abstract：:Cushing's disease is primarily caused by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-producing pituitary adenomas. Pituitary tumor-transforming gene 1 (PTTG1) expression, a hallmark of pituitary tumors, stimulates pituitary cell proliferation. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play an important role in regulating gene transcription...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Nakada Y,Kageyama K,Sugiyama A,Desaki R,Takayasu S,Niioka K,Murasawa S,Ishigame N,Asari Y,Iwasaki Y,Daimon M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is associated with compromised signal transductions via PTH receptor (PTH-R) and other G-protein-coupled receptors including GHRH-R. To date, while GH deficiency (GHD) has been reported in multiple patients with PHP-Ia caused by mutations on the maternally expressed GNAS coding regions a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Sano S,Iwata H,Matsubara K,Fukami M,Kagami M,Ogata T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common phenotype of nuclear receptor superfamily 5, group A, member 1 (NR5A1) gene mutations in 46,XY is gonadal dysgenesis without adrenal deficiency. Though the phenotype of gonadal dysgenesis is variable, ranging from complete female to normal male genitalia, an asymptomatic 46,XY male is rare. Preserved fertil...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Yagi H,Takagi M,Kon M,Igarashi M,Fukami M,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the total daily inulin dose (TDD) and contribution of basal insulin to TDD and to identify the predictive factors for insulin requirement profiles in subjects with type 2 diabetes, we retrospectively examined insulin requirement profiles of 275 hospitalized subjects treated with basal-bolus insulin therapy (...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Shimoda S,Okubo M,Koga K,Sekigami T,Kawashima J,Kukidome D,Igata M,Ishii N,Shimakawa A,Matsumura T,Motoshima H,Furukawa N,Nishida K,Araki E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide epidemiologic survey of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23)-related hypophosphatemic diseases was conducted in 2010 to clarify the prevalence and the clinical presentations of the disorders. A questionnaire inquiring the experience of patients with these diseases was sent to randomly selected hospitals th...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Endo I,Fukumoto S,Ozono K,Namba N,Inoue D,Okazaki R,Yamauchi M,Sugimoto T,Minagawa M,Michigami T,Nagai M,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a salt-wasting tubulointerstitial disease of autosomal recessive inheritance (OMIM613395) caused by genic mutation of SLC12A3, which codes thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (NCCT) gene. The gene mutation of the majority of GS patients is compound heterozygous. This study analyzes two cas...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Luo J,Yang X,Liang J,Li W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is characterized by elevated serum IgG4 levels, IgG4-positive plasmacytes, and lymphocyte infiltration into multiple organs. IgG4 thyroiditis is a subset of patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) who exhibited histopathological features of IgG4-RD; its source of serum Ig...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Takeshima K,Ariyasu H,Inaba H,Inagaki Y,Yamaoka H,Furukawa Y,Doi A,Furuta H,Nishi M,Akamizu T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanylin (Gn), a bioactive peptide, and its receptor, guanylyl cyclase-C (GC-C), are primarily present in the intestine and maintain homeostasis in body fluids. Recently, rats whose macrophages overexpress Gn and GC-C were found to be resistant to diet-induced obesity. Considering that obesity is strongly related to a...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hasegawa K,Akieda-Asai S,Fujii Y,Bae CR,Yasuda M,Date Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station which occurred on March 11, 2011 due to the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake (the Accident), there have been concerns over elevation of the risk of thyroid cancer among children due to internal exposure to radioactive iodine. In Fukushima Prefecture, ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Iwaku K,Noh JY,Sasaki E,Suzuki N,Kameda T,Kobayashi S,Yoshihara A,Ohye H,Watanabe N,Suzuki M,Matsumoto M,Kunii Y,Mukasa K,Sugino K,Ito K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two types of prognostic factors of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are static and dynamic. The following static prognostic factors have been conventionally adopted: age, tumor size, extrathyroid extension, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis based on pre-, intra- and post-operative findings. These fact...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Miyauchi A,Kobayashi K,Kihara M,Miya A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk factors for impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) have yet to be established. Our aim was to elucidate the predisposing factors for IFG and IGT in Japanese subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT). Using a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), we analyzed 604 adults with t...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Oka R,Yagi K,Hayashi K,Kawashiri MA,Yamagishi M,Yamada M,Fumisawa Y,Yamauchi K,Aizawa T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early thirties man diagnosed with Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) was simultaneously disclosed to have hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, central adrenal insufficiency, and GH deficiency in addition to central diabetes insipidus (CDI). Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed swelling in the stalk, enlargement o...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Manaka K,Makita N,Iiri T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and 10 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within eight osteoporosis susceptibility genes that were previously identified in genome-wide association studies (GWASs). A total of 494 men and 493 postmenopausal women participating in the Ch...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Park SE,Oh KW,Lee WY,Baek KH,Yoon KH,Son HY,Lee WC,Kang MI

