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Endocrines, Volume 1, Issue 1

September 2020 - 6 articles

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Cover Story: Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) is a stress-induced reproductive failure. Several neuroendocrine impairments trigger FHA. The use of hyper-low estradiol doses supports the hypothesis that very-low-dose estradiol promotes and restores impaired neuroendocrine function in patients with FHA. View this paper

Articles (6)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,209 Views
9 Pages

Regenerative medicine and anti-tumoral therapy have been developed through understanding tissue stem cells and cancer stem cells (CSCs). The concept of tissue stem cells has been applied to the pituitary gland (PG). Recently, PG stem cells (PGSCs) we...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,484 Views
11 Pages

Background: Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (FHA) is a stress-induced blockade of the reproductive axis. Such impairment is mainly due to altered control of GnRH-induced gonadotropin secretion as well as alterations of other endocrine functions. M...

  • Feature Paper
  • Communication
  • Open Access
15 Citations
16,419 Views
13 Pages

Multiple Roles of Prostaglandin E2 Receptors in Female Reproduction

  • Yao Ye,
  • Peng Lin,
  • Junyan Zhu,
  • Udo Jeschke and
  • Viktoria von Schönfeldt

Among prostaglandins, Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) (PGE2) is considered especially important for decidualization, ovulation, implantation and pregnancy. Four major PGE2 receptor subtypes, EP1, EP2, EP3, EP4, as well as peroxisome proliferator-activated re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
10,125 Views
9 Pages

Effects of Eating While Walking on Blood Glucose Concentrations

  • Majid Mufaqam Syed-Abdul,
  • Dhwani Satishkumar Soni,
  • Xin Liu and
  • Jason Daniel Wagganer

10 March 2020

Eating while walking is a commonly growing practice in the United States, in part due to an increase in the number of convenient dietary products (i.e., snack bars, shakes, drinks, etc.). Although eating while walking has been shown to increase total...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
7,689 Views
12 Pages

The Diagnostic Value of Chromogranin A in Neuroendocrine Neoplasms is Potentiated by Clinical Factors and Inflammatory Markers

  • Olga Papalou,
  • Melpomeni Peppa,
  • Eleni A. Kandaraki,
  • Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis and
  • George C. Nikou

Objective: Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are a heterogenous group of indolent tumors, with variable clinical behavior and steadily rising incidence. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical and laboratory factors that contribute in pred...