Involvement of endogenous corticotropin-releasing factor in mediation of neuroendocrine and behavioral effects to alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone.

abstract：:A method is described for the preparation of high yields of viable, dissociated cells from porcine theca interna and corpus luteum and from human and bovine endometrium. The tissues were dissociated by incubation at 37 degrees C in a mixture of 0.5% collagenase, 0.1% hyaluronidase and 0.1% pronase in balanced salt sol...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Marcus GJ,Connor L,Domingo MT,Tsang BK,Downey BR,Ainsworth L

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the guinea pig adrenal the cells of the outer zone secrete high levels of steroid and respond to ACTH with increased synthesis of cholesterol and steroid. The outer zone consists of two cell types: zona fasciculata (ZF) and zona glomerulosa (ZG). To determine the relative contribution of ZF and ZG to the outer zone...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Brody RI,Black VH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sutherlandia frutescens (Cancer bush), a Southern African indigenous plant, is traditionally used to treat stress related maladies linked to the endocrine system. Extracts of the shrub were used to investigate the claimed stress-relieving properties of the shrub. Dysregulation of the stress response is associated with...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Prevoo D,Smith C,Swart P,Swart AC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid dysfunction influences the levels of Von Willebrand factor (VWF:Ag). Plasma VWF:Ag levels in 35 hyperthyroid patients were significantly elevated, which had a positive correlation with both T3 (Triiodothyronine) and T4 (Thyroxine) levels. A follow-up study of seven hyperthyroid patients undergoing anti-thyroid...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Liu L,Wang X,Lin Z,Wu H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a multifunctional cytokine that plays a role in metabolic and inflammatory processes. Increasing evidence suggests that there is a link between MIF and ovulation. We aimed to evaluate plasma MIF levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to determin...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Calan M,Kume T,Yilmaz O,Arkan T,Kocabas GU,Dokuzlar O,Aygün K,Oktan MA,Danıs N,Temur M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Impairments in neuroendocrine regulation of food intake and postprandial satiety are leading causes to obesity. Ghrelin peptide is a GI hormone known to increase food intake partly through induction of growth hormone. The regulation of ghrelin production is still unknown. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the current ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Haddad H,Mroueh M,Faour WH,Daher C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrovascular accidents are one of the life-threatening complications of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children and adolescents. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of DKA and its treatment on factors known to affect thrombotic activity (protein C; protein S; von Willebrand factor, fibrinogen; homocysteine; an...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Carl GF,Hoffman WH,Passmore GG,Truemper EJ,Lightsey AL,Cornwell PE,Jonah MH

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of exercise on anterior pituitary hormones (adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), leutinizing hormone (LH) and growth hormone) as well as on cortisol at low altitude (350 meters below the sea level) and to compare these effects with those at a moderate level altitude ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Bashir N,el-Migdadi F,Hasan Z,al-Hader AA,Wezermes I,Gharaibeh M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal computed tomography with determination of Hounsfield units has proved to be sensitive and specific in the differential diagnosis of benign vs. malign adrenal lesions. On the other hand, computed tomography may fail in patients with small adrenal masses of less than 1.0 cm. However, especially in patients with ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Willenberg HS,Mansmann G,Fritzen R,Schott M,Feldkamp J,Schulte HM,Scherbaum WA,Bornstein SR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the protein kinase C ligand 12-O-tetradecanoyphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) inhibited the angiotensin II (AII) stimulated CYP11B2 gene expression in the adrenocortical H295R cell line. Here we report that TPA increased the level of phospho-p44/42 MAPK but AII did not. The MEK1 inhibitor PD98...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： LeHoux JG,Lefebvre A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether daily oral micronized progesterone affects bone turnover, as estimated by serum and urine biochemical markers, in postmenopausal women on long-term estrogen replacement therapy (ERT). METHODS:We recruited 14 women aged 65 or older to participate in a 9-week trial with micronized progestero...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Azizi G,Hansen A,Prestwood KM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome was first proposed in 1988 and has been recognized as a powerful predictor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. At the same time, white blood cell count (WBCC) was proposed to have significant correlation with metabolic syndrome (MS). In this study, we attempted to investigate the relationship b...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Chuo SK,Li JC,Tsai WC,Wu DA,Kuo SW,Pei D,Chen SP,Shen DC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady state level of most cellular phosphoproteins is dependent on the relative catalytic activities of intracellular protein kinases and phosphatases. In adrenal cortex, ACTH acts through PKA activation and Ser/Tre phosphorylation. Phosphatases involved in this pathway are not completely described, particularly ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Cornejo Maciel F,Paz C,Neuman MI,Podestá EJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of DNA ploidy and the study of the cell cycle in adrenocortical tumoral cells could help in the distinction between benign and malignant lesions and also in the prediction of the biological behaviour of these tumors. We analysed 32 cases of adrenal tissue (8 normal adrenals--N, 12 benign adenomas--A ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pignatelli D,Leitão D,Maia M,Schmidt F

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is one of the most common organ-specific autoimmune diseases. Increasing evidence indicates that HT may be characterized by an imbalance in the helper T cell subsets Th1 and Th2. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) considers HT as a chronic exhaustion disease, leading to deficiency of qi. I...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Chen J,Feng X,Huang Q

