Central Obesity Is Associated with Variations in TSH and ACTH Levels among Euthyroid Obese Individuals by Difei Lu, Zhenfang Yuan, Ying Gao, Wei Liu, Junqing Zhang

“…The interactions of central obesity and body composition with thyroid hormones and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are unclear; both central obesity and body composition have an impact on energy homeostasis. …”
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Associations of the levels of adipokines and cytokines in individual follicles with in vitro fertilization outcomes in women with different ovarian reserves by Xuelan Li, Chujun Li, Jie Yang, Min Lin, Xianli Zhou, Ziyang Su, Yuting Zhang, Xinning Li, Xin Chen

“…Patients diagnosed with DOR, defined as a basal antral follicle count < 5 or an anti-Mullerian hormone concentration < 1.1 ng/mL, were assigned to the DOR group, while patients with a normal ovarian reserve (NOR) were assigned to the NOR group. …”
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Effects of physical activity on depressive and anxiety symptoms of women in the menopausal transition and menopause: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomiz... by Hongyu Yue, Yijiao Yang, Fangfang Xie, Jiahe Cui, Yang Li, Mengran Si, Shanshan Li, Fei Yao

“…In addition to traditional treatment strategies such as hormone therapy, antidepressants, and psychotherapy, physical activity (PA) have been increasingly studied, but there is no consensus about their role in menopausal women with depression and anxiety. …”
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Insights into salinity effect on growth of the spotted scat (Scatophagus argus): Exploring the optimum salinity for its culture by Maoliang Su, Zhanquan Feng, Youling Zhong, Zhiyin Ye, Junbin Zhang

“…Their values under hyperosmotic conditions (15, 20, 25 and 30 ppt) were significantly higher than those under hypoosmotic and isosmotic conditions (5 and 10 ppt), which indicated GH and IGF-I levels was associated with the environmental salinity. As for cortisol, a hormone that is involved with salinity adaption and metabolism, its level was kept relatively stable in each group during the experiment. …”
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Effects of on-farm hatching versus hatchery hatching on growth performance, gut development, and intestinal health and function in broiler chickens by Muhammad Zeeshan Akram, Ester Arévalo Sureda, Matthias Corion, Luke Comer, Nadia Everaert

“…High-throughput qPCR analyzed 79 ileal genes regarding barrier integrity, immune function, nutrient transporters, gut hormones, metabolism, and oxidation. HOF chicks had higher d1 body weights than HH chicks (P < 001), but this advantage disappeared within first week, with no subsequent performance differences. …”
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Blood Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiles of HER2 Negative Breast Cancers Patients by Ovidiu Balacescu, Loredana Balacescu, Oana Virtic, Simona Visan, Claudia Gherman, Flaviu Drigla, Laura Pop, Gabriela Bolba-Morar, Carmen Lisencu, Bogdan Fetica, Oana Tudoran, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe

“…Peripheral blood samples from seven healthy female donors and 29 women with breast cancer including 14 triple-negative breast cancers and 15 hormone-dependent breast cancers were evaluated by microarray. …”
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Osteocalcin Alleviates Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mice through GPRC6A by Mingliang Zhang, Xiaomin Nie, Yeqing Yuan, Yansu Wang, Xiaojing Ma, Jun Yin, Yuqian Bao

“…Osteocalcin is a bone-derived hormone that plays an important role in the crosstalk between bone and energy metabolism. …”
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Genome-Wide Expression Profiles of Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Response to Drought Stress by Chunsheng Gao, Chaohua Cheng, Lining Zhao, Yongting Yu, Qing Tang, Pengfei Xin, Touming Liu, Zhun Yan, Yuan Guo, Gonggu Zang

“…Eleven KEGG pathways were significantly influenced, the most influenced being the plant hormone signal transduction pathway with 15 differentially expressed genes. …”
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Evaluation of the effects of thyroid functions on frailty in geriatric patients using the Edmonton, SOF and FRAIL Scales by Galip Can Uyar, Mustafa Kemal Kılıç

“…Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effects of thyroid dysfunction on frailty among individuals aged 65 years and older. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (fT3), free thyroxine (fT4), and thyroid peroxidase antibody (anti-TPO) levels were analyzed. …”
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Acupoint massage combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine soaking therapy and nursing of a patient with hand-foot syndrome caused by oral administration of capecitabine for color... by LI Xiaomin (李晓敏), LIU Shuhong (刘书红)

“…A set of interventions including reduced or discontinued chemotherapy drugs, oral administration of vitamin B6 tablets, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, and local use of hormone ointments failed to alleviate hand-foot syndrome. …”
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Thyroid Function in Korean Adolescents with Obesity: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2013–2015) by Won Kyoung Cho, Hyo-Kyoung Nam, Jae Hyun Kim, Young-Jun Rhie, Sochung Chung, Kee-Hyoung Lee, Byung-Kyu Suh

