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The clinically inapparent adrenal mass: update in diagnosis and managementGeorg Mansmann
Department of Endocrinology, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
Endocr Rev 25:309-40. 2004..Based on the statements of the conference, the available literature, and ongoing studies, our aim is to provide practical recommendations for the management of this common entity and to highlight areas for future studies and research...
Modulation of pancreatic islets-stress axis by hypothalamic releasing hormones and 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenaseJanine Schmid
Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13722-7. 2011..Agonists of CRHR1 and GHRH-receptor, therefore, may play an important role as novel therapeutic tools in the treatment of diabetes mellitus...
Effects of dehydroepiandrosterone on proliferation and differentiation of chromaffin progenitor cellsKuei Fang Chung
Medical Clinic III, Carl Gustav Carus University Medical School, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Endocrinol 336:141-8. 2011..Furthermore, the high dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations present in the fetal and adult adrenal may play an important role in adrenomedullary cell proliferation and differentiation...
Agonist of growth hormone-releasing hormone as a potential effector for survival and proliferation of pancreatic isletsBarbara Ludwig
Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:12623-8. 2010..In conclusion, our study provides evidence that agonists of GHRH represent a promising pharmacological therapy aimed at promoting islet graft growth and proliferation in diabetic patients...
The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score is associated with insulin resistance and progression towards type 2 diabetesPeter E H Schwarz
Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of Technical University Dresden, Medical Clinic III, Building 10, Room 108, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01309 Dresden, Germany
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:920-6. 2009..In this study we evaluated the usefulness of the FINDRISC to predict insulin resistance in a population at increased diabetes risk...
Chromaffin cells: the peripheral brainS R Bornstein
Department of Medicine III, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Mol Psychiatry 17:354-8. 2012....
Genetic variation of TLR4 influences immunoendocrine stress response: an observational study in cardiac surgical patientsAlexander Koch
Clinic of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, JW Goethe University Hospital, Theodor Stern Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main 60590, Germany
Crit Care 15:R109. 2011..To investigate the link to systemic inflammation in this context, we additionally measured 10 different cytokines in the serum...
Transcriptional regulatory program in wild-type and retinoblastoma gene-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts during adipocyte differentiationRobab Hakim-Weber
Biocenter, Division of Bioinformatics, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
BMC Res Notes 4:157. 2011..abstract:..
Consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and illegal substances among physicians and medical students in Brandenburg and Saxony (Germany)Karen Voigt
Department of General Medicine Medical Clinic III, Dresden Medical School, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
BMC Health Serv Res 9:219. 2009..The aim of this study was to assess consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and illegal substances among physicians and medical students in two German states: Brandenburg and Saxony...
Impaired adrenal stress response in Toll-like receptor 2-deficient miceStefan R Bornstein
Department of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, University of Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:16695-700. 2004..Our data demonstrate a link between the innate immune system and the endocrine stress response. The critical role of TLR-2 in adrenal glucocorticoid regulation needs to be considered in patients with inflammatory disease...
150 years of Sigmund Freud: What would Freud have said about the obesity epidemic?S R Bornstein
Department of Medicine, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Mol Psychiatry 11:1070-2. 2006..In this perspective, we attempt to write on his behalf an updated version of a Freudian way of thinking focused on the current high rates of obesity and depression...
The role of toll-like receptors in the immune-adrenal crosstalkS R Bornstein
Department of Anesthesiology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1088:307-18. 2006..In conclusion, TLRs play a crucial role in the immune-adrenal crosstalk. This close functional relationship needs to be considered in the treatment of inflammatory diseases requiring an intact adrenal stress response...
Approaching the shared biology of obesity and depression: the stress axis as the locus of gene-environment interactionsS R Bornstein
Department of Medicine, University of Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
Mol Psychiatry 11:892-902. 2006....
Dissociation of ACTH and glucocorticoidsStefan R Bornstein
Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Trends Endocrinol Metab 19:175-80. 2008..The separation of adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosteroid secretion is of clinical relevance and should be incorporated into our view on endocrine stress regulation...
From Neuroendocrinology to Neuroimmunomodulation - a tribute to Prof. Dr. Samuel McCannStefan R Bornstein
Department of Medicine, University of Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Gemany
Neuroimmunomodulation 14:122-5. 2007....
