Interleukin-1beta and catecholamines synergistically stimulate interleukin-6 release from rat C6 glioma cells in vitro: a potential role for lysophosphatidylcholine.

abstract：UNLABELLED:The long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists, exendin-4 and liraglutide, suppress food intake and body weight. The mediating site(s) of action for the anorectic effects produced by peripheral administration of these GLP-1R agonists are not known. Experiments addressed whether food intak...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kanoski SE,Fortin SM,Arnold M,Grill HJ,Hayes MR

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary homeobox 1 (Ptx1) is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor acting on transcription of all pituitary hormone genes. Its expression is first detected in the stomodeal ectoderm and is maintained in all derivatives of this structure, including Rathke's pouch. We now show that Ptx1 is expressed in all pit...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lanctôt C,Gauthier Y,Drouin J

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH upregulates the expression of the receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (Rankl) in cells of the osteoblastic lineage, but the precise differentiation stage of the PTH target cell responsible for RANKL-mediated stimulation of bone resorption remains undefined. We report that constitutive activation of PTH ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ben-awadh AN,Delgado-Calle J,Tu X,Kuhlenschmidt K,Allen MR,Plotkin LI,Bellido T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ontogenic changes in the somatotroph's responsiveness to TRH were examined in enzymatically dissociated rat pituitary cells in primary monolayer culture. Exposure to TRH (10(-8) M) caused a significant increase in GH release in cultured pituitary cells from rats ranging in age from -1 day (20 days of gestational a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Welsh JB,Cuttler L,Szabo M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatic polypeptide cell, the only mature endocrine cell in the fetal pig pancreas, produces equimolar amounts of two peptides, pancreatic polypeptide and pancreatic icosapeptide, from the same precursor. The amino acid sequence of pancreatic polypeptide is more homogeneous among species, whereas pancreatic ico...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Amaratunga A,Tuch BE,Han XG,Georges P,Dean SK,Scott H

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a physiological process by which multicellular organisms eliminate unwanted cells. Death factors such as Fas ligand induce apoptosis by triggering a series of intracellular protein-protein interactions mediated by defined motifs found in the signaling molecules. One of these motifs is the death effector d...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Leo CP,Hsu SY,McGee EA,Salanova M,Hsueh AJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although renal hypertrophy occurs rapidly after uninephrectomy, restoring the majority of renal excretory function, it remains unknown whether similar compensatory mechanisms maintain 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D production (and calcium homeostasis). To address this issue we compared plasma calcitriol levels and renal 25-h...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Almond JR,Bales CW,Lobaugh B,Klotman PE,Drezner MK

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is a multifunctional cytokine that is thought to play a major role in the regulation of growth and differentiation of thyroid cells. However, little is known of its detailed mechanisms of action in thyrocytes. We have therefore studied the molecular mechanisms of TGF-beta1 ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kang HC,Ohmori M,Harii N,Endo T,Onaya T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice lacking steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 and 2 were produced by gene targeting and breeding. Male mice without 5 alpha-reductase 2 or without both enzymes had fully formed internal and external genitalia and were fertile, but had smaller prostates and seminal vesicles than controls. T accumulated to high levels in the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mahendroo MS,Cala KM,Hess DL,Russell DW

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer in women is a complex and deadly disease, where the molecular events that initiate and control tumor formation remain poorly defined. Therefore, mouse models provide one approach for determining the mechanisms by which specific oncogenic factors cause ovarian surface epithelial cell and granulosa cell t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mullany LK,Richards JS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine epithelial cells (UEC) isolated from 6-week-old CF-1 mice were immortalized using retroviral-mediated transfection of SV40 large T-antigen. One line, WEG-1, retained epithelial morphology and reacted with antibodies to cytokeratins 18, 19, laminin, fibronectin, and beta-catenin. In addition, WEG-1 cells displa...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wegner CC,Cherington V,Clemens JW,Jacobs AL,Julian J,Surveyor GA,Bell EC,Carson DD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial (ANP), brain (BNP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) belong to a family of hormones important in blood pressure and sodium homeostasis. Expression of ANP has been reported in embryo hearts, but BNP and CNP expression during development has not been described. We used in situ hybridization to identify the si...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cameron VA,Aitken GD,Ellmers LJ,Kennedy MA,Espiner EA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH receptor (GHR) mediates the anabolic and metabolic effects of GH. We previously characterized a monoclonal antibody (anti-GHR(ext-mAb)) that reacts with subdomain 2 of the rabbit GHR extracellular domain (ECD) and is a conformation-specific inhibitor of GH signaling in cells bearing rabbit or human GHR. Notably, th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jiang J,Wan Y,Wang X,Xu J,Harris JM,Lobie PE,Zhang Y,Zinn KR,Waters MJ,Frank SJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteocalcin (OC), a bone specific protein expressed during differentiation and mineralization of the bone extracellular matrix, is down-regulated upon treatment with transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1. To address the potential role of OC gene expression in relation to TGF-beta 1 regulation of bone formation and r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Banerjee C,Stein JL,Van Wijnen AJ,Frenkel B,Lian JB,Stein GS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported that pretreatment with electroacupuncture (EA) at stomach meridian point 36 (St36) prevents the chronic cold-stress increase in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA), an action that may be under central control. Given that treatment for stress-related symptoms usually begins after ons...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Eshkevari L,Mulroney SE,Egan R,Lao L

