supported by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation,China(No.ZR2022MH248)
To the Editor:Breast cancer is a prevalent malignant tumor and ranks as the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally.^([1])The breast is the target organ of some endocrine hormones,which regulate its gro...
This work was supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81172497 and No. 81260396) and Jishou University Research Grant (No. j sdxkyzz 101010).
Background Prolactin(PRL) is a pituitary polypeptide hormone characterized by multiple biological actions including stimulation of growth in the prostate and formation of secretory alveoli and stimulation of milk prot...
Science Foundation of China (No. 30270507 and No. 30371581), Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 7022025), Fund of the National Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2003ccc01300) to XU Rong-kun, and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation to YANG Quan-hui.
Background Our earlier studies indicate that melatonin inhibits the proliferation of prolactinoma and induces apoptosis of pituitary prolactin-secreting tumor in rats. Melatonin has also been shown to induce apoptosis...
Background Control of hypersecretion of certain hormones is one of the key targets in the treatment of pituitary adenomas. RNA interference has been shown to inhibit protein expression, and thus it may represent a pro...
ThisworkwassupportedbytheNaturalScienceFoundationofLiaoningProvince (No 962 2 91)
Objective To study the effects of prolactin(PRL) on HLA-DR and CD40 expressions by human thyrocytes,and to investigate the possible mechanisms for PRL to affect the development of Graves'disease(GD).Methods Thyrocytes...