Primary Adrenal Failure due to Antiphospholipid Syndrome by Murat Sahin, Ayten Oguz, Dilek Tuzun, Serife Nur Boysan, Bülent Mese, Hatice Sahin, Kamile Gul

“…Cortisol (1.91 µg/dL) and adrenocorticotropic (550 pg/mL) hormone levels were also evaluated. The patient was hospitalized with a diagnosis of acute adrenal crisis due to primary adrenal insufficiency. …”
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A Joint Encryption and Reversible Data Hiding Scheme Based on Integer-DWT and Arnold Map Permutation by Shun Zhang, Tiegang Gao, Guorui Sheng

“…In the receiving end, the encrypted image with hidden data can be decrypted to the image with hidden data, which is similar to the original image without hidden data, by only using the encryption key; if someone has both the data hiding key and the encryption key, he can both extract the hidden data and reversibly recover the original image. …”
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Randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of forest walking compared to urban walking in enhancing mucosal immunity by Hiroko Ochiai, Shigeru Inoue, Gaku Masuda, Shiho Amagasa, Tomohiko Sugishita, Toshiya Ochiai, Naoko Yanagisawa, Yoshio Nakata, Michiko Imai

“…Furthermore, forest walking resulted in improved mood, including a reduction in stress hormone levels. In conclusion, mindful forest walking has the potential to enhance immunity and promote health. …”
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Late-Onset Isolated Corticotrope Deficiency in a Woman with Down Syndrome by Ibtissem Oueslati, Marwa Ben Jemaa, Meriem Yazidi, Fatma Chaker, Melika Chihaoui

“…ACTH level was normal, indicating corticotrope deficiency. Other pituitary hormones were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed a partially empty sella turcica. …”
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Resistin Regulates Pituitary Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation In Vivo and In Vitro by F. Rodriguez-Pacheco, M. G. Novelle, M. J. Vazquez, E. Garcia-Escobar, F. Soriguer, G. Rojo-Martinez, E. García-Fuentes, M. M. Malagon, C. Dieguez

“…The adipokine resistin is an insulin-antagonizing factor that also plays a regulatory role in inflammation, immunity, food intake, and gonadal function and also regulates growth hormone (GH) secretion in rat adenopituitary cells cultures with the adipokine. …”
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Clinical Impact of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate in Breast Cancer by Junko Tsuchida, Masayuki Nagahashi, Kazuaki Takabe, Toshifumi Wakai

“…We suggest that S1P is one of the key molecules to overcome the resistance to the drug therapies, such as hormonal therapy, anti-HER2 therapy, or chemotherapy, all of which are crucial aspects of a breast cancer treatment.…”
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Quality of Life Study in Chronic Diseases: More Needed Than Ever by Laurentius Aswin Pramono

“…Graves’ ophthalmopathy is a progressive thyroid-related disease that causes eye symptoms due to an autoimmune reaction targeting thyrotropin/thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) receptors in the orbital space. This condition can be easily recognized by the patient, including exophthalmos, pain, swelling, double vision, and impaired vision. …”
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PPARγ as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Lung Cancer by Aravind T. Reddy, Sowmya P. Lakshmi, Raju C. Reddy

“…Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) is a ligand-activated transcription factor belonging to the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. Its involvement in adipocyte differentiation and glucose and lipid homeostasis is well-recognized, but accumulating evidence now suggests that PPARγ may also function as a tumor suppressor, inhibiting development of primary tumors and metastases in lung cancer and other malignancies. …”
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Early Recurrence of Ovarian Cancer during Pregnancy after Primary Staging Surgery in the First Trimester by Munetoshi Akazawa, Kazunori Hashimoto

“…Even in the case of nonadvanced cancer, it has the potential to be an extremely aggressive malignancy under the irregular hormonal environment of pregnancy.…”
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Effect of Naphthalene Acetic Acid on the Adventitious Rooting in Shoot Cuttings of Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees: An Important Therapeutical Herb by Md. Sanower Hossain, Zannat Urbi

“…The cuttings were treated with six concentrations of NAA (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 mM) by applying soaking method and cuttings without hormone (soaking in distilled water) were considered as control. …”
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Improving reducibility of iron ore pellets by optimization of physical parameters by Pal J., Ghoari S., Ammasi A., Hota S.K., Koranne V.M., Venugopalan T.

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Optimization of ovum pick-up-in vitro fertilization and in vitro growth of immature oocytes in ruminants by Kenichiro SAKAGUCHI

“…One of the merits of OPU-IVF is that the administration of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is not essential, while FSH treatment prior to OPU promotes oocyte developmental competence. …”
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Selenium and Thyroid Disease: From Pathophysiology to Treatment by Mara Ventura, Miguel Melo, Francisco Carrilho

“…In the thyroid, selenium is required for the antioxidant function and for the metabolism of thyroid hormones. Methods. We performed a review of the literature on selenium’s role in thyroid function using PubMed/MEDLINE. …”
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression by Danyon J. Anderson, Parsia Vazirnia, Catherine Loehr, Whitney Sternfels, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…One of these treatments includes testosterone therapy which evidence suggests might improve depressed mood in older patients with low levels of testosterone and helps restore physical impairments caused by age-related hormonal changes. # Objective The objective of this review is to synthesize information regarding clinical depression, its treatment options, and the efficacy and safety of testosterone treatment for the treatment of depression…”
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Choosing between GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and DPP-4 Inhibitors: A Pharmacological Perspective by Dominique Xavier Brown, Marc Evans

“…The incretin therapies focus on the increasing levels of the two incretin hormones, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). …”
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A Revision on the Effectiveness of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids as Monotherapy in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder by Tommaso Accinni, Matteo Panfili, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Massimo Biondi, Massimo Pasquini, Annalisa Maraone

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Immune Dysfunction in Tourette Syndrome by Ishraga Elamin, Mark J. Edwards, Davide Martino

“…A similar link has been proposed also for Tourette syndrome (TS), a complex, multifactorial disorder, in which the interplay between genetic, environmental, hormonal and immunological factors might be relevant. …”
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Comparative analysis of regression algorithms for drug response prediction using GDSC dataset by Soojung Ha, Juho Park, Kyuri Jo

“…Among the drug groups, responses of drugs related with hormone-related pathway were predicted with relatively high accuracy. …”
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Mathematical modeling of continuous and intermittent androgen suppression for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer by Alacia M. Voth, John G. Alford, Edward W. Swim

“…It is stimulated by the androgens, or male sexual hormones, which circulate in the blood and diffuse into the tissue where they stimulate the prostate tumor to grow. …”
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Wetting and interfacial reactions: Experimental study of the Sb-Sn-X (X = Cu, Ni) systems by Novaković R.M., Delsante S., Borzone G.

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