Signal transduction mechanism of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1.

abstract：:Estrogen has been shown to stimulate lactotroph proliferation and expression of the prolactin (PRL) gene. Recently it has been established that Pit-1, a pituitary-specific transcription factor, is required for lactotroph proliferation. Furthermore, in vitro studies showed that an increase in the PRL promoter activity ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsukahara S,Kambe F,Suganuma N,Tomoda Y,Seo H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We here describe two patients with empty sella syndrome who had variable and abnormal ACTH and cortisol secretory profiles. The patients are a 58-year old male and a 41-year old female, both of whom were neurotic. In both cases, low-dose dexamethasone suppression tests (1 mg, p.o., overnight) caused variable responses...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sakaguchi H,Inoue D,Kataoka K,Koshiyama H,Aoki N,Nakao K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conophylline and betacellulin-delta4 reproduce differentiation-inducing activity of activin A and betacellulin, respectively. We examined the effect of conophylline and betacellulin-delta4 on beta cell differentiation. In AR42J cells, conophylline and betacellulin-delta4 converted them into insulin-producing cells. Ce...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kitamura R,Ogata T,Tanaka Y,Motoyoshi K,Seno M,Takei I,Umezawa K,Kojima I

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old female with hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance was admitted to our hospital because of a typical acromegalic appearance, including large, thickened bulky hands and feet, and a large prominent forehead and tongue. She did not have a Cushingoid appearance, such as a moon-face, buffalo hump, purple...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kobayashi Y,Takei M,Ohkubo Y,Kakizawa Y,Matoba H,Kumagai M,Takeda T,Suzuki S,Komatsu M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several authors have reported single cases illustrative of some ultrasonographic characteristic of parathyroid carcinoma, the value of ultrasonography for diagnosing this entity remains to be determined. The purpose of our study was to investigate the ultrasonographic features of parathyroid carcinoma in a la...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hara H,Igarashi A,Yano Y,Yashiro T,Ueno E,Aiyoshi Y,Ito K,Obara T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) and invasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (EFV-PTC) are indistinguishable preoperatively. CD26 expression in follicular tumor-uncertain malignant potential (FT-UMP) is reported to be clearly higher t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takagi S,Hirokawa M,Nagashima K,Higuchi M,Kadota K,Ishikawa R,Sato M,Miyauchi A,Miyake Y,Haba R

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroidectomy (PTX) is the standard treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT); however, the administration of cinacalcet has gained prominence as a noninvasive treatment. We aimed to determine whether PTX or cinacalcet is more effective in preventing morbidity and mortality through reviewing follow-up dat...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kim WW,Rhee Y,Kim BS,Kim K,Lee CR,Kang SW,Lee J,Jeong JJ,Nam KH,Chung WY

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been indicated that some subsets of clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma exhibit immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of somatotroph or corticotroph cells, which are described as silent somatotroph and corticotroph adenomas, respectively. We here describe a 70-year-old woman with nonfunctioni...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sakaguchi H,Koshiyama H,Sano T,Inoue D,Hashimoto N,Aoki N,Nakao K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartter syndrome (BS) type 1, also referred to antenatal BS, is a genetic tubulopathy with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and prenatal onset of polyuria leading to polyhydramnios. It has been shown that BS type 1 is caused by mutations in the SLC12A1 gene encoding bumetanide-sensitive Na-K-2Cl (-) cotransporter (NKCC...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Adachi M,Asakura Y,Sato Y,Tajima T,Nakajima T,Yamamoto T,Fujieda K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although sitagliptin and repaglinide monotherapies improve postprandial hyperglycemia, the long-term effects and safety of their combination has not been examined. In this randomized 24-week trial of Japanese patients with poor control (HbA1c 7.0-8.5%) by sitagliptin, we divided 40 patients randomly into two equal gro...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nishimura A,Usui S,Kumashiro N,Uchino H,Yamato A,Yasuda D,Nagasawa K,Okubo M,Mori Y,Hirose T

更新日期：2016-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and nonclassic 21-hydroxylase deficiency (CAH) are related to hyperhomocysteinemia, and to investigate if there is a correlation between homocysteine levels and insulin sensitivity in women with PCOS and CAH. Fifty patients with PCOS, ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Bayraktar F,Dereli D,Ozgen AG,Yilmaz C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of occult small thyroid nodules found by ultrasonography is sometimes problematic. Self-palpation may be utilized in the follow-up of these nodules. We developed a method of thyroid self-examination (TSE). We examined the size of the nodules palpable by this method by ultrasonography. In 78 patients exa...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takano T,Hasegawa Y,Amino N

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between daily glycemic variability (GV) and visit-to-visit glycemic variability (VVV) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). A total of 156 outpatients with T2DM who had undergone continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for 5 days were included in this study. Indices ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsuchiya T,Saisho Y,Murakami R,Watanabe Y,Inaishi J,Itoh H

