Tunable and Sensitive Detection of Cortisol Using Anisotropic Phosphorene with a Surface Plasmon Resonance Technique: Numerical Investigation by Vipin Kumar Verma, Sarika Pal, Conrad Rizal, Yogendra Kumar Prajapati

“…Tunable and ultrasensitive surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors are highly desirable for monitoring stress hormones such as cortisol, a steroid hormone formed in the human body’s adrenal glands. This paper describes the detection of cortisol using a bimetallic SPR sensor based on a highly anisotropic two-dimensional material, i.e., phosphorene. …”
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Prevalence, etiology, testicular function and clinic outcome before and after varicocelectomy: A systematic review by Maryam Mirchenari, Behzad Abbasi, Marziyeh Tavalaee, Leila Azadi, Mohammad-Hossein Nasr- Esfahani

“…Increased of testicular temperature, backflow of toxic metabolites from the kidney or adrenal glands, hypoxia, hormonal disturbances and oxidative stress are the most prevalent pathogenic cause of varicocele that they can alter testis and sperm functions. …”
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Resection of Thymic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Guided by Three-Dimensional Reconstruction: A Case Report by Fang Liu, Hengxiao Lu, Liqian Chen, Junfeng Geng, Tongzhen Xu

“…According to a previous literature report, only a few patients with this disease have been reported, compared to patients with distant metastasis of bones, lungs, spleen, liver, and adrenal glands (1, 2). The report data suggest that SCNEC is a highly malignant tumour compared to most other tumours of the human body. …”
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Automated Method for Isolation of Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Cells from Neonatal Porcine Glands by Caterina Vizzardelli, Elizabeth D. Potter, Thierry Berney, Antonello Pileggi, Luca Inverardi, Camillo Ricordi, Jacqueline Sagen Ph.D.

“…Results from neonatal porcine adrenal glands revealed consistent cell yields with high (approximately 99%) viability. …”
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The complications of tramadol and methadone use to women’s sexual hormone by Khadijeh Saravani, Pantea Ramezannezhad, Mohaddese Delpisheh, Batool Shahraki Mojahed, Omid Bameri, Halimeh Aali

“…Opioids also could influence thyroid and adrenal glands and subsequently increase thyroid-stimulating hormone, and reduce dehydroepiandrosterone. …”
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Image-Guided Ablation Therapies for Extrahepatic Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Review by Noriyuki Umakoshi, Yusuke Matsui, Koji Tomita, Mayu Uka, Takahiro Kawabata, Toshihiro Iguchi, Takao Hiraki

“…The most common sites of extrahepatic metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are the lungs, intra-abdominal lymph nodes, bones, and adrenal glands, in that order. Although systemic therapies are a common treatment for patients with extrahepatic metastases, local ablative therapies for the extrahepatic metastatic lesions can be performed in selected patients. …”
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A Case of 10-Year Survival after Adrenalectomy for Isolated Adrenal Metastasis of Breast Cancer by Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Goshi Oda, Akihiro Yano, Hiroshi Kawachi, Hiroyuki Uetake

“…Adrenalectomy for a metastatic adrenal tumor of breast cancer may provide survival benefits when combined with systemic hormone therapy and chemotherapy, particularly in patients with disease confined to the adrenal glands.…”
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FDA-APPROVED INDICATIONS OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH) AS A DRUG: DOES IT HAVE A PLACE IN DISEASE MANAGEMENT TODAY? by George Iliopoulos, Dimitrios Daoussis

“…ACTH is a pituitary hormone important for proper function of adrenal glands, cortisol production as well as human physiology in general.  …”
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Intraocular Lymphoma: When to Suspect a Sinister Cause of Ocular Haemorrhage by Catarina Pestana Santos, Rosa Alves, Bruno Sousa, Ana Cláudia Vieira, Tiago Judas

“…CT scans detected conical intra-orbital lesions, cervical adenomegalies, expansive lesions in the adrenal glands, and thrombosis of the splenomesenteric confluent and posterior segment of the right branch of the portal vein. …”
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Renal Medullary Carcinoma; A Rare Entity by Selahattin Çalışkan, Ali Murat Gökçe, Gülistan Gümrükçü, Mine Önenerk

“…The common sites of metastasis are respectively lymph nodes, lungs, livers, and adrenal glands in order of frequency. The presence of poorly differentiated eosinophilic cells in a characteristic fibro-inflammatory stroma is seen in histological examination. …”
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Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors Special Issue—Checkpoint Inhibitors for Adrenocortical Carcinoma and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: Do They Work? by Camilo Jimenez, Gustavo Armaiz-Pena, Patricia L. M. Dahia, Yang Lu, Rodrigo A. Toledo, Jeena Varghese, Mouhammed Amir Habra

