Differential growth regulation by all-trans retinoic acid is determined by protein kinase C alpha in human pancreatic carcinoma cells.

abstract：:Hypothalamic inflammation and gliosis are proposed to participate in the pathogenesis of high-fat diet-induced obesity. Because other factors and nutrients also induce weight gain and adiposity, we analyzed the inflammatory and glial responses to a sucrose (S)-enriched diet. Neonatal overnutrition (NON) exacerbates we...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fuente-Martín E,García-Cáceres C,Díaz F,Argente-Arizón P,Granado M,Barrios V,Argente J,Chowen JA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of aldosterone (aldo) in myocardial injury in a model of angiotensin (Ang) II-hypertension. Wistar rats were given 1% NaCl (salt) to drink and randomized into one of the following groups (n = 10; treatment, 21 d): 1) vehicle control (VEH); 2) Ang II infusion (25 ng/min, sc); 3) Ang II infusion plus...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rocha R,Martin-Berger CL,Yang P,Scherrer R,Delyani J,McMahon E

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that depressed duodenal calcium absorption in the streptozotocin diabetic rat is the consequence of diabetes rather than nephrotoxicity of the diabetogenic agent causing abnormal renal vitamin D metabolism. We treated streptozotocin diabetic rats with insulin and compared their duodenal calciu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schneider LE,Nowosielski LM,Schedl HP

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of hepatic NADPH cytochrome c reductase, an enzyme important in drug and steroid metabolism, increases rapidly during the perinatal period in rats. However, the regulation of this increase is not well understood. To investigate the role of hormones in the development of NADPH cytochrome c reductase activi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kriz BM,Gates JA,Read FE,Fong BB

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroid animals secrete not only more TSH, but also qualitatively different TSH, with altered oligosaccharides. To explore the cellular mechanism of oligosaccharide modulation by thyroid status, 40 mice were treated without or with propylthiouracil (PTU), and pituitaries were removed after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 weeks....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Helton TE,Magner JA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of development and estrogen, thyroid hormone, corticosteroid, and fibrate administration on apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV mRNA levels in the liver and intestine and on serum or plasma concentrations of apo A-IV was studied in the rat. Treatment of ovariectomized rats with ethinyl estradiol provoked a dose-de...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Staels B,van Tol A,Verhoeven G,Auwerx J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) is a 42-amino acid peptide synthesized and secreted from endocrine cells in the small intestine. The role of GIP in coupling nutrient intake and insulin secretion, the incretin effect, is well known. We report that GIP receptor messenger RNA and protein are present in nor...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bollag RJ,Zhong Q,Phillips P,Min L,Zhong L,Cameron R,Mulloy AL,Rasmussen H,Qin F,Ding KH,Isales CM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis and accumulation of prostatein, a major secretory protein of the rat ventral prostate, was examined in organ culture conditions. For the quantitation of this protein in the medium, a sensitive enzyme immunoassay was developed. The rat ventral prostate could be maintained in organ culture in defined mediu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Martikainen P,Härkönen P,Vanhala T,Mäkelä S,Viljanen M,Suominen J

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently identified gonadotropes as target cells for ATP action via ATP receptors of the P2U subtype. The present studies have used gonadotrope-derived alpha T3-1 cells to examine the possible signaling mechanisms subserving ATP action in gonadotropes. Addition of ATP produced a biphasic intracellular Ca2+ (Ca...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen ZP,Kratzmeier M,Poch A,Xu S,McArdle CA,Levy A,Mukhopadhyay AK,Lightman SL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the importance of estrogen in osteoporosis, the effects of decreased estrogen production using sensitive measurements of bone mineral metabolism were studied in oophorectomized rats. Serum levels of ionized calcium, bone gla protein (BGP), vitamin D metabolites (25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ismail F,Epstein S,Fallon MD,Thomas SB,Reinhardt TA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IGFs (IGF-I and IGF-II) are essential for development, and their bioactivities are tightly regulated by six related IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs). IGFBP-5 is the most highly conserved binding protein and is expressed in several key developmental lineages as well as in multiple adult tissues including the mammary gland...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ning Y,Hoang B,Schuller AG,Cominski TP,Hsu MS,Wood TL,Pintar JE

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PRL has been reported to exist as a number of mol wt and charge variants. We have attempted to determine the relationships among the charge and lower mol wt variants by two-dimensional gel analysis of pituitary and pituitary cell extracts. Silver-stained gels of the extracts showed three major charge isoforms of 24,00...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Oetting WS,Walker AM

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estrogen-regulated arginine esteropeptidase is present in the immature rat uterus. The enzymatic complex consists of a membrane-bound activator and a soluble proenzyme. The activator is under strong estrogen control; its activity increases 10-fold 3 h after a single dose of 17 beta-estradiol. The subcellular locali...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jazín EE,Dickerman HW,Henrikson KP

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the relative contribution of the GH/IGF axis to the development of peak bone mineral density (BMD), we measured skeletal changes in IGF-I knockout (KO), IGF-II KO, and GH-deficient lit/lit mice and their corresponding control mice at d 23 (prepubertal), 31 (pubertal), and 56 (postpubertal) in the entire fe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mohan S,Richman C,Guo R,Amaar Y,Donahue LR,Wergedal J,Baylink DJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay was developed to detect tritium-labeled ovine FSH beta-subunit [( 3H]oFSH beta) secreted from primary ovine pituitary cultures. This procedure used affinity-enriched antibodies raised against reduced and carbamylmethylated oFSH beta (RCM-oFSH beta) in a two-cycle immunoextraction procedure. A discrete species...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Whitfield GK,Miller WL

