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Unusual type of diabetes: fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes
A 34-year-old Thai man complained about recurrent upper abdominal pain, polyuria, and a 5-kg weight loss in 6 months. He had no history of steatorrhea, jaundice, gallstones, alcohol intake, or cassava consumption.
Natnicha Houngngam, Thiti Snabboon
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The neutral amino acid transporter SLC7A10 in adipose tissue, obesity and insulin resistance
Obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes represent major global health challenges, and a better mechanistic understanding of the altered metabolism in these conditions may give improved treatment strategies. SLC7A10, a member of the SLC7 subfamily
Regine Åsen Jersin +5 more
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Bilateral Carotid Body Paraganglioma
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Wasita Warachit +2 more
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Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecological malignancy in resource-abundant countries. The majority of EC cases are estrogen dependent but the mechanisms of estrogen biosynthesis and oxidative metabolism and estrogen action are not ...
Renata Pavlič +7 more
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Harmonization of growth hormone measurements with different immunoassays by data adjustment [PDF]
Background: The aim of our study was to evaluate the between-assay variability of commercially available immunoassays for the measurement of human growth hormone (hGH).
Bidlingmaier, Martin +21 more
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Background: Ovarian teratocarcinoma (OVTC) arises from germ cells and contains a high percentage of cancer stem/progenitor cells (CSPCs), which promote cancer development through their ability to self-renew.
Wei-Min Chung +6 more
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Hormones, damned hormones, and statistics [PDF]
Deputy Editor‐in‐Chief, Dr Michael Marsh, discusses his top articles from this issue in an audio podcast available at: https://soundcloud.com/bjog/september-editors-choice-2017.
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Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Peptide Stimulation of GH Release from Human Somatotroph Adenoma Cells: Interaction with GH-Releasing Hormone, Thyrotropin- Releasing Hormone, and Octreotide. [PDF]
The synthetic hexapeptide GH-releasing peptide (GHRP; His-D-Trp-Ala-Trp-D-Phe-Lys-NH2) specifically stimulates GH secretion in humans in vivo and in animals in vitro and in vivo via a still unknown receptor and mechanism.
Strasburger, Christian J. +14 more
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Decrease in adiponectin levels correlates to growth response in growth hormone-treated children
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Adiponectin is secreted by adipose tissue and circulates in human plasma at high levels. Decreased adiponectin levels are associated with insulin resistance and obesity.
Carlsson, LMS +5 more
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Background Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), a type of epigenetic regulator, are thought to play important roles in embryonic development in mice, and several developmental defects are associated with epigenetic modification disorders.
Fengrui Wu +9 more
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