Necrosis in Preoperative Cross-Sectional Imaging and Postoperative Histology Is a Diagnostic Marker for Malignancy of Adrenocortical Tumors by Agata Dukaczewska, Stephan R. Marticorena Garcia, Simon Ponsel, Alexandra Webster, Frederike Butz, Eva M. Dobrindt, Johann Pratschke, David Horst, Martina T. Mogl, Catarina A. Kunze

“…All 45 benign adrenocortical tumors of at least 40 mm in diameter, including Cushing, Conn, and hormonally inactive adenomas, served as controls. Preoperative imaging was available for 40 benign and 27 malignant adrenocortical tumors. …”
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IUPHAR review: Drug repurposing in Schizophrenia – An updated review of clinical trials by Jihan K. Zaki, Jakub Tomasik, Sabine Bahn

“…These encompassed a broad range of pharmacological mechanisms, including immunomodulation, cognitive enhancement, and hormonal, metabolic, and neurotransmitter modulation. …”
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Stress Hyperglycemia, Insulin Treatment, and Innate Immune Cells by Fangming Xiu, Mile Stanojcic, Li Diao, Marc G. Jeschke

“…Hyperglycemia (HG) and insulin resistance are the hallmarks of a profoundly altered metabolism in critical illness resulting from the release of cortisol, catecholamines, and cytokines, as well as glucagon and growth hormone. Recent studies have proposed a fundamental role of the immune system towards the development of insulin resistance in traumatic patients. …”
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Progesterone Changes the Pregnancy-Induced Adaptation of Cardiomyocyte Kv2.1 Channels via MicroRNA-29b by Shuang Liang, Yu-Shuang Sun, Lu Li, Yao Long, Meng Wang, Hou-Zhi Yang, Chun-Di Li, Yan Wang, Shan-Shan Li, Xu Chen, Xin Jin

“…Progesterone (P4) is widely used in hormone therapy to support pregnancy, but little is known about its effects on maternal cardiac function. …”
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Power Struggle between China and the United States: Lessons of History by L. Estachy

“…«Just as a country at the center of a world-economy can hardly be expected to give up its privileges at international level, how can one hope that the dominant groups who combine capital and state power, and who are assured of international support, will agree to play the game and hand over to someone else?» In other words, the ruling circles in the United States, the hegemonic power of today, want to keep their leadership, China, the rising and challenging power, would like to replace the USA as the hegemonic country: the trade war starting in 2018 should be analysed in this context . …”
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Effects of Obesity on Bone Mass and Quality in Ovariectomized Female Zucker Rats by Rafaela G. Feresin, Sarah A. Johnson, Marcus L. Elam, Edward Jo, Bahram H. Arjmandi, Reza Hakkak

“…These findings demonstrated that ovarian hormone deficiency adversely affected bone mass and quality in lean and obese rats while obesity only affected Tb.Th in Ovx-female Zucker rats.…”
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Dual Inhibition of CDK4/6 and CDK7 Suppresses Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer Progression via Epigenetic Modulation of SREBP1‐Regulated Cholesterol Metabolism by Yilan Yang, Jiatao Liao, Zhe Pan, Jin Meng, Li Zhang, Wei Shi, Xiaofang Wang, Xiaomeng Zhang, Zhirui Zhou, Jurui Luo, Xingxing Chen, Zhaozhi Yang, Xin Mei, Jinli Ma, Zhen Zhang, Yi‐Zhou Jiang, Zhi‐Min Shao, Fei Xavier Chen, Xiaoli Yu, Xiaomao Guo

“…Abstract Inhibitors targeting cyclin‐dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) to block cell cycle progression have been effective in treating hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer, but triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains largely resistant, limiting their clinical applicability. …”
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Improvement of Hypertension after Parathyroidectomy of Patients Suffering from Primary Hyperparathyroidism by P. D. Broulik, A. Brouliková, S. Adámek, P. Libanský, J. Tvrdoň, K. Broulikova, J. Kubinyi

“…We evaluated changes in serum calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), uric acid, and BP before and 6 months after surgery. …”
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Analysis of the Reliability of Feather Sections for Corticosterone Measurement in Pekin Ducks by Se-Jin Lim, Chan Ho Kim, Ka Young Yang, Woo Do Lee, Su Mi Kim, Yang-Ho Choi, Jung Hwan Jeon

“…ANOVA results confirmed substantial hormonal variability depending on the feather part analyzed. …”
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Identification and expression analysis of the ZF-HD gene family in castor by XU Xingyuan, HUANG Fenglan, ZHANG Chunlan, ZHU Mengyang, CUI Zhiyu, LIU Peng

“…RcZF-HD genes had a large number of tissue-specific elements, stress response elements, and hormone response elements. The ZF-HD genes were widely responsive to abiotic stresses and their expression was tissue-specific. …”
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Endocrinopathies after Allogeneic and Autologous Transplantation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells by Francesco Orio, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Stefano Palomba, Bianca Serio, Mariarosaria Sessa, Valentina Giudice, Idalucia Ferrara, Libuse Tauchmanovà, Annamaria Colao, Carmine Selleri

