Deletion of the insulin receptor beta-subunit acidic domain results in enhanced metabolic signaling.

abstract：:Parathyroid tissue from patients with hyperparathyroidism (HPT) exhibited reduced immunohistochemical reactivity with monoclonal antiparathyroid antibodies, previously shown to stain intensely the surface of normal human parathyroid cells and to interfere with a receptor mechanism of these cells which is involved in t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Juhlin C,Klareskog L,Nygren P,Ljunghall S,Gylfe E,Rastad J,Akerström G

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-dependent displacement characteristics of a biologically active 20,000 molecular weight human pituitary growth hormone variant (20K) and of human growth hormone (hGH) were compared using hGH liver plasma membrane receptors both from 20-30 day pregnant rabbits and from normal female rats and also using mammary...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sigel MB,Thorpe NA,Kobrin MS,Lewis UJ,Vanderlaan WP

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has been shown to induce insulin resistance in cultured cells as well as in animal models. The aim of this study was to map the in vivo mechanism whereby TNF-alpha contributes to the pathogenesis of impaired insulin signaling, using obese and lean Zucker rats in which TNF-alpha ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cheung AT,Ree D,Kolls JK,Fuselier J,Coy DH,Bryer-Ash M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) family kin (BFK) is a recently identified novel protein that is similar to proteins of the BCL2 family. In the present study, we discovered that the mouse Bfk transcript is expressed at the highest level in the epididymis. Two transcripts of 0.9 and 2.6 kb in size were identified, with alterna...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pujianto DA,Damdimopoulos AE,Sipilä P,Jalkanen J,Huhtaniemi I,Poutanen M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones are essential for normal development and metabolism. Thyroid hormone biosynthesis requires iodide uptake into the thyrocytes and efflux into the follicular lumen, where it is organified on selected tyrosyls of thyroglobulin. Uptake of iodide into the thyrocytes is mediated by an intrinsic membrane gly...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bizhanova A,Kopp P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) stimulates the release of hCG from syncytiotrophoblast cells, but the effects of IL-6 and other cytokines on the release of placental lactogen (hPL) are unknown. To determine the effect of IL-6 on hPL release, we exposed an enriched fraction of trophoblast cells (prepared by the isopycnic centrifu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stephanou A,Handwerger S

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A surge of GnRH release signals the LH surge that triggers ovulation. The GnRH surge is dependent on a switch in estradiol feedback from negative to positive and, in rodents, a daily neural signal, likely from the suprachiasmatic nuclei. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) may be involved in suprachiasmatic nuclei...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Christian CA,Moenter SM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is stored in atrial myocytes as a 15-17K prohormone, but circulates in plasma as a 3K, carboxy (C)-terminal fragment of the prohormone. The tissue location at which the cleavage of pro-ANF to its hormonal form occurs is unknown. In the present study, an immunological approach was taken ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wildey GM,Fischman AJ,Fallon JT,Matsueda GR,Zisfein JB,Preibisch G,Seipke G,Homcy CJ,Graham RM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marked up-regulation of oxytocin (OT) receptors in rabbit amnion at term was reproduced in cultured amnion cells by raising intracellular cAMP levels. (Bu)2AMP, forskolin, or cholera toxin caused 2- to 8-fold increases in specific binding of iodinated OT antagonist. The rise in OT receptors involves activation of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hinko A,Soloff MS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,5-Hexanedione (2,5-HD) exposure in the rat produces irreversible testicular atrophy, a model of human male infertility that can be used for mechanistic and therapeutic studies. Following testicular injury by 2,5-HD, stem cell factor (SCF), a Sertoli cell-derived growth factor that binds the c-kit receptor on spermat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Blanchard KT,Lee J,Boekelheide K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in the rat and rabbit indicate that facilitatory effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) as well as norepinephrine (NE) on LH and LHRH release are dependent on the presence of the ovarian steroid estrogen. However, we have previously found the NE and an alpha-1-adrenergic agonist are both stimulatory to pulsatile LHRH...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Woller MJ,Terasawa E

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize the dynamics and functional relevance of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta)-induced nitric oxide production in isolated pancreatic islets. Thus, islets were isolated from adult rats, precultured for 3-5 days in medium RPMI-1640 plus 10% fetal calf serum, and then exposed to IL-1 b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Welsh N,Eizirik DL,Bendtzen K,Sandler S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are proinflammatory cytokines that affect the secretion of several neuroendocrine hormones. In addition, glial cells synthesize and release IL-6, suggesting a paracrine role for this cytokine in the brain. We have examined the regulation of IL-6 release from glial ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zumwalt JW,Thunstrom BJ,Spangelo BL

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of an activator of protein kinase C, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), on the 5'-deiodinase (5'D) activity was studied in rat astroglial cells cultured in chemically defined medium. TPA promoted a large increase in the type II 5'D activity, which was maximal 5-10 h after addition of TPA and then d...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Courtin F,Chantoux F,Gavaret JM,Toru-Delbauffe D,Jacquemin C,Pierre M

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RIAs specific for the alpha-subunit of glycoprotein hormones were used to monitor the subunit conformation in ovine FSH and TSH and in recombinants of ovine LH alpha with (ovine and porcine) LH beta and hCG beta. Differences in log-logit slopes of the RIA dilution curves were interpreted to indicate changes, presumabl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Strickland TW,Puett D

