Localization and expression of C1QTNF6 in chicken follicles and its regulatory effect on follicular granulosa cells by Chong Li, Qi Li, Xing Wu, Zihao Zhang, Jing Li, Ruirui Jiang, Guoxi Li, Xiaojun Liu, Xiangtao Kang, Zhuanjian Li, Donghua Li, Yadong Tian

“…In vitro, stimulation with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) significantly increased the expression of C1QTNF6 in chicken preovulatory granulosa cells (PoGCs) and prehierarchical granulosa cells (PhGCs), respectively. …”
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Study of senile astheny markers against the background of acute inflammatory process in elderly and senile patients in emergency abdominal surgery by M. B. Danyliuk, S. M. Zavhorodnii, Ye. R. Fedotov, Ye. K. Mykhalchenko, I. V. Dobrodub

“…It was determined that the level of somatotropic hormone in the groups with asthenia (A and C) was equally low – p = 0.9646, U = 466.5, while when comparing the group with and without asthenia (A and B), a significant decrease in this hormone was found in group A – p = 0.0030, U = 248.5. …”
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Central precocious puberty associated with duplicated pituitary: a case report and literature review by Kun Yang, Yanmei Sang, Yanmei Sang, Li Dai, Weizhong Wang

“…As the gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRHa) stimulation test showed a positive result, the child was treated with GnRHa. …”
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Comparison of Plasma Neurosteroid and Prolactin Levels in Patients with Schizophrenia and Healthy Individuals by Forough Riahi, Maryam Izadi-mazidi, Ali Ghaffari, Elham Yousefi, Shahram Khademvatan

“…They were tested for hormone levels and completed demographic questionnaires. …”
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Activities of Amphioxus GH-Like Protein in Osmoregulation: Insight into Origin of Vertebrate GH Family by Mengyang Li, Chengyan Jiang, Yu Zhang, Shicui Zhang

“…We have shown that amphioxus possesses a single GH-like hormone (GHl) gene encoding a functional protein capable of promoting growth. …”
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Evaluation of Stature Development During Childhood and Adolescence in Individuals with Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets by Mauro M.S. Borghi, Veronica Coates, Hatim A. Omar

“…It is concluded that the most significant fact in the treatment of familial hypophosphatemic rickets in infancy was the magnitude of the final stature. The use of growth hormone can be helpful in these patients. However, research reporting treatments with the use of the growth hormone for rickets are controversial. …”
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Osmotic myelinolysis: literature review and case report by G. Rutkauskaitė, A. Klimašauskienė

“…Hyponatremia is commonly found in patients with chronic alcoholism and malnutrition and can be caused by liver diseases, the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, as well as adrenal insufficiency and iatrogenic disorders. …”
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Low-Grade Systemic Inflammation Profile, Unrelated to Homocysteinemia, in Obese Children by Emanuel V. Economou, Ariadne V. Malamitsi-Puchner, Christos P. Pitsavos, Evangelia E. Kouskouni, Ioanna Magaziotou-Elefsinioti, George Creatsas

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Re-annotation of SARS-CoV-2 proteins using an HHpred-based approach opens new opportunities for a better understanding of this virus by Brézellec, Pierre

“…To further investigate these similarities, we compared Prominin 1 and Lutropin-choriogonadotropic hormone receptor to a set of viral proteins using HHPRED. …”
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The Effect of Low Carbohydrate Diet on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Xiaoshuai Zhang, Yang Zheng, Yanan Guo, Zhiwen Lai

“…The primary outcomes included the changes in BMI, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and blood lipids, including total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteotropic hormone (LH), total testosterone (T), and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). …”
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Abnormalities in Blood Parameters in Athletes Taking Anabolic Androgenic Steroidal Agents; an Observational Clinical Study by Mubarak GS, Bamagous GA, Alsanosi SM, Alhindi YZ, Alqashqari HS, Albar HT, Siddiqi AM, Ayoub N, Falemban AH