“…Among 2679 subjects aged 10–19 years who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2013–2015), 1067 adolescents (M=559, F=508) with available data on free T4 (FT4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) were included. Study participants were classified into normal weight [body mass index (BMI) below 85th percentile, 80.7%], overweight (85th ≤ BMI< 95th percentile, 8.7%), and obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile, 10.6%). …”
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Effectiveness of progesterone supplementation in women presenting low progesterone levels on the day of frozen embryo transfer: a randomised controlled trial by Quang Thanh Le, Thi Minh Chau Le, Khue Tu Duong, Quoc Anh Nguyen, Phuc Thinh Ong, Thi Hong Nhung Nguyen, Thi Cam Thu Thai, Matheus Roque, Carlo Alviggi

“…Introduction Progesterone is an essential hormone involved in the process of implantation and pregnancy maintenance. …”
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Genome-wide identification of oat TCP gene family and expression patterns under abiotic stress by Jiaming Nie, Jiaming Nie, Hongbin Zhao, Hongbin Zhao, Hongbin Zhao, Xiaodong Guo, Xiaodong Guo, Tao Zhang, Tao Zhang, Bing Han, Bing Han, Bing Han, Huiyan Liu, Huiyan Liu

“…Additionally, various cis-acting elements related to hormone response, abiotic stress, light response, and growth and development were found in the promoters of AsTCP genes. …”
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Controlled Resistant Hypertension Following A Successful Renal Artery Stenting: A Rare Case Report in A Developing Country by Fatihatul Firdaus Munita, Badai Bhatara Tiksnadi, Januar Wibawa Martha, Margareta Ginanti Ratna

“…Screening for secondary hypertension, including laboratory tests (complete blood count, potassium, sodium, creatinine, fasting glucose, lipid profile, urinalysis, thyroid-stimulating hormone, and 24-hour urinary-free cortisol), suggested normal results. …”
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Prognosis and factors related to severe secondary hyperparathyroidism in long-term peritoneal dialysis patients by Yanmei Li, Xiaonan Feng, Na Chen, Shuhua Song, Min Yu, Yan Wang, Hongxia Zhang, Li Wang, Menghua Chen, Na Tian

“…The sSHPT and non-sSHPT groups comprised 75 (9.7%) (median progression, 35 months) and 696 patients, respectively. sSHPT was defined as a serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) level >800 pg/mL observed three times after active vitamin D pulse therapy. …”
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Comparison of ultrasound features and lesion sites in dysfunctional arteriovenous fistula by Yin Wang, Xiao-mei Huang, Yi Zhang, Jingjing Li, Jun Li, Zheng Ye, Yu Peng, Xian-jin Zhang, Na Tang, Wen-wen Qiu, Li Xu

“…In the multivariate Cox analysis, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty times (the number of times patients were treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for arteriovenous fistula stenosis dysfunction), vascular calcification, calcification at the lesion site requiring percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, and serum parathyroid hormone levels were independent risk factors for post-intervention primary patency. …”
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Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with da Vinci single-port system by Marek Kurowski, Karolina Kuczapska, Anna Gliwa, Monika Ryglewicz, Dariusz Fabian, Elżbieta Leszczyńska-Knaga, Natalia Jakubczyk, Weronika Rutkowska-Kawalec, Paweł Moczydłowski, Karolina Michalczuk

“…Treatment mainly includes surgery, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. In the case of surgical procedures, it is possible to perform prostate cancer surgery using the Da Vinci single-port surgical robot. …”
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Eucalyptus grandis WRKY genes provide insight into the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in defense against Ralstonia solanacearum by Jianlang Zhang, Xinzhu Yang, Chunyu Huo, Xinyi Fan, Qiutong Liu, Zhihong Liu, Yu Su, Zujing Chen, Zujing Chen

“…The promoter regions of 50% of members of each subfamily contain plant hormone-related cis-elements associated with defense responses, such as ABREs, TGACG motifs, and CGTCA motifs. …”
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Analysis of the clinicopathological and imaging features in breast intraductal papillary lesions with or without pathological nipple discharge by Qian Pu, Peng Li, Minghui Su, Dezong Gao

“…Meanwhile, immunohistochemistry was more likely to be hormone receptor-positive (92.6%) and Her-2 negative in the non-PND group, compared with the PND group. …”
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Symptomatic Pituitary Metastasis as Initial Manifestation of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Case Report and Review of Literature by Gunjan Y. Gandhi, Russell Fung, Patrick E. Natter, Raafat Makary, K. C. Balaji

“…The tumor was negative for neuroendocrine markers and pituitary hormone panel, ruling out the diagnosis of pituitary adenoma and triggered workup for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, clear cell type. …”
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