Is the worldwide epidemic of obesity a communicable feature of globalization?S R Bornstein
Department of Medicine, University of Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 116:S30-2. 2008..Understanding obesity in the light of globalization as a communicable disorder will allow outlining better avenues of prevention and treatment...
Genetic testing in pheochromocytoma: increasing importance for clinical decision makingStefan R Bornstein
Department of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1073:94-103. 2006..This algorithm will need to be validated by further genetic analysis, multicenter studies, and long-term observations...
Dehydroepiandrosterone induces a neuroendocrine phenotype in nerve growth factor-stimulated chromaffin pheochromocytoma PC12 cellsChristian G Ziegler
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Medical Clinic III, University of Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Endocrinology 149:320-8. 2008..DHEA drives NGF-stimulated cells toward a neuroendocrine phenotype, suggesting that the interaction of intraadrenal steroids and growth factors is required for the maintenance of an intact adrenal medulla...
Direct effect of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) on PC-12 cell differentiation processesChristian G Ziegler
Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Medical Clinic III, University of Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Endocrinol 336:149-55. 2011..Furthermore, employing membrane-impermeable dehydroepiandrosterone-BSA indicates the involvement of plasma-membrane bound receptors...
Isolation of neural crest derived chromaffin progenitors from adult adrenal medullaKuei Fang Chung
Carl Gustav Carus University Medical School, Medical Clinic III, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Stem Cells 27:2602-13. 2009....
Plasma methoxytyramine: a novel biomarker of metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma in relation to established risk factors of tumour size, location and SDHB mutation statusGraeme Eisenhofer
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Eur J Cancer 48:1739-49. 2012..There are currently no reliable biomarkers for malignant pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs). This study examined whether measurements of catecholamines and their metabolites might offer utility for this purpose...
Age at diagnosis of pheochromocytoma differs according to catecholamine phenotype and tumor locationGraeme Eisenhofer
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medicine III, University of Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96:375-84. 2011..Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are diagnosed earlier in patients with hereditary than sporadic disease. Whether other factors influence age at diagnosis is unclear...
Measurements of plasma methoxytyramine, normetanephrine, and metanephrine as discriminators of different hereditary forms of pheochromocytomaGraeme Eisenhofer
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medicine III, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Clin Chem 57:411-20. 2011..This study assessed whether measurements of plasma metanephrine, normetanephrine, and methoxytyramine, the O-methylated metabolites of catecholamines, might help to distinguish different hereditary forms of the tumor...
Transplantation of pancreatic islets to adrenal gland is promoted by agonists of growth-hormone-releasing hormoneUndine Schubert
Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:2288-93. 2013..Our studies demonstrated that the adrenal may be an attractive site for islet transplantation and that GHRH analogs might allow reduction of the islet mass needed to reverse a diabetic status...
Adrenocortical changes and arterial hypertension in lipoatrophic A-ZIP/F-1 miceValeria Lamounier-Zepter
Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center, University of Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Endocrinol 280:39-46. 2008..In conclusion, lipodystrophy in A-ZIP/F-1 mice is associated with hypertension, possibly due to hypercorticosteronemia and/or others metabolic-vascular changes...
Age-dependent regulation of chromaffin cell proliferation by growth factors, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and DHEA sulfateFlavie Sicard
Department of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus University Medical School, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:2007-12. 2007..In addition, the sensitivity of chromaffin cells to different growth factors is age-dependent. Furthermore, these two androgens may act through a receptor other than the classical steroid receptors...
Modified high-density lipoprotein modulates aldosterone release through scavenger receptors via extra cellular signal-regulated kinase and Janus kinase-dependent pathwaysSarama Saha
Department of Internal Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, Technical University of Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Biochem 366:1-10. 2012..This significant influence on multiple signaling mechanisms could be targeted for future research to implement novel therapeutic trials...
LipidXplorer: a software for consensual cross-platform lipidomicsRonny Herzog
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
PLoS ONE 7:e29851. 2012..mpi-cbg.de/wiki/lipidx/index.php/Main_Page...
Abrogation of TLR4 and CD14 expression and signaling in human adrenocortical tumorsWaldemar Kanczkowski
Department of Medicine III, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95:E421-9. 2010....
