274,529 results match your criteria Adrenal Carcinoma
Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Medicover GmbH, Berlin/Hannover, Germany.
The pituitary gland and the hypothalamus can be affected by autoimmune-mediated structural and functional disruption. These autoimmune-mediated diseases occur more commonly in females and are often found during pregnancy or in the post-partum period. Autoimmune diseases can either affect parts of the pituitary or hypothalamus, or can involve both sellar and suprasellar structures. Read More
Fatigue 2018 3;6(1):5-19. Epub 2017 Dec 3.
Liver & Energy Metabolism Unit, Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Aims: We sought to examine whether disturbances in central and peripheral circadian rhythms were related to the experience of fatigue in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD).
Methods: Fatigued and non-fatigued patients with compensated CLD were enrolled in a prospective pilot study. Patients underwent a one week evaluation of free-living sleep and physical activity patterns, followed by a 24-hour admission, during which they underwent serial blood sampling, polysomnography, a 6-minute walk test and continuous core temperature measurements under standardized conditions. Read More
Radiol Case Rep 2019 Mar 5;14(3):309-314. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Sciences, and Aging, 2nd Division of Neurology, Center for Rare Diseases and InterUniversity Center for Research in Neurosciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Sergio Pansini, 80131 Naples, Italy.
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a rare inherited metabolic disease affecting the nervous system and the adrenal glands. It is caused by a mutation of the gene, resulting in the impaired degradation of very long-chain fatty acids and their subsequent accumulation in several organs and tissues. X-ALD is notable for its high phenotypical variability, that includes isolated adrenocortical insufficiency, slowly progressive myelopathy with paraparesis, ataxia, and peripheral neuropathy to severe childhood cerebral forms. Read More
Front Physiol 2018 28;9:1665. Epub 2018 Nov 28.
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Poyang is the largest freshwater lake in China, where the acoustic environment and space for the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoises (YFPs) has been altered by heavy vessel traffic and dredging activities. The density of vessel and the rate of dredging increases annually, especially in the area with the highest density of YFPs. The heavy vessel traffic can cause an increase in the physical activities and direct physical injuries to the YFPs. Read More
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2018 Dec;16(12):1424-1428
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgical Pathology, Department of Medical Oncology, and Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent 1% of alimentary tract neoplasms. Up to 90% of GISTs are driven by activating mutations in tyrosine kinase or α genes. Imatinib mesylate is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has recently been used in a neoadjuvant role for locally advanced GIST. Read More
J Biol Chem 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Microbiology & Immunology, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States.
Catecholamine neurotransmitter levels in the synapses of the brain shape human disposition - cognitive flexibility, aggression, depression, reward seeking… - and manipulating these levels is a major objective of the pharmaceutical industry. Certain neurotransmitters are extensively sulfonated and inactivated by human sulfotransferase 1A3 (SULT1A3). To our knowledge, sulfonation as therapeutic means of regulating transmitter activity has not been explored. Read More
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ile-de-France Ouest, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France.
Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of local infiltration analgesia (LIA) and interscalene nerve block (ISB) for early postoperative pain control after total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA). The hypothesis was that LIA is not inferior to ISB.
Methods: A prospective, randomized controlled study was performed in 2014-2016. Read More
Toxins (Basel) 2018 Dec 12;10(12). Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Applied Toxicology, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS 92425⁻900, Brazil.
Phα1β, a purified peptide from the venom of the spider , and its recombinant form CTK 01512-2 are voltage-dependent calcium channel (Ca) blockers of types N, R, /Q, and L with a preference for type N. These peptides show analgesic action in different pain models in rats. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acute intrathecal toxicity of the native and recombinant Phα1β toxin in Wistar rats. Read More
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Dec;97(49):e13469
Department of Emergency Surgery, Union Hospital.
Rationale: About 50% of patients with a diagnosis of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma exhibit metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. The preferential sites of extrapulmonary spread are the lymph nodes, liver, brain, adrenal glands, and bones; gastrointestinal tract perforation secondary to metastatic lung cancer is extremely rare.
Patient Concerns: A 60-year-old male nonsmoker patient presented with a 20-day history of facial, neck, and right upper limb edema. Read More
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Dec;97(49):e13432
Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Sciences, Clinical Biochemistry Section, University of Verona, Verona.
Cocoa is a rich source bioactive compounds, i.e., flavan-3-ols, and its consumption has been associated with several beneficial effects, such as the positive modulation of the hemostasis targeted by the platelet function. Read More
Nucleic Acids Res 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01604, USA.
Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based therapies are proving to be efficient for treating liver-associated disorders. However, extra-hepatic delivery remains challenging, limiting therapeutic siRNA utility. We synthesized a panel of fifteen lipid-conjugated siRNAs and systematically evaluated the impact of conjugate on siRNA tissue distribution and efficacy. Read More
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2018 Dec 6;102:128-138. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China. Electronic address:
Maternal environmental factors such as diet have profound effects on offspring development and later health. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is an important stress neuroendocrine system that is subject to programming by early life challenges. The present study was further to investigate whether maternal high fat diet (HFD) exposure during rat pregnancy and lactation can alter the HPA axis activity in adult male offspring. Read More
Thromb Res 2018 Dec 6;174:5-12. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Cardiovascular Research Centre (CVRC), School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Introduction: Platelet aggregation and secretion can be induced by a large number of endogenous activators, such as collagen, adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and epinephrine. Conversely, the blood vessel endothelium constitutively release platelet inhibitors including nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin. NO and prostacyclin are also well-known vasodilators and contribute to alterations in local blood flow and systemic blood pressure. Read More
Hinyokika Kiyo 2018 Nov;64(11):439-443
The Department of Urology, Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital.
A 71-year-old man with left flank pain was referred to our hospital. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a left renal tumor, left renal pelvic wall thickening, bilateral adrenal gland swelling, multiple pulmonary nodules, and a bone metastatic tumor. Further, positron emission tomography/CT revealed increased 18F fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the left renal tumor, multiple pulmonary nodules, and bone metastatic tumor. Read More
Hinyokika Kiyo 2018 Nov;64(11):435-438
The Department of Urology, Osaka National Hospital.
A 69-year-old woman was admitted to the previous hospital because of a right adrenal tumor detected by a medical checkup. Although the tumor was diagnosed as non-functional adrenal adenoma, abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a left renal mass which was suspected to be renal cell carcinoma. Chest CT seeking for metastatic lesions revealed lung cancer of the left lung. Read More
Curr Cardiol Rev 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Cardiology Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, IL. United States.
The management of patients with shock is extremely challenging because of the myriad of possible clinical presentations in cardiogenic shock, septic shock and hypovolemic shock and the limitations of contemporary therapeutic options. The treatment of shock includes the administration of endogenous catecholamines (epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine) as well as various vasopressor agents that have shown efficacy in the treatment of the various types of shock. In addition to the endogenous catecholamines, dobutamine, isoproterenol, phenylephrine, and milrinone have served as the mainstays of shock therapy for several decades. Read More
F1000Res 2018 27;7. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
Department of Cancer Biology and Therapeutics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, 131 Garran Road, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.
The ryanodine receptor calcium release channel is central to cytoplasmic Ca signalling in skeletal muscle, the heart, and many other tissues, including the central nervous system, lymphocytes, stomach, kidney, adrenal glands, ovaries, testes, thymus, and lungs. The ion channel protein is massive (more than 2.2 MDa) and has a structure that has defied detailed determination until recent developments in cryo-electron microscopy revealed much of its structure at near-atomic resolution. Read More
Exp Ther Med 2018 Dec 19;16(6):4685-4689. Epub 2018 Sep 19.
Department of Anesthesiology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, P.R. China.
Effects of dexmedetomidine on postoperative cognitive function in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were investigated. Eighty patients undergoing systemic anesthesia with extracorporeal coronary artery bypass grafting in The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from January 2015 to August 2017 were selected and randomly divided into the observation group (n=40) and control group (n=40). The two groups were treated with dexmedetomidine and equal volume of normal saline, respectively. Read More
Front Pharmacol 2018 13;9:1274. Epub 2018 Nov 13.
School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
TLQP-21 is a neuropeptide that is involved in the control of several physiological functions, including energy homeostasis. Since TLQP-21 could oppose the early phase of diet-induced obesity, it has raised a huge interest, but very little is known about its mechanisms of action on peripheral tissues. Our aim was to investigate TLQP-21 distribution in brain and peripheral tissues after systemic administration using positron emission tomography. Read More
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Génétique Reproduction & Développement, CNRS UMR 6293, Inserm U1103, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France;
Adrenal cortex steroids are essential for body homeostasis, and adrenal insufficiency is a life-threatening condition. Adrenal endocrine activity is maintained through recruitment of subcapsular progenitor cells that follow a unidirectional differentiation path from zona glomerulosa to zona fasciculata (zF). Here, we show that this unidirectionality is ensured by the histone methyltransferase EZH2. Read More
Zhonghua Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue 2018 Nov;30(11):1083-1086
Department of Dermatology, Xinxiang Central Hospital, Xinxiang 453000, Henan, China. Corresponding author: Gan Caibin, Email:
Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of epinephrine combined with acupuncture on anaphylactic shock and its mechanism.
