The prevalence and target antigens of antithyroid drugs induced antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) in Chinese patients with hyperthyroidism.

abstract：:11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD) catalyzes the interconversion of cortisol (F) to inactive cortisone (E) in man (corticosterone (B) to 11-dehydrocorticosterone (A) in rodents) and plays a crucial role in regulating corticosteroid hormone action. Two isoforms of this enzyme have been characterized; a ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Shimojo M,Condon J,Whorwood CB,Stewart PM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence supports the hypothesis that sympathetic neurons play a significant role in the regulation of adrenocortical cell proliferation and steroidogenesis. Co-cultures of rat adrenocortical and sympathetic ganglion cells have been established to study sympatho-adrenal interactions. In these studies we have co...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Wu CH,Holzwarth MA

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of DNA ploidy and the study of the cell cycle in adrenocortical tumoral cells could help in the distinction between benign and malignant lesions and also in the prediction of the biological behaviour of these tumors. We analysed 32 cases of adrenal tissue (8 normal adrenals--N, 12 benign adenomas--A ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pignatelli D,Leitão D,Maia M,Schmidt F

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The diagnosis and management of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures are challenging in rural and underdeveloped areas of China because medical resources are inaccessible; thus, a simple and accurate method is essential for the detection of vertebral fractures. We aimed to examine the relationship between...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Chen R,Liu S,Huang M,Ou Y,Liu W,Cui R,Yuan L,Xie Z,Sheng Z,Liu H

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone (P) given intramuscularly increases renal sodium excretion. We tested the in vitro capacity of P to bind to the human mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) with a reticulocyte lysate system and Ps transactivation potency in transfected CV-1 cells. Progesterone binds with higher affinity to the MR than aldostero...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Quinkler M,Diederich S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between plasma homocysteine (Hcy) levels and carotid, cardiac, and renal end-organ damage in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. METHODS:Newly diagnosed normotensive T2DM patients (n = 390) were enrolled in this study. The pa...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Kundi H,Kiziltunc E,Ates I,Cetin M,Barca AN,Ozkayar N,Ornek E

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway regulates the turnover of many nuclear hormone receptors, such as the estrogen receptor. For estrogen receptor, proteasome inhibition decreases ligand-mediated transcription. We provide evidence that the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Yokota K,Shibata H,Kobayashi S,Suda N,Murai A,Kurihara I,Saito I,Saruta T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to regulating renal sodium resorption and, thus, intravascular volume, aldosterone may have direct effects on the cardiovascular system. We previously identified a polymorphism (-344C/T) in the promoter of the aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) gene that affects binding of the SF-1 transcription factor and thu...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： White PC,Hautanen A,Kupari M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulation of the zona glomerulosa phenotype by a low sodium diet is characterised by increased expression of aldosterone synthase accompanied by increases in (pro)renin, bFGF, c-fos and c-jun gene transcription. In contrast ACTH diminishes the specific glomerulosa phenotype. The EGF related transmembrane protein...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Raza FS,Puddefoot JR,Vinson GP

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was the aim of this study to test for a possible effect of the new non ergot dopamine agonist CV 205-502 on plasma growth hormone (GH) concentrations in acromegaly. 10 acromegalic patients received a single oral dose of 150 micrograms CV 205-502 after an overnight fast. As a control group 7 acromegalic patients und...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Svoboda T,Kotzmann H,Clodi M,Bernecker P,Geyer G,Luger A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well documented that obesity is associated with a chronic low-grade inflammatory state. Levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, a marker of systemic inflammation and a mediator of atherothrombotic disease, have been shown to correlate with cardiovascular disease risk. Our objective was to evaluate the...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Coban E,Sari R

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal smoking is considered to be a risk factor for low birth weight. It is hypothesized that alteration in leptin concentration may be associated with reduced fetal growth. In this study, we assess the effect of smoking during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal serum leptin concentrations, and also on breast milk ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Ozkan B,Ermis B,Tastekin A,Doneray H,Yildirim A,Ors R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is controversy concerning the effects of progestins on bone. Norethindrone acetate (NETA) is synthetic progesterone that also has estrogenic and androgenic effects. We tested its effects on hormone levels, lipids and biochemical markers of bone turnover in postmenopausal women who were on estrogen replacement th...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Onobrakpeya OA,Fall PM,Willard A,Chakravarthi P,Hansen A,Raisz LG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Testotoxicosis is an autosomal dominant form of limited gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty in boys. It is caused by a heterozygous constitutively activating mutation of the LHCGR gene encoding the luteinizing/hormone receptor (LHR). Some twenty mutations of the LHCGR gene have been reported. Most of ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Daussac A,Barat P,Servant N,Yacoub M,Missonier S,Lavran F,Gaspari L,Sultan C,Paris F