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypeptide YY(3-36) (PYY(3-36)) is a gastrointestinal secreted molecule, agonist of neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptor subtypes Y2 and Y5, recently involved in the control of food intake. Notably, several factors with key roles in energy homeostasis conduct pleiotropic effects upon the reproductive axis. However, whether ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fernandez-Fernandez R,Aguilar E,Tena-Sempere M,Pinilla L

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：: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：:MCF-7 cells migrate through vitronectin-coated filters in response to insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I); migration is inhibited by the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor BB-94, but not by the serine proteinase inhibitor aprotinin. MMP-9 was identified in the conditioned medium of MCF-7 cells; in addition, flu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mira E,Mañes S,Lacalle RA,Márquez G,Martínez-A C

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify genes involved in regulated insulin secretion, we have established and characterized two sublines derived from the mouse pancreatic beta-cell line MIN6, designated B1 and C3. They have a similar insulin content, but differ in their secretory properties. B1 responded to glucose in a concentration- and cell ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lilla V,Webb G,Rickenbach K,Maturana A,Steiner DF,Halban PA,Irminger JC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiapoptotic molecule Fas-associated death domain-like IL-1beta-converting enzyme inhibitory protein (FLIP) inhibits Fas-mediated apoptosis by blocking activation of caspase-8. We previously showed that expression of transgenic FLIP on thyroid epithelial cells (TECs) of DBA/1 and CBA/J mice promoted earlier resol...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fang Y,Braley-Mullen H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborn male rats were treated SC with dexamethasone phosphate (100 microgram) or dexamethasone acetate (100 microgram) on postnatal day 1, dexamethasone phosphate (5.0 microgram) opn postnatal days 1, 2, 3, or the corresponding drug vehicle. All animals were sacrificed 65-70 days later at previously determined daily ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Poland RE,Rubin RT,Weichsel ME Jr

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of biologically active LH in rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) serum was measured by a highly sensitive bioassay based upon testosterone production by dispersed rat interstitial cells. The sensitivity of the in vitro bioassay was equal to or higher than that of radioimmunoassay, with detection limits of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dufau ML,Hodgen GD,Goodman AL,Catt KJ

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibins and activins are produced by a variety of tissues and may have important endocrine and paracrine roles in development, reproduction, and hematopoiesis. However, little is known regarding the physical properties or concentrations of inhibin and activin in biological fluids. Binding proteins for inhibin or acti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Krummen LA,Woodruff TK,DeGuzman G,Cox ET,Baly DL,Mann E,Garg S,Wong WL,Cossum P,Mather JP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an obituary for Gregory Goodwin Pincus whose death in August, 1967, terminated a distinguished career in the biological sciences. His major work was in reproductive biology. This work, in collaboration with Dr. John Rock, led to the development and field testing in Puerto Rico of the 1st OC (oral contracepti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： White A

更新日期：1968-04-01 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：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) is a multifunctional growth factor in bone that is secreted as a latent complex and must be activated in order to influence cellular activity. We have investigated the influence of dexamethasone (Dex; a potent glucocorticoid) on the secretion and activation of latent TGF beta...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Oursler MJ,Riggs BL,Spelsberg TC

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissociation kinetics of uterine estradiol receptor (UER) from young, middle-aged, and old mice have been studied in vitro and correlated with interactions of the steroid receptor with nuclear suspensions in a cell-free system. Furthermore, we have determined in these various age groups of mice the concentration o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Belisle S,Bellabarba D,Lehoux JG,Robel P,Baulieu EE

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-beta is a multifunctional factor involved in regulating a variety of cellular activities. In mammals, TGF-beta is known to regulate reproduction, including ovarian functions. The role of TGF-beta in lower vertebrates, such as fish, is poorly understood. To examine the role of TGF-beta in fish reproduction, cDNAs e...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kohli G,Hu S,Clelland E,Di Muccio T,Rothenstein J,Peng C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Djungarian hamster displays photoperiodic variations in gonadal size synchronized to the seasons by the nightly secretion of the pineal hormone melatonin. In short photoperiod (SP), the gonads regress in size, and circulating sex steroids levels decline. Thus, the brain is subject to seasonal variations of both me...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bolborea M,Laran-Chich MP,Rasri K,Hildebrandt H,Govitrapong P,Simonneaux V,Pévet P,Steinlechner S,Klosen P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00