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both fructose consumption and increased intracellular glucocorticoid activation have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome. Glucocorticoid activation by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) depends on hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PD), which physically interacts with 11β-HSD...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Senesi S,Legeza B,Balázs Z,Csala M,Marcolongo P,Kereszturi E,Szelényi P,Egger C,Fulceri R,Mandl J,Giunti R,Odermatt A,Bánhegyi G,Benedetti A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that catecholamines may directly alter anterior pituitary function. In the present study, an in vitro perifusion system was used to investigate whether catecholamines affect the gonadotrope. Pituitary tissue from castrated ram lambs was incubated in the presence of epinephrine (EPI), norepine...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Swartz SR,Moberg GP

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the reproductive cycle, fluctuations in circulating estrogens affect multiple homeostatic systems controlled by hypothalamic neurons. Two of these neuronal populations are arcuate proopiomelanocortin and neuropeptide Y neurons, which control energy homeostasis and feeding. Estradiol modulates these neurons eith...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Roepke TA,Xue C,Bosch MA,Scanlan TS,Kelly MJ,Rønnekleiv OK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported anatomical and functional evidence for a direct, inhibitory neural pathway that regulates testosterone (T) secretion independently of the pituitary. This pathway is activated by the intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of agents that stimulate stress responses, such as IL-1beta, corticot...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Selvage DJ,Parsons L,Rivier C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the role of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) isoforms and other growth-related genes during prostate morphogenesis in the mouse, we examined mRNA levels in fetal day 17 urogenital sinus, mesenchyme (UGM), and epithelium (UGE) as well as in the ventral, dorsal, and anterior lobes of the adult prost...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Timme TL,Truong LD,Merz VW,Krebs T,Kadmon D,Flanders KC,Park SH,Thompson TC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Iodothyronamine (T(1)AM) is an endogenous thyroid hormone derivative with unknown biosynthetic origins. Structural similarities have led to the hypothesis that T(1)AM is an extrathyroidal metabolite of T(4). This study uses an isotope-labeled T(4) [heavy-T(4) (H-T(4))] that can be distinguished from endogenous T(4) ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hackenmueller SA,Marchini M,Saba A,Zucchi R,Scanlan TS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptin regulates reproductive events, including puberty and ovulation, primarily via GnRH neurons. Prolonged treatment of prepubertal striped bass females with kisspeptin (Kiss) 1 or Kiss2 peptides failed to enhance puberty but suggested a gnrh-independent pituitary control pathway. Kiss2 inhibited, but Kiss1 stim...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zmora N,Stubblefield J,Golan M,Servili A,Levavi-Sivan B,Zohar Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) and adrenomedullin (AM) are multifunctional regulatory peptides that are secreted by a variety of normal and malignant cells. The TGFbetas are expressed in developing organs and adults, and their tissue distribution pattern has possible significance for signaling roles in many...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Montuenga LM,Mariano JM,Prentice MA,Cuttitta F,Jakowlew SB

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, lactation is associated with a period of infertility characterized by the loss of pulsatile secretion of GnRH and cessation of ovulatory cycles. Despite the importance of lactational infertility in determining overall fecundity of a species, the mechanisms by which the suckling stimulus suppresses GnRH sec...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu X,Brown RS,Herbison AE,Grattan DR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans and zebrafish, 2 glucocorticoid (GC) receptor (GR) splice variants exist: the canonical GR α-isoform (GRα), and the GRβ. In the present study, we have used the zebrafish model system in order to reveal genes affected by each of these 2 receptor isoforms. By injecting zebrafish embryos with different splice-b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chatzopoulou A,Roy U,Meijer AH,Alia A,Spaink HP,Schaaf MJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dispersed pancreatic islet cells were analyzed for their low forward angle light scatter using flow cytometry. The cells produced a distinct light scatter pattern which appeared to be a function of cell size and not cell granularity. RIA of hormone content of cells collected from different regions of the pattern revea...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fletcher DJ,Grogan WM,Barras E,Weir GC

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p44/p42 MAPKs (ERK1/2) cascade regulates beta-cell nuclear events, which modulates cell differentiation and gene transcription, whereas its implication in processes occurring in the cytoplasm, such as activation of the exocytotic machinery, is still unclear. Using the MIN6 beta-cell line and isolated rat islets of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Longuet C,Broca C,Costes S,Hani EH,Bataille D,Dalle S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The power of animal models is derived from the ability to control experimental variables so that observed effects may be unequivocally attributed to the factor that was changed. One variable that is difficult to control in animal experiments is the number and composition of offspring in a litter. To account for this v...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Suvorov A,Vandenberg LN

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptin, neurokinin B (NKB) and dynorphin A are coexpressed in a population of neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), termed KNDy neurons, which were recently recognized as important elements for the generation of GnRH pulses. However, the topographic distribution of these peptides and their regulated expression by ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Overgaard A,Ruiz-Pino F,Castellano JM,Tena-Sempere M,Mikkelsen JD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GH/IGF-I axis has both pre- and postpubertal metabolic effects. However, the differential effects of GH and/or IGF-I on animal physiology or the plasma proteome are still being unraveled. In this report, we analyzed several physiological effects along with the plasma proteome after treatment of mice with recombina...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ding J,List EO,Bower BD,Kopchick JJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00