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Some similar factors, such as genetic susceptibility and subinflammation/autoimmunity, contribute to development of both polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), suggesting a potential pathogenic link between the two common disorders. In this study, we investigated the relationship b...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Arduc A,Aycicek Dogan B,Bilmez S,Imga Nasiroglu N,Tuna MM,Isik S,Berker D,Guler S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid dysfunction influences the levels of Von Willebrand factor (VWF:Ag). Plasma VWF:Ag levels in 35 hyperthyroid patients were significantly elevated, which had a positive correlation with both T3 (Triiodothyronine) and T4 (Thyroxine) levels. A follow-up study of seven hyperthyroid patients undergoing anti-thyroid...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Liu L,Wang X,Lin Z,Wu H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CYP11B2 gene encodes aldosterone synthase, a cytochrome P450 (P450aldo) expressed in high levels in the adrenal zona glomerulosa. While the primary physiologic regulators of aldosterone production are circulating angiotensin II (Ang II) and potassium (K+) the action of these agents on CYP11B2 gene transcription ha...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Clyne CD,White PC,Rainey WE

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islets derived from patients with persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy, PHHI, show a significant capacity to proliferate in vitro without the addition of growth factors. However, as with other differentiated cells, PHHI-derived islet cells show a loss of differentiated function with repeated subculture....

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Webb M,James RF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of cAMP (as the dibutyryl compound) to a primary culture of mouse Leydig cells caused the accumulation of a protein, i(b), with the same dependence on cAMP concentration as the increase in testosterone synthesis. Stimulation of both protein i(b) and testosterone production were inhibited by cycloheximide. Add...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pon LA,Epstein LF,Orme-Johnson NR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is involved in adrenal steroid secretion but its cell origin remains unclear. We showed, using RT-PCR the expression of the mRNAs for preproET-1 and ECE-1 in primary cultures of human adrenal cells enriched in glomerulosa cells. Since these expressions could be due to contamination of steroid secre...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Mathieu MN,Hamroun D,Pouzeratte Y,Guérineau NC,Guillon G,Chevillard C

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether daily oral micronized progesterone affects bone turnover, as estimated by serum and urine biochemical markers, in postmenopausal women on long-term estrogen replacement therapy (ERT). METHODS:We recruited 14 women aged 65 or older to participate in a 9-week trial with micronized progestero...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Azizi G,Hansen A,Prestwood KM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the guinea pig adrenal the cells of the outer zone secrete high levels of steroid and respond to ACTH with increased synthesis of cholesterol and steroid. The outer zone consists of two cell types: zona fasciculata (ZF) and zona glomerulosa (ZG). To determine the relative contribution of ZF and ZG to the outer zone...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Brody RI,Black VH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for the preparation of high yields of viable, dissociated cells from porcine theca interna and corpus luteum and from human and bovine endometrium. The tissues were dissociated by incubation at 37 degrees C in a mixture of 0.5% collagenase, 0.1% hyaluronidase and 0.1% pronase in balanced salt sol...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Marcus GJ,Connor L,Domingo MT,Tsang BK,Downey BR,Ainsworth L

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two CYP21 genes, the active CYP21 and the pseudogene, CYP21P, also pairs of duplicated genes including the XA, XB, XB-S; YA, YB; and ZA, ZB are arranged in tandem next to the serum complement C4 genes (C4A and C4B). In this report, we have analyzed the influence of some DNA sequences within the C4A/CYP21P region on th...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Chang SF,Cheng CL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total collagen and its soluble fraction as well as water content were determined in late pregnancy in the uterine cervix in a population of 36 rats treated with progesterone (n = 10), mifepristone (n = 13) and controls (n = 13). In both treated groups there were no signs of delivery on the 21st day of gestation. Water...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Bieńkiewicz A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence have suggested that the nuclear receptor Steroidogenic Factor-1 (SF-1 or Ad4BP) may be directly involved in the cAMP-dependent regulation of steroid hydroxylase genes in adrenocortical cells. In the bovine CYP17 gene, which encodes the cytochrome P450 17alpha-hydroxylase, an SF-1 site is pres...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Lund J,Jacob A,Aesöy R,Yri OE,Mellgren G

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of forskolin on the regulation of steroidogenesis and growth were examined in the Y1 adrenocortical tumor cell line, and the roles of cAMP and cAMP-dependent protein kinase in these actions of forskolin were evaluated. Forskolin, like corticotropin, stimulated steroidogenesis 3-fold and inhibited growth by...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Schimmer BP,Schulz P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has been associated with increased incidence of morbidity and mortality of the cardiovascular system. The pathogenetic mechanisms underlying this association are still not completely clear. A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin-like motifs (ADAMTS) play a cri...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Karakose M,Caliskan M,Arslan MS,Demirci T,Karakose S,Tutal E,Cakal E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We quantitated serial serum beta-hydroxybutyrate (beta-OHB) levels using the Ketosite method in 9 children with IDDM who were treated for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and compared them to urinary ketone measurements by dipstick. Persistent elevations of serum beta-OHB were seen in six patients when the urine became cle...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Nadgir UM,Silver FL,MacGillivray MH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TRH is negatively regulated by T3 both in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and transient transfection models. Mutations in hTR beta 1 genes are associated with the syndrome of generalized resistance to thyroid hormone. To investigate potential effects of mutant TRs on T3 regulation of the hTRH gene, transient ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Li QL,Feng P,Satoh T,Shi ZX,Wang R,Weintraub BD,Wilber JF

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00