Androgen Signaling in Uterine Diseases: New Insights and New Targets by Mu Lv, Juanjuan Yu, Yan Huang, Jie Ma, Jun Xiang, Yanqiu Wang, Linxia Li, Zhenbo Zhang, Hong Liao

“…Androgens in women are synthesized in the ovaries and adrenal glands. The action of androgens in the uterus is mainly mediated by its ligand androgen receptor (AR) that regulates transcription of the target genes. …”
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Ectopic Paratubal Adrenal Cell Rest Associated with Mucinous Cystadenoma of Ovary by Binny Khandakar, Soumit Dey, Prasenjit Sen Ray, Ranu Sarkar, Palas Bhattacharyya

“…Rarely, adults with heterotopic adrenal glands are described. Incidence in females is very less; though sometimes detected accidentally in hysterectomy specimens. …”
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11-Beta-hydroxylase deficiency in a Tunisian family by Hamza Elfekih, Asma Ben Abdelkrim, Hajer Marzouk, Ghada Saad, Moez Gribaa, Yosra Hasni, Amel Maaroufi

“…Congenital adrenal hyperplasia refers to a group of rare genetic disorders affecting the adrenal glands. 21-hydroxylase deficiency is the most prevalent and the most studied cause while the remaining enzymatic defects are less common, accounting for less than 10% of cases. …”
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Research Note: Morphine influences circulating and tissue concentrations of met-enkephalin and proenkephalin (PENK) expression and plasma concentrations of corticosterone in chicke... by Colin G. Scanes, Krystyna Pierzchała-Koziec

“…Expression of PENK in the anterior pituitary gland and adrenal glands were decreased in morphine treated compared to control pullets. …”
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Androstenedione (a Natural Steroid and a Drug Supplement): A Comprehensive Review of Its Consumption, Metabolism, Health Effects, and Toxicity with Sex Differences by Marwa T. Badawy, Mansour Sobeh, Jianbo Xiao, Mohamed A. Farag

“…Androstenedione is a steroidal hormone produced in male and female gonads, as well as in the adrenal glands, and it is known for its key role in the production of estrogen and testosterone. …”
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Intramuscular epithelioid hemangiosarcoma in a horse by Igor Ribeiro dos Santos, Éryca Ceolin Lamego, Bianca Santana de Cecco, Marina Paula Lorenzett, Marcele Bettim Bandinelli, David Driemeier, Saulo Petinatti Pavarini

“…Soft, red nodules were also seen in all pulmonary lobes and adrenal glands. Histology revealed neoplastic proliferation of malignant polygonal cells, occasionally arranged in irregular anastomosing vascular channels filled with erythrocytes. …”
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma with rarely seen metastases by Elif Şenocak Taşçı, Gül Akın, Birgül Öneç, Onur Eşbah

“…His medical condition deteriorated after 2 months and multiple metastases to brain, liver, adrenal glands and bone marrow were detected. The patient was lost 4 months after he was diagnosed. …”
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Stress induced by pre-slaughter farm conditions in pigs by R.O. Rusu, L.I. Ailincai, R.N. Malancus

“…ABSTRACT Cortisol is a steroid hormone, one of the glucocorticoids, made in the cortex of the adrenal glands and then released into the blood, which transports it in the entire body. …”
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Multimodality Imaging Findings in Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome: A Case Report and a Short Literature Review by Maria Luigia Angeli, Annemilia Del Ciello, Claudia Dell’Atti, Federico Orsini, Andrea Piccioni, Laura Franza, Martina Petrucci, Tommaso Pirronti, Francesco Franceschi, Marcello Covino

“…Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is a rare disease characterized by bleeding into the adrenal glands, and its symptoms may vary from non-specific abdominal pain to multi-organ failure. …”
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A RARE METASTASIS SITE OF OPERATED BREAST CANCER: SIGMOID COLON by Haluk Recai Ünalp, Erdinç Kamer, Haldun Kar, Neşe Ekinci, Ebru Nalbant, Mehmet Ali Önal

“…Common sites of breast cancer metastasis include the lungs, the central nervous system, liver, bones, soft tissue and adrenal glands. The colon is the rarest site of metastasis for the breast carcinoma.We here report the case of an 81-year-old woman who presented with a bowel obstruction related to a colonic metastasis of breast cancer occurring 15 years after a modifi ed radical mastectomy for right breast medullary carcinoma. …”
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Wars in the history of rheumatology by P. Marson, G. Pasero

