Prolactin and bromocriptine induced changes in liver, adipose tissue and blood lipids of mature male bonnet monkeys, Macaca radiata (Geoffroy).

abstract：:Plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and increased tHcy levels have been reported to be a novel risk factor of atherosclerotic disease. The aim of this study was to assess the association of the metabolic syndrome components with plasma (tHcy) level. Total 722 parti...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Rhee EJ,Hwang ST,Lee WY,Yoon JH,Kim BJ,Kim BS,Kang JH,Lee MH,Park JR,Sung KC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's disease is primarily caused by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-producing pituitary adenomas. Pituitary tumor-transforming gene 1 (PTTG1) expression, a hallmark of pituitary tumors, stimulates pituitary cell proliferation. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play an important role in regulating gene transcription...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nakada Y,Kageyama K,Sugiyama A,Desaki R,Takayasu S,Niioka K,Murasawa S,Ishigame N,Asari Y,Iwasaki Y,Daimon M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the effects of ezetimibe on high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism, the HDL subclasses, cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), and lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) were measured in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Twenty-three hypercholesterolemic patients with T2DM were tre...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yagyu H,Nagashima S,Takahashi M,Miyamoto M,Okada K,Osuga J,Ishibashi S

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：:The effects of an aqueous extract of Ferula hormonis on social aggression, fertility and some physiological and biochemical parameters were investigated in male mice. The ingestion of 3 mg/kg of aqueous extract of F. hormonis for six weeks clearly inhibited social aggression. Body wet weight and other sex accessory or...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Khleifat K,Homady MH,Tarawneh KA,Shakhanbeh J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of administration of recombinant human growth hormone (hGH) in patients with Noonan syndrome. hGH was administered (0.5 IU/kg/week) to 15 patients with Noonan syndrome over a 2 year period. Average patient age prior to therapy was 7.5 +/- 2.5 (mean +/- SD) yr, ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ogawa M,Moriya N,Ikeda H,Tanae A,Tanaka T,Ohyama K,Mori O,Yazawa T,Fujita K,Seino Y,Kubo T,Tanaka H,Nishi Y,Yoshimoto M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) is characterized by polyuria and polydipsia caused by impairment of arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion. In this study, we evaluated plasma AVP concentrations during a hypertonic saline infusion test using a new AVP radioimmunoassay (RIA) which is now available in Japan. Thirteen cont...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takagi H,Hagiwara D,Handa T,Sugiyama M,Onoue T,Tsunekawa T,Ito Y,Iwama S,Goto M,Suga H,Banno R,Takahashi K,Matsui S,Arima H

更新日期：2020-03-28 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：: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：:Seven patients with growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma were treated preoperatively with octreotide (Sandostatin or SMS 201-995; a somatostatin analogue), and were compared with 18 non-treated patients in their clinical courses and adenoma analyses. Octreotide treatment improved the endocrinological data i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsukamoto N,Nagaya T,Kuwayama A,Takano K,Shizume K,Sugita K,Seo H

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:KRN568 is a calcimimetic compound which acts on the calcium sensing receptors (CaR) on the parathyroid gland to suppress secretion of PTH. A recent report has demonstrated that CaRs are expressed on cultured human antral gastrin cells and that gastrin secretion is stimulated by an increase in extracellular calcium lev...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Igarashi T,Ogata E,Maruyama K,Fukuda T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (Ang II) is a well-known peptide that maintains the balance of electrolytes in the higher vertebrates. Ang II stimulation in the adrenal gland induces the synthesis of mineralocorticoids, mainly aldosterone, through the up-regulation of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) gene expression. Additionally, it ha...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito R,Shima H,Masuda K,Sato I,Shimada H,Yokoyama A,Shirahige K,Igarashi K,Sugawara A

更新日期：2020-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Musk is a secreted external hormone or information compound that is stored in musk scent glands of the males of species within the family Moschidae, such as Moschus berezovskii. The secretion of musk changes periodically during the courtship and reproduction periods, with the early stage of secretion occurring from Ma...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Fan M,Zhang M,Shi M,Zhang T,Qi L,Yu J,Li X,Lin S,Huang Z,Yang S,Zhou J,Li Y,Sun X,Cha M,Xu S,Liu Y,Guo X,Hu D,Liu S

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic carcinoma arises from differentiated carcinoma and generally shows a dire prognosis. Anaplastic transformation may occur not only in primary tumors but also in metastatic lymph nodes. We encountered 5 cases of papillary carcinoma showing anaplastic transformation in lymph nodes that were curatively resected...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Higashiyama T,Hirokawa M,Fukushima M,Inoue H,Yabuta T,Tomoda C,Uruno T,Kihara M,Takamura Y,Miya A,Kobayashi K,Matsuzuka F,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old girl presented at our emergency room with hypokalemic periodic paralysis. She had a thyrotoxic goiter and had experienced three paralytic attacks during the previous 2 years on occasions when she stopped taking antithyroid drugs. In addition to thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP), she had metabolic acido...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Im EJ,Lee JM,Kim JH,Chang SA,Moon SD,Ahn YB,Son HS,Cha BY,Lee KW,Son HY

