Serum growth hormone and prolactin during and after the development of the obese-hyperglycemic syndrome in mice.

abstract：:The protein thiol-modifying agent arsenite, a potent activator of stress signaling, was used to examine the involvement of MAPKs in the regulation of cardiac substrate uptake. Arsenite strongly induced p38 MAPK phosphorylation in isolated rat cardiac myocytes but also moderately enhanced phosphorylation of p42/44 ERK ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Luiken JJ,Momken I,Habets DD,El Hasnaoui M,Coumans WA,Koonen DP,Glatz JF,Bonen A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the factors responsible for the circadian variation in rat hepatic mRNA-S14. Regulation of this sequence, which is found in lipogenic tissues and encodes a protein (S14) believed to be associated with fatty acid synthesis, is an excellent model of the interaction of thyroid hormone and dietary factors...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kinlaw WB,Fish LH,Schwartz HL,Oppenheimer JH

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was used to study the effects of 17 beta-estradiol on the content of phosphates and on the flux catalyzed by creatine kinase in immature rat uteri. Perifusion with oxygenated medium at 36 C maintained the uteri in a viable state for at least 10 h in vitro during 31P NMR measurement...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Degani H,Victor TA,Kaye AM

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian angiotensin I (Ang I)-converting enzyme (ACE), estimated by the specific binding of the ACE inhibitor [125I]iodo-MK-351A, is localized on multiple ovarian structures, including follicular granulosa cells, corpora lutea, terminal epithelium, and ovarian blood vessels, but total ovarian ACE does not display a cy...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Daud AI,Bumpus FM,Husain A

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have proposed the "glucolipotoxicity" hypothesis in which elevated free fatty acids (FFAs) together with hyperglycemia are synergistic in causing islet beta-cell damage because high glucose inhibits fat oxidation and consequently lipid detoxification. The effects of 1-2 d culture of both rat INS 832/13 cells and hu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： El-Assaad W,Buteau J,Peyot ML,Nolan C,Roduit R,Hardy S,Joly E,Dbaibo G,Rosenberg L,Prentki M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) receptor is a transmembrane tyrosine kinase that mediates the growth-promoting effects of IGF-I and IGF-II. Changes in IGF-I receptor messenger RNA levels are reflected in cell surface receptor number, and modulation of IGF-I receptor levels affects tumorigenicity in numerous c...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tajinda K,Carroll J,Roberts CT Jr

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High plasma levels of estradiol (E2) are associated with use of a place memory system over a response memory system. We examined whether infusing estradiol into the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) or anterior cingulate cortex (AC) could affect memory system bias in female rats. We also examined the ultrastructural dis...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Almey A,Cannell E,Bertram K,Filardo E,Milner TA,Brake WG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a potent vasorelaxant peptide that plays important roles in cardiovascular homeostasis and inflammatory response. ADM derived from macrophages is one of the major sources of ADM that is produced in the inflammatory process. To assess the functions of ADM in inflammation, we studied the temporal...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wong LY,Cheung BM,Li YY,Tang F

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunicamycin, an inhibitor of glycosylation, was incubated with ovine thyroid cells in culture to determine the role of glycosylation in the subsequent processing of thyroglobulin to form thyroid hormone. After a 6-h preincubation with tunicamycin (1 microgram/ml), mannose incorporation into glycoproteins in the cell l...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Eggo MC,Burrow GN

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated that GnRH-stimulated gonadotropin secretion is augmented by coadministration with neuropeptide-Y (NPY) in anterior pituitaries removed in the afternoon from proestrous, but not metestrous, rats. To test the hypothesis that these effects of NPY are due to an interaction with progesterone (...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Knox KL,Bauer-Dantoin AC,Levine JE,Schwartz NB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of an i.v. administration of different doses (250, 500, and 1000 pmol) of ovine CRF (oCRF) on plasma glucose and insulin levels in lean and genetically obese fa/fa rats was investigated. In both phenotypes, i.v. CRF promoted a rapid (peak at 1 min) transient doubling of basal insulin levels without a concom...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rohner-Jeanrenaud F,Jeanrenaud B

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a proinflammatory cytokine that plays a pivotal role in several immunoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases. In this study we examined the role of MIF in the development of immunoinflammatory diabetes induced in susceptible strains of mice by multiple low doses of strepto...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cvetkovic I,Al-Abed Y,Miljkovic D,Maksimovic-Ivanic D,Roth J,Bacher M,Lan HY,Nicoletti F,Stosic-Grujicic S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Jar choriocarcinoma cell line was used as an in vitro placental cell model to determine the effects of polypeptide growth factors on hCG beta secretion. Epidermal and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) treatment of serum-free cultures stimulated hCG beta secretion 2.5- and 4.0-fold over basal serum-free control levels...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Oberbauer AM,Linkhart TA,Mohan S,Longo LD

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural elements of 19-norprogestogens which may be essential for binding to progesterone and estradiol-17beta(E2) receptors were investigated in the rabbit uterine cytosol. The kinetic study showed that 19-nor-progestogens are competitive inhibitors of progesterone-receptor (8S) binding and E2-receptor binding...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tamaya T,Nioka S,Furuta N,Shimura T,Takano N

