Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - Blood
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Pretreatment with stress cortisol enhances the human systemic inflammatory response to bacterial endotoxin.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: There is continuing controversy regarding the effect of glucocorticoids on a systemic inflammatory process. Based ona model of glucocorticoid action that includes both pro- and anti-inflammatory effects, we used the human experimental ... Read more...

[Treatment of pituitary adenomas]

25 Sep 2009 According to epidemiological studies, the prevalence of pituitary adenomas is 16.5% and the majority of them are "incidentalomas". The symptoms of pituitary disorders are often non-specific; disturbances of pituitary function, compression symptoms, ... Read more...

Basal, pulsatile, entropic (patterned), and spiky (staccato-like) properties of ACTH secretion: impact of age, gender, and body mass index.

13 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Age, gender, and BMI determine ultradian modes of LH and GH secretion, viz., pulsatile, basal, pattern-defined regularity [approximate entropy (ApEn)] and spikiness (sharp, brief excursions). Whether the same determinants apply to ACTH ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - Blood'

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• Pretreatment with stress cortisol enhances the human systemic inflammatory response to bacterial endotoxin. 29 Sep 2009
• [Treatment of pituitary adenomas] 25 Sep 2009
• Basal, pulsatile, entropic (patterned), and spiky (staccato-like) properties of ACTH secretion: impact of age, gender, and body mass index. 13 Sep 2009
• Evaluation of plasma ACTH, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, and insulin concentrations during various photoperiods in clinically normal horses and ponies and those with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction. 13 Sep 2009
• Update in primary aldosteronism. 6 Sep 2009
• Late-night and low-dose dexamethasone-suppressed cortisol in saliva and serum for the diagnosis of cortisol-secreting adrenal adenomas. 31 Aug 2009
• Elevations in sex hormones in dogs with sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS). 30 Aug 2009
• Functional CRH variation increases stress-induced alcohol consumption in primates. 15 Aug 2009
• Exaggerated response of adrenocorticotropic hormone to growth hormone-releasing peptide-2 test in Cushing's disease. Case report. 30 Jul 2009
• An unusual case of Cushing's syndrome: the importance of a stepwise approach to diagnosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Cushing syndrome as a presenting symptom of renal tumors in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Long-term hypoxia enhances ACTH response to arginine vasopressin but not corticotropin-releasing hormone in the near-term ovine fetus. 20 Jul 2009
• Effects of environmental stress on mRNA and protein expression levels of steroid 5alpha-Reductase isozymes in adult rat brain. 13 Jul 2009
• Disruption of neuroendocrine stress responses to acute ferret odor by medial, but not central amygdala lesions in rats. 13 Jul 2009
• High incidence of low O(6)-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase expression in invasive macroadenomas of Cushing's disease. 7 Jul 2009
• Persistent adrenocorticotropin response to desmopressin in the early postoperative period predicts recurrence of Cushing's disease. 5 Jul 2009
• Impact of acute psychosocial stress on peripheral blood gene expression pathways in healthy men. Jul 2009
• Transgenic disruption of glucocorticoid signaling in mature osteoblasts and osteocytes attenuates K/BxN mouse serum-induced arthritis in vivo. 29 Jun 2009
• Effects of clonidine and midazolam premedication on bispectral index and recovery after elective surgery. 29 Jun 2009
• Naturally occurring variations in defensive burying behavior are associated with differences in vasopressin, oxytocin, and androgen receptors in the male rat. 16 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Adrenocorticotropic Hormone'

Definition: An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the ADRENAL CORTEX and its production of CORTICOSTEROIDS. ACTH is a 39-amino acid polypeptide of which the N-terminal 24-amino acid segment is identical in all species and contains the adrenocorticotrophic activity. Upon further tissue-specific processing, ACTH can yield ALPHA-MSH and corticotrophin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP).

Registry Number: 9002-60-2

Descriptor UI: D000324

Alternative terms: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Hormone, Adrenocorticotropic; ACTH (1-39); ACTH; Corticotrophin; Corticotropin; Corticotropin (1-39); Corticotrophin (1-39); Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone; Hormone, Adrenocorticotrophic; 1-39 ACTH; Adrenocorticotropin;

Related Mesh Headings: Petrosal Sinus Sampling; Receptors, Corticotropin;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analogs & derivatives; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; biosynthesis; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; deficiency; diagnostic use; drug effects; economics; genetics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; secretion; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Pharmacological Action: Hormones;

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History Note: 2007, 1987-1993 (1963)