTH responses to acute novel stress, suggesting that the activity of some central ne...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Scribner KA,Akana SF,Walker CD,Dallman MF

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating ras point mutations are frequently found in skeletal muscle tumors such as rhabdomyosarcomas. In this study we investigated the impact of two different H-ras mutants in skeletal muscle differentiation: RasV12, a constitutively active form, and RasV12C40, a mutant deficient in Raf1 activation. Stably transfe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： De Alvaro C,Nieto-Vazquez I,Rojas JM,Lorenzo M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a monoclonal antiidiotypic antibody (clone 1D5) directed against the binding site of a monoclonal antiestradiol antibody to interact with the estrogen receptor (ER) was investigated. The following lines of evidence indicate that clone 1D5 has the capacity of mimicking the actions of estradiol, and recog...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mor G,Amir-Zaltsman Y,Barnard G,Kohen F

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, the role of pancreatic hormones in pancreatic islet growth and differentiation is poorly understood. To address this issue, we examined mice with a disruption in the gene encoding prohormone convertase 2 (PC2). These mice are unable to process proglucagon, prosomatostatin, and other neuroendocrine precursors ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Vincent M,Guz Y,Rozenberg M,Webb G,Furuta M,Steiner D,Teitelman G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids and their synthetic derivatives are known to alter cardiac function in vivo; however, the nature of these effects and whether glucocorticoids act directly on cardiomyocytes are poorly understood. To explore the role of glucocorticoid signaling in the heart, we used rat embryonic H9C2 cardiomyocytes and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ren R,Oakley RH,Cruz-Topete D,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1) is an orphan nuclear receptor that belongs to the NR5A subgroup of nuclear receptors. LRH-1 induces key genes to regulate metabolic process, ovarian function, cancer cell proliferation, and steroidogenesis. In the breast, LRH-1 modulates and synergizes with endogenous estrogen signalin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lazarus KA,Brown KA,Young MJ,Zhao Z,Coulson RS,Chand AL,Clyne CD

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of pentobarbital (Pnt) treatment on the progesterone (P)-induced afternoon increase in the medial basal hypothalamic (MBH) LHRH and serum LH and FSH levels in ovariectomized estradiol benzoate-primed rats were studied. Pnt injection before P blocked the afternoon rise in serum gonadotropins but failed to a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kalra SP,Simpkins JW,Kalra PS

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00