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the total daily inulin dose (TDD) and contribution of basal insulin to TDD and to identify the predictive factors for insulin requirement profiles in subjects with type 2 diabetes, we retrospectively examined insulin requirement profiles of 275 hospitalized subjects treated with basal-bolus insulin therapy (...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimoda S,Okubo M,Koga K,Sekigami T,Kawashima J,Kukidome D,Igata M,Ishii N,Shimakawa A,Matsumura T,Motoshima H,Furukawa N,Nishida K,Araki E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study used intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) in 10 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 7-day outpatient treatment with the combination of intensive insulin therapy and sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2-I). All participa...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kurozumi A,Okada Y,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon dysfunction as well as insulin dysfunction is associated with the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, it is still unclear whether the measurement of plasma glucagon levels is useful in understanding the pathophysiology of T2DM. We recently reported that sandwich ELISA provides more accurate plasm...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kobayashi M,Satoh H,Matsuo T,Kusunoki Y,Tokushima M,Watada H,Namba M,Kitamura T

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is known to stimulate the synthesis and secretion of various proinflammatory cytokines in both the peripheral immune cells and the brain. Yet, the relative contribution of peripheral and central cytokines to the LPS-induced activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis is still poorly u...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kakizaki Y,Watanobe H,Kohsaka A,Suda T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with an apparently normal 46, XY karyotype, suffering from pure gonadal dysgenesis and of short stature was investigated. The patient, who was growth retarded, was a 30-year-old married Japanese woman with a history of primary amenorrhea and infertility with a weight of 42 kg and a height of 146 cm. She has ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsutsumi O,Iida T,Taketani Y,Sugase M,Nakahori Y,Nakagome Y

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates whether the plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level is increased by the clinical traits of diabetes, including its complications, and whether these levels are affected by the presence of other combined diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and coronary heart disease (CHD) in patie...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Igarashi M,Jimbu Y,Hirata A,Tominaga M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients with growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma were treated preoperatively with octreotide (Sandostatin or SMS 201-995; a somatostatin analogue), and were compared with 18 non-treated patients in their clinical courses and adenoma analyses. Octreotide treatment improved the endocrinological data i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tsukamoto N,Nagaya T,Kuwayama A,Takano K,Shizume K,Sugita K,Seo H

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory lesions of the pituitary gland are rarely encountered. Recently, the concept of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related systemic disease was proposed in Japan, and more than 20 cases have been reported as possibly associated with infundibulo-hypophysitis since 2000. We herein review such case reports in the publ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimatsu A,Oki Y,Fujisawa I,Sano T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some categories of drugs are known for causing hyperglycemia or diabetes such as steroids, antipsychotics, and immunosuppressant. However, there has been little evidence from studies about the proportion of each drug in the context of drug-induced diabetes. In this study, we used data from the Japanese Adverse Drug Ev...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Konishi H,Shirakawa J,Arai M,Terauchi Y

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset of physical signs in infants with hypophosphatemic vitamin D resistant rickets (HDRR) has generally been considered to be at the age of 12 months, but the time of appearance of hypophosphatemia and rachitic signs on radiographs remains unclear. We report a prospective study in three neonates whose mothers we...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Minamitani K,Minagawa M,Yasuda T,Niimi H

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on two siblings with classic simple virilizing 21-hydroxylase deficiency whose neonatal screening for serum 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) gave normal results. The proband, a girl with clitoromegaly whose screening 17-OHP value had been 9.2 ng/ml, was diagnosed at the age of 6 months, and her elder bro...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shinohara O,Ishiguro H,Shinagawa T,Kubota C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies in isolated pancreas and islets have shown that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) promotes insulin release in a typical concentration-dependent manner. In contrast, the relationship between plasma GLP-1 and insulin concentrations in vivo is complicated, because GLP-1-promoted insulin release lowers bloo...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Eiki J,Yada T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since accumulation and interaction of immune cells including T cells and monocytes/macrophages are involved in the processes of atherosclerosis, atherosclerosis is currently understood as an inflammatory disorder. Entrapment of extracellular matrices components such as hyaluronan by monocytes and macrophages, as well ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Tabata T,Mine S,Okada Y,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) have a clinical feature of visceral adiposity and it has been reported that these patients have an increased active cortisol (F)/inactive cortisone (E) metabolite ratio. 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1) is an enzyme expressed in liver and adipo...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Morita J,Hakuno F,Hizuka N,Takahashi S,Takano K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is generally indolent in nature and, even though it metastasizes to distant organs, the prognosis is normally excellent. In contrast, the overall survival (OS) of patients with radioactive iodine (RAI)-refractory and progressive metastases is dire, because no effective therapies ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Suzuki S,Ito K,Imai T,Okamoto T,Kitano H,Sugitani I,Sugino K,Tsutsui H,Hara H,Yoshida A,Shimizu K

更新日期：2016-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a skeletal disorder with progressive heterotopic ossification in skeletal muscle. A mutation causing constitutive activation in a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type 1 receptor [ALK2(R206H)] is found in most patients with FOP. However, the details in the heterotopic oss...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Mao L,Yano M,Kawao N,Tamura Y,Okada K,Kaji H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antipituitary antibody (APA) has been reported to be detected in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) is expressed in both pituitary gland and thyroid gland. We studied the association of APA and D2 peptide antibody in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. Rat pituitary gl...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nakahara R,Tsunekawa K,Yabe S,Nara M,Seki K,Kasahara T,Ogiwara T,Nishino M,Kobayashi I,Murakami M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00