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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Effects on Endocrine Glands [PDF]
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 In recent years, endocrine disrupting chemicals have gained interest in human physiopathology and more and more studies aimed to explain how these chemicals compounds affect endocrine system. In human populations, the majority of the studies point toward
Rosa Lauretta +4 more
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Progress in salivary glands: Endocrine glands with immune functions [PDF]
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 The production and secretion of saliva is an essential function of the salivary glands. Saliva is a complicated liquid with different functions, including moistening, digestion, mineralization, lubrication, and mucosal protection.
Yu Feng Shang +8 more
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Macrophages in Endocrine Glands, with Emphasis on Pancreatic Islets. [PDF]
Microbiol Spectr, 2016 We review here the macrophages found in endocrine tissues, placing emphasis on those residing in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas. The islets represent the endocrine organ where macrophages have been examined in great detail and where our own ...
Unanue ER.
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Endocrine glands and hearing: Auditory manifestations of various endocrine and metabolic conditions [PDF]
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017 The aetiology of hearing loss in humans is multifactorial. Besides genetic, environmental and infectious causes, several endocrine and metabolic abnormalities are associated with varying degrees of hearing impairment.
Kripa Elizabeth Cherian +3 more
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Clinical and structural changes in reproductive organs and endocrine glands of sterile cows [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2020 Aim: The study aimed to determine both macroscopic and microscopic changes in the reproductive organs of sterile cows. Materials and Methods: Careful clinical and gynecological examinations (using histological and histochemical methods) of organs of ...
Evgeny Skovorodin +4 more
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Cells, 2023 Aquaporins (AQPs), transmembrane proteins permeable to water, are involved in gastrointestinal secretion. The secretory products of the glands are delivered either to some organ cavities for exocrine glands or to the bloodstream for endocrine glands. The
Giuseppe Calamita, Christine Delporte
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The Timing Sequence and Mechanism of Aging in Endocrine Organs
Cells, 2023 The world is increasingly aging, and there is an urgent need to find a safe and effective way to delay the aging of the body. It is well known that the endocrine glands are one of the most important organs in the context of aging.
He Yang +4 more
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American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1940 A gland is an organ which takes something from the blood or other circulating mediunm and manufactures therefrom a secretioni which it delivers to the body as needed. Roughly there are two kinds of glands: those which deliver their secretion through ducts or tubes and those whose secretion is picked up directly bv the blood or lymph as it eirculates ...
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Early and late endocrine complications of COVID-19
Endocrine Connections, 2021 Endocrine system plays a vital role in controlling human homeostasis. Understanding the possible effects of COVID-19 on endocrine glands is crucial to prevent and manage endocrine disorders before and during hospitalization in COVID- 19-infected patients
Paraskevi Kazakou +9 more
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The Heart as an Endocrine Gland [PDF]
Scientific American, 1986 The sequence of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) has been determined, as well as the complete structure of the rat and human complementary DNA and gene. ANF and ANF messenger RNA are present not only in atria but also in ventricles. The circulating form of ANF has been identified as the C-terminal of the molecule, ANF (Ser 99-Tyr 126).
Marc Cantin, Jacques Genest
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