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Front Horm Res
November 2024
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Tufts Medical Center - Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The term 'fugitive acromegaly' was introduced by the neurosurgeons Bailey and Cushing in 1928 to describe subjects manifesting signs and symptoms of somatotroph hyperfunction with pituitary insufficiency. Currently, it identifies patients with subtle acromegalic dysmorphisms and inconsistent hormonal profile, possibly presenting only with hyperprolactinemia and related clinical symptoms. Patients have rapidly growing, locally invasive, relapsing pituitary macrotumors that can be classified as either acidophil stem cell tumors (ASCTs) or sparsely granulated somatotroph tumors (SGSTs), both of PIT1-lineage.
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November 2024
Departamento de Neuromorfología Funcional, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz. México Xochimilco No. 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, México, D.F. C.P. 14370, México.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are industrial pollutants that act as endocrine disruptors and alter thyroid function. However, it is still unclear whether PCBs can affect hypothalamic thyrotropin releasing hormone (Trh) mRNA expression through TH signaling disruption. As salt-loading dehydration induces tertiary hypothyroidism in the hypothalamic parvocellular paraventricular nuclei (paPVN), and perinatal exposure to Aroclor 1254 (A1254) disrupts the hydric balance in rats, we hypothesized that TRH synthesis could be altered during dehydration in TRH neurons that control the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis activity in rats perinatally exposed to A1254.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMech Ageing Dev
June 2024
Centre for Stress and Age-related Disease, Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Devices, Huxley Building, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 4GJ. Electronic address:
Progressive liver disease and dysfunction cause toxic metabolites including ammonia and unconjugated bilirubin to accumulate in plasma. As the population ages alternatives to liver transplantation become increasingly important. One approach for use as a bridge to transplant or recovery is the use of bioartificial liver systems (BALS) containing primary or immortalised hepatocytes as ex-vivo replacements or supports for endogenous liver function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNat Rev Nephrol
July 2024
European Kidney Health Alliance, Brussels, Belgium.
Notable progress in basic, translational and clinical nephrology research has been made over the past five decades. Nonetheless, many challenges remain, including obstacles to the early detection of kidney disease, disparities in access to care and variability in responses to existing and emerging therapies. Innovations in drug development, research technologies, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have the potential to improve patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiomed Pharmacother
May 2024
Tissue Engineering Group, Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Spain.
Traumatic nerve injuries are nowadays a significant clinical challenge and new substitutes with adequate biological and mechanical properties are in need. In this context, fibrin-agarose hydrogels (FA) have shown the possibility to generate tubular scaffolds with promising results for nerve repair. However, to be clinically viable, these scaffolds need to possess enhanced mechanical properties.
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