Methods: Sixty male Kunming mice were randomly divided into normal saline (NS) group, anaphylactic shock model group, and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment group with 20 mice in each group. The anaphylactic shock model was reproduced by egg albumin infusion: intraperitoneal injection of 0. Read More
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018 Dec;98(46):3778-3783
Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China.
To investigate the effects of dexmedetomidine on perioperative stress and postoperative pain in patients with radical resection of esophageal cancer under combined thoracoscope and laparoscope. In this prospective study, one hundred patients undergoing radical resection of esophageal cancer in Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2016 to October 2017, were randomly divided into control group (group C) and dexmedetomidine group (group D), =50. All patients were anaesthetized (induced and maintained) with intravenous target-controlled infusion(TCl) of propofol and remifentanil, and intermittent intravenous injection of cisatracuriumbesylate. Read More
Front Aging Neurosci 2018 20;10:383. Epub 2018 Nov 20.
Independent Researcher, Hangzhou, China.
Preclinical studies have found both hyperactivity of hypothalamic- pituitary- adrenal (HPA) axis and synaptic degeneration are involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the data on the relationship of activity of HPA axis and synaptic degeneration in humans are limited. We compared CSF cortisol levels in 310 subjects, including 92 cognitively normal older people, 149 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 69 patients with mild AD. Read More
Orbit 2018 Dec 7:1-6. Epub 2018 Dec 7.
b Professor in Endocrinology , St George Public Hospital , Kogarah , NSW , Australia.
Paraneoplastic syndrome is a rare but reversible cause of non-thyroid-related extraocular muscle enlargement. We present a 71-year-old lady with diplopia, restricted eye movements, suppressed thyroid-stimulating hormone and enlargement of all extraocular muscles while on thyroxine replacement for hypothyroidism. She had distant history of metastatic breast cancer treated with chemotherapy, surgical resection and tamoxifen. Read More
Abdom Radiol (NY) 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N. Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Current Medicare MIP measures encourage radiologists not to recommend follow-up for ≤ 1 cm adrenal nodules. However, a radiologist may be the first to discover a small, subclinical pheochromocytoma. As such, recognition of the enhancement pattern of pheochromocytoma is important to ensure detection and properly guide management, which begins with clinical and laboratory assessment for elevated catecholamines. Read More
Nutr Res 2018 Oct 28. Epub 2018 Oct 28.
Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. Electronic address:
Despite the growing awareness regarding lutein's putative roles in eyes and brain, its pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution in primates have been poorly understood. We hypothesized that C-lutein will be differentially distributed into tissues of an adult rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) 3 days following a single oral dose. After a year of prefeeding a diet supplemented with unlabeled lutein (1 μmol/kg/d), a 19-year-old female was dosed with 1. Read More
J Med Case Rep 2018 Dec 6;12(1):361. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Surgery, 424 General Military Hospital of Thessaloniki, Agiou Nikolaou 42, 55,132, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece.
In the publication of this article [1], there is an error in the Family Name and Given Name of the authors since these were interchanged. Read More
Korean J Intern Med 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
Background/aims: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are a treatment of choice for eosinophilic airway diseases, but their efficacy for other causes of chronic cough is controversial.
Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study to determine the ICS efficacy and clinical predictors of response to ICS in patients with upper airway cough syndrome (UACS) or unexplained chronic cough (UCC). Sixty-eight patients with UACS and 33 patients with UCC (duration of cough ≥ 8 weeks) were treated with ICS: 250 µg of fluticasone propionate or 400 µg of budesonide twice a day at physician's discretion. Read More
Nurs Res 2019 Jan/Feb;68(1):48-56
Jenna K. Rieder, BA, is Research Assistant, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, NY. Lorie S. Goshin, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor; and D.R. Gina Sissoko, BA, is Research Assistant, Hunter College, The City University of New York, NY. Olena Kleshchova, MS, is Research Assistant, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, NY. Mariann R. Weierich, PhD, is Associate Professor, Hunter College, The City University of New York, NY.
Background: Community criminal justice supervised mothers are an underserved population who experience high rates of psychological distress and unique parenting challenges, but little is known about physiological stress system function in this population.
Objective: We tested the salivary biomarkers of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function as predictors of subjective maternal stress.