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a well defined clinical condition, which is characterized by abnormal body composition, impaired physical activity and decreased quality of life. In addition, in recent years, growing interest has been shown towards cardiovascular risks in adult patients affected by GHD. In thi...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Giovannini L,Tirabassi G,Muscogiuri G,Di Somma C,Colao A,Balercia G

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：:It seems reasonable to expect that biochemical changes occurring in the pregnant woman with diabetes should be reflected in the placenta structure. However, it has not been possible to correlate placental morphology with glycemic control in a comparison between those with long life diabetes and poorly controlled gesta...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： al-Okail MS,al-Attas OS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The octanoylation of Ser3 is essential for the biological function of ghrelin. We examined the concentrations of the n-octanoylated active-form ghrelin in cord and neonatal blood using an RIA system that specifically recognized n-octanoylated ghrelin, as well as a system that measured the total ghrelin concentration. ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yokota I,Kitamura S,Hosoda H,Kotani Y,Kangawa K

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to steroid 21-hydroxylase (21-OH) deficiency (21-OHD) is an autosomal recessive disorder, in which CYP21A2 mutations or deletions result in underproduction of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid, and overproduction of androgens. Patients with CAH are treated with oral steroid ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Naiki Y,Miyado M,Horikawa R,Katsumata N,Onodera M,Pang S,Ogata T,Fukami M

更新日期：2016-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has a potent bone resorbing activity in vitro, but some recent studies have shown that PGE2 stimulates bone formation in vivo. The effects of PGE2 on the bone are therefore still controversial. We attempted to reveal the effects of PGE2 on bone in vivo more directly; we injected PGE2 continuous...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takada M,Yamamoto I,Yuu I,Kigami Y,Ohnaka Y,Morita R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irisin is an adipokine/myokine which could be connected with insulin sensitivity. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by oligo- or anovulation, polycystic ovary, hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between serum irisin concentration and ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Adamska A,Karczewska-Kupczewska M,Lebkowska A,Milewski R,Górska M,Otziomek E,Nikolajuk A,Wolczynski S,Kowalska I

更新日期：2016-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations have been reported to be associated with body fat, especially visceral fat accumulation, but most studies up to now have been conducted on non-diabetic subjects. In this study, we investigated the association between the serum CRP concentrations and parameters of adiposity...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Iwasaki T,Nakajima A,Yoneda M,Terauchi Y

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallmann syndrome is defined by the association of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia. The KAL1 gene is responsible for the X-linked form of Kallmann syndrome. We analyzed the KAL1 gene in 19 Japanese patients with Kallmann syndrome, including 3 patients reported previously, using PCR-direct sequencing method. ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Izumi Y,Tatsumi K,Okamoto S,Ogawa T,Hosokawa A,Matsuo T,Kato Y,Fukui H,Amino N

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome is a common disorder in Taiwan. For this study 431 subjects were randomly selected from visitors to the Department of Health Management. Blood pressure, blood glucose, lipid, uric acid levels and anthropometric measurements with immunoreactive insulin (IRI) and leptin levels were all correlated. We ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Chiou WK,Lin JD,Weng HF,Ou YC,Liu TH,Fang JT

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 7-year-old patient of short stature who had normal GH secretion, but a very low serum IGF-I level. On admittance, his height and weight were 102.2 cm (-3.8S.D.) and 15.7 kg (-1.8S.D.), respectively. His bone age was 2 years and 8 months. The serum GH responses to insulin, glucagon and L-dopa we...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Mochizuki D,Kodama H,Kubota K,Mori Y,Nakamoto N,Kobayashi M,Yanagawa Y,Kaji M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their binding proteins (IGFBPs) are important for fetal and postnatal development, but the regulation of circulating IGFs and IGFBPs has not been as thoroughly investigated in the maternal/fetal unit as in the adult animal where nutrition status plays a regulatory role. We used t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lee WH,Gaylord TD,Bowsher RR,Hlaing M,Moorehead H,Liechty EA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarpogrelate, a selective 5-HT(2) receptor antagonist, is known to have a significant effect on antiplatelet action. This study was a double-blinded, randomized, paralleled multicenter trial to compare the effects of sarpogrelate and aspirin on preventing macrovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. T...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Park SY,Rhee SY,Oh S,Kwon HS,Cha BY,Lee HJ,Lee HC,Kim YS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00