The growth hormone (GH) gene is expressed in the lateral hypothalamus: enhancement by GH-releasing hormone and repression by restraint stress.

abstract：:131I therapy is a widely accepted treatment for differentiated thyroid cancers which can accumulate iodide. We evaluated the efficiency of 131I therapy against tumors which are transfected with the Na+/I- symporter (NIS) gene. We transfected the rat NIS cDNA expression vector into malignantly transformed rat thyroid c...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shimura H,Haraguchi K,Miyazaki A,Endo T,Onaya T

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine CG (eCG) both radioiodinated and unlabeled, was injected iv into male rats, and the disappearance of the hormone from the circulation was studied. The uptake and inactivation of the hormone by various tissues was also examined. The disappearance curve of eCG consisted of two exponential components with apparent...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Aggarwal BB,Papkoff H

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current drug therapies for obesity are ineffective, and existing treatments for lipid disorders can be further improved. Thyroid hormones affect both conditions, although currently available nonselective thyromimetics are not clinically useful for such treatment due to cardiac side effects. Recent studies suggest that...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grover GJ,Egan DM,Sleph PG,Beehler BC,Chiellini G,Nguyen NH,Baxter JD,Scanlan TS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is still controversial whether the bone-derived hormone fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) has additional physiological functions apart from its well-known suppressive actions on renal phosphate reabsorption and vitamin D hormone synthesis. Here we analyzed premature aging, mineral homeostasis, carbohydrate metabo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Streicher C,Zeitz U,Andrukhova O,Rupprecht A,Pohl E,Larsson TE,Windisch W,Lanske B,Erben RG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In fish spermatogenesis, the main action of progestins is generally regarded as the induction of sperm maturation. Our previous in vitro study demonstrated that a progestin, 17alpha,20beta-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (DHP), induced the initiation of meiosis in spermatogenesis in the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). In ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ozaki Y,Higuchi M,Miura C,Yamaguchi S,Tozawa Y,Miura T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of cholesterol sulfate (5-cholesten-3 beta-ol sodium sulfate) and cholesterol to pregnenolone sulfate and pregnenolone, respectively, in human fetal adrenal mitochondria has been investigated. Cholesterol sulfate (50 microM) was converted efficiently to pregnenolone sulfate (5-pregnen-3 beta-ol-20-one s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mason JI,Hemsell PG

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study we found that PTH stimulated bone resorption and release of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-II from cultured neonatal mouse calvaria. Since IGF-I and IGF-II stimulate osteoblast proliferation and collagen synthesis, these results suggested that increased release of IGFs during resorpti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Linkhart TA,Keffer MJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:Subcutaneous implantation of a silastic tubing containing crystalline estradiol in castrated female rats results in a circadian rhythm of LH release. Under such conditions, blockade of serotonin (5-HT) biosynthesis by p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) completely inhibits the afternoon elevation of plasma LH. Gonadotropin p...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Héry M,Laplante E,Kordon C

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated TSH binding sites in membranes prepared from guinea pig testis. The binding of TSH to testicular homogenate was localized to the interstitial tissue and showed similar characteristics to the binding of TSH to thyroid membranes with high affinity (Ka = 2.5 X 10(10) M-1) but limited capacity (approx...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Davies TF,Smith BR,Hall R

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) are major constituents of the medial layer of blood vessels and are involved in the development of atherosclerotic plaque. SMC secrete copious IL-6 under basal conditions that can be increased by cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta). The goal...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Maret A,Clamens S,Delrieu I,Elhage R,Arnal JF,Bayard F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of L-arginine and its derivatives NG-methyl-L-arginine (Meth-arg) and NG-nitro-L-arginine (Nit-arg) on the insulin release and glucose oxidation of isolated rat islets were investigated to evaluate possible influences of nitric oxide. Also, the insulin release and flow distribution within the perfused rat ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jansson L,Sandler S

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial copulomimetic cervical stimulation (CS) induces an immediate release of oxytocin (OT) and prolactin (PRL) followed by a daily PRL rhythm characterized by nocturnal and diurnal surges. Although we have shown that the initial release of PRL is induced by the immediate release of OT, we tested whether the PRL ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Helena CV,McKee DT,Bertram R,Walker AM,Freeman ME

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the winged helix transcription factor family are known to regulate epithelial cell differentiation by regulating cell-specific gene expression. rWIN is a newly discovered member of the winged helix family shown to be present in the adult rat testis. In the testis the human homolog of rWIN, HFH-11, was local...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chaudhary J,Mosher R,Kim G,Skinner MK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose homeostasis depends on the coordinated secretion of glucagon, insulin, and Glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 by pancreas and intestine. Obesity, which is associated with an increased risk of developing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, affects the function of these organs. Here, we investigate the functional...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dusaulcy R,Handgraaf S,Skarupelova S,Visentin F,Vesin C,Heddad-Masson M,Reimann F,Gribble F,Philippe J,Gosmain Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol imprinting plays an important role in the regulation of galanin (GAL) gene expression in the rat. In the anterior pituitary gland, GAL gene expression is greatly induced by estrogen. The relative involvement that the two estrogen receptor subtypes, alpha and beta, have in regulating this induction is not kno...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shen ES,Hardenburg JL,Meade EH,Arey BJ,Merchenthaler I,López FJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of oxytocin (OT) to receptors in rabbit amnion cells stimulates PGE2 release. We previously studied the binding characteristics, changes in receptor concentration during pregnancy, and agonist specificity of OT action on amnion cells. In this study the molecular size of OT receptors in rabbit amnion was es...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hinko A,Soloff MS,Potier M

