OBJECTIVE: During pregnancy, 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 (11β-HSD2) is involved in the development of the placental barrier, and its main function is to protect the fetus from the effects of the physiological increase ...

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are widely used for treatment of certain oncohematological diseases. Several clinical studies have confirmed that specific BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors alter the physiological process of ...

Carcinoids are rare tumors originating from neuroendocrine cells. A large proportion of these tumors produce serotonin and other biologically active hormones which may produce carcinoid syndrome characterized by flushing, ...

Abstract: Endogenous glucocorticoids exert a diverse array of physiological processes and play an important role in immune modulatory and anti-inflammatory responses. The secretion of cortisol by the adrenal gland is ...

Introduction: In this study, we compared human placental gene expression patterns of IGF from pregnancies that ended with preterm delivery versus full term pregnancies as controls. We also assessed differences in clinical ...

The incidence of thyroid cancers is increasing worldwide. Some somatic oncogene mutations (BRAF, NRAS, HRAS, KRAS) as well as gene translocations (RET/PTC, PAX8/PPAR-gamma) have been associated with the development ...