The role of toll-like receptors in the adrenal gland [PDF]
Sepsis is caused by infection and often followed by an overwhelming inflammatory response. This can lead to shock, organ failure and even death. Each year approximately 60,000 people die in Germany due to sepsis.
Tran, Thi Hoai Nguyen
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Persistent expression of BMP-4 in embryonic chick adrenal cortical cells and its role in chromaffin cell development [PDF]
Background: Adrenal chromaffin cells and sympathetic neurons both originate from the neural crest, yet signals that trigger chromaffin development remain elusive.
Huber, Katrin +39 more
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Insuficiencia suprarrenal secundaria persistente tras tratamiento prolongado con corticoides [PDF]
RESUMEN Los glucocorticoides son fármacos frecuentemente usados de forma crónica para el tratamiento de enfermedades autoinmunes, hematológicas y neoplasias avanzadas. Sin embargo, representan una causa común de insuficiencia suprarrenal terciaria.
Pérez Fernández,Leticia +3 more
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Effects of suckling on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to psychosocial stress in postpartum lactating women [PDF]
In several studies lactation has been shown to be associated with a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hyporesponsiveness to physical and psychological stressors. As it is not known whether the marked blunting of endocrine stress reactivity in women can
Heinrichs, M. +16 more
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Severe combined adrenal and gonadal deficiency caused by novel mutations in the cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme, P450scc [PDF]
Context: Mitochondrial cytochrome P450scc converts cholesterol to pregnenolone in all steroidogenic tissues. Although progesterone production from the fetally-derived placenta is necessary to maintain pregnancy to term, four patients with mutations in ...
Huang, NW +6 more
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Glândula Adrenal: Extremos de Deficiência vs. Excesso de Hormônios
Nos últimos 2 volumes da Revista HCPA, encontramos relatos de casos descrevendo os extremos de alteração da função adrenal: no volume anterior, um relato de insuficiência adrenal primária (doença de Addison) e, no atual, um caso de hiperaldosteronismo ...
Sandra Pinho Silveiro
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Insuficiencia suprarrenal secundaria a uso crónico de corticoides tópicos por vía nasal [PDF]
El síndrome de Cushing iatrogénico es común por el uso de corticoides por vía oral, tópica o inhalada, pero es extremadamente raro por la vía intranasal.
Centurión Medina, Ingrid Celeste +1 more
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Mutations Of Pro30Leu And Val281Leu Of The Cyp21 Gene In Patients Diagnosed With Ambiguous Genitalia. [PDF]
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders of adrenal ...
Muhamad, Y.K. +5 more
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X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: clinical and laboratory findings in 15 Brazilian patients
Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is an X-linked recessively inherited peroxisomal disorder, phenotypically heterogeneous, characterized by progressive white-matter demyelination of the central nervous system and adrenocortical insufficiency.
Carmen R. Vargas +7 more
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JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A incidência de insuficiência adrenal relativa (IAR) no paciente com choque séptico é elevada e tem impacto significativo na sobrevida.
José Raimundo A. de Azevedo +4 more
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