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher primates, FSH secretion appears to be regulated by a control system consistent with that described by the classical inhibin hypothesis. The purpose of the present experiment was to examine the time course of inhibin's action to suppress FSH secretion in the intact adult male rhesus monkey. To this end, five ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ramaswamy S,Pohl CR,McNeilly AS,Winters SJ,Plant TM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of a new synthetic inhibitor of mammalian tissue collagenase, CI-1 (N-[3-N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)amino-1-(R)carboxypropyl]L-leucyl-O-methyl-L- tyrosine N-methylamide; G. D. Searle SC 40827), and a general metalloproteinase inhibitor, 1,10-phenanthroline, on ovulation, as judged by the observa...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Brännström M,Woessner JF Jr,Koos RD,Sear CH,LeMaire WJ

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central feature of glucocorticoid (GC)-induced osteoporosis is decreased bone formation, secondary to decreased numbers of functional osteoblasts. We find that ERK activity is essential for serum-induced osteoblast proliferation in vitro because inhibition of MAPK/ERK kinase activity by U0126 completely abolished bo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Engelbrecht Y,de Wet H,Horsch K,Langeveldt CR,Hough FS,Hulley PA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present report, the action of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) on testicular steroid hormone formation was studied. For this purpose, the direct effects of LIF were evaluated on basal and human (h)CG-stimulated testosterone synthesis by cultured, purified Leydig cells isolated from porcine testes. LIF reduced (...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mauduit C,Goddard I,Besset V,Tabone E,Rey C,Gasnier F,Dacheux F,Benahmed M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipose conversion of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts depends on serum factors, one of which has been identified as GH. Human serum extracts obtained by heat treatment do not contain intact GH, as shown by RIA, but still support adipose conversion. After organic solvent extraction followed by reversed phase HPLC, two adipogeni...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schiwek DR,Löffler G

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin was injected into the cerebral ventricle of male rats anesthetized with urethane to study its effect on plasma levels of immunoreactive somatostatin (IRS) in hypophysial portal and jugular blood. An intraventricular injection of bombesin (0.2 and 2 micrograms/rat) caused a significant and dose-related increas...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Abe H,Chihara K,Minamitani N,Iwasaki J,Chiba T,Matsukura S,Fujita T

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamus is a major site for integration of central and peripheral signals that regulate energy homeostasis. Within the hypothalamus, neurons residing in the ARC (arcuate nucleus)-PVN (paraventricular)-PF/LH (perifornical/lateral hypothalamus) axis communicate among each other and are subjected to the influenc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sahu A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticostatin-I (CSI) is the most potent of the corticostatic peptides isolated from rabbit lungs and neutrophils. CSI was localized in cells by immunohistochemistry using highly specific polyclonal antisera raised against the synthetic peptide. Western blot showed a single 4-kilodalton band, indicating that the antib...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hu J,Jothy S,Solomon S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired trophoblast invasion is associated with pregnancy disorders such as early pregnancy loss and preeclampsia. There is evidence to suggest that the consumption of caffeine during pregnancy may increase the risk of pregnancy loss; however, little is known about the direct effect of caffeine on normal trophoblast ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grant I,Cartwright JE,Lumicisi B,Wallace AE,Whitley GS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1/adrenal 4 binding protein (SF-1/Ad4BP) is an essential regulator of endocrine development and function, and the expression of the corresponding gene (sf-1/ad4bp) is precisely regulated in a time- and tissue-dependent manner. We previously demonstrated that the basal promoter...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hoivik EA,Bjanesoy TE,Mai O,Okamoto S,Minokoshi Y,Shima Y,Morohashi K,Boehm U,Bakke M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) on basal and TRH-induced TSH release, and the effects of IL-1 beta on the uptake of [125I]T3 and [125I]T4 and on nuclear binding of [125I]T3 were examined. Furthermore, the release of other anterior pituitary hormones in the pres...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wassen FW,Moerings EP,Van Toor H,De Vrey EA,Hennemann G,Everts ME

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Task3 K(+) channels are highly expressed in the adrenal cortex and contribute to the angiotensin II and K(+) sensitivity of aldosterone-producing glomerulosa cells. Adult Task3(-/-) mice display a partially autonomous aldosterone secretion, subclinical hyperaldosteronism, and salt-sensitive hypertension. Here, we inve...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bandulik S,Tauber P,Penton D,Schweda F,Tegtmeier I,Sterner C,Lalli E,Lesage F,Hartmann M,Barhanin J,Warth R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro addition of rat insulin (200, 400 or 800 muU/ml) to collagenase-isolated pancreatic islets of adult rats diminished glucose (3 mg/ml)-induced insulin release which was correlated with a decrease of the ratio of total NADPH/NADP and inhibition of glucose oxidation via the pentose phosphate shunt (PPS). NADH an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ammon HP,Verspohl E

更新日期：1976-12-01 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：:A plasma fraction rich in thyroid hormone-binding globulin (hTBG, human thyropexin) was injected iv into rabbits in order to see whether thyroid hormone concentrations in plasma would increase by return of T3 and T4 from the extravascular space. For this purpose, both [125I]T3 and [131I]T4 were simultaneously injected...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wahl R,Schmidberger H,Fessler E,Heinzel W,Schenzle D,Bohner J,Kallee E

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00