“RAC GTPase cycle”, “RHO GTPase cycle” and “Activation of GTPase activity” pathways) and cellular phagocytosis-related activities (i.e., “Fc gamma receptor dependent phagocytosis”, “Rc gamma
woman's mammary glands. The synthesis of mother's milk begins after the delivery of the newborn. An additional peptide hormone called prolactin is secreted from the anterior pituitary. Prolactin helps maintain the secretory capability of the mammary glands for as long as the baby continues to ...
3D), while the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels did not exhibit a significant difference between the two groups (Fig. 3E). Besides, the LH/FSH ratio was significantly higher in the HFHS group compared to the control group, with a fold change of 2.30 (Fig. 3F). It is worth ...
5,6,7,8. Endocrine interorgan communication orchestrates this organ size re-set yielding an enlarged intestine with about a third more absorptive enterocytes (EC)7,8. This expansion is orchestrated by systemic release of juvenile hormone (JH) from the neuroendocrine corpora...
The effect of pleasant odors and hormone status on mood of women at midlife The effect of odors on the mood of 56 women ranging in age from 45 to 60 years was determined using the POMS (Profile of Mood States). The 56 subjects were... SS Schiffman,EA Sattely-Miller,MS Suggs,... -...
the key hormone change associated with the female orgasm is a substantial increase in levels of a hormone called prolactin. There are however many other subtle hormone changes which women experience during orgasm including changes to the hormones testosterone, cortisol, oestrogen, progesterone and plasma...
the uterus and the fallopian tubes are generally believed to be sterile, which would require the cervix to be a perfect barrier. Mucins in the cervix, however, are known to change conformation, leading to aggregations dependent on pH variations during the menstrual cycle1. Such changes may in ...
Melatonin is an important hormone secreted mainly by the pineal gland that acts as a potent anti-oxidant, anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory agent [16]. Melatonin also has been shown to upregulates several antioxidant enzymes and subsequently downregulate pro-oxidants, in both pre-clinical and ...
endocrine therapy was indicated in the case of positivity for hormone receptor and according to prognostic factors; and patients withHER2+tumors received neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant trastuzumab from 2007 onwards. This study was approved by the Breast Cancer Study Group and by the institutional review ...
The % of hormone+ve area per islet was calculated as [(hormone+ve area/islet area) x 100]. The % of PCNA+ve insulin+ve cells per islet was calculated as [(# of PCNA+ve insulin+ve cells)/(total # of insulin+ve cells per islet) x 100], with an average of 590 cells counted ...