Chromaffin progenitor cells from the adrenal medullaMonika Ehrhart-Bornstein
University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Cell Mol Neurobiol 30:1417-23. 2010..We therefore aim to establish protocols for the efficient isolation, enrichment and differentiation of chromaffin progenitor cells to dopaminergic neurons in culture...
Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate (DHEA-S) promotes neuroendocrine differentiation of chromaffin pheochromocytoma PC12 cellsAlexander W Krug
Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Medical Clinic III, University of Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Endocrinol 300:126-31. 2009..Our study provides support for the notion that adrenocortical-derived DHEA-S impacts adrenomedullary chromaffin cells during development and differentiation...
Endothelial factors mediate aldosterone release via PKA-independent pathwaysIshrath Ansurudeen
Department of Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Endocrinol 300:66-70. 2009..These results provide evidence for the existence of a cAMP-dependent but PKA-independent pathway in mediating the ECM-induced aldosterone release and the significant influence of more than one signaling mechanism...
Type 2 diabetes in octogenarians is associated with decreased low molecular weight adiponectinJuergen Graessler
Department of Internal Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Gerontology 57:316-26. 2011..We examined whether adiponectin oligomer distribution is associated with aging and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in octogenarians without characteristic features of metabolic syndrome...
Arterial flow reduces oxidative stress via an antioxidant response element and Oct-1 binding site within the NADPH oxidase 4 promoter in endothelial cellsClaudia Goettsch
Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, University of Technology Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, Dresden, Germany
Basic Res Cardiol 106:551-61. 2011..This novel mechanism may be involved in the flow-dependent downregulation of endothelial superoxide anion formation...
Is there still a place for adrenal venous sampling in the diagnostic localization of pheochromocytoma?Roland Därr
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases, Department of Medicine III, Dresden Technical University Medical Center, Fetscherstr 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
Endocrine 40:75-9. 2011..This case highlights a scenario where a combination of (68)Ga-DOTATOC-PET/CT and AVS with measurement of the metanephrine to normetanephrine ratio was crucial for the preoperative assessment of a patient with bilateral pheochromocytoma...
Optimizing orthotopic cell transplantation in the mouse adrenal glandCibele C Cardoso
Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center, University of Dresden, Germany
Cell Transplant 19:565-72. 2010....
Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein suppresses cardiomyocyte contraction: a new link between obesity and heart diseaseValeria Lamounier-Zepter
Medical Clinic III, Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstr 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Circ Res 105:326-34. 2009..We have recently reported that secretory products from human adipocytes directly and acutely depressed cardiac contractile function...
Prediabetic and diabetic in vivo modification of circulating low-density lipoprotein attenuates its stimulatory effect on adrenal aldosterone and cortisol secretionSteffi Kopprasch
Department of Internal Medicine 3, Pathological Biochemistry, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
J Endocrinol 200:45-52. 2009..We conclude that LDL modifications in IGT and DM2 subjects may have significant clinical benefits by counteracting prediabetic and diabetic overactivity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and enhanced cortisol generation...
Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor expression on normal and tumorous human adrenocortical cellsHolger S Willenberg
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Rheumatology, University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Neuroendocrinology 82:274-81. 2005..The data support the assertion of a direct action of CRH on human adrenocortical cells in addition to an intra-adrenal CRH receptor/adrenocorticotropin system. Enhanced CRH1R expression may be involved in adrenocortical tumorigenesis...
Toll-like receptor 4 plays a crucial role in the immune-adrenal response to systemic inflammatory response syndromeKai Zacharowski
Molecular Cardioprotection and Inflammation Group, Department of Anesthesia, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf 40225, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:6392-7. 2006..Furthermore, TLR polymorphisms could contribute to the underlying mechanisms of impaired adrenal stress response in patients with bacterial sepsis...
Catecholamine metabolomic and secretory phenotypes in phaeochromocytomaGraeme Eisenhofer
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Endocr Relat Cancer 18:97-111. 2011..The data further suggest developmental origins of PPGLs from different populations of chromaffin cell progenitors...