“…It had been loaded with a quantity of cylinders containing a nitrogenous mustard, whose diffusion in the environment provoked more than 80 deaths owing to bone marrow aplasia.Moreover, the history of the cortisone shows a strict link to the Second World War, when Germany imported large quantities of bovine adrenal glands from Argentina, with the purpose of producing some gland extracts for the Luftwasse aviators, in order to increase their performance ability.…”
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NSAID-GASTRODUODENOPATHIES IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS: PECULIARITIES OF DIAGNOSTICS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT by A. S. Svintzitzky, O G Puzcmova

“…Taking into account both NSAID-therapy duration and its methods used, the risk-factors presented, patients’ Helicobacter pylori-status and their adrenal glands’ cortisol-productive function, it has been described the frequency of the revealed erosive-and-ulcerous lesions, as well as their clinical and endoscopic peculiarities. …”
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CXCR4/CXCL12 Axis in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Pathologic Roles and Therapeutic Potential by Ori Wald, Oz M. Shapira, Uzi Izhar

“…The chemokine CXCL12, which is the sole ligand of CXCR4, is highly expressed in primary lung cancer as well as in the bone marrow, liver, adrenal glands and brain, which are all sites for lung cancer metastasis. …”
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Leptin and hypertension in obesity by Paco E Bravo, Stephen Morse, David M Borne, Erwin A Aguilar, Efrain Reisin

“…However, obese individuals, for unknown reasons, become resistant to the satiety and weight-reducing effect of the hormone, but preserve leptin-mediated sympathetic activation to nonthermogenic tissue such as kidney, heart, and adrenal glands. Leptin has been shown to influence nitric oxide production and natriuresis, and along with chronic sympathetic activation, especially to the kidney, it may lead to sodium retention, systemic vasoconstriction, and blood pressure elevation. …”
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Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHLD) by Jorge Luis González Jara

“…It is an autosomal dominant neoplasia syndrome caused by the deletion or mutation of the tumor suppressor gene of the 3p25 chromosome, characterized by the presence of benign and malignant tumors affecting several organs and systems such as: the central nervous system, the pancreas, the adrenal glands and the paranodes. In general, the disease is hereditary; but the health problems affecting the patients can be so varied that the common cause may not be identified. …”
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Neoplastic signatures: Comparative proteomics of canine hepatobiliary neuroendocrine tumors to normal niche tissue. by Tifini L Batts, Emi Sasaki, Mayzie Miller, Joshua Sparago, Rudy W Bauer, Daniel Paulsen, Bonnie Boudreaux, Chin-Chi Liu, Stephanie D Byrum, Andrea N Johnston

“…Because the anatomic niche of neuroendocrine neoplasms shapes tumor phenotype, we sought to compare the proteomes of 3 canine hepatobiliary neoplasms to normal hepatobiliary tissue and adrenal glands with the objective of identifying unique protein signatures. …”
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Malacoplaquia intestinal by Jacinto José Frem Aun, Maurício Bonifácio Barbosa de Oliveira, Marcos Meireles Frem Aun

“…Most of the cases reported in literature, involve the genitourinary tract, but other structures can be affected (brain, bone, adrenal glands, lymph nodes, intestine, and others). A 66-year-old man whith a abdominal mass, went to our hospital with a colonic tumour diagnosis. …”
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Autologous bone marrow transplanation for extramedullary plasmacytoma presenting as adrenal incidentaloma. by Ahmed Mohammed, Al-Ghamdi Abduallah, Al-Omari Mohammed, Aljurf Mahmoud, Al-Kadhi Yusuf

“…Extramedullary adrenal plasmacytoma (EMP) involving the adrenal glands is rarely encountered clinica-ly. We report a A 47-year-old male who presented with bilateral adrenal incidentalomas. …”
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Raman micro-spectroscopy as a viable tool to monitor and estimate the ionic transport in epithelial cells by Leonardo Puppulin, Giuseppe Pezzotti, Hongxin Sun, Shigekuni Hosogi, Takashi Nakahari, Toshio Inui, Yasuaki Kumamoto, Hideo Tanaka, Yoshinori Marunaka

“…Abstract The typical response to the lowering of plasma Na+ concentration and blood pressure in our body involves the release of aldosterone from the adrenal glands, which triggers the reabsorption of sodium in the kidney. …”
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Mating Enhances Expression of Hormonal and Trophic Factors in the Midbrain of Female Rats by Cheryl A. Frye, Cheryl A. Frye, Cheryl A. Frye, Cheryl A. Frye, Sridar V. Chittur

“…In Experiment 2, the influence of gonadal and adrenal glands on the expression of these genes was assessed in rats that were proestrous, ovariectomized (OVX), or OVX and adrenalectomized (ADX). …”
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