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ACTH and renin in 529 healthy youths: associations to sex, puberty and contraceptives [PDF]

Endocrine Connections
Objective: To establish sex- and age-specific reference intervals for plasma concentrations of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and direct renin in healthy youth.
P B Edström, S A Holmboe, L Vilmann, V L R Grøndahl, A F Ø Fritzbøger, C E Thomsen, H Frederiksen, M Schrøder, N R Jørgensen, C P Hagen, L Aksglaede, M L Ljubicic, J H Petersen, A Juul, T H Johannsen   +14 more
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The Effectiveness of Acth Therapy According to Etiology in Patients with West Syndrome and Its Long-Term Effects on Bone Mineral Metabolism and Adrenal Pathway

Çocuk Dergisi, 2022
Objective: West syndrome is the most common infantile epileptic encephalopathy, and ACTH or oral corticosteroids are frequently used in its treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ACTH therapy and its effects on bone metabolism ...
Mesut Güngör, Mine Düzgöl, Hülya Maraş Genç, Emek Uyur Yalçın, Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu Jones, Bülent Kara   +5 more
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Sleep restriction during opioid abstinence affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in male and female rats

Stress, 2023
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dynamics are disrupted by opioids and may be involved in substance abuse; this persists during withdrawal and abstinence and is associated with co-morbid sleep disruption leading to vulnerability to relapse.
Hershel Raff, Breanna L. Glaeser, Aniko Szabo, Christopher M. Olsen, Carol A. Everson   +4 more
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Cushing’s Disease due to ACTH Secreting Pituitary Microadenoma: A Single Institutional Experience of Four Cases

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020
ACTH secreting pituitary adenomas are rare occurrences in autoptical, surgical and neuroradiological series. We herewith describe a series of four patients of Cushing’s disease due to ACTH secreting pituitary microadenoma.
Ashok Gandhi, Mayur V. Barhate, Shashikant K. Jain, Sapna A. Gandhi   +3 more
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Effect of adrenocorticotropic hormone infusion on circulating sclerostin levels

Endocrine Connections, 2021
Glucocorticoid use is the most common cause of secondary osteoporosis. Poor skeletal health related to glucocorticoid use is thought to involve inhibition of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, a key pathway in osteoblastogenesis.
Sarah Zaheer, Kayla Meyer, Rebecca Easly, Omar Bayomy, Janet Leung, Andrew W Koefoed, Mahyar Heydarpour, Roy Freeman, Gail K Adler   +8 more
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Primary adrenal insufficiency - Addison's disease

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction and purpose Addison's syndrome is defined as primary adrenal insufficiency, the symptoms of which result from hormonal deficiencies: glucocorticosteroids, mineralocorticosteroids and androgens.
Jakub Metelski, Aleksandra Metelska, Dominika Sereda, Hubert Nieścior, Monika Szwed   +4 more
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Decreased steroidogenic enzyme activity in benign adrenocortical tumors is more pronounced in bilateral lesions as determined by steroid profiling in LC-MS/MS during ACTH stimulation test

Endocrine Connections, 2022
Objective: Large response of steroid precursors, including 17-hydroxyprogesterone, to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) has been described in adrenocortical tumors, suggesting the existence of intra-tumoral enzymatic deficiencies.
Fidéline Bonnet-Serrano, Maxime Barat, Anna Vaczlavik, Anne Jouinot, Lucas Bouys, Christelle Laguillier-Morizot, Corinne Zientek, Catherine Simonneau, Etienne Larger, Laurence Guignat, Lionel Groussin, Guillaume Assié, Jean Guibourdenche, Ioannis Nicolis, Marie-Claude Menet, Jérôme Bertherat   +15 more
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Evaluation of hemolysis interference and possible protective effect of N-phenyl maleimide on the measurement of small peptides

Türk Biyokimya Dergisi, 2022
This study aims to demonstrate that proteolytic enzymes released as a result of hemolysis decrease the small peptide hormones, whereas N-phenyl maleimide (NPM) can be used to prevent hemolysis interference.
Durmaz Mustafa, Erguder Imge
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ACTH more than 2000 pg/ml; is it immunoassay interference or another matter?

Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 2023
Starting rifampicin in patients with Addison’s disease or adrenal tuberculosis may precipitate an adrenal crisis as a result of the induction of CYP 3A4 which in turn leads to increased breakdown of cortisol.
Vivek Pant, Santosh Pradhan
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Laporan kasus berbasis bukti: Efektivitas Kortikosteroid dalam Pengobatan Spasme Infantil

Sari Pediatri, 2022
Latar belakang. Spasme infantil (SI) adalah suatu sindrom epilepsi berat dengan awitan masa bayi. Hormon adrenokortikotropik(ACTH) merupakan obat utama pada SI.
Teti Hendrayani, Masayu Rita, Syarif Darwin, Raden Muhammad Indra   +3 more
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