Differentiation of chromaffin progenitor cells to dopaminergic neuronsVladimir Vukicevic
Molecular Endocrinology, Medical Clinic III, University Clinic Dresden, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Cell Transplant 21:2471-86. 2012..In summary, this study elucidates the capacity of chromaffin progenitor cells to generate functional dopaminergic neurons, indicating their potential use in cell replacement therapies...
Very-low-density lipoprotein mediates transcriptional regulation of aldosterone synthase in human adrenocortical cells through multiple signaling pathwaysSarama Saha
Department of Internal Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Cell Tissue Res 348:71-80. 2012....
Acute effects of lipid apheresis on human serum lipidomeSergey Tselmin
Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hosptial Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Atheroscler Suppl 10:27-33. 2009..The importance of specific changes in particular lipid species remains to be established...
Role of interleukin-6 in stress response in normal and tumorous adrenal cells and during chronic inflammationHolger S Willenberg
Department of Endocrinology at the University of Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:304-14. 2002..We infer that the loss of responsivity of tumorous adrenal cells to IL-6, and in part corticotropin, is an important step in the process of adrenal tumorigenesis by which regulation by differentiating proteins is bypassed...
Improvement of islet function in a bioartificial pancreas by enhanced oxygen supply and growth hormone releasing hormone agonistBarbara Ludwig
Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:5022-7. 2012..Consequently, this system opens up a fundamental strategy for therapy of diabetes and may provide a promising avenue for future approaches to xenotransplantation...
The osteoclast-associated receptor (OSCAR) is a novel receptor regulated by oxidized low-density lipoprotein in human endothelial cellsClaudia Goettsch
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases, Department of Medicine III, Technical University Medical Center, Fetscherstrasse 74, D 01307 Dresden, Germany
Endocrinology 152:4915-26. 2011..Our data suggest that OSCAR, originally described in bone as immunological mediator and regulator of osteoclast differentiation, may be involved in cell activation and inflammation during atherosclerosis...
A novel informatics concept for high-throughput shotgun lipidomics based on the molecular fragmentation query languageRonny Herzog
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Genome Biol 12:R8. 2011....
Shotgun lipidomics on a LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometer by successive switching between acquisition polarity modesKai Schuhmann
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307, Dresden, Germany
J Mass Spectrom 47:96-104. 2012..In this way, shotgun analysis of total lipid extracts of human blood plasma enabled to quantify 222 species from 15 major lipid classes within 7 min acquisition cycle...
Role of toll-like receptors and inflammation in adrenal gland insufficiencyWaldemar Kanczkowski
Department of Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
Neuroimmunomodulation 17:180-3. 2010..TLRs are implicated in adrenal cell turnover and steroidogenesis during inflammation. Therefore, TLRs play a crucial role in the activation of adrenal inflammation mediating adrenal gland dysfunction during septicemia...
Upregulation of TLR2 and TLR4 in the human adrenocortical cells differentially modulates adrenal steroidogenesisWaldemar Kanczkowski
Department of Medicine III, Technical University Dresden, University of Technology, Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Endocrinol 336:41-6. 2011..Together, these data suggest that TLR upregulation in the steroid producing cells may be involved in the adrenal gland dysfunction during sepsis...
Top-down lipidomics reveals ether lipid deficiency in blood plasma of hypertensive patientsJuergen Graessler
Department of Internal Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
PLoS ONE 4:e6261. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine whether hypertension specifically affects the plasma lipidome independently and differently from the effects induced by obesity and insulin resistance...
Differential expression and action of Toll-like receptors in human adrenocortical cellsWaldemar Kanczkowski
Department of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technical University of Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Endocrinol 300:57-65. 2009..Therefore, Toll-like receptors expression and function is a novel feature of the adrenal stress system contributing to adrenal tissue homeostasis, regeneration and tumorigenesis...
Differential expression of the regulated catecholamine secretory pathway in different hereditary forms of pheochromocytomaGraeme Eisenhofer
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 295:E1223-33. 2008....
Endothelial cell-mediated regulation of aldosterone release from human adrenocortical cellsIshrath Ansurudeen
Department of Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Mol Cell Endocrinol 265:150-6. 2007..In conclusion, human endothelial cells are important intra-adrenal regulators of human aldosterone synthesis and release...
