Circulating ghrelin levels as function of gender, pubertal status and adiposity in childhood.

abstract：:N-Terminal (1-76) portion of proopiomelanocortin (hNT) was measured in normals, Addison's, Nelson's, Cushing's disease, and in dexamethasone suppressible hyperaldosteronism (DSH) by using a specific homologous RIA. Mean basal immunoreactive hNT level was 94.2 +/- 6 pg/ml (mean +/- SE) in normal subjects. In Cushing's ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Boscaro M,Giacomazzi P,Sonino N,Fallo F,Girard F,Bertagna X,Mantero F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two radioimmunological techniques for the measurement of anti-alpha-galactosyl (anti-Gal) antibodies were developed and we demonstrated that this antibody is present in the serum of most untreated patients with Graves' disease, thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) and autoimmune thyroiditis. Thyrotropin-binding inh...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Winand RJ,Winand-Devigne J,Cox C,Caulier C,Meurisse M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithyroid hormone autoantibodies (THBA), described in both humans and animals, result in variable interference when thyroid hormone plasma levels are measured by immunoassays. We previously described a quick chromatographic method to detect circulating THBA in humans. In the present experience, we applied the method...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Savastano S,Tommaselli AP,Valentino R,Dorato M,Scarpitta MT,Persechino A,Ciaramella P,Lombardi G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A possible participation of central serotoninergic or noradrenergic neurons on nyctohemeral periodicity of plasma TSH concentration was studied in the rat. Control rats exhibited normal nyctohemeral fluctuations of plasma TSH characterized by high AM (09:30) and low PM (18:30) values (397 +/- 45 vs. 207 +/- 28 ng/ml, ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Fukuda H,Mori M,Ohshima K,Kobayashi I

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past years, the use of genetically encoded Ca(2+) indicators (GECIs), derived from aequorin and green fluorescent protein, has profoundly transformed the study of Ca(2+) homeostasis in living cells leading to novel insights into functional aspects of Ca(2+) signalling. Particularly relevant for a deeper under...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Pendin D,Greotti E,Filadi R,Pozzan T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal-dystrophy (APECED) or autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1 (APS-1) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease due to mutations in the AIRE (AutoImmune REgulator) gene. The clinical diagnosis is classically based on the presence of at least two of th...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Fierabracci A,Arena A,Toto F,Gallo N,Puel A,Migaud M,Kumar M,Chengappa KG,Gulati R,Negi VS,Betterle C

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) might be involved in the increase of the circulating levels of placental-derived CRH leading to the initiation of pre-term labor. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Forty-eight primigravidae with a singleton viable pregnancy between ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Vitoratos N,Mastorakos G,Kountouris A,Papadias K,Creatsas G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize natriuretic peptide receptor (NPr) gene expression in human tissues, we cloned portions of the cDNAs codifying for NPr with guanylyl cyclase activity (NPr-A and NPr-B) and without guanylyl cyclase activity (NPr-C). Total RNA was extracted from samples taken at surgery from normal human tissues. NPr-A a...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Sarzani R,Dessì-Fulgheri P,Paci VM,Espinosa E,Rappelli A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We investigated inpatients with and without Type 2 diabetes mellitus, aged over 60 yr, to compare their vitamin D status and calcium homeostatic parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied 140 patients consecutively admitted to our Internal Medicine Unit during the year 2010 (61 from November to April, 79 from Ma...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Carnevale V,Inglese M,Annese MA,De Matthaeis A,Santini SA,Frusciante V,Fontana A,Copetti M,Pellegrini F,D'Amico G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to determine whether the triglycerides and glucose (TyG) index is associated with the presence of metabolically obese normal-weight (MONW) phenotype and related cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS:Apparently healthy men and non-pregnant women aged 20-65 years were enrolled in a popul...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Morales-Gurrola G,Simental-Mendía LE,Castellanos-Juárez FX,Salas-Pacheco JM,Guerrero-Romero F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Agents capable of increasing radioiodine concentration by stimulating the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) expression have been extensively investigated for the treatment of certain well-differentiated breast cancers. AIM:In this study, we analyzed the regulation of the NIS and lactoperoxidase (LPO) gene expre...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Sponziello M,Scipioni A,Durante C,Verrienti A,Maranghi M,Giacomelli L,Ferretti E,Celano M,Filetti S,Russo D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of estradiol (E2) and/or progesterone (P4) bilateral ovariectomized rats on gene expressions of adenylyl cyclases (AC2, AC4, AC6, AC9). Non-pregnant (NP) Wister rats (between post-natal 10 and 12 weeks) and normal pregnant rats (between postnatal 10 and 14 weeks) wer...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Asano K,Okawa T,Matsuoka I,Suzuki Y,Sato A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of high doses of methimazole (MMI) or propylthiouracil (PTU) on thyroid-stimulating antibody (TSAb), antithyroid microsomal (MCHA) and antithyroglobulin (TGHA) levels in Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Thirty Graves' hyperthyroid patients were treated for 14 +/- 8 months (mean +/- S...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Romaldini JH,Werner MC,Rodrigues HF,Teixeira VL,Werner RS,Farah CS,Bromberg N