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two CYP21 genes, the active CYP21 and the pseudogene, CYP21P, also pairs of duplicated genes including the XA, XB, XB-S; YA, YB; and ZA, ZB are arranged in tandem next to the serum complement C4 genes (C4A and C4B). In this report, we have analyzed the influence of some DNA sequences within the C4A/CYP21P region on th...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Chang SF,Cheng CL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined partial deficiency of 17alpha-hydroxylase and 21-hydroxylase activities was first described in 1985; however the genes for P450c17 and P450c21 in these patients lack mutations. In 1986 we postulated that this disorder might be due to mutations in P450 oxidoreductase (POR), the flavoprotein that donates electr...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pandey AV,Flück CE,Huang N,Tajima T,Fujieda K,Miller WL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-23 receptor (IL-23R) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) polymorphisms are common risk factors for a number of T helper (Th) 17-mediated autoimmune diseases. However, the importance of genetic variations in Th17 pathways to thyroid autoimmunity, and particularly Hashimoto's thyro...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Stevic MS,Stefanic M,Tokic S,Glavas-Obrovac L,Mihaljevic S,Karner I

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Testotoxicosis is an autosomal dominant form of limited gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty in boys. It is caused by a heterozygous constitutively activating mutation of the LHCGR gene encoding the luteinizing/hormone receptor (LHR). Some twenty mutations of the LHCGR gene have been reported. Most of ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Daussac A,Barat P,Servant N,Yacoub M,Missonier S,Lavran F,Gaspari L,Sultan C,Paris F

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two main regulatory sites of aldosterone biosynthesis, the early rate-limiting step by the P450scc and the final steps by the P450aldo. We have already demonstrated that, during gestation, activity and mRNA levels of P450aldo are increased. It has been shown that changes in sodium and potassium in the diet m...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Brochu M,Roy-Clavel E,Picard S,St-Louis J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase plays a crucial role in the steroidogenic process in the adrenal gland. In the present study we tried to characterize its localization and developmental changes in the rat adrenal cortex during the postnatal period, using immunohistochemical methods. The development of the...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pignatelli D,Bento MJ,Maia M,Magalhães MM,Magalhães MC,Mason JI

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is the most common peroxisomal disorder characterized by abnormal accumulation of saturated very long chain fatty acids in tissues and body fluids with predominance in brain white matter and adrenal cortex. The clinical phenotype is highly variable ranging from the severe childhoo...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Gärtner J,Dehmel T,Klusmann A,Roerig P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose/aim of the study: Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) is closely related to the thyroid autoimmune disorder Graves' disease. Previous studies have suggested roles for thyroidal CD8+ T cells and autoimmunity against calsequestrin-1 (CASQ)-1 in the link between thyroidal and orbital autoimmune reactions in GO. A role fo...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Al-Ansari F,Lahooti H,Stokes L,Edirimanne S,Wall J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemistry using a StAR peptide antiserum had previously revealed strong staining in rat and bovine adrenal medulla, suggesting the presence of a protein immunogenically related to StAR. Western blots of bovine medulla tissue homogenates showed the principal adrenal medullary immuno-reactive species to have ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Lo YC,MacKenzie SM,Howie AF,Apps DK,Mason JI,Williams BC,Morley SD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel mutant of the luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) in a case of familial Leydig cell hypoplasia and pseudohermaphrotidism. The proband was homozygous for two missense mutations, T1121C and C1175T, causing substitutions I374T and T3921. The molecular effects of the mutations were investigated by heterol...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pals-Rylaarsdam R,Liu G,Brickman W,Duranteau L,Monroe J,El-Awady MK,Gad YZ,Shenker A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small dense low-density lipoprotein (sd-LDL) has been demonstrated to be associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The proposed atherogenic properties of hypoadiponectinemia might be mediated through increased sd-LDL. In this study, the associations of sd-LDL with cardiovascular and other complications ...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Esteghamati A,Asnafi S,Eslamian M,Noshad S,Nakhjavani M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency is the most frequent cause of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, an inherited inability to synthesize cortisol. Mutations causing this disorder have been characterized by hybridization analysis of patient DNA samples using cDNA and oligonucleotide probes, and by cloning and sequencing of...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： White PC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) are both intrapancreatic neuropeptides that are known to inhibit stimulated insulin secretion. In the present study, we examined their influences on basal and stimulated glucagon and insulin secretion in the mouse. Either NPY or CGRP was injected intraven...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Pettersson M,Lundquist I,Ahrén B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which SF-1 (Steroidogenic Factor-1) and Dax-1 (Dosage-sensitive sex reversal-Adrenal hypoplasia congenita critical region on the X chromosome) dictate adrenal-specific transcriptional programs are the focus of this laboratory. SF-1-mediated transcription is upregulated by phosphorylation of serine 20...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Babu PS,Bavers DL,Shah S,Hammer GD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the role of Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) in the mechanism of parturition and connective tissue metabolism in the pregnant rat uterus, we investigated the influence of the Platelet Activating Factor Receptor Antagonist (BN 52021) on gestation duration and collagen concentration in pregnant rat ute...

journal_title：Endocrine research

authors： Bieńkiewicz A,Pajszczyk-Kieszkiewicz T,Kuś E,Dabrowski R

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00