[Prevention of type 2 diabetes in Germany. Ideas, evidence, implementation]Peter E H Schwarz
Medizinische Klinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der technischen Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden
Med Klin (Munich) 101:730-6. 2006..This guideline also includes the structure of a national prevention program with a prevention manager having a central role in the concept and suggestions for evaluation and quality control...
Polymorphisms in perilipin gene (PLIN) are not associated with obesity and weight variation in people with high risk of type 2 diabetesA Bergmann
Health Care Centre of Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 116:S56-8. 2008..But some other studies showed that, this association was not significant in Chinese and French . The aim of the current study was to examine whether the associations manifested in a German population with high risk of type 2 diabetes...
Lipoprotein apheresis of hypercholesterolemic patients mediates vasoprotective gene expression in human endothelial cellsHenning Morawietz
Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, University Clinical Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstr 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany Electronic address
Atheroscler Suppl 14:107-13. 2013..The underlying molecular mechanisms are not well-understood. In this study, we analyzed the impact of lipoprotein apheresis on gene expression in human endothelial cells...
Characterization of the LPS-induced inflammation of the adrenal gland in miceWaldemar Kanczkowski
Department of Medicine III, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany Electronic address
Mol Cell Endocrinol 371:228-35. 2013..Our results performed in mice, suggest that LPS-induced adrenal gland inflammation and cell death might be mechanisms potentially involved in the adrenal gland dysfunction in patients with sepsis...
Genetic instability and diminished differentiation capacity in long-term cultured mouse neurosphere cellsVladimir Vukicevic
Molecular Endocrinology, MKIII, University Clinic Dresden, Fiedlerstr 42, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Mech Ageing Dev 131:124-32. 2010....
Bottom-up shotgun lipidomics by higher energy collisional dissociation on LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometersKai Schuhmann
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
Anal Chem 83:5480-7. 2011..We argue that now both bottom-up and top-down shotgun lipidomics could be performed on the same instrumentation platform...
Cross-talk between adrenal medulla and adrenal cortex in stressMonika Ehrhart-Bornstein
Department of Medicine, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1148:112-7. 2008..The data summarized here indicate an involvement of intra-adrenal interactions in this coordination of the body's response to stress...
Insulin resistance in hypertension and cardiovascular diseaseValeria Lamounier-Zepter
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Medical Center, University of Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 20:355-67. 2006..Concerning the antihypertensive therapy of insulin-resistant hypertensive patients, most hypertensive guidelines fail to provide specific advice...
DHEA reduces NGF-mediated cell survival in serum-deprived PC12 cellsChristian G Ziegler
Department of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Medical Clinic III, University of Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1073:306-11. 2006..Hence, we speculate that DHEA might influence NGF-mediated chromaffin differentiation processes using the ERK1/2 MAP kinase pathway during adrenal tissue development...
Human adipocytes attenuate cardiomyocyte contraction: characterization of an adipocyte-derived negative inotropic activityValeria Lamounier-Zepter
Medical Clinic III, University of Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, Dresden 01307, Germany
FASEB J 20:1653-9. 2006..In summary, adipose tissue exerts highly potent activity with an acute depressant effect directly on cardiomyocytes, which may well contribute to increased heart failure risk in overweight patients...
Gout--current diagnosis and treatmentAnne Kathrin Tausche
Bereich Rheumatologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Universitatsklinikum, Carl Gustav Carus an der TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Dtsch Arztebl Int 106:549-55. 2009..In Germany, the prevalence of gouty arthritis is estimated at 1.4%, higher than that of rheumatoid arthritis. There are no German guidelines to date for the treatment of gout. Its current treatment is based largely on expert opinion...
Beyond lowering circulating LDL: apheresis-induced changes of systemic oxidative stress markers by four different techniquesSteffi Kopprasch
Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Atheroscler Suppl 10:34-8. 2009....
BMS309403 directly suppresses cardiac contractile functionChristiane Look
Medical Clinic III, University of Technology Dresden, Germany
Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 384:255-63. 2011..BMS309403 has an acute cardiac depressant effect in vitro. The potential therapeutic applicability of this compound requires additional consideration...
Retinal vessel analysis in hypercholesterolemic patients before and after LDL apheresisManja