“…Dysfunctions of the hypothalamus-pituitary-growth hormone/insulin growth factor-I axis, hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis were documented as later complicances, occurring in about 10, 30, and 40–50% of transplanted patients, respectively. …”
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Serum Prohepcidin Levels Are Lower in Patients with Atrophic Gastritis by Hyung-Keun Kim, Eun-Chul Jang, Ju-Ok Yeom, Sun-Young Kim, Hyunjung Cho, Sung Soo Kim, Hiun-Suk Chae, Young-Seok Cho

“…Hepcidin, an iron regulatory hormone, is increased in response to inflammation and some infections. …”
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Antimicrobial Properties of α-MSH and Related Synthetic Melanocortins by A. Catania, G. Colombo, C. Rossi, A. Carlin, A. Sordi, C. Lonati, F. Turcatti, P. Leonardi, P. Grieco, S. Gatti

“…Several properties of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) suggested that it could be a natural antimicrobial peptide. α-MSH is a primordial peptide that appeared during the Paleozoic era, long before adaptive immunity developed and, like natural antimicrobial molecules, is produced by barrier epithelia, immunocytes, and within the central nervous system. α-MSH was discovered to have antimicrobial activity against two representative pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans. …”
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Macroprolactinemia in a Patient with Invasive Macroprolactinoma: A Case Report and Minireview by Atanaska Elenkova, Zdravka Abadzhieva, Nikolai Genov, Vladimir Vasilev, Georgi Kirilov, Sabina Zacharieva

“…We present a 35-year-old female patient with secondary amenorrhea, mild obesity, hirsutism, headache and blurred vision. Hormonal evaluation revealed an extreme hyperprolactinemia (PRL = 10 610 mIU/L) almost exclusively due to macroprolactin isoform (MPRL = 10 107 mIU/L; recovery after PEG precipitation 4.7%) and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. …”
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Ancient Piracy Activities of Garp Ocakları in Mediterranean World as an International Problem in XVIII Century by Serhat KUZUCU

“…However, the reign of the Sultan of Ottoman State was always in power in those colonies like all other parts of the land. Friday sermons (khutbah) were given in the name of the Sultan and the coins were in the name of the Sultan also. …”
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Bidirectional Relationship between Gastric Emptying and Plasma Glucose Control in Normoglycemic Individuals and Diabetic Patients by Bogdan Mircea Mihai, Cătălina Mihai, Cristina Cijevschi-Prelipcean, Elena-Daniela Grigorescu, Mihaela Dranga, Vasile Drug, Ioan Sporea, Cristina Mihaela Lăcătușu

“…Once nutrients enter the intestine, the secretion of incretins (hormonal products of intestinal cells) is stimulated. …”
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B cells enhance IL-1 beta driven invasiveness in triple negative breast cancer by Nicole J. Toney, Lynn M. Opdenaker, Lisa Frerichs, Shirin R. Modarai, Aihui Ma, Holly Archinal, Grace O. Ajayi, Jennifer Sims-Mourtada

“…This highlights the potential of IL-1 inhibitors as preventive and therapeutic options for hormone receptor-negative DCIS and TNBC.…”
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Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Patients with Primary Aldosteronism by Luigi Petramala, Laura Zinnamosca, Amina Settevendemmie, Cristiano Marinelli, Matteo Nardi, Antonio Concistrè, Francesco Corpaci, Gianfranco Tonnarini, Giorgio De Toma, Claudio Letizia

“…Aldosterone excess may influence mineral homeostasis, through higher urinary calcium excretion inducing secondary increase of parathyroid hormone. Recently, in a cohort of PA patients a significant increase of primary hyperparathyroidism was found, suggesting a bidirectional functional link between the adrenal and parathyroid glands. …”
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Transient Neonatal Zinc Deficiency Caused by a Heterozygous G87R Mutation in the Zinc Transporter ZnT-2 (SLC30A2) Gene in the Mother Highlighting the Importance of Zn2+ for Normal... by Maria Consolata Miletta, Andreas Bieri, Kristin Kernland, Martin H. Schöni, Vibor Petkovic, Christa E. Flück, Andrée Eblé, Primus E. Mullis

“…Thus the coordinated action of both is essential for the maintenance of Zn2+ homeostasis in the cytoplasm, and accumulating evidence suggests that this is also true for the secretory pathway of growth hormone.…”
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À quel corps appartient cette voix ? Quelle voix est parlée par ce corps ? La disjonction de la voix et du corps comme fondement de la performance dans les spectacles Spectacular,... by Charlotte Bouteille-Meister

“…In theatre, the body of the performer traditionally embodies the voice of someone else; but in the case of the company Forced Entertainment, this fundamental otherness seems to take centre stage and becomes the core subject of their performances. …”
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