A serotonergic mechanism of the prolactin-stimulating action of metoclopramide.

abstract：:The objective of these experiments was to investigate the influence of activation of three second messenger systems (protein kinase-C, adenylate cyclase-cAMP, and calcium mobilization) on the secretion of pancreastatin (PST) and chromogranin-A (CGA) by a human pancreatic carcinoid cell line (BON) in tissue culture. St...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jeng YJ,Townsend CM Jr,Nagasawa S,Chuo S,Kern K,Yanaihara N,Ferrar RS,Hill FL,Thompson JC,Greeley GH Jr

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on glycogen metabolism and the binding of [125I]iodo-EGF to receptors in fetal rat hepatocytes have been examined. The actions of EGF have been compared with those of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and insulin. EGF (0.1-45 nM) stimulated dose-dependent increases in [1...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Freemark M

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH is secreted in a pulsatile manner, the pattern of which plays an important role in the regulation of growth and metabolism. Sex steroids are also known to participate in metabolic regulation. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the relationship between changes in GH pulsatility and metabolic transition du...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yonezawa T,Mogi K,Li JY,Sako R,Yamanouchi K,Nishihara M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear receptor function on DNA is regulated by the balanced recruitment of coregulatory complexes. Recruited proteins that increase gene expression are called coactivators, and those that decrease gene expression are called corepressors. Little is known about the role of corepressors, such as nuclear receptor corepr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jessen HM,Kolodkin MH,Bychowski ME,Auger CJ,Auger AP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that estradiol-17beta and estradiol-17alpha both induce short-latency effects on spatial memory in rats, estradiol-17alpha being at least as potent as its 17beta isomer. To determine whether the mechanisms underlying these behavioral responses might include effects on hippocampal syn...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： MacLusky NJ,Luine VN,Hajszan T,Leranth C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological concentrations of L-T4 were found previously to stimulate Ca2+-ATPase activity in vitro in reticulocyte membranes from female rabbits and to inhibit this enzyme in reticulocyte membranes from males. In these previous studies, preincubation of intact cells or ghosts with testosterone (5 X 10(-11) M) conve...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lawrence WD,Osawa YM,Davis PJ,Blas SD

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female and male brains differ. Differences begin early during development due to a combination of genetic and hormonal events and continue throughout the lifespan of an individual. Although researchers from a myriad of disciplines are beginning to appreciate the importance of considering sex differences in the design ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Becker JB,Arnold AP,Berkley KJ,Blaustein JD,Eckel LA,Hampson E,Herman JP,Marts S,Sadee W,Steiner M,Taylor J,Young E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotensin (NT) and Neuromedin N (NN) are two biologically active peptides present in one copy each in the C-terminal region of a 169-residue precursor. Four basic Lys-Arg doublets occur within the precursor and represent putative processing sites. We investigated the effects of dexamethasone on the biosynthesis and ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： de Nadai F,Rovere C,Bidard JN,Laur J,Martinez J,Cuber JC,Kitabgi P

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Explants from nonmenstrual endometria cultured in the absence of ovarian hormones undergo tissue breakdown. Addition of estradiol and progesterone (EP) prevents proteolysis. Explants include stromal and epithelial compartments which play different but complementary roles in endometrial physiology, including tissue rem...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gaide Chevronnay HP,Lemoine P,Courtoy PJ,Marbaix E,Henriet P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density lipoprotein mediates a normal physiological process called reverse cholesterol transport. This process enables the transfer of cholesterol from peripheral tissues to the liver for further metabolism and eventual secretion in the form of bile. The scavenger receptor of the B class (SR-BI), human homolog of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cao WM,Murao K,Imachi H,Yu X,Dobashi H,Yoshida K,Muraoka T,Kotsuna N,Nagao S,Wong NC,Ishida T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biologically active form of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) precursor has been detected in human fluids and secretions. The secreted protein identified in human urine and milk has an apparent molecular mass of 160-170 kilodaltons and exhibits an affinity for the glycosaminoglycan heparin. More importantly, the sec...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mroczkowski B,Reich M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of FRTL-5 cells to iodide (I-) in excess of 3 microM suppresses the concentrative uptake of I-. The depression of I- uptake measured at the steady state is due to decrease in the rate of I- influx and not to an effect on I- efflux. Exposure to NaI is associated with decreased T4 secretion and also depressed N...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grollman EF,Smolar A,Ommaya A,Tombaccini D,Santisteban P

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although factors that regulate cAMP and steroid production in granulosa cells of hen preovulatory follicles have been well studied, much less is known of the mechanisms that control steroidogenesis in the adjacent thecal layer. These studies were conducted to examine the involvement and interaction of cAMP and protein...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tilly JL,Johnson AL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has suggested that a circadian rhythm exists for plasma beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity. The purpose of the present study was to examine the long term effects of surgical trauma on plasma beta-endorphin dynamics. Blood samples for RIA were obtained from female baboons every 4 h for three 48-h peri...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McIntosh TK

