17 beta-estradiol, but not 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, augments antibodies to double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid in nonautoimmune C57BL/6J mice.

abstract：:In this study, the potential interactions between dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a survival factor, and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), an apoptotic inducer, were examined in a derivative of the hormone-sensitive prostate cancer cell line LNCAP: The LNCaP TGF-beta receptor II cells, engineered to express TGF-b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bruckheimer EM,Kyprianou N

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevailing view of sexual differentiation of mammalian brain is that androgen synthesized in the fetal and neonatal testis and aromatized centrally during a perinatal sensitive period is the sole source of brain estradiol and the primary determinant of sex differences. Subregions of the diencephalon are among the ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Konkle AT,McCarthy MM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (EPAB) is the predominant poly(A)-binding protein in Xenopus, mouse, and human oocytes and early embryos before zygotic genome activation. EPAB is required for translational activation of maternally stored mRNAs in the oocyte and Epab(-/-) female mice are infertile due to impaired ooc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yang CR,Lowther KM,Lalioti MD,Seli E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state levels of plasma membrane receptors (measured in radioligand assays) result from processes that contribute to the production of receptors (synthesis, recycling, and unmasking) as well as those that contribute to the loss of receptors (degradation, internalization, and inactivation). Accordingly, we have p...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Braden TD,Conn PM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II and extracellular potassium stimulate aldosterone production in adrenal glomerulosa cells by mobilizing the calcium messenger system. This response requires calcium influx across the plasma membrane, followed by calcium uptake into the mitochondria. It has been proposed that calcium is transported to th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lalevée N,Resin V,Arnaudeau S,Demaurex N,Rossier MF

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of these studies was to determine whether changes in FSH receptors correlated with FSH-induced attenuation of FSH-responsive adenylyl cyclase in immature porcine granulosa cells. Cells were incubated with FSH (1-1000 ng/ml) for up to 24 h, treated with acidified medium (pH 3.5) to remove FSH bound to cells...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ford KA,LaBarbera AR

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses a high purity cell culture system to extend previous observations of factors controlling the end of the Sertoli cell proliferative phase. Thyroid hormone, retinoic acid, and testosterone were assessed for their ability to halt the proliferative phase and regulate the expression of markers associated wi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Buzzard JJ,Wreford NG,Morrison JR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperaldosteronism is linked to the development and progression of several different cardiovascular diseases. Angiotensin (Ang) II increases aldosterone secretion and adrenal blood flow. Ang II peptide fragments are produced by various peptidases, and these Angs have diverse and vital physiologic roles. Due to the unc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kopf PG,Campbell WB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount and sources of T3 associated with high affinity, low capacity cellular nuclear receptors in brown adipose tissue (BAT) have been estimated by in vivo pulse-labeling techniques. Maximal binding capacity was measured by in vivo saturation analysis. Nuclear receptor occupancy at endogenous levels of T3 and T4 ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bianco AC,Silva JE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of ovarian follicles and subsequent development after birth are critical processes for female reproduction, and inappropriate coordination of these processes contributes to ovarian pathologies, such as premature ovarian failure and infertility. Identification and functional investigation of the factors i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang N,Zhang P,Guo X,Zhou Z,Sha J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors controlling the synthesis and degradation of the insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs) during pregnancy are poorly understood. To clarify the roles of nutritional factors in the regulation of fetal and maternal IGFBP production, we examined the effects of fasting, refeeding, and glucose admi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Osborn BH,Fowlkes J,Han VK,Freemark M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis in bovine pituitaries was measured by incubation of tissue slices with radioactive amino acids, followed by gel electrophoresis. PRL and GH syntheses were estimated by determining the amount of radioactivity comigrating with standards of these hormones. Pituitary tissue removed from adult animals dem...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Baxter LA,Gorski J

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of stress on reproductive function is potentially mediated by high concentrations of circulating glucocorticoids (GCs) acting via the GC receptor (GR). Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that inhibits gonadotropin secretion. GnIH may mediate stress-induced repro...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Son YL,Ubuka T,Narihiro M,Fukuda Y,Hasunuma I,Yamamoto K,Belsham DD,Tsutsui K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new hydrolase activity has been identified by its capability of cleaving t-boc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Ala-AMC, the released 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (AMC) being quantified fluorometrically. The activity in the 28,000 X g supernatant fraction of homogenates of weanling mouse uterus was about one fifth that of the adult mouse. T...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Katz J,Finlay TH,Tom C,Levitz M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male and female Holtzman rats were raised from weaning on a vitamin D-deficient diet (-D). Control (+D) animals were raised on the same diet and orally given 70 IU vitamin D3 twice each week. Serum Ca levels fell at the same rate in -D males and females. In contrast, serum parathyroid hormone increased more rapidly in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Thomas ML,Forte LR

