Tumor and serum levels of proinsulin and insulin in insulinoma patients.

abstract：:The risk factors for impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) have yet to be established. Our aim was to elucidate the predisposing factors for IFG and IGT in Japanese subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT). Using a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), we analyzed 604 adults with t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Oka R,Yagi K,Hayashi K,Kawashiri MA,Yamagishi M,Yamada M,Fumisawa Y,Yamauchi K,Aizawa T

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Effects of reserpine treatment, not associated with pituitary irradiation, on the pituitary-adrenocortical axis in a total of 37 untreated patients with Cushing's disease were evaluated. With short-term treatment (2 mg daily for 2 weeks, n = 36), basal excretion of urinary 17-OHCS significantly decreased from 11.2 +/-...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Minamori Y,Yasuda K,Murayama M,Morita H,Yamakita N,Miura K

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of thyroid papillary carcinoma, a less aggressive cancer, surgeons may hesitate to perform total thyroidectomy on patients with poor general condition because these may experience longer survival without undergoing surgery. To investigate the influence of general patient condition on the patients' survival wh...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shinohara S,Kikuchi M,Harada H,Takebayashi S,Yunoki K,Yamazaki K

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that there is an inverse relationship between serum sodium (Na) and potassium (K) levels in patients with diabetic coma. The present study was undertaken to determine whether such an inverse relation depends upon plasma glucose levels in diabetic patients for their glycemic control. We examined tw...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Saito T,Ishikawa S,Higashiyama M,Nakamura T,Rokkaku K,Hayashi H,Kusaka I,Nagasaka S,Saito T

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare the bone aging process in Werner's syndrome, a disease characterized by premature aging, and that in natural aging, we have assessed the bone status in a total of 19 cases (11 males and eight postmenopausal females) with Werner's syndrome. The spinal deformity index was determined for a total of 87...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shiraki M,Aoki C,Goto M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We had a patient with asymptomatic hyper-immunoreactive glucagonemia and with no evidence of pancreatic tumor detected by radiological examinations. The glucagon level was not decreased by the administration of glucose or somatosatin analogue (SMS 201-995). Gel filtration studies revealed that most glucagon immunoreac...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hattori N,Saiki Y,Kajikawa M,Ishihara T,Moridera K,Hino M,Ikekubo K,Kurahachi H

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are induced under diabetic conditions and are likely associated with the development of type 2 diabetes. It is also known that ROS production is facilitated in the presence of copper ion through the Fenton reaction. The aim of this study was to examine the involvement of copper ion in the...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tanaka A,Kaneto H,Miyatsuka T,Yamamoto K,Yoshiuchi K,Yamasaki Y,Shimomura I,Matsuoka TA,Matsuhisa M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid nodules (TN) are common in the general population, and the clinical importance of diagnosing thyroid nodules is based on excluding the possibility of thyroid cancer, which occurs in 7-15% of cases. The thyroid gland, owing to its superficial location, is easily accessible via thermography, a noninvasive method...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Damião CP,Montero JRG,Moran MBH,de Oliveira Marçal E Silva Carvalho ME,de Farias CG,Brito IB,Saad MAN,Fontes CAP,Fainstein C,Rodrigues MFO,Palombo A,Conci A,da Cruz Filho RA,Lima GAB

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical staining and cell immunoblot assay (CIBA) were performed in adenoma tissue from five patients with Cushing's disease and three patients with clinically silent corticotroph adenomas. All five patients with Cushing's disease showed hypersecretion of ACTH (130, 190, 331, 120, and 130 pg/ml), high level...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kojima Y,Suzuki S,Yamamura K,Ohhashi G,Yamamoto I

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Effects of prolactin and bromocriptine on neutral and phospholipids of liver, adipose tissue and serum were studied in mature male bonnet monkeys. Hyperprolactinemia (ovine prolactin, 250 micrograms/kg body weight/day, i.p. for 30 days) elevated hepatic total lipids and phospholipids and decreased total and free chole...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Aruldhas MM,Thampi LT,Kumari TM,Govindarajulu P