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperandrogenism is the central feature of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Due to the intricate relationship between hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance in PCOS, 50%-70% of these patients also present with hyperinsulinemia. Metformin, an insulin sensitizer, has been used to reduce insulin resistance and improve ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lee BH,Indran IR,Tan HM,Li Y,Zhang Z,Li J,Yong EL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian ovaries contain sympathetic neurons expressing the low affinity neurotropin receptor (p75NTR). To date neither the role these neurons might play in ovarian physiology nor their embryological origin is known. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect postnatal changes in distribution and number of both p75NTR-p...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dees WL,Hiney JK,McArthur NH,Johnson GA,Dissen GA,Ojeda SR

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of the 18-hydroxy group of the hemiacetal form of aldosterone transforms its activity from that of pure agonist to predominant antagonist. The 18-deoxy derivative possesses one third of the binding affinity of aldosterone for the cytoplasmic mineralocorticoid receptor of rat kidney and exhibits an approximate ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ulick S,Marver D,Adam WR,Funder JW

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By acting in the brain, insulin suppresses food intake, whereas neuropeptide Y (NPY) has the opposite effect. Since fasting increases NPY gene expression in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) and also lowers circulating insulin levels, we hypothesized that the anorexiant effect of insulin could result from insulin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schwartz MW,Marks JL,Sipols AJ,Baskin DG,Woods SC,Kahn SE,Porte D Jr

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of indirect evidence suggest that a monocyte family precursor gives rise to the osteoclast, although this hypothesis is controversial. Starting with a uniform population of nonspecific esterase positive, tartrate-sensitive, acid phosphatase-producing, mannose receptor-bearing mononuclear cells, prepared ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Alvarez JI,Teitelbaum SL,Blair HC,Greenfield EM,Athanasou NA,Ross FP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin radioreceptor assays were developed using splenic leukocytes and peripheral erythrocytes from individual mice. Splenic leukocytes were prepared using an NH4Cl buffer which did not alter insulin binding, but gave much higher yields than density gradient methods. Mouse erythrocytes were isolated from heparinized...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shimizu F,Kahn CR

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperaldosteronism is linked to the development and progression of several different cardiovascular diseases. Angiotensin (Ang) II increases aldosterone secretion and adrenal blood flow. Ang II peptide fragments are produced by various peptidases, and these Angs have diverse and vital physiologic roles. Due to the unc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kopf PG,Campbell WB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subline of an x-ray-induced transplantable rat insulinoma has been studied in vivo and in vitro. Tumors grew rapidly after sc transplantation and were rich in insulin, but contained only small amounts of glucagon and somatostatin. Despite marked basal hyperinsulinemia, iv glucose administration caused a further incr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Masiello P,Wollheim CB,Janjic D,Gjinovci A,Blondel B,Praz GA,Renold AE

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether altered noradrenergic activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis contributes to the attenuated neuroendocrine response to stress observed during lactation, the effect of intracerebroventricular injection of the alpha1-agonist methoxamine (100 microg) was compared between virgin and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Windle RJ,Brady MM,Kunanandam T,Da Costa AP,Wilson BC,Harbuz M,Lightman SL,Ingram CD

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulosa cells isolated from the ovaries of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG)-treated immature rats were cultured with relaxin or FSH. Both hormones increased the secretion of plasminogen activator into the culture medium. Relaxin caused a dose-related rise in plasminogen activator but did not increase cAMP or ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Too CK,Weiss TJ,Bryant-Greenwood GD

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgenic glands (AGs) of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii were subjected to endocrine manipulation, causing them to hypertrophy. Transcripts from these glands were used in the construction of an AG cDNA subtractive library. Screening of the library revealed an AG-specific gene, termed the M. rosenbergi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ventura T,Manor R,Aflalo ED,Weil S,Raviv S,Glazer L,Sagi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were designed to evaluate the binding characteristics of arginine vasopressin (AVP), using rat anterior pituitary dispersed cells, in correlation with the biological activity of the peptide. Synthetic AVP released ACTH from dispersed anterior pituitary cells in a concentration-dependent fashion, wi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Spinedi E,Negro-Vilar A

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human myometrium contains hCG/LH receptors. There are fewer of these receptors during labor compared to no labor at preterm or term deliveries. Exogenous hCG can directly inhibit oxytocin-stimulated human myometrial contractions. These findings suggest that hCG may directly maintain myometrial quiescence during pregna...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ambrus G,Rao CV

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory elements present in the cytoplasmic carboxyl-terminal tails of G protein-coupled receptors contribute to agonist-dependent receptor desensitization, internalization, and association with accessory proteins such as beta-arrestin. The mammalian type I GnRH receptors are unique among the rhodopsin-like G prote...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pawson AJ,Faccenda E,Maudsley S,Lu ZL,Naor Z,Millar RP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasion of human trophoblasts is promoted through activation of wingless (Wnt) signaling, suggesting a role of the pathway in placental development and morphogenesis. However, details on the process such as involvement of canonical and/or noncanonical Wnt signaling cascades as well as their target genes are largely u...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sonderegger S,Haslinger P,Sabri A,Leisser C,Otten JV,Fiala C,Knöfler M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several novel cyclic MSH analogs were synthesized, and their binding properties were tested on cells transiently expressing the human melanocortin-1 (MC1), MC3, MC4, and MC5 receptors. We discovered a novel substance (HS024) that showed about 20-fold selectivity and very high affinity (Ki = 0.29 nM) for the MC4 recept...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kask A,Mutulis F,Muceniece R,Pähkla R,Mutule I,Wikberg JE,Rägo L,Schiöth HB

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00