Expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha protein in the subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in correlation with adipocyte cell volume, serum TNF-alpha, soluble serum TNF-receptor-2 concentrations and C-peptide level.

abstract：:We examined excretion of urinary insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF-I and IGF-II) and their major binding protein IGFBP-3 in comparison to their respective serum concentration in nine healthy female volunteers (median age 25 years, range 22-27) under baseline conditions and after stimulation with recombinant hu...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Tönshoff B,Blum WF,Vickers M,Kurilenko S,Mehls O,Ritz E

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adiponectin and resistin have been linked to inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and/or insulin secretion or resistance. It remains to be elucidated which of these adipokines is associated primarily with biomarkers of all or only some of these categories, i.e. biomarkers of inflammation, endothelial dysfun...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Fargnoli JL,Sun Q,Olenczuk D,Qi L,Zhu Y,Hu FB,Mantzoros CS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In genetically predisposed individuals, exogenous factors (including pollution) influence the development of Hashimoto's thyroiditis/chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT). CLT may also be a risk factor for associated thyroid cancer. Few data are available on the role of pollution from petrochemical complex...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Arena S,Latina A,Baratta R,Burgio G,Gullo D,Benvenga S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Smaller size at birth has been associated with an increased risk of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders in adult life. Fetal programming of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis has been suggested as a possible explanation. Fetal glucocorticoid (GC) overexposure has effects that suggest a role of GCs in ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Manenschijn L,van den Akker EL,Ester WA,Leunissen RW,Willemsen RH,van Rossum EF,Koper JW,Lamberts SW,Hokken-Koelega AC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:The precise diagnosis of partially virilised women with 46,XY disorders of sex development (DSD) is often obscure. In practice, this group often comes under the poorly defined, clinically based label of partial androgen insensitivity syndrome (PAIS). In a previous study, we found that 5α-reductase...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Phelan N,Williams EL,Cardamone S,Lee M,Creighton SM,Rumsby G,Conway GS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A limited number of mutations in the GH secretagogue receptor gene (GHSR) have been described in patients with short stature. Objective To analyze GHSR in idiopathic short stature (ISS) children including a subgroup of constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The GHSR...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Pugliese-Pires PN,Fortin JP,Arthur T,Latronico AC,Mendonca BB,Villares SM,Arnhold IJ,Kopin AS,Jorge AA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosynthesis of iodothyronines in thyroglobulin occurs by oxidative coupling of two iodotyrosine residues catalyzed by thyroperoxidase. To study the mechanism of iodothyronine formation, iodine-free thyroglobulin was non-enzymatically iodinated and after removal of non-incorporated iodide, incubated with lactoperoxida...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： de Vijlder JJ,den Hartog MT

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated levels of circulating fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) are commonly encountered in type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, all of which share exaggerated postprandial lipemia as a common proatherogenic feature. How FGF21 responds to an oral fat load in man is unknown...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Matikainen N,Taskinen MR,Stennabb S,Lundbom N,Hakkarainen A,Vaaralahti K,Raivio T

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years, molecular studies on pituitary adenomas have yielded evidence supporting a primary pituitary origin of these tumors. Although the existence of genomic alterations in tumoral cells is strongly suggested by the fact that almost all pituitary adenomas are monoclonal in origin, structural genetic ab...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Spada A,Vallar L,Faglia G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep behavior is changing toward shorter sleep duration and a later chronotype. It results in a sleep debt that is acquitted on work-free days, inducing a small but recurrent sleep misalignment each week, referred to as "social jetlag". These sleep habits could affect health through misalignment with circad...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Larcher S,Gauchez AS,Lablanche S,Pépin JL,Benhamou PY,Borel AL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of water deprivation for 3 days were studied in pregnant rats and their fetuses on day 21 of gestation. Maternal water deprivation induced a significant decrease of the body weight in both maternal and fetal rats. This weight loss was accompanied by significant increases in plasma osmolality and haematocri...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Deloof S,De Seze C,Montel V,Chatelain A

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was undertaken to investigate the interaction between the release of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and prolactin (PRL) from human decidualized endometrial cells, and the effects of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 on the release of ET-1 and PRL from human decidual cells in the early stage of pregnancy. Stromal ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Kubota T,Taguchi M,Kobayashi K,Masuda M,Aso T

