Indications for an antidepressive effect of thymosin alpha-1 in a small open-label proof of concept study in common variable immune deficiency patients with depression by Daniël G. Aynekulu Mersha, Sarah E. Fromme, Frank van Boven, Gara Arteaga-Henríquez, Annemarie Wijkhuijs, Marianne van der Ent, Raf Berghmans, Bernard T. Baune, Hemmo A. Drexhage, Virgil Dalm

“…Conclusion: This preliminary small study suggests thymus hormone treatment to have antidepressive and related immune correcting effects. …”
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Putative effects of moringa oil or its nano-emulsion on the growth, physiological responses, blood health, semen quality, and the sperm antioxidant-related genes in ram by Rehab F. S. A. Ismail, Wael A. Khalil, Sara I. Grawish, Karima Gh. M. Mahmoud, Sameh A. Abdelnour, Alaa M. A. Gad

“…Serum and seminal interstitial-cell-stimulating hormone (ICSH) levels were significantly improved (P < 0.0001) in the NMO group. …”
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Integrated serum metabolomics and network pharmacology reveal molecular mechanism of Qixue Huazheng formula on peritoneal fibrosis by Xiaohui Meng, Xiaohui Meng, Li Sheng, Yongqing You, Yongqing You, Huibo Dai, Manshu Yu, Funing Wang, Funing Wang, Ziren Zhou, Ziren Zhou, Yun Shan, Meixiao Sheng

“…Integrated data analysis indicated that steroid hormone biosynthesis, the Ras signaling pathway, apoptosis, and estrogen signaling contributed to the effects of QXHZF. …”
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Increasing prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in childhood type 1 diabetes in the pre-COVID but not during the COVID era by Vivien Herczeg, Eszter Muzslay, Diána Czipó, Lili Terkovics, Johanna Takács, Réka Garai, Réka Garai, Fanni Kovács, Andrea Luczay, Anna Körner, Péter Tóth-Heyn

“…Among our children with TA, 28.5% exhibited clinically relevant thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) abnormalities (most commonly subclinical hypothyroidism) and/or were prescribed thyroid medication. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of mRNA and miRNA differential expression profiles in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis in laying and broodiness period of Wanxi white geese by Xinwei Tong, Xiaojin Li, Yuhua Wang, Fei Xie, Ruidong Li, Man Ren, Qianqian Hu, Shenghe Li

“…Gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) functional enrichment analysis showed that differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) were significantly enriched in hormone level regulation, cell communication, calcium signaling pathway, GnRH signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, Wnt signaling pathway, and other processes. …”
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Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Analogue ZP1849 Augments Colonic Anastomotic Wound Healing by Marie Kjaer, Wayne Russell, Peter Schjerling, Elena Cottarelli, Kennet N. Christjansen, Ditte M. G. Olsen, Peter-Martin Krarup, Lene Jessen, Mark Berner-Hansen, Lars N. Jorgensen, Magnus S. Ågren

“…Background. The enteroendocrine hormone glucagon-like peptide- (GLP-) 2 is a potent trophic factor in the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Effect of Estradiol-17β Injection on Gonad Development of White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) by . Tarsim, M. Zairin Junior, E. Riani

“… The methods for hormonal control of shrimp reproduction are very limited, and only eyestalk ablation is used to induce ovarian development and spawning in shrimp farming. …”
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Left ventricular remodeling and its association with mineral and bone disorder in kidney transplant recipients by Li Sun, Dongliang Zhang, Jiawen Liu, Xiang Gao, Chuanjian Suo, Shuang Fei, Zhengkai Huang, Zijie Wang, Hao Chen, Jun Tao, Zhijian Han, Xiaobing Ju, Zengjun Wang, Min Gu, Ruoyun Tan

“…LVH was positively associated with postoperative intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and iPTH nonnormalization. ΔLVMI was positively associated with preoperative type-I collagen N-terminal peptide and postoperative iPTH. …”
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Real-World Experience with CDK4/6 Inhibitors in the First-Line Palliative Setting for HR+/HER2− Advanced Breast Cancer by Ram Patel, John Mathews, Caroline Hamm, Swati Kulkarni, Rasna Gupta, Tarquin Opperman, John Dean Chiong, Abdullah Nasser

“…Introduction: CDK4/6 inhibitors in combination with aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are the standard first-line treatment for hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2−) metastatic breast cancer. …”
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Parathyroid carcinoma: impact of preoperative diagnosis on the choice of surgical procedure by Yoshitaka Kawai, Yo Kishimoto, Hisanobu Tamaki, Takashi Fujiwara, Ryo Asato, Koji Ushiro, Shogo Shinohara, Shinpei Kada, Shinji Takebayashi, Tsuyoshi Kojima, Shuya Otsuki, Masakazu Miyazaki, Yohei Kumabe, Koichi Omori

“…Although an intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) threshold to suspect malignancy has not been established, six cases showed marked iPTH elevation exceeding 8.0 times the upper limit of normal. …”
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Comparative transcriptomic analysis and identification of candidate genes related to Verticillium wilt resistance in Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum by Jieyin Zhao, Xingui Hu, Yuxiang Wang, Jiaxin Lu, Wenju Gao, Xuening Su, Quanjia Chen, Yanying Qu