Method: We recruited 23 mothers (age: M = 35. Read More
Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2018 Dec 10;73(suppl 1):e756s. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Unidade de Suprarrenal, Laboratorio de Hormonios e Genetica Molecular LIM/42, Servico de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
Malignancy must be considered in the management of adrenal lesions, including those incidentally identified on imaging studies. Adrenocortical carcinomas (ACCs) are rare tumors with an estimated annual incidence of 0.7-2 cases per year and a worldwide prevalence of 4-12 cases per million/year. Read More
Curr Radiopharm 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, S. Andrea Hospital, La Spezia. Italy.
Objective: Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are generally defined as rare and heterogeneous tumors. The gastrointestinal system is the most frequent site of NENs localization, however they can be found in other anatomical regions, such as pancreas, lungs, ovaries, thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands. Neuroendocrine neoplasms have significant clinical manifestations depending on the production of active peptide. Read More
Anesth Pain Med 2018 Oct 15;8(5):e69600. Epub 2018 Oct 15.
Department of Anesthesiology, Imam Reza Hospital, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
Background: Spinal anesthesia, as an effective approach, is widely performed in various surgeries with possible complications. To reduce the side effects, many adjuvants are used to maintain desirable sensory and motor blockades and increase the quality and prolong the analgesia.
Methods: In the current double-blind, randomized clinical trial, 105 participants aged 18 - 60 years with ASA class I or II who were candidate for lower limb surgery were randomly allocated to patients receiving bupivacaine 15 mg + normal saline 1 mL (B group), bupivacaine 15 mg + epinephrine 10 µg (BE group), and bupivacaine 15 mg + sufentanyl 5 µg (BS group). Read More
Case Rep Oncol Med 2018 13;2018:1301562. Epub 2018 Nov 13.
Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat Disease, Bakırköy Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
A 53-year-old man was admitted for tooth mobility. A mass was identified at the tooth base by CT. Histopathology of the excisional biopsy revealed a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Read More
EPMA J 2018 Dec 21;9(4):421-429. Epub 2018 Sep 21.
7Department of Radiology, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Objectives: This study aims to define a radiomic signature for pre-operative differentiation between subclinical pheochromocytoma (sPHEO) and lipid-poor adrenal adenoma (LPA) in adrenal incidentaloma. The goal was to apply a predictive, preventive, and personalized medical approach to the management of adrenal tumors.
Patients And Methods: This retrospective study consisted of 265 consecutive patients (training cohort, 212 (LPA, 145; sPHEO, 67); validation cohort, 53 (LPA, 36; sPHEO, 17)). Read More
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018 27;9:515. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PCCs/PGLs) are rare commonly benign neuroendocrine tumors that share pathology features and clinical behavior in many cases. While PCCs are chromaffin-derived tumors that arise within the adrenal medulla, PGLs are neural-crest-derived tumors that originate at the extraadrenal paraganglia. Pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma (PPGL) syndromes are rapidly evolving entities in endocrinology and oncology. Read More
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018 Dec 8. Epub 2018 Dec 8.
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Science, Florida State University, 600 W. College Avenue, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA; Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Florida State University, 600 W. College Avenue, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA. Electronic address:
Exercise increases skeletal muscle health in part by altering the types of genes that are transcribed. Previous work suggested that glucocorticoids signal through the protein Regulated in Development and DNA Damage 1 (REDD1) to regulate gene expression following acute aerobic exercise. The present study shows that expression of the core clock gene, Period1, is among those modulated by the glucocorticoid-REDD1 signaling pathway in skeletal muscle. Read More
J Cardiol Cases 2014 Feb 16;9(2):63-66. Epub 2013 Dec 16.
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
A 45-year-old female went into cardiopulmonary arrest. She was in ventricular fibrillation (VF) and was defibrillated using an automated external defibrillator. After arrival at our hospital, electrocardiography monitoring showed QT prolongation. Read More
J Cardiol Cases 2014 Dec 30;10(6):226-230. Epub 2014 Aug 30.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
A 58-year-old man was admitted for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A medicated stent was used for severe coronary artery stenosis. However, consciousness level progressively deteriorated after angioplasty. Read More
J Cardiol Cases 2014 Oct 17;10(4):129-131. Epub 2014 Jul 17.
Division of Cardiology, Schuechtermann Clinic, Bad Rothenfelde, Germany.
We describe a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 75-year-old woman after an elective extraction of 10 teeth of the lower jaw using bilateral mandibular anesthesia. The patient complained of shortness of breath and chest pain after 24 h. Coronary angiography showed smooth normal coronary arteries with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction III flow. Read More
Horm Res Paediatr 2018 Dec 11:1-10. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Background/aims: Mutations in the DAX1 gene cause X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) classically associated with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Unexpectedly, precocious puberty (PP) has been reported in some cases, its mechanism remaining unclear.