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adrenaline inhibits insulin secretion through activation of alpha(2)-adrenoceptors (ARs). These receptors are linked to pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins. Agonist binding leads to inhibition of adenylyl cyclase, inhibition of Ca(2+) channels and activation of K(+) channels. Recently, three distinct subtype...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Peterhoff M,Sieg A,Brede M,Chao CM,Hein L,Ullrich S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The DAZ (deleted in azoospermia) gene family on the Y chromosome long arm is the major candidate for the AZFc (azoospermia factor c) phenotype of male infertility and it is expressed only in germ cells. The aim of the study was to assess Sertoli cell function in subjects with AZFc deletions. DESIGN:Case-cont...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Foresta C,Bettella A,Moro E,Rossato M,Merico M,Garolla A,Ferlin A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neck and thorax single photon emission computed tomography with computed tomography (SPECT-CT) improves the reliability of postablation (131)I whole-body scan (WBS) for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value for persistent or recurrent disease of postabla...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Ciappuccini R,Heutte N,Trzepla G,Rame JP,Vaur D,Aide N,Bardet S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Free fatty acids (FFAs) deplete the intracellular insulin stores of pancreatic beta-cells. It has been suggested that this results from a lipotoxic dysregulation of both insulin secretion and insulin synthesis. In the present study, this hypothesis was tested within a 12-h time-course by directly relating the...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Bollheimer LC,Kemptner DM,Kagerbauer SM,Kestler TM,Wrede CE,Buettner R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic predictors of outcome are reviewed in the context of a disease--cancer--that can be (too) simplistically described as a 'successful, invasive clone of our own tissues'. Context has many faces that determine a thyroid cancer patient's outcome beyond the influence of genetic markers. There is also plenty of evid...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Tavares C,Melo M,Cameselle-Teijeiro JM,Soares P,Sobrinho-Simões M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adaptive alterations in maternal physiology cause changes in thyroid hormone levels throughout pregnancy, and precise biochemical evaluation is thus highly dependent on gestation-specific reference intervals and expected intra-individual variation. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was the assessment of the in...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Boas M,Forman JL,Juul A,Feldt-Rasmussen U,Skakkebaek NE,Hilsted L,Chellakooty M,Larsen T,Larsen JF,Petersen JH,Main KM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cinacalcet HCl, an allosteric modulator of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaR), has recently been approved for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis, due to its suppressive effect on parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion. Although cinacalcet's effects in patien...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Kawata T,Imanishi Y,Kobayashi K,Kenko T,Wada M,Ishimura E,Miki T,Nagano N,Inaba M,Arnold A,Nishizawa Y

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dogs kept under controlled photoperiodic conditions of 12 h light and 12 h dark expressed a clear diurnal melatonin rhythm in the peripheral blood, with a swift peak restricted to the late part of the scotophase. The highest density of high-affinity, G-protein-linked 2-[125I]iodomelatonin binding sites was found in th...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Stankov B,Møller M,Lucini V,Capsoni S,Fraschini F

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of hyperparathyroidism (HPT) with thyroid disease has long been known, but the mechanisms underlying such an association have not yet been clarified. OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the main factors determining this combination of endocrine diseases, in a retrospective multicenter study. METHODS:We ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： dell'Erba L,Baldari S,Borsato N,Bruno G,Calò-Gabrieli G,Carletto M,Ciampolillo A,Dondi M,Erba P,Gerundini P,Lastoria S,Marinelli P,Santoro M,Scarano B,Zagni P,Bagnasco M,Mariani G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best test for the assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis remains a matter of controversy. We compared the performance of the short synacthen test (SST, 250 microg) with the insulin stress test (IST) to assess the reliability of the former as a first line test. Patients with pituitary disease u...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Bangar V,Clayton RN

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:ATL1103 is a second-generation antisense oligomer targeting the human growth hormone (GH) receptor. This phase 2 randomised, open-label, parallel-group study assessed the potential of ATL1103 as a treatment for acromegaly. DESIGN:Twenty-six patients with active acromegaly (IGF-I >130% upper limit of normal) ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Trainer PJ,Newell-Price JDC,Ayuk J,Aylwin SJB,Rees A,Drake W,Chanson P,Brue T,Webb SM,Fajardo C,Aller J,McCormack AI,Torpy DJ,Tachas G,Atley L,Ryder D,Bidlingmaier M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the absence of widely available measures of determining free and/or bioavailable testosterone (BioT) physicians may use formulae such as the free androgen index (FAI) to estimate free testosterone. We compared the efficacy of calculated markers of androgen status in predicting serum BioT and hypogonadism. ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Morris PD,Malkin CJ,Channer KS,Jones TH

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inactivating mutations of the GH-releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) gene (GHRHR) cause familial isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) type IB. The GH response to physical exercise (PE) in patients lacking GHRHR has never been studied. We hypothesized that subjects lacking functional GHRHR may be a model to study GH r...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Salvatori R,Fan X,Veldhuis JD,Couch R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the performance of current clinical recommendations for the evaluation of an adrenal incidentaloma. DESIGN AND METHODS LITERATURE REVIEW: Electronic databases (Pubmed, Ovid and citation searches from key articles) from 1980 to 2008 were searched. Eligible studies were those deemed most applicable to...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Cawood TJ,Hunt PJ,O'Shea D,Cole D,Soule S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyglandular autoimmune syndromes (PAS) comprise a wide spectrum of autoimmune disorders and are divided into a very rare juvenile (PAS type I) and a relatively common adult type with (PAS II) or without adrenal failure (PAS III). First clinical manifestation of PAS I usually occurs in childhood, whereas PAS II m...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Kahaly GJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal origin of gonadotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas has been well demonstrated but only few molecular abnormalities have so far been recognized in these tumors. For many years, several authors have suggested a role for GnRH and/or GnRH receptors (GnRH-R) in the development of these pituitary adenomas. T...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Chanson P,De Roux N,Young J,Bidart JM,Jacquet P,Misrahi M,Milgrom E,Schaison G

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of coadministered lanreotide Autogel (LA; 120  mg/month) and pegvisomant (40-120  mg/week) in acromegaly. DESIGN:This is a 28-week, multicenter, open-label, single-arm sequential study. METHODS:Patients (n=92) biochemically uncontrolled, on somatostatin analogs (SSAs) or ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： van der Lely AJ,Bernabeu I,Cap J,Caron P,Colao A,Marek J,Neggers S,Birman P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In order to characterize urinary gonadotropin peptide (UGP) as an acute phase reactant, we focused on the UGP levels after surgical operation. DESIGN:Fifty cases of gastrointestinal cancer, 4 cases of cancers of other organs and 13 cases of benign digestive diseases were enrolled into this study. METHODS:UG...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Motoo Y,Watanabe H,Okai T,Sawabu N

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00