Chronic intramedullary infusion of prostaglandin E2 stimulates bone formation both in the bone marrow and in the periosteum.

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in placenta is believed to be involved in pathogenesis of intrauterine growth restriction. In contrast, insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are believed to be important for stimulation of fetal and placental growth. IGF-I stimulates metabolic and growth-promoting actions directly...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hashimoto R,Sakai K,Matsumoto H,Iwashita M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1) is a rare genetic disease characterized by resistance to aldosterone, and the renal form of PHA1 is associated with heterozygous inactivating mutations in NR3C2, which encodes mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). Here we report a case of renal PHA1 due to a novel frameshift mutation i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kawashima Sonoyama Y,Tajima T,Fujimoto M,Hasegawa A,Miyahara N,Nishimura R,Hashida Y,Hayashi A,Hanaki K,Kanzaki S

更新日期：2017-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) commonly includes TSH-suppressive therapy with L-T4 and, in case of postsurgical hypoparathyroidism, Calcium-D3 supplementation, both of which may affect skeletal health. Experience with female patients treated for DTC at a young age and who wer...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Leonova TA,Drozd VM,Saenko VA,Mine M,Biko J,Rogounovitch TI,Takamura N,Reiners C,Yamashita S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS) is a potentially fatal endocrine disease that results from a variety of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), such as small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and bronchial typical carcinoid. Typical carcinoid is usually slow growing, not associated with plasma progastrin releasing peptide (ProGRP) elevation....

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yamamuro T,Inoue K,Nagai Y,Azuma D,Yamamoto A,Hara K,Kohara M,Iwata T,Nakatsuka S,Morii E,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2018-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two local subtypes of extravillous trophoblast (EVT): one is the proliferative phenotype of EVT, which primarily consists of proximal cells and the other is the invasive phenotype of EVT, which is composed mainly of distal cells of cell columns. The mechanism of invasion of EVT to the decidua remains obscure...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Murakoshi H,Matsuo H,Laoag-Fernandez JB,Samoto T,Maruo T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroidectomy (PTX) is the standard treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT); however, the administration of cinacalcet has gained prominence as a noninvasive treatment. We aimed to determine whether PTX or cinacalcet is more effective in preventing morbidity and mortality through reviewing follow-up dat...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kim WW,Rhee Y,Kim BS,Kim K,Lee CR,Kang SW,Lee J,Jeong JJ,Nam KH,Chung WY

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Total thyroidectomy was performed in 455 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma between 1978 and 1999. Serum calcitonin (CT) was determined preoperatively in all patients using polyclonal antibodies. Among the subjects, 25 patients showed elevated serum calcitonin levels preoperatively. Pathological diagnoses ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yokoi K,Imai T,Shibata A,Hibi Y,Kikumori T,Funahashi H,Nakao A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel study assessed the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of exenatide once weekly (QW) in 30 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) suboptimally controlled by diet and exercise alone or combined with biguanide, sulfonylurea, thiaz...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Iwamoto K,Nasu R,Yamamura A,Kothare PA,Mace K,Wolka AM,Linnebjerg H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult patients with hypopituitarism are treated by the replacement of deficient hormones, although GH has not been substituted until March 2006 in Japan except for clinical trial. This study examines which hormonal status influences the prevalence of vascular risk disorders in hypopituitary adults. A sample of 263 adu...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kaji H,Iida K,Takahashi Y,Okimura Y,Chihara K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a synthetic steroidal anti-androgen, TZP-4238, on steroid-induced rat prostatic hyperplasia was investigated. Male Wistar rats were divided into four experimental groups. Group 1 consisted of intact controls. The other animals were castrated. The castrated animals were treated for 7 weeks with 1) testost...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Murakoshi M,Tagawa M,Inada R,Suzuki M,Mizokami A,Watanabe K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late-night salivary cortisol (NSC) has been recognized as a sensitive and easy-to-perform screening test for the diagnosis of overt Cushing's syndrome (CS). However, there have been few reports on the diagnostic utility of salivary cortisol (SC) measurement in the diagnosis of subclinical Cushing's syndrome (SCS). T...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tateishi Y,Kouyama R,Mihara M,Doi M,Yoshimoto T,Hirata Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory lesions of the pituitary gland are rarely encountered. Recently, the concept of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related systemic disease was proposed in Japan, and more than 20 cases have been reported as possibly associated with infundibulo-hypophysitis since 2000. We herein review such case reports in the publ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimatsu A,Oki Y,Fujisawa I,Sano T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the relationship between serum thyrotropin and components of metabolic syndrome in a Chinese cohort. A total of 1534 adult inhabitants in DaDong district of Shenyang were asked to fulfill the questionnaire, complete physical examination and OGTT. Blood samples were collected to test thyrotropin (TSH), fasti...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lai Y,Wang J,Jiang F,Wang B,Chen Y,Li M,Liu H,Li C,Xue H,Li N,Yu J,Shi L,Bai X,Hou X,Zhu L,Lu L,Wang S,Xing Q,Teng X,Teng W,Shan Z

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroidogenic factor-1 [(SF-1/Ad4BP) (MIM184757)] is a nuclear receptor that regulates multiple genes involved in adrenal and gonadal development, steroidogenesis, reproduction, and other metabolic functions. Initially, mutations of SF-1/Ad4BP gene (NR5A1) in humans were identified in two 46, XY female patients with a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tajima T,Fujiwara F,Fujieda K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anovulatory patients ovulation is usually induced by clomiphene citrate (CC) or gonadotropin therapy, but in the case of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), diagnosed by the presence of several micropolycysts in the ovaries and a high LH/FSH ratio in the serum, CC is only minimally effective, and side effects are oft...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sakai A,Kondo Z,Kamei K,Izumi S,Sumi K

