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Department of Medicine, Neuroendocrinology Clinic, Departments of Medicine and Neurological Surgery, Pituitary Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Introduction Cushing's disease (CD) is caused by an adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-secreting pituitary tumor that stimulates cortisol production by the adrenal glands. Morbidity and mortality are significantly increased if hypercortisolemia is left
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concentrations of the hormones insulin, growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), cortisol and leptin were measured only in samples obtained at 0, 44 and 48 h from the 6-month-old fasted adolescent lambs (except that of cortisol due to lack of a
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domains, and the cloned MR was used in ‘cis-trans’ assays to provide functional characterization of the receptor including its ability to bind both aldosterone and cortisol ( Evans & Arriza 1989 ). These transcription factors enhanced gene expression in
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Introduction In late gestation, normal fetal growth and fetal cardiovascular homeostasis is dependent on the proper regulation of maternal cortisol levels. Although reductions in maternal cortisol prevent the normal increases in maternal plasma
Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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et al. 2005 ). The MR is unique in having two physiological agonist ligands, aldosterone and cortisol (corticosterone in rodents). However, they are not equivalent in that each induces subtly different conformations in the LBD with functional
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Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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. The limit of detection for progesterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC), corticosterone, DHC, 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, and cortisone was improved four-fold, from 0.2 to 0.05 pg. Standard curves, controls, blanks (solvent with deuterated internal
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activate the hypothalamic–pituitary–interrenal axis and as a result are associated with an increase in the circulating levels of the primary glucocorticoid in teleosts fish, cortisol ( Wendelaar Bonga 1997 , Bernier et al . 2009 ). Since glucocorticoids
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). By contrast, cortisol secretion in response to a second infusion of PAF was diminished ( Shimada et al. 2005 ). Thus, PAF desensitizes steroidogenesis in a homologous manner through its own ligand. The mechanism of such receptor-specific homologous
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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( Izquierdo 1996 ), raised the basal plasma cortisol levels and altered the pattern of cortisol release after stress ( Montero et al. 1998 ). Cortisol is a key corticosteroid hormone for homeostatic response to stress in all vertebrates, through its effects
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, we looked for a possible interplay between BDNF and cortisol, the circadian physiological rhythm of which is well recognized in human plasma, with a zenith in the morning and a large decrease during the day. For this purpose, we studied whether there