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although TRIAC is bound at least twice as avidly to nuclear receptor as T3, its thyromimetic potency is relatively low and its effect at the pituitary level on thyrotropin (TSH) secretion seems to be dissociated from that at the peripheral tissue level. In order to gain further insight into the complex effects of this...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Beck-Peccoz P,Sartorio A,De Medici C,Grugni G,Morabito F,Faglia G

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Remission of acromegaly has been reported after somatostatin analogs withdrawal, but not after withdrawal of combination therapy with cabergoline, and only in case reports of patients controlled by cabergoline alone. METHODS:To establish the remission rates (normal IGF-1 for age/sex: IGF-1 ≤ 1.00 xULN) after w...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Casagrande A,Bronstein MD,Jallad RS,Mota JI,Tabet A,Abucham J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We examined auxological changes in growth hormone (GH)-treated children in Italy using data from the Italian cohort of the multinational observational Genetics and Neuroendocrinology of Short Stature International Study (GeNeSIS) of pediatric patients requiring GH treatment. METHODS:We studied 711 children (me...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Cappa M,Iughetti L,Loche S,Maghnie M,Vottero A,GeNeSIS National Board on behalf of the GeNeSIS Italian Investigators.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D exerts pleiotropic effects and few studies are available in the Italian population. AIM:Aim of our study was to evaluate vitamin D status in children living in Northern Italy. METHODS:We studied vitamin D levels in a population of 113 normal weight (NW) and 444 obese (OB) children, prepubertal an...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Bellone S,Esposito S,Giglione E,Genoni G,Fiorito C,Petri A,Bona G,Prodam F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral ischemia and symptoms of stroke can occur as a rare manifestation in patients with pheochromocytoma. We describe a 45-year-old woman who was admitted because of a right-sided hemiparesis due to an ischemic lesion in the left hypothalamus. The clinical diagnosis of a pheochromocytoma was proven by highly eleva...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Lehmann FS,Weiss P,Ritz R,Harder F,Staub JJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cimetidine, an H2 receptor antagonist, is a potent stimulant of PRL secretion in normal women. In the present study, the PRL response to cimetidine was studied in 34 normal pregnant women and their fetuses during labor. Serum maternal PRL levels increased significantly after the acute iv injection of 400 mg cimetidine...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Messinis IE,Tsirkas N,Diamantis K,Vasakos S,Tsolas O,Lolis D

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of solubilized TSH-receptor for measuring TSH and TSH-displacing antibodies (TDA) in a radioligand receptor assay (RRA) was investigated. Crude thyroid membranes were solubilized with Triton X-100. A soluble protein fraction was isolated by DEAE-Sephadex A-50 ion-exchange chromatography. The binding of ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Kotulla P,Schleusener H