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene responsible for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) has recently been cloned, and its germline mutations were identified in patients with this syndrome. The majority of the mutations, frameshift or nonsense mutations, are expected to result in a loss of function of the gene product menin. Since the con...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Miyauchi A,Sato M,Matsubara S,Ohye H,Kihara M,Matsusaka K,Nishitani A,Takahara J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 13 patients with euthyroid Graves' disease suspected ophthalmologically, by comparing them with 20 patients with untreated Graves' disease and by following them up for 5 to 10 years. They had Graves' ophthalmopathy (NOSPECS class II-IV) without other ocular diseases, normal levels of serum thyroid hormones...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kashiwai T,Tada H,Asahi K,Hidaka Y,Tamaki H,Iwatani Y,Amino N

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is associated with compromised signal transductions via PTH receptor (PTH-R) and other G-protein-coupled receptors including GHRH-R. To date, while GH deficiency (GHD) has been reported in multiple patients with PHP-Ia caused by mutations on the maternally expressed GNAS coding regions a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sano S,Iwata H,Matsubara K,Fukami M,Kagami M,Ogata T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus complicated with insulin antibodies is rare in clinical practice but usually difficult to control. A high amount of insulin antibodies, especially with low affinity and high binding capacity, leads to unstable glycemic control characterized by hyperglycemia unresponsive to large volume of insulin and...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hayashi A,Takano K,Kawai S,Shichiri M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of the long-term administration to mice of thyroid hormone or propylthiouracil (PTU) on lymphocyte subsets in spleens, and thymuses to clarify whether hyperthyroxinemia itself causes the changes in lymphocyte subsets, such as the marked increase in CD5+ B cells and decrease in natural killer (N...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Watanabe K,Iwatani Y,Hidaka Y,Watanabe M,Amino N

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is considered to play a role in maintenance of energy balance and body weight by neuroendocrine mechanisms. The physiological mechanisms for thyroid hormone-induced alteration in serum leptin are not well known. In the present study, the relationship between thyroid hormones and leptin levels was investigated i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Oge A,Bayraktar F,Saygili F,Guney E,Demir S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and its agonists have been known to directly affect steroid hormone production in human granulosa cells. In this study, we examined effects of GnRH on Ca2+ mobilization, protein kinase C activity and steroidogenesis of human granulosa cells. Human granulosa cells were harvested by...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hori H,Uemura T,Minaguchi H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic (sub lactate threshold; sub-LT) exercise training facilitates oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis of skeletal muscle. Thyroid hormone (TH) also facilitates such metabolic events. Thus, we studied whether TH signaling pathway is activated by treadmill training. Male adult rats received 30 min/day treadmill...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lesmana R,Iwasaki T,Iizuka Y,Amano I,Shimokawa N,Koibuchi N

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old female with hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance was admitted to our hospital because of a typical acromegalic appearance, including large, thickened bulky hands and feet, and a large prominent forehead and tongue. She did not have a Cushingoid appearance, such as a moon-face, buffalo hump, purple...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kobayashi Y,Takei M,Ohkubo Y,Kakizawa Y,Matoba H,Kumagai M,Takeda T,Suzuki S,Komatsu M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-stimulated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) response in normal subjects is suppressed by oral glucose administration. Pharmacologic studies indicate that this suppressive action of glucose is mediated by an increase in hypothalamic somatostatin (SRIH) tone. Since activation of the ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Park C,Kim E,Sohn S,Yang I,Koh G,Oh S,Woo J,Kim S,Kim J,Kim Y,Oh K,Park S,Park S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the influence of short-term treatment with exenatide twice daily or liraglutide once daily on daily blood glucose fluctuations in 40 patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled by sulfonylureas. The patients in a multicenter, open-label trial were randomly assigned to receive add-on exenatide (1...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nagakura J,Yamakawa T,Taguri M,Tsuchiya H,Shigematsu E,Suzuki J,Morita S,Kadonosono K,Terauchi Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon dysfunction as well as insulin dysfunction is associated with the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, it is still unclear whether the measurement of plasma glucagon levels is useful in understanding the pathophysiology of T2DM. We recently reported that sandwich ELISA provides more accurate plasm...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kobayashi M,Satoh H,Matsuo T,Kusunoki Y,Tokushima M,Watada H,Namba M,Kitamura T

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:An open-label prospective cross-over trial was performed to compare the efficacy and adverse effects of nateglinide with those of voglibose on Japanese early type 2 diabetes (who were oral hypoglycemic agent naïve and whose HbA(1C) levels were between 7.0 and 7.9% before treatment). Fourteen patients received 270 mg/d...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kurebayashi S,Watada H,Tanaka Y,Kawasumi M,Kawamori R,Hirose T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although subacute thyroiditis (de Quervain's thyroiditis) is presumed to be caused by a viral infection, only 2 familial occurrences of subacute thyroiditis have been reported in the literature. Typical and severe subacute thyroiditis was diagnosed in an older sister who was hospitalized for 8 days. During this period...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kabalak T,Ozgen AG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of unique point mutations in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) with Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO) in different ethnic backgrounds has proved that defects within the Gs alpha gene account for Gs alpha deficiency in those patients. To search a mutation hot spot of the Gs alpha ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takeda K,Yokoyama M,Hashimoto K,Hiromatsu Y,Yamanaka H,Shimizu T,Sasaki M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00