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：: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：:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a form of non-Langerhans histiocytosis. In this report, we show a case of ECD presenting diabetes insipidus and multiple xanthogranulomas received glucocorticoid treatment over a year. During this period, xanthogranulomas improved in response to the glucocorticoid therapy. Furthermore,...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Taguchi T,Iwasaki Y,Asaba K,Yoshida T,Takao T,Ikeno F,Nakajima H,Kodama H,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Betacellulin (BTC) purified from mouse beta cell tumor (betaTC-3) is a new member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family which can bind receptor tyrosine kinase, EGF receptor (erbB1) and erbB4. It has been demonstrated that proBTC mRNA was abundantly expressed in human pancreas tissue, and that BTC converted amyl...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Miyagawa J,Hanafusa O,Sasada R,Yamamoto K,Igarashi K,Yamamori K,Seno M,Tada H,Nammo T,Li M,Yamagata K,Nakajima H,Namba M,Kuwajima M,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several authors have reported single cases illustrative of some ultrasonographic characteristic of parathyroid carcinoma, the value of ultrasonography for diagnosing this entity remains to be determined. The purpose of our study was to investigate the ultrasonographic features of parathyroid carcinoma in a la...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hara H,Igarashi A,Yano Y,Yashiro T,Ueno E,Aiyoshi Y,Ito K,Obara T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired secretion of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) has been suggested to contribute to the deficient incretin effect in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Recent studies, however, have not always supported this notion. Since Japanese patients with T2DM usually have severe impairment in the earlyphase of...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lee S,Yabe D,Nohtomi K,Takada M,Morita R,Seino Y,Hirano T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with adrenal insufficiency require appropriate glucocorticoid replacement therapy; however, reliable biological parameters for optimizing glucocorticoid supplementation are limited. The physician has to rely primarily on clinical judgment, carefully taking into account signs and symptoms potentially suggestiv...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Watanabe T,Ozawa A,Ishii S,Tomaru T,Shibusawa N,Saito T,Yamada E,Horiguchi K,Nakajima Y,Matsumoto S,Yoshino S,Katano-Toki A,Hashimoto K,Mori M,Okada S,Satoh T,Yamada M

更新日期：2018-05-28 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 present study set forth the reference values for penile size and determined the prevalence of buried penis in Japanese full-term newborns. The stretched penile length was measured and the presence of buried penis was assessed at 1-7 days of age in 547 Japanese full-term newborn infants born between 2008 and 2012 i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Matsuo N,Ishii T,Takayama JI,Miwa M,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) has been demonstrated in the vascular endothelial cells and other tissues including in rat and bovine adrenal gland. To determine whether NO mediates aldosterone production in the adrenals, we evaluated the basal production of aldosterone, and the ACTH or angiotensin II (A II)-stimul...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nakayama T,Izumi Y,Soma M,Kanmatsuse K

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a salt-wasting tubulointerstitial disease of autosomal recessive inheritance (OMIM613395) caused by genic mutation of SLC12A3, which codes thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (NCCT) gene. The gene mutation of the majority of GS patients is compound heterozygous. This study analyzes two cas...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Luo J,Yang X,Liang J,Li W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age is an important prognostic factor in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). In this study, we investigated the difference in prognosis of 7 subsets of PTC patients without distant metastasis at presentation or a history of radiation exposure (20 years or younger, 21-30 years, 31-40 years, 41-50 years, 51-60 years, 61...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Miyauchi A,Kihara M,Takamura Y,Kobayashi K,Miya A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the association of muscle mass with insulin resistance, evaluated from the insulin sensitivity index (ISI), in Japanese patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Consecutive patients with GDM (n = 96) admitted to St. Marianna University Hospital between October 2015 and March 2018 for init...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kawanabe S,Nagai Y,Nakamura Y,Nishine A,Nakagawa T,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously developed a radioreceptor assay which is presumably specific for detection of blocking-type anti-TSH receptor (TSHR) antibodies using unsolubilized porcine TSHR. Employing this assay, we measured blocking TSH-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin (TBII) in the sera from 30 untreated Graves' patients and comp...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tada H,Izumi Y,Watanabe Y,Takano T,Fukata S,Kuma K,Hidaka Y,Amino N

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension and norepinephrine hypersecretion in a 59-year-old woman suffering from malignant pheochromocytoma with multiple metastases were appropriately controlled with alpha- and beta- blockers, and alpha-methyltyrosine (alpha-MT), a catecholamine-synthesis inhibitor. Metastasized vertebrae were treated with exter...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Teno S,Tanabe A,Nomura K,Demura H

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nesfatin-1 is a polypeptide derived from the posttranslational processing of the N-terminal fragment of nucleobindin 2 (NUCB2), that was originally identified as an anorexigenic hypothalamic neuropeptide. A number of reports have recently shown that NUCB2/nesfatin-1 is widely expressed in various peripheral tissues, i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Cao X,Liu XM,Zhou LH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is mainly associated with Graves' disease but rarely with autonomously functioning thyroid nodule (AFTN). We herein report a case of AFTN associated with TPP in which the latter resolved after (131) I therapy for the former. We analyzed the genes encoding thyrotropin receptor (TSHR)...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ozaki H,Mori K,Nakagawa Y,Hoshikawa S,Ito S,Yoshida K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00