“…Further analysis of the expression of hormone biosynthesis- and signal transduction-related genes revealed that most of the genes in the salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA) and ethylene (ET) biosynthesis pathways were highly expressed in Hai7124; the expression of SA and JA biosynthesis genes began to be significantly upregulated in the early stage of Verticillium wilt stress, while the expression of ET biosynthesis genes was upregulated mainly in the later stage. …”
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Incidence and temporal patterns of true recurrences and second primaries in women with breast cancer: A 10-year competing risk-adjusted analysis by Silvia Mancini, Lauro Bucchi, Annibale Biggeri, Orietta Giuliani, Flavia Baldacchini, Alessandra Ravaioli, Federica Zamagni, Fabio Falcini, Rosa Vattiato

“…Prognostic factors for TRs (tumour stage and grade, lymph node status and residual disease) and SBCs (patient age and –inverse association– hormone therapy) were different. In the 9th-10th year of follow-up, the excess incidence of total BC episodes as compared with the expected incidence of BC was no longer significant (standardised incidence ratio, 1.15; 95 % CI, 0.86–1.53). …”
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FGF23-related hypophosphatemia in a patient with small cell lung cancer: a case report and literature review by Hajime Kato, Soichiro Kimura, Maho Taguchi, Takashi Sunouchi, Yoshitomo Hoshino, Naoko Hidaka, Nadia Edvige Foligno, Minae Koga, Katsunori Manaka, Hiroyuki Tamiya, Masanori Kawakami, Hidenori Kage, Yoichi Yasunaga, Masaomi Nangaku, Noriko Makita, Nobuaki Ito

“…Although it is very rare, FGF23-related hypophosphatemia is one of the hormonal disturbances that could be observed in patients with small cell lung cancer. …”
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Two-dimensional semantic morphological feature extraction and atlas construction of maize ear leaves by Hongli Song, Hongli Song, Weiliang Wen, Weiliang Wen, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yanxin Zhao, Xinyu Guo, Xinyu Guo, Chunjiang Zhao, Chunjiang Zhao, Chunjiang Zhao

“…Maize ear leaves have important roles in photosynthesis, nutrient partitioning and hormone regulation. The morphological and structural variations observed in maize ear leaves are numerous and contribute significantly to the yield. …”
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Impact of gut microbial diversity on egg production performance in chickens by Liping Wu, Tao Zhang, Zhihua Luo, Huiyuan Xiao, Di Wang, Cailong Wu, Xinyan Fang, Jiawei Li, Jing Zhou, Junjie Miao, Hongli Tan, Yanan Wang, Qing Liu, Jianhua Huang

“…These differences in gut microbiota influence key physiological functions, including nutrient absorption and hormone regulation through metabolic pathways, and directly affect egg production performance. …”
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Evaluation of bone mineral density and its influencing factors in patients infected with HIV under antiretroviral therapy by Alireza Azarboo, Mahboobeh Hemmatabadi, Noushin Fahimfar, Zahra Faghihi, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Nooshin Shirzad, Ladan Abbasian

“…., lumbar BMD: r = -0.24, p = 0.03). Parathyroid hormone (PTH) showed negative correlations with femoral neck and total hip BMD (r = -0.26, p = 0.01; r = -0.29, p = 0.01, respectively). …”
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Perspectives of Women with Breast Cancer and Healthcare Providers Participating in an Adherence-Enhancing Program for Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy: A Qualitative Study by Véronique Turcotte, Laurence Guillaumie, Martine Lemay, Anne Dionne, Julie Lemieux, Angéline Labbé, Carolyn Gotay, Line Guénette, Sophie Lauzier

“…Background: Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) is prescribed for 5–10 years to women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer to prevent recurrence. …”
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Progesterone induces meiosis through two obligate co-receptors with PLA2 activity by Nancy Nader, Lama Assaf, Lubna Zarif, Anna Halama, Sharan Yadav, Maya Dib, Nabeel Attarwala, Qiuying Chen, Karsten Suhre, Steven Gross, Khaled Machaca

“…The steroid hormone progesterone (P4) regulates multiple aspects of reproductive and metabolic physiology. …”
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Nonylphenol exposure increases the risk of Hirschsprung’s disease by inducing macrophage M1 polarization by Xuefeng Yang, Chengyan Tang, Daiwei Zhu, Xingrong Xia, Qing Du, Lu Huang, Jianguo Liu, Yuanmei Liu

“…Nonylphenol (NP), a ubiquitous environmental contaminant used as a surfactant in industrial production and classified as an endocrine disruptor, could interfere hormone secretion and exhibit neurotoxicity in organisms. …”
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Impact of Mating Methods and Semen Preservation on Reproductive and Growth Performances in Palestinian Assaf Sheep by Wael Halaweh, Samia Khnissi, Ikram Ben Souf, Muayad Salman, Naceur M’Hamdi

“…The research included 123 adult Assaf ewes from two farms, which were hormonally synchronized and divided into three groups for different reproductive biotechnologies. …”
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