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin enhances the glucose utilization in most insulin target tissues and paradoxically decreases it in white adipose tissue (WAT), but knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the inhibitory effect of central leptin on the insulin-dependent glucose uptake in WAT is limited. After 7 d intracerebroventricular leptin tre...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bonzón-Kulichenko E,Fernández-Agulló T,Moltó E,Serrano R,Fernández A,Ros M,Carrascosa JM,Arribas C,Martínez C,Andrés A,Gallardo N

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four 1-yr-old, i.e. immature, monkeys (M. fascicularis) were treated with testosterone. For the first 21 weeks, they received testosterone capsules sc; thereafter for the remainder of 1 yr, they received weekly injections of 125 mg testosterone enanthate. Four similarly aged monkeys served as untreated controls. The t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Marshall GR,Wickings EJ,Nieschlag E

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of secretagogue(s) from mouse decidual tissue on the release of mouse placental lactogen-II (mPL-II) were studied. Decidual tissue was obtained from 10- and 11-day-pregnant mice. The tissue was homogenized, extracted, and the tissue extract was made 50% saturated with ammonium sulfate. Both the precipitate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Thordarson G,Southard JN,Talamantes F

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyp mice, the murine homolog of human X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), are characterized in part by elevated renal loss of phosphate (Pi) and hypophosphatemia. The lesion responsible for this syndrome is believed to be defective Na+ gradient-dependent phosphate transport across renal brush border membranes (BBM). It h...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kiebzak GM,Dousa TP

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1)-binding element in the rat TSH receptor (TSHR) promoter, between -189 and -175 basepairs (bp), is important for both thyroid-specific expression and thyroid-specific TSH/cAMP autoregulation of the TSHR. The identification of an up-stream TTF-1-binding site and its relationship ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ohmori M,Shimura H,Shimura Y,Ikuyama S,Kohn LD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of somatostatin-14 (SRIF) inhibits corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) and forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP formation and ACTH release from tumor cells of the mouse anterior pituitary (AtT-20/D16-16). After long-term pretreatment of these cells with SRIF, the ability of SRIF to inhibit CRF and forskolin-stimu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Reisine T,Axelrod J

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large-Maf transcription factor v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog A (MafA) has been found to be crucial for insulin transcription and synthesis and for pancreatic β-cell function and maturation. However, insights about the effects of small Maf factors on β-cells are limited. Our goal was to elu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nomoto H,Kondo T,Miyoshi H,Nakamura A,Hida Y,Yamashita K,Sharma AJ,Atsumi T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is evident that androgens increase muscle mass and strength, little is known about the critical molecular targets of androgens in skeletal muscle. In rodents, the skeletal alpha-actin gene is a tissue-specific gene expressed only in the levator ani and other skeletal muscles but not in the prostate or prep...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hong MH,Sun H,Jin CH,Chapman M,Hu J,Chang W,Burnett K,Rosen J,Negro-Vilar A,Miner JN

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the roles of insulin receptor substrate (IRS) proteins in insulin-stimulated cell cycle progression, we examined the functions of rat IRS-1 and IRS-3 in Chinese hamster ovary cells overexpressing the human insulin receptor. In this type of cell overexpressing IRS-1 or IRS-3, we showed that: 1) overexpressio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kaburagi Y,Yamashita R,Ito Y,Okochi H,Yamamoto-Honda R,Yasuda K,Sekihara H,Sasazuki T,Kadowaki T,Yazaki Y

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PRL secretion in several physiological and experimental conditions, including early pregnancy, is linked to the daily photoperiod. The aim of this study was to examine the antepartum increase in PRL secretion for evidence of a circadian pattern of release, as seen during early pregnancy. During the last 3 days of preg...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grattan DR,Averill RL

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulinopenic diabetes mellitus in the rat is associated with reduced circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), resulting primarily from decreased IGF-I synthesis in liver and extrahepatic sites. Plasma GH levels in these animals are also suppressed, with loss of episodic secretion and decreased pitu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Olchovsky D,Bruno JF,Gelato MC,Song J,Berelowitz M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid receptors, including estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR), form associations with heat shock proteins (Hsps). Dissociation of Hsps activates PR, whereas retention of Hsp90 in vitro stimulates ER. Progesterone and estrogen, interacting with their receptors, regulate myometrial contractility th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu WX,Derks JB,Zhang Q,Nathanielsz PW

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cultured granulosa cells, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) induced a time-dependent (16-72 h) and dose-related (0.3-30 ng/ml) stimulation of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) activity, as determined by the catalytic conversion of [3H]arginine to [3H]citrulline and NO2- accumulation in the culture medium. Although FSH ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tabraue C,Diaz Peñate R,Gallardo G,Hernandez I,Quintana J,Lopez Blanco F,Gonzalez Reyes J,Fanjul LF,Ruiz de Galarreta CM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00