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Detection of Early Ultrasonographic Markers of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Prediabetes Patients by SM, Firmino, KW, Wende, JP, Gregorio, FY, Yuamoto, AD, Heubel, EZ, Kabbach, PB, Santos, CL, Goulart, H, Pott-Junior, A, Borghi-Silva, RG, Mendes, AMO, Leal, MG, Roscani

“…Prediabetes individuals may present incipient signals of cardiovascular injury and evaluate with unfavorable outcome. The aim of this study was to identify…”
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Decreased muscle strength is associated with proinflammatory cytokines but not testosterone levels in men with diabetes by Ferreira, J P, Leal, A M O, Vasilceac, F A, Sartor, C D, Sacco, I C N, Soares, A S, Salvini, T F

“…The aim of this study was to compare muscle strength in male subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) with and without low plasma testosterone levels and…”
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Autocrine/paracrine regulation of pituitary function by activin, inhibin and follistatin by Bilezikjian, Louise M., Blount, Amy L., Leal, Angela M.O., Donaldson, Cindy J., Fischer, Wolfgang H., Vale, Wylie W.

“…The precise regulation of the anterior pituitary is achieved by the cell-specific and combined actions of central, peripheral and local factors. Activins,…”
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Clinical, Hormonal, Behavioral, and Genetic Characteristics of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome in a Brazilian Cohort: Five Novel Mutations in the Androgen Receptor Gene by Melo, Karla F. S., Mendonca, Berenice B., Billerbeck, Ana Elisa C., Costa, Elaine M. F., Inácio, Marlene, Silva, Frederico A. Q., Leal, Angela M. O., Latronico, Ana C., Arnhold, Ivo J. P.

“…Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is caused by mutations in the androgen receptor gene and is associated with a variety of phenotypes in 46,XY individuals,…”
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The distribution of betaglycan protein and mRNA in rat brain, pituitary, and gonads: implications for a role for betaglycan in inhibin-mediated reproductive functions by MacConell, Leigh A, Leal, Angela M O, Vale, Wylie W

“…Betaglycan was reported by our laboratory to serve as an inhibin binding protein and to facilitate the antagonism of activin signaling. Although an accessory…”
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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with educational inequalities among Brazilian adults: a population-based study by Gronner, M F, Bosi, P L, Carvalho, A M, Casale, G, Contrera, D, Pereira, M A, Diogo, T M, Torquato, M T C G, Souza, G M D, Oishi, J, Leal, A M O

“…The present study estimated the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) according to the criteria established by the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult…”
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Post-exercise changes in myostatin and actRIIB expression in obese insulin-resistant rats by Bueno, P.G., Bassi, D., Contrera, D.G., Carnielli, H.M., Silva, R.N., Nonaka, K.O., Selistre-de-Araújo, H.S., Leal, A.M.O.

“…► We evaluated the expression of MSTN and ActRIIB mRNA in different tissues in rats. ► The expression of MSTN and ActRIIB mRNA differed among the three…”
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Testicular function in patients with type 1 diabetes treated with high-dose CY and autologous hematopoietic SCT by Leal, A M O, Oliveira, M C, Couri, C E B, Moraes, D A, Stracieri, A-BPL, Pieroni, F, Soares, R D A, Barros, G N, Simões, B P, Foss, M C, Voltarelli, J C

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Rat Anterior Pituitary Folliculostellate Cells Are Targets of Interleukin-1β and a Major Source of Intrapituitary Follistatin by Bilezikjian, Louise M, Leal, Angela M. O, Blount, Amy L, Corrigan, Anne Z, Turnbull, Andrew V, Vale, Wylie W

“…Folliculostellate cells of the anterior pituitary are postulated to be an important source of factors, such as follistatin, that regulate pituitary function by…”
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Regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone secretion by the interactions of activin-A, dexamethasone and testosterone in anterior pituitary cell cultures of male rats by Leal, Angela M O, Blount, Amy L, Donaldson, Cynthia J, Bilezikjian, Louise M, Vale, Wylie W

“…This study was designed to evaluate the effects of glucocorticoids and gonadal steroids on the expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin of the…”
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Adrenocortical Hormones and Interleukin Patterns in Paracoccidioidomycosis by Leal, Angela M. O., Magalhães, Patrícia K. R., Martinez, Roberto, Moreira, Ayrton C.

“…The functional status of adrenocortical hormones and their relationship to the pattern of inflammatory cytokines in paracoccidioidomycosis were investigated in…”
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Unique adrenal gland imaging features in Addison's disease caused by paracoccidioidomycosis by LEAL, Angela M. O, BELLUCCI, Angela D, MUGLIA, Valdair F, LUCCHESI, Fabiano R

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Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of follistatin enlarges intact liver of adult rats by Takabe, Kazuaki, Wang, Lili, Leal, Angela M.O., MacConell, Leigh A., Wiater, Ezra, Tomiya, Tomoaki, Ohno, Akihiko, Verma, Inder M., Vale, Wylie

“…Under normal physiologic conditions, liver size is under strict regulatory control. Activin, a member of the transforming growth factor β (TGF- β) superfamily,…”
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Effect of adenovirus-mediated overexpression of follistatin and extracellular domain of activin receptor type II on gonadotropin secretion in vitro and in vivo by Leal, Angela M O, Takabe, Kazuaki, Wang, Lili, Donaldson, Cynthia J, MacConell, Leigh A, Bilezikjian, Louise M, Verma, Inder M, Vale, Wylie

“…Activins are dimeric proteins that stimulate the synthesis and secretion of pituitary FSH by interacting with two classes of receptors, type I and type II, to…”
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Food and the circadian activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis by Leal, A M, Moreira, A C

“…Temporal organization is an important feature of biological systems and its main function is to facilitate adaptation of the organism to the environment. The…”
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Adrenocortical hormones and interleukin patterns in leprosy by Leal, Ângela M. O., Magalhães, Patrícia K. R., Souza, Cacilda S., Foss, Norma T.

“…SUMMARY The functional status of adrenocortical hormones and their relationship to the pattern of inflammatory cytokines in the lepromatous and tuberculoid…”
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Daily Variation of Plasma Testosterone, Androstenedione, and Corticosterone in Rats under Food Restriction by Leal, Angela M.O., Moreira, Ayrton C.

“…Food availability is an important synchronizer of the pituitary–adrenal axis and daytime restriction of food access phase-shifts the diurnal periodicity of…”
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Impairment of AVP regulation in 17α-hydroxylase deficiency, a unique form of adrenal insufficiency by LEAL, A. M. O, ELIAS, P. C. L, MOREIRA, A. C

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Feeding and the diurnal variation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and its responses to CRH and ACTH in rats by Leal, A M, Moreira, A C

“…Daytime restriction of food availability phase-shifts the diurnal periodicity of plasma corticosterone (B) concentration in rats. However, the changes at the…”
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Ontogenetic diurnal variation of adrenal responsiveness to ACTH and stress in rats by Leal, A M, Carvalho, J, Moreira, A C

“…We performed studies in 8-, 16-, 24-, 30 and 35-day-old Wistar rats at 8.00 h (AM) and 20.00 h (PM) to investigate the relationship between the diurnal…”
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