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old female with hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance was admitted to our hospital because of a typical acromegalic appearance, including large, thickened bulky hands and feet, and a large prominent forehead and tongue. She did not have a Cushingoid appearance, such as a moon-face, buffalo hump, purple...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kobayashi Y,Takei M,Ohkubo Y,Kakizawa Y,Matoba H,Kumagai M,Takeda T,Suzuki S,Komatsu M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiology of insulin signaling under normal and disease conditions is well studied in classical insulin target tissues, but not in podocytes. To examine insulin stimulation of podocyte GLUT4 translocation, we established a protocol involving treatment with the PPARα agonist fenofibrate to induce E11 podocyte diff...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Saito T,Yamada E,Okada S,Shimoda Y,Tagaya Y,Hashimoto K,Satoh T,Mori M,Okada J,Pessin JE,Yamada M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study set forth the reference values for penile size and determined the prevalence of buried penis in Japanese full-term newborns. The stretched penile length was measured and the presence of buried penis was assessed at 1-7 days of age in 547 Japanese full-term newborn infants born between 2008 and 2012 i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Matsuo N,Ishii T,Takayama JI,Miwa M,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have revealed that protein malnutrition enhances insulin signaling in rat liver and muscle in response to a bolus insulin injection. However, it has not been established whether protein malnutrition up-regulates insulin signaling under physiological conditions, such as feeding. Here, we studied th...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Toyoshima Y,Tokita R,Taguchi Y,Akiyama-Akanishi N,Takenaka A,Kato H,Chida K,Hakuno F,Minami S,Takahashi S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The islets of Langerhans is the endocrine function region of pancreas, which exist in five cell types. The majority of endocrine cells are insulin-secreting β cells, mixed up with glucagon-secreting α-cells. The islets of Langerhans are highly vascularized, and the capillary network around the islet is about five time...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Cao Z,Wang X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is an emerging risk factor for metabolic disorders. No study of the association of sarcopenia with insulin resistance, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome (MS) according to age group and obesity status in the general population has been reported. We investigated these associations in the Korean population. Par...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Moon SS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we focused on the patient age as an indicator of tumor growth and prognostic significance in both clinical papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and subclinical papillary microcarcinoma (PMC: PTC ≤ 1 cm). In clinical PTC, young age (< 30 years) and old age (≥ 60 years) significantly affected the disease-fr...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Miyauchi A,Kobayashi K,Miya A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase plays an important role in folate metabolism. Individuals who are type 2 diabetes mellitus have greatest risk for the development of vascular complications. The results of studies which assessed the association between MTHFR C677T polymorphism and T2DM with vascular complications we...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Zhang D,Zhou Y,Han L,Ji H,Li J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting tumor presents with a variety of clinical features. We outlined the features of ACTH release and characteristics of corticotroph adenoma cells. We especially focused on the corticotroph adenomas in patients with no clinical features of Cushing's disease. Subclinic...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kageyama K,Oki Y,Nigawara T,Suda T,Daimon M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geographic differences have been reported to affect the morphological and molecular features of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). The area around Chernobyl is well-known to be iodine-deficient in contrast to Japan, an iodine-rich country. We reviewed histological differences in adult PTC between Ukraine and Japan. ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito M,Bogdanova T,Zurnadzhy L,Saenko V,Rogounovitch T,Mitsutake N,Kondo H,Maeda S,Nakashima M,Tronko M,Yamashita S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer in young women younger than 35 years old is rare, aggressive and associated with a poor prognosis. Endocrine therapy is a preferred treatment modality in hormone receptor-positive early stage and advanced breast cancer, combined therapy of goserelin and letrozole presents an option for premenopausal wome...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Liu X,Qu H,Cao W,Wang Y,Ma Z,Li F,Wang H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate glucose metabolism longitudinally during pregnancy to explore mechanisms underlying gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We reviewed a total of 62 pregnant Japanese women who underwent a 75g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) twice during pregnancy (median: early, 13; late, 28 w...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Saisho Y,Miyakoshi K,Ikenoue S,Kasuga Y,Matsumoto T,Minegishi K,Yoshimura Y,Itoh H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity consists of hypertrophy and hyperplasia of adipocytes. Although the number of adipocytes is influenced by anatomical location, nutritional environment, hormone and genetic variation, it has been thought to be determined by the proliferation of precursor cells and subsequent differentiation. However, our recent...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hanamoto T,Kajita K,Mori I,Ikeda T,Fujioka K,Yamauchi M,Okada H,Usui T,Takahashi N,Kitada Y,Taguchi K,Kajita T,Uno Y,Morita H,Ishizuka T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC), widely invasive FTC is aggressive and is associated with a dire prognosis. However, prognostic factors of widely invasive FTC have not been intensively investigated. In this study, we investigated this issue in a series of 79 widely invasive FTC pat...