“…High levels of testosterone, prolactin, alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transferase (AST) and lipid profile, and low luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) were observed.Conclusion: The unsupervised use of AAS alone or in combination with other hormones and/or supplements may lead to adverse effects. …”
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Woxuanzhongzhou formula improves DHEAS and high-fat diet-induced IR and anovulatory mice via AMPK/PGC1- α/Irisin pathway by Haijuan Liu, Guohua Wang, Conglu Sui, Yanan Guo, Xiangyu He

“…Significant reductions were observed in body weight, serum testosterone, luteinizing hormone, luteinizing hormone/ follicle-stimulating hormone ratio, FINS, and HOMA-IR. …”
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Sperm quality of Litopenaeus vannamei broostock injected by PMSG and antidopamin by Fahmi Akbar, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Siti Subaidah

“…The results showed that PMSG hormone and AD injection could improve sperm quality of L. vannamei shrimp. …”
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Intratesticular Testosterone and Its Precursors among Azoospermic Men: A Pilot Study by I-Shen Huang, Li-Hua Li, Wei-Jen Chen, Chi-Chang Juan, William J. Huang

“…Among NOA men with successful retrieval after hormone optimization therapy, there was decreased androstenedione and increased HSD17B3 enzyme activity. …”

Transcriptome and chromatin accessibility landscape of ovarian development at different egg-laying stages in taihe black-bone silky fowls by Jingyi Zhang, Yong Cui, Jiming Ruan, Haiyan Zhu, Haiping Liang, Ji Cao, Qing Wei, Jianzhen Huang

“…The results showed that during peak egg-laying, serum levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2), and progesterone (P4) in the SF were higher than in the other laying periods. …”
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Severe pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy: a case report by Yi Lin, Zhao-Zhao Jiang, Xiao-Qian Chi, Jian-Sheng Chen, Chao Wen, Chao Zhang, Ying-Ying Wang, Guang-Liang Xie

“…BackgroundNocardia species are rare opportunistic pathogens in the clinic, with strong invasiveness and dissemination, that can cause serious pulmonary infection, especially in immunocompromised patients, chronic lung diseases and hormone use, and is easy to be missed and misdiagnosed, preventing patients from obtaining timely and effective treatment, resulting in a high mortality rate.Case presentationHere, we present a rare case of a patient with chronic bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy who developed Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pneumonia shortly after hormone therapy. …”
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Patient-derived response estimates from zero-passage organoids of luminal breast cancer by Róża K. Przanowska, Najwa Labban, Piotr Przanowski, Russell B. Hawes, Kristen A. Atkins, Shayna L. Showalter, Kevin A. Janes

“…Abstract Background Primary luminal breast cancer cells lose their identity rapidly in standard tissue culture, which is problematic for testing hormone interventions and molecular pathways specific to the luminal subtype. …”
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Reproductive and genotoxic effects of dinotefuran in male Sprague Dawley rats by A. G. Abdelkader, W. H. Mohamed, M. Abou-Ellail, K. A. Amein

“…Relative testicular weight, testosterone, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) levels, sperm viability, sperm morphology, chromosomal aberrations assay, expression of inter-leukin 6 (IL-6) and cluster of differentiation 68 (CD68), and histopathological changes in testes of these rats were examined after 8 weeks. …”

Obesity Hypertension: The Regulatory Role of Leptin by Shilpa Kshatriya, Kan Liu, Ali Salah, Tamas Szombathy, Ronald H. Freeman, Garry P. Reams, Robert M. Spear, Daniel Villarreal

“…Leptin is a 16-kDa-peptide hormone that is primarily synthesized and secreted by adipose tissue. …”
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Functional Diversity of Fibroblast Growth Factors in Bone Formation by Yuichiro Takei, Tomoko Minamizaki, Yuji Yoshiko

“…Recently, several research groups, including ours, have shown that FGF23, a member of the hormone-like FGF subfamily, is primarily expressed in osteocytes/osteoblasts. …”
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