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) has numerous actions in brain, including pronounced neuroendocrine effects. Recent radioligand binding studies have identified high-affinity binding sites for 125I-recombinant human IL-1 alpha in the hippocampus with characteristics similar to those of IL-1 receptors in immune cells. ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cunningham ET Jr,Wada E,Carter DB,Tracey DE,Battey JF,De Souza EB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH-releasing factor (GRF) is a hypothalamic peptide that stimulates the secretion of pituitary GH. The possibility of feedback effects of GRF within the central nervous system was studied in conscious freely moving male rats with indwelling iv and intracerebroventricular (icv) cannulae. Animals were injected icv or iv...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Katakami H,Arimura A,Frohman LA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of gonadotropins on phosphodiesterase activity of rat granulosa cells was studied in an in vitro model. Granulosa cells were prepared from hypophysectomized or intact, estrogen-primed immature female rats and treated with FSH, hCG, or (Bu)2cAMP in vitro. Phosphodiesterase activity was determined in cell hom...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Conti M,Kasson BG,Hsueh AJ

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cells of the osteoblast lineage express functional ERs, direct effects of estrogen on bone formation remain obscure. In the present study, we have investigated estrogen effects on osteoblastic and adipocytic differentiation from a mouse bone marrow stromal cell line, ST-2, which had been manipulated to overex...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Okazaki R,Inoue D,Shibata M,Saika M,Kido S,Ooka H,Tomiyama H,Sakamoto Y,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppression of spermatogenesis in LBNF1 rats by treatment with the GnRH agonist Zoladex combined with the antiandrogen flutamide was evaluated in order to rapidly achieve protection of spermatogenic stem cells against procarbazine with clinically used drugs. Zoladex-flutamide treatment required 3 weeks to suppress the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kangasniemi M,Wilson G,Huhtaniemi I,Meistrich ML

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male rats of five different strains (Simonsen albino, Wistar, Long-Evans, Holtzman Sprague-Dawley, and Charles River Sprague-Dawley) were tested for their response to the U.S. Biochemical Corp. Remington low iodine diet containing 15-18 microgram I/kg. Measurements made after the diet had been fed for 28-30 days indic...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Okamura K,Taurog A,Krulich L

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) is a member of the nerve growth factor family that is important for neuronal survival and plasticity. We recently demonstrated that stress decreases BDNF messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in the hippocampus, which raises the possibility that BDNF may play a role in regulation of the h...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Smith MA,Makino S,Kim SY,Kvetnansky R

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GnRH regulates the secretion of LH and FSH, which stimulate the secretion of testicular hormones. Acting in a reciprocal fashion, these hormones, including testosterone and inhibin, exert a negative feedback effect on GnRH and gonadotropin secretion. Endogenous opioid peptides (EOPs) have been implicated to play a rol...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chowen-Breed J,Fraser HM,Vician L,Damassa DA,Clifton DK,Steiner RA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

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：:To test the hypothesis that vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein (CaBP) and active calcium (Ca) transport in the small intestine of vitamin D-replete lactating rats are regulated by dietary Ca intake, pregnant rats were given a high Ca (1.6% Ca and 1.4% phosphorus) or low Ca (0.1% Ca and 0.4% phosphorus) diet s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bruns ME,Boass A,Toverud SU

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of an estradiol-chemical delivery system (E2-CDS) for the brain vs. estradiol benzoate (E2-BNZ) in suppressing serum testosterone (T) and weights of the ventral prostate and seminal vesicle in male rats. Also, the role of serum T in the weight reduction of andr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Anderson WR,Rahimy MH,Brewster ME,Bodor N,Simpkins JW

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1)-binding element in the rat TSH receptor (TSHR) promoter, between -189 and -175 basepairs (bp), is important for both thyroid-specific expression and thyroid-specific TSH/cAMP autoregulation of the TSHR. The identification of an up-stream TTF-1-binding site and its relationship ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ohmori M,Shimura H,Shimura Y,Ikuyama S,Kohn LD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puberty is associated with an increase in the plasma concentration of sex steroids, GH, and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). Gonadal steroid hormones are important for the normal pubertal growth spurt and skeletal growth. The mechanism by which gonadal steroids induce skeletal growth is still not fully understood...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Maor G,Segev Y,Phillip M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes formation of the islet basement membrane and the function of extracellular matrix (ECM) components in β-cell proliferation and survival. Implications for islet transplantation are discussed. The insulin-producing β-cell is key for maintaining glucose homeostasis. The islet microenvironment greatl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Townsend SE,Gannon M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D (GPI-PLD) is abundant in mammalian serum, but the source of the circulating enzyme is unknown. Pancreatic islets have been reported to contain and secrete GPI-PLD. In this report we examined the regulation of GPI-PLD secretion from beta TC3 cells, a mouse insulinom...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Deeg MA,Verchere CB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) is a 42-amino acid peptide synthesized and secreted from endocrine cells in the small intestine. The role of GIP in coupling nutrient intake and insulin secretion, the incretin effect, is well known. We report that GIP receptor messenger RNA and protein are present in nor...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bollag RJ,Zhong Q,Phillips P,Min L,Zhong L,Cameron R,Mulloy AL,Rasmussen H,Qin F,Ding KH,Isales CM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00