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Hirokawa M,Masuoka H,Yabuta T,Fukushima M,Kihara M,Higashiyama T,Takamura Y,Kobayashi K,Miya A,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postprandial hyperglycemia and/or hyperlipidemia can contribute to development of atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The objective of this study was to compare the effects of miglitol and sitagliptin on postprandial glucose and lipid metabolism in patients with T2DM. Thirty-five patients...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Okada K,Yagyu H,Kotani K,Yamazaki H,Ozaki K,Takahashi M,Nagashima S,Osuga J,Ishibashi S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a skeletal disorder with progressive heterotopic ossification in skeletal muscle. A mutation causing constitutive activation in a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type 1 receptor [ALK2(R206H)] is found in most patients with FOP. However, the details in the heterotopic oss...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Mao L,Yano M,Kawao N,Tamura Y,Okada K,Kaji H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of add-on therapy with sitagliptin on glycemic control was prospectively investigated in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) receiving insulin alone or insulin combined with oral antidiabetic drugs. Seventy-one patients were evaluated (38 men and 33 women aged 63.9 ± 10.2 years). They were divided...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Katsuno T,Ikeda H,Ida K,Miyagawa J,Namba M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nesfatin-1 is a polypeptide derived from the posttranslational processing of the N-terminal fragment of nucleobindin 2 (NUCB2), that was originally identified as an anorexigenic hypothalamic neuropeptide. A number of reports have recently shown that NUCB2/nesfatin-1 is widely expressed in various peripheral tissues, i...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Cao X,Liu XM,Zhou LH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuin1 (SIRT1) is activated during calorie restriction and appears to be related to energy balance through glucose or lipid metabolism and insulin signaling. These findings suggest that SIRT1 may play a role in the pathophysiology of visceral obesity. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between SIRT1 gene ex...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Lee H,Chu SH,Park JY,Park HK,Im JA,Lee JW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteins found in cow milk have been reported to cause systemic inflammation. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is known to be involved in the development of several metabolic disorders including insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, the effect of thiazolidinediones (TZDs) on ER stress...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kang SB,Kim HM,Kim HJ,Seok H,Huh JH,Lee BW,Kang ES,Lee HC,Cha BS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated hypoaldosteronism is a rare and occasionally life-threatening cause of salt wasting in infancy. A 2-month-old Japanese boy of unrelated parents was examined for failure to thrive and poor weight gain. Laboratory findings were hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, high plasma renin and low aldosterone levels. Spot ur...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Kondo E,Nakamura A,Homma K,Hasegawa T,Yamaguchi T,Narugami M,Hattori T,Aoyagi H,Ishizu K,Tajima T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association of the RETN (resistin) -420 C>G polymorphism (rs1862513) with risk of diabetes mellitus (DM), considering lifestyle factors, in Japanese. Subjects were participants of J-MICC Study, where 2,651 participants aged 35-69 years provided their blood for genotyping and lifestyle data after inform...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Hishida A,Wakai K,Okada R,Morita E,Hamajima N,Hosono S,Higaki Y,Turin TC,Suzuki S,Motahareh K,Mikami H,Tashiro N,Watanabe I,Katsuura S,Kubo M,Tanaka H,Naito M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are differences in the susceptibility of rat strains to pituitary growth and lactotroph proliferation caused by long-term treatment with estrogens. To investigate the pituitary mechanism for this strain difference in estrogen-induced lactotroph proliferation, we compared the abilities of 17-β estradiol (E2) and ...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Mitsui T,Ishida M,Izawa M,Arita J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the difference in lymph node-recurrence free survival (LN-RFS), distant recurrence-free survival (DRFS), and cause-specific survival (CSS) between patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in the entire group (Group I) and those with lymph node- and distant-recurrence-free survival...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Ito Y,Kudo T,Kihara M,Takamura Y,Kobayashi K,Miya A,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotropin levels are outside normal reference range in subclinical thyroid disease. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) involves clustered cardiovascular risk factors, including abnormal lipids, insulin resistance, and hypertension. This study aimed to investigate associations between subclinical thyroid disease, thyrotropi...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Wang CY,Chang TC,Chen MF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triptolide, a major active component of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TWHF), is known to have multiple pharmacological activities. However, studies have also shown that triptolide is highly toxic to the reproductive system by disrupting normal androgen and estrogen signaling. In the present study, we investigated the...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Zhang J,Liu L,Mu X,Jiang Z,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine clinical features of hypopituitarism in elderly subjects. Thirty-one elderly patients with hypopituitarism were enrolled. They were 19 males and 12 females, with the ages of 70.7±5.4 years ranging from 62 to 80 years. High prevalence of hyponatremia (80.6%) and hypoglyc...

journal_title：Endocrine journal

authors： Asano T,Aoki A,Sasaki M,Ikoma A,Kakei M,Kawakami M,Ishikawa SE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00