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the results of a correlation study between the direct Immunobead Test (d-IBT) and other techniques for antisperm antibodies detection. The Gelatin Agglutination Test (GAT) and Tray Agglutination Test (TAT) were used to detect antibodies in blood serum and seminal plasma ("indirect methods"). The Dir...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Dondero F,Lenzi A,Gandini L,Lombardo F,Culasso F

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of the gene encoding the sequence-specific DNA-binding protein, nuclear phosphorprotein p53, are among the most common genetic alterations observed in human cancers. A mutation of this tumor suppressor gene has been reported with a low prevalence in differentiated thyroid carcinomas, while the prevalence...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Iyota K,Takeda K,Matsuzuka F,Okabayashi T,Morita S,Kuma K,Hashimoto K

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that human calcitonin (hCT) is absorbed through the nasal mucosa when administered together with promoters like sodium glycocholate (SGC) or dihydrofusinate. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and metabolic effect of intranasal (in) and intramuscular (im) hCT in patients with osteoporo...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Pontiroli AE,Pajetta E,Calderara A,Alberetto M,Pozza G,Manganelli V,Resmini G,Tessari L,Maresca V

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Wolfram syndrome (WS) is a rare disorder caused by mutations in WFS1 that is characterized by diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, sensorineural deafness, diabetes insipidus, and neurodegeneration. This disease is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, but an autosomal dominant form has been reported. ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Batjargal K,Tajima T,Jimbo EF,Yamagata T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myogenesis is susceptible to the availability of nutrients and humoral factors and suboptimal fetal environments affect the number of myofibers and muscle mass. AIM:We examined the mechanisms regulating cell cycle progression and arrest in skeletal myoblasts. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Mouse C2C12 myoblasts wer...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Grabiec K,Gajewska M,Milewska M,Błaszczyk M,Grzelkowska-Kowalczyk K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Levothyroxine (L-T4) treatment aims to minimize the risk of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) recurrence and should be tailored to patient risk stratification and potential morbidity from adverse effects. AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of current recommendations on L-T4 treatment of DTC patients in cli...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Martins de Almeida JF,Gonçalves Tsumura W,Vaisman M,Montalli Assumpção LV,Ward LS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoparathyroidism cannot be cured by oral or intravenous calcium supplements. Using molecular biology techniques to induce the production of PTH is an ideal option to treat hypoparathyroidism. In this study, we established a recombinant plasmid encoding a mutant preproPTH with a skeletal muscle creatine kinase promot...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Liu D,Zhu Y,Yang C,Long J,Yao C,Li J,Wang S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since varicocele is often associated with other venous abnormalities, this study was undertaken to evaluate the frequency of dilation of the periprostatic venous plexus (DPVP) in these patients and the effects of this association on sperm parameters before and after varicocelectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Condorelli RA,Calogero AE,Mongioi' L,Vicari E,Russo GI,Lanzafame F,La Vignera S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid-stimulating antibody (TSAb) activity and the TSH-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin (TBII) index were assessed in 158 patients with Graves' disease who had been treated with 131I 6-14 years earlier. Twenty-one patients (13%) were still hyperthyroid, 45 (28%) were euthyroid, 44 (28%) were subclinically hypothyro...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Yoshida K,Aizawa Y,Kaise N,Fukazawa H,Kiso Y,Sayama N,Mori K,Hori H,Abe K

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to recent studies showing the presence of estrogens receptors (ERs) in the human female lower urinary tract, we performed ER and progesterone receptor (PR) assays in fresh frozen and paraffin embedded biopsies taken from the urinary bladder. Fourteen females undergoing endoscopy during staging for gynecologi...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Pacchioni D,Revelli A,Casetta G,Cassoni P,Piana P,Tizzani A,Bussolati G,Massobrio M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00