Methods: We longitudinally studied a boy with AHC due to DAX1 gene mutation who developed peripheral PP at age 4. Read More
J Vet Intern Med 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Background: Spontaneous hypercortisolism or Cushing's syndrome in dogs is either pituitary or adrenal dependent, but concurrent pituitary and adrenal hypercortisolism also has been reported.
Objective: To determine how often concurrent pituitary and adrenal lesions are present in dogs with spontaneous hypercortisolism.
Animals: Two hundred one client-owned dogs with spontaneous hypercortisolism. Read More
J Intern Med 2018 Dec 8. Epub 2018 Dec 8.
Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76, Stockholm.
Pheochromocytomas (PCC) and paragangliomas (PGL), collectively abbreviated PPGL are rare tumours originating from the chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla (PCC) or the sympathetic or parasympathetic extra-adrenal paraganglia (PGL) (1, 2), Figure 1. The enlarged cell volume leads to increased levels of catecholamines (adrenaline, noraderenaline and/or dopamine) and their metabolites which can be measured in plasma or urine for biochemical diagnosis. Hormone-producing PPGL commonly originate from sympathetic paraganglia in the adrenal glands, abdomen or pelvis (3). Read More
Endocrine 2018 Dec 8. Epub 2018 Dec 8.
Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.
Nucleic Acids Res 2018 Dec 8. Epub 2018 Dec 8.
RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Efficient delivery of therapeutic RNA beyond the liver is the fundamental obstacle preventing its clinical utility. Lipid conjugation increases plasma half-life and enhances tissue accumulation and cellular uptake of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). However, the mechanism relating lipid hydrophobicity, structure, and siRNA pharmacokinetics is unclear. Read More
Mil Med 2018 Dec 7. Epub 2018 Dec 7.
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
Introduction: The U.S. Air Force utilizes specialized Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT) for transporting "stabilized" patients. Read More
Endocr Connect 2018 Dec;7(12):1409-1414
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacochemistry Unit, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, AP-HP, Paris, France.
Background The combination of mitotane and platinum-etoposide chemotherapy is a front-line treatment in metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), although this regimen shows limited efficacy. Pharmacokinetic drug-drug interaction between mitotane, a strong CYP3A4 inducer, and etoposide, which is a substrate of CYP3A4, may contribute to chemoresistance. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the pharmacokinetic interaction between mitotane and etoposide in ACC patients. Read More
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018 23;9:703. Epub 2018 Nov 23.
Neuroscience Department, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Preclinical testing of treatments for postpartum depression (PPD) has been limited due to the lack of available animal models of such a complex disorder. To address this limitation, our laboratory has generated unique preclinical mouse models that exhibit abnormal postpartum behaviors. Mice with a loss or reduction in the expression of the GABA receptor (GABAR) δ subunit ( or , respectively) and mice that lack the K/Cl co-transporter, KCC2, specifically in corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons (KCC2/Crh mice) exhibit depression-like behaviors restricted to the postpartum period and deficits in maternal care, which serve as useful tools for testing novel therapeutic compounds. Read More
Curr Genomics 2018 Dec;19(8):665-675
1Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; 2Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; 3Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Early life stress in humans (i.e. maltreatment, violence exposure, loss of a loved one) and in rodents (i. Read More
Curr Genomics 2018 Dec;19(8):653-664
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL60208, USA.
Early life adversity is associated with both persistent disruptions in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and psychiatric symptoms. Glucocorticoid receptors (GRs), which are encoded by the NR3C1 gene, bind to cortisol and other glucocorticoids to create a negative feedback loop within the HPA axis to regulate the body's neuroendocrine response to stress. Excess methylation of a promoter sequence within NR3C1 that attenuates GR expression, however, has been associated with both early life adversity and psychopathology. Read More
Med Sci Monit 2018 Dec 10;24:8925-8932. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Department of Anesthesiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China (mainland).
BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the effects of combined usage of dexmedetomidine (DEX) and sufentanil on young patients with postoperative delirium (POD) after general anesthesia. MATERIAL AND METHODS We randomized 100 young patients with POD into 4 groups: Group D, Group S, Group DS1, and Group DS2, with loading and maintenance doses of DEX and/or sufentanil administered according to the experimental protocol. Hemodynamic variables, standard visual analogue scale (VAS) scores, sedation agitation scale (SAS) scores, stress hormones, and inflammatory biomarkers were assessed at 5 time-points: baseline (T1); 1 h (T2), 2 h (T3), 4 h (T4), and 8 h (T5) after completion of the loading dose. Read More