The potential and challenges of alternative sources of β cells for the cure of type 1 diabetes.

abstract：Objectives:Walking and postural balance are extremely important to obtain food and to work. Both are critical for quality of life and ability to survive. While walking reflects musculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary systems, postural balance depends on body size, muscle tone, visual, vestibular and nervous systems. Since ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Santana-Ribeiro AA,Moreira-Brasileiro GA,Aguiar-Oliveira MH,Salvatori R,Carvalho VO,Alvim-Pereira CK,Araújo-Daniel CR,Reis-Costa JG,Andrade-Guimarães AL,Oliveira-Santos AA,Vieira ER,Gois-Junior MB

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemerin is a recently discovered adipokine with inflammatory and metabolic actions relevant for chronic disease development. However, evidence from human research on the role of chemerin in chronic disease risk is still lacking. We assessed the reliability of plasma chemerin concentrations measured on two occasions o...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Eichelmann F,Weikert C,di Giuseppe R,Biemann R,Isermann B,Schulze MB,Boeing H,Aleksandrova K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic aetiology of congenital hypopituitarism (CH) is not entirely elucidated. FGFR1 and PROKR2 loss-of-function mutations are classically involved in hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (HH), however, due to the clinical and genetic overlap of HH and CH; these genes may also be involved in the pathogenesis of CH. Us...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Correa FA,Trarbach EB,Tusset C,Latronico AC,Montenegro LR,Carvalho LR,Franca MM,Otto AP,Costalonga EF,Brito VN,Abreu AP,Nishi MY,Jorge AA,Arnhold IJ,Sidis Y,Pitteloud N,Mendonca BB

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B lymphocytes are the source of autoantibodies against the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) in Graves' disease (GD). Characterization of autoimmune B-cell expression profiles might enable a better understanding of GD pathogenesis. To reveal this, the expression levels of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and mR...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Jiang X,Wang Y,Li X,He L,Yang Q,Wang W,Liu J,Zha B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classic galactosemia is a rare inborn error of galactose metabolism with a birth prevalence of about 1/30 000-60 000. Long-term complications occurring despite dietary treatment consist of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and neurodevelopmental impairments. We performed with the French Reference Centers for Rare ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Flechtner I,Viaud M,Kariyawasam D,Perrissin-Fabert M,Bidet M,Bachelot A,Touraine P,Labrune P,De Lonlay P,Polak M,Galactosemia Study Group GSG

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and biomarkers can be used to detect early subclinical CVD. Midregional-pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM), midregional-pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP) and copeptin are all associated with CVD and part of ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Frøssing S,Nylander M,Kistorp C,Skouby SO,Faber J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to summarize and analyze the clinical manifestations, genetic characteristics, treatment modalities and long-term prognosis of congenital hyperinsulinemia (CHI) in Chinese children. Sixty children with CHI, who were treated at Beijing Children's Hospital from January 2014 to August 2017, and their fami...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Xu ZD,Zhang W,Liu M,Wang HM,Hui PP,Liang XJ,Yan J,Wu YJ,Sang YM,Zhu C,Ni GC

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Accurate measurement of steroid hormones remains challenging. Mass spectrometry affords a reliable means for quantitating steroid profiles accurately. Our objective was to establish and define (1) the extent of diurnal fluctuations in steroid concentrations that potentially necessitate strict adherence to tim...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Parikh TP,Stolze B,Ozarda Y,Jonklaas J,Welsh K,Masika L,Hill M,DeCherney A,Soldin SJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)-induced macrosomia is predominantly characterized by fat accumulation, which is closely related to adipocyte differentiation. An unknown long noncoding RNA RP11-290L1.3, referred to as RP11, was identified to be dramatically upregulated in the umbilical cord blood of women with ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Lin Y,Zhang Y,Xu L,Long W,Shan C,Ding H,You L,Zhao C,Shi Z