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal stress is associated with altered behavior and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function postnatally. Recent studies suggest that these outcomes are dependent on the timing of the prenatal stress. The majority of these studies have been carried out in male offspring. We hypothesized that a short peri...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kapoor A,Matthews SG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work we describe homologous desensitization of gonadotropin release from pituitary cells in response to short-term exposure to GnRH. Like the release process itself, desensitization requires receptor occupancy by an agonist. In contrast, however, inhibition of LH release by chelation of extracellular ca...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Smith WA,Conn PM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed a new experimental system based on in vitro reconstituted thyroid follicles (RTF) to study the relative implication of macropinocytosis and micropinocytosis processes in the internalization of thyroglobulin (Tg). Thyrocytes cultured in the presence of TSH reorganize in histiotypic and functional folli...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bernier-Valentin F,Kostrouch Z,Rabilloud R,Rousset B

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of [D-Trp6]LHRH, a potent agonist of LHRH, on pituitary-testicular responses was investigated in male rhesus monkeys. Acute administration of 5, 25, or 500 micrograms [D-Trp6]LHRH produced dose-related increases in serum testosterone and bioassayable LH levels. The administration of 500 micrograms [D-Trp6]L...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sundaram K,Connell KG,Bardin CW,Samojlik E,Schally AV

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Caenorhabditis elegans death susceptibility gene, ced-3, has a number of homologs in vertebrate species, including interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta)-converting enzyme (ICE), Ich-1long, and CPP32. These genes, which encode a family of related proteases, have been shown to induce apoptosis when transfected into eukaryo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Flaws JA,Kugu K,Trbovich AM,DeSanti A,Tilly KI,Hirshfield AN,Tilly JL

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostacyclin (PGI2) (1-5 micrograms in 3 microliters 0.05 M Tris/HCl buffer, pH 7.5) and its stable metabolite, 6-oxo-PGF1 alpha, were microinjected into the third ventricle of ovariectomized rats, and plasma FSH, GH, PRL, and TSH levels were measured by RIA. Control animals received 3 microliters buffer. Injection of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ottlecz A,Samson WK,McCann SM

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis (extracellular matrix accumulation) is the final end point in diabetic cardiomyopathy. The current study evaluated the therapeutic effects of the antifibrotic hormone relaxin (RLX) in streptozotocin-treated transgenic mRen-2 rats, which undergo pathological and functional features similar to human diabetes. T...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Samuel CS,Hewitson TD,Zhang Y,Kelly DJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of the guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein (Gs) from human erythrocytes on PTH-responsive adenylate cyclase from partially purified membranes of canine renal cortex (CRC). Extracts of erythrocyte membranes, containing soluble Gs, was obtained by treatment with a detergent (Lubrol PX). ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Levine MA,Greene A,Turner RT,Bell NH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ontogeny of expression of the CRF gene in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus and POMC gene in the pituitary was studied in rats using in situ hybridization histochemistry and Northern blotting techniques, respectively. CRF mRNA was first detected on day 17 of gestation (E17) in the paraventricular nucleus of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grino M,Young WS 3rd,Burgunder JM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), IGFBP-5 forms a ternary complex with insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I or IGF-II, and the acid-labile subunit (ALS). The study of IGFBP-5/IGFBP-6 chimeric proteins with amino-terminal and middle domain swaps, has revealed the existence of a site in the midd...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Twigg SM,Kiefer MC,Zapf J,Baxter RC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of the hypophosphatemic effect of thyrocalcitonin (TCT) is uncertain and may involve removal of inorganic phosphate (P1) from the plasma by heretofore unidentified organs. Rats, 192 g. thyroparathyroidectomized 16-24 h earlier, received 100 MRC mU TCT or vehicle (V) SC and 100 muCi 32PO4 iv. One h later ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Meyer RA Jr,Meyer MH

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized four antipeptide polyclonal antibodies (abs) able to specifically recognize each thyroid hormone receptor (TR) isoform. The abs immunoprecipitated both the in vitro synthesized receptor and the receptor expressed in E. coli and their specificity was confirmed by competition studies and immunohistochem...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Falcone M,Miyamoto T,Fierro-Renoy F,Macchia E,DeGroot LJ

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of GH gene structure in the mouse permits evolutionary comparisons with GH gene structure in the rat and provides information about the mechanism responsible for heritable deficiencies of anterior pituitary hormones. The little mutation in mice is analogous to autosomal recessive, isolated, partial deficiency...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Parks JS,Herd JE,Wurzel JM,Martial JA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor (ER) expression and regulation is vital to the correct functioning of the neuroendocrine brain. Islet-1 (Isl-1) is a LIM homeodomain-containing transcription factor that has been implicated in neuronal differentiation, is located in the hypothalamus, and can alter ER function in vitro. We have determ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Davis AM,Seney ML,Walker HJ,Tobet SA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid and temporary suppression of reproductive behavior is often assumed to be an important feature of the adaptive acute stress response. However, how this suppression operates at the mechanistic level is poorly understood. The enzyme aromatase converts testosterone to estradiol in the brain to activate reproduc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dickens MJ,Cornil CA,Balthazart J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00