“…Adrenocortical cancers and metastatic pheochromocytomas are the most common malignancies originating in the adrenal glands. Metastatic paragangliomas are extra-adrenal tumors that share similar genetic and molecular profiles with metastatic pheochromocytomas and, subsequently, these tumors are studied together. …”
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Imaging of F-18 FDG PET/CT and follow up of bilateral invasive adrenal diffuse large B cell lymphoma mimicking adrenocortical carcinoma by Hye Kyung Shim, So Woon Kim

“…The previously reported cases were simple, involving only the bilateral adrenal glands. Here, we report on a 52-year-old man diagnosed with PAL that radiologically mimicked ACC. …”
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Biological and clinical insights from genetics of insomnia symptoms by Lane, JM, Jones, SE, Dashti, HS, Wood, AR, Aragam, KG, Van Hees, VT, Strand, LB, Winsvold, B, Wang, H, Bowden, J, Song, Y, Patel, K, Anderson, SG, Beaumont, RN, Bechtold, DA, Cade, B, Haas, M, Kathiresan, S, Little, MA, Luik, A, Loudon, AS, Purcell, S, Richmond, RC, Scheer, FAJL, Schormair, B, Tyrrell, J, Winkelman, JW, Winkelman, J, Hunt All In Sleep, Hveem, K, Zhao, C, Nielsen, JB, Willer, CJ, Redline, S, Spiegelhalder, K, Kyle, S, Ray, DW, Zwart, JA, Brumpton, B, Frayling, TM, Lawlor, DA, Rutter, MK, Weedon, MN, Saxena, R

“…Our results suggest enrichment of genes involved in ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis and of genes expressed in multiple brain regions, skeletal muscle, and adrenal glands. Evidence of shared genetic factors was found between frequent insomnia symptoms and restless legs syndrome, aging, and cardiometabolic, behavioral, psychiatric, and reproductive traits. …”

Relationship among growth, behaviour and stress response in broilers and red jungle fowl when reared separately or intermingled by Idrus, Zulkifli, Babjee, Shaik Mohamed Amin, M. P. K. Menon, M. K. Vidyadaran, A. H., Ramlah

“…There were, however, no adrenal glands, bursa of Fabricius and spleen relative weights response to the stressor.…”
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An unusual case of metastasis to the left side of the heart: a case report by Boyars Michael, Cheruvu Praveena, Cheruvu Bharadwaj

“…There were also tiny sub-centimeter nodular densities in the right upper and lower lobes. Adrenal glands contained hypodense lesions, which showed characteristic adenocarcinomatous malignant cells.…”
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Primary aldosteronism: The Mayo Clinic approach by W. Young, D. O. Ladygina, O. V. Balutina, D. G. Beltsevich

“…The choice of pharmacological or surgical therapy depends on the results of computed tomography scans of the adrenal glands and adrenal venous sampling. The last one is performed only after discussing with patient the advantages and disadvantages of all therapy methods and positive intention to surgery. …”
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Assessment of testicular corticosterone biosynthesis in adult male rats. by Naoyuki Maeda, Sachi Tahata, Takeshi Yagi, Emi Tanaka, Kanae Masu, Michiko Sato, Satoko Haeno, Takenori Onaga, Hiroshi Yokota

“…Corticosterone is synthesized in the adrenal glands and is circulated throughout the body to perform regulatory functions in various tissues. …”
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Raynaud’s phenomenon in the endocrinologist’s practice by Taras S. Panevin, Rizvan T. Alekperov, Galina A. Melnichenko

“…Along with this, endocrine diseases can develop, including those affected by the pituitary, thyroid and parathyroid glands, adrenal glands, and diabetes mellitus. In some cases, RS may be the only symptom of endocrine pathology. …”
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Paracoccidioidomicosis diseminada en paciente inmunocompetente: reporte de caso by Ayleen Rivera-Tenorio

“…We present the case of a 51-year-old patient from the Colombian Pacific coast, immunocompetent with PCM spread to the central nervous system (CNS), lungs, and adrenal glands with a clinical debut of the neurological syndrome. …”

A Rare Presentation of Poorly Differentiated Lung Carcinoma with Duodenal Metastasis and Literature Review by Ahmed Ahmed, Umair M. Nasir, Paul Delle Donna, Vanessa Swantic, Shahida Ahmed, Christopher Lenza

“…Lung cancer is a common malignancy which is frequently found to metastasize to distant sites including bone, liver, and adrenal glands. There are rare reports of metastases to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with the duodenum being the most uncommon. …”
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