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As many as 20-55% of patients with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience chronic endocrine dysfunction, leading to impaired quality of life, impaired rehabilitation efforts and lowered life expectancy. Endocrine dysfunction after TBI is thought to result from acceleration-deceleration forces to the brai...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Rowe RK,Rumney BM,May HG,Permana P,Adelson PD,Harman SM,Lifshitz J,Thomas TC

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroprolactinomas are the most common functional pituitary tumours. Hypotheses proposed to explain predominance of large tumours in males are: i) diagnostic delay, as hyperprolactinaemia remains under recognised in males and ii) gender-specific difference in tumour proliferation indices. Our study objectives are to c...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Khare S,Lila AR,Patt H,Yerawar C,Goroshi M,Bandgar T,Shah NS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promotion of brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity or browning of white adipose tissue has shown great potential as anti-obesity strategy in numerous preclinical models. The discovery of active BAT in humans and the recent advances in the understanding of human BAT biology and function have significantly propelled this ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Kiefer FW

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is known to be associated with insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, and low serum IGF1 levels. We have described a large cohort of patients with isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) due to the c.57+1G→A mutation in the GHRH receptor gene. These subjects have increased insulin sensitiv...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Diniz RD,Souza RM,Salvatori R,Franca A,Gomes-Santos E,Ferrão TO,Oliveira CR,Santana JA,Pereira FA,Barbosa RA,Souza AH,Pereira RM,Oliveira-Santos AA,Silva AM,Santana-Júnior FJ,Valença EH,Campos VC,Aguiar-Oliveira MH

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions (Endo-ERN), operational since 2017, consists of 71 health care providers (HCPs) in 19 EU member states. Our objective was to assess education and knowledge on rare endocrine conditions. DESIGN AND METHODS:A survey was developed and sent through the ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Iotova V,Schalin-Jantti C,Bruegman P,Broesamle M,Bratina N,Tillmann V,Hiort O,Pereira AM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal changes during pregnancy can trigger gestational diabetes (GDM), which is constantly increasing. Its main characteristic is pronounced insulin resistance, but it appears to be a multifactorial process involving several metabolic factors; taken together, the latter leads to silent or clinically evident cardiov...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Patti AM,Pafili K,Papanas N,Rizzo M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal cancers affect over 400,000 men and women and contribute collectively to over 100,000 deaths in the United States alone. Thanks to advances in the understanding of these cancers at the molecular level and to the discovery of several disease-modifying therapeutics, the last decade has seen a plateauing or even...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Ulm M,Ramesh AV,McNamara KM,Ponnusamy S,Sasano H,Narayanan R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cells require large amounts of energy to sustain growth. Through the mediated transport of glucose transporters, the uptake and utilization of glucose by tumor cells are significantly enhanced in the hypoxic microenvironment. Pituitary adenomas are benign tumors with high-energy metabolisms. We aimed to investig...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Mei T,Zhang J,Wei L,Qi X,Ma Y,Liu X,Chen S,Li S,Wu J,Wang S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Insulin-like growth factors are implicated in the development of diabetic nephropathy. IGF-binding protein 2 (IGFBP2) and IGF2 are expressed in the kidney, but their associations with diabetic nephropathy are unclear. We therefore tested the hypothesis that circulating levels of IGF2 and IGFBP2 predict longit...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Narayanan RP,Fu B,Heald AH,Siddals KW,Oliver RL,Hudson JE,Payton A,Anderson SG,White A,Ollier WE,Gibson JM

更新日期：2012-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIM:Ectopic ACTH secretion (EAS) is mostly secondary to thoracic/abdominal neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), or small cell-lung carcinoma (SCLC). We studied the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) with 68Ga-Dota derivatives (68Ga-SSTR) positron emission tomography (PET) in localizing ACTH-secr...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Ceccato F,Cecchin D,Gregianin M,Ricci G,Campi C,Crimì F,Bergamo M,Versari A,Lacognata C,Rea F,Barbot M,Scaroni C

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insufficient insulin release plays a crucial role in the development of unhealthy status in patients with obesity; the present study aimed to classify these patients by the indices for insulin resistance and insulin release. After the indices from OGTT were assessed to achieve high differentiability and low redundancy...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Li L,Song Q,Yang X

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcemic crisis is a severe but rare complication of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), and data on denosumab treatment of patients with this disease is still very limited. The aim of this paper is to investigate the hypocalcemic effect of denosumab in PHPT patients with severe hypercalcemia when surgery should ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Eremkina A,Krupinova J,Dobreva E,Gorbacheva A,Bibik E,Samsonova M,Ajnetdinova A,Mokrysheva N

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Non-adherence to r-hGH treatments occurs in a variable percentage of subjects. One problem found when evaluating adherence is the great variability in methods of detection and definitions utilized in studies. This study assessed the level of adherence in subjects receiving r-hGH with the easypod™ electronic ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Rodríguez Arnao MD,Rodríguez Sánchez A,Díez López I,Ramírez Fernández J,Bermúdez de la Vega JA,Yeste Fernández D,Chueca Guindulain M,Corripio Collado R,Pérez Sánchez J,Fernández González A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) is used to treat short stature and growth failure associated with growth disorders. Birth size and GH status variably modulate response to GH therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of birth size on response to GH therapy, and to determine the impact of GH status in patients born...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Rapaport R,Lee P,Ross J,Saenger P,Ostrow V,Piccoli G

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid increase of obesity during the last decades and its future prospects are alarming. Besides the general discussed causes of obesity, the 'Developmental Origins of Health and Disease' (DOHaD) hypothesis received more attention in recent years. This hypothesis postulates an adverse influence during early develo...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Ernst J,Gert K,Kraus FB,Rolle-Kampczyk UE,Wabitsch M,Dehghani F,Schaedlich K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure to suppress testosterone below 0.7 nM in castrated prostate cancer patients is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Testosterone levels in castrated patients are therefore routinely measured. Although mass spectrometry is the gold standard used to measure testosterone, most hospitals use an immunoassay meth...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Rouleau M,Lemire F,Déry M,Thériault B,Dubois G,Fradet Y,Toren P,Guillemette C,Lacombe L,Klotz L,Saad F,Guérette D,Pouliot F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:A high level of free triiodothyronine (FT3) within the reference range may be a potential metabolic risk marker. However, the relationship between different fat depots and FT3 has remained unclear. Objective:We aimed to explore the relationships between segmental fat distribution and FT3 in euthyroid middle...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Nie X,Xu Y,Ma X,Shen Y,Wang Y,Bao Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chromogranin A (CgA) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) are important markers for neuroendocrine tumors; however, the clinical value of combining these markers has not been well studied. In this study, we investigated the utility of each marker individually and in combination for patients with nonfunctional panc...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Lv Y,Han X,Zhang C,Fang Y,Pu N,Ji Y,Wang D,Xuefeng X,Lou W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many biomarkers are associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk in epidemiological observations. The aim of this study was to identify and summarize current evidence for causal effects of biomarkers on T2D. A systematic literature search in PubMed and EMBASE (until April 2015) was done to identify Mendelian randomizati...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Abbasi A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Institute of Medicine 2011 Report on Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D specified higher intakes for all age groups compared to the 1997 report, but also cautioned against spurious claims about an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency and against advocates of higher intake requirements. Over ...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： McKenna MJ,Murray BF,O'Keane M,Kilbane MT

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to its incidence patterns, colorectal cancer (CRC) tends to occur more frequently in males than in females, and the evidence shows that CRC is a hormone-related tumor. These findings indicate that androgen receptor (AR) gene methylation might be important for the regulation of the CRC risk in the different s...

journal_title：Endocrine connections

authors： Xia T,Sun H,Huang H,Bi H,Pu R,Zhang L,Zhang Y,Liu Y,Xu J,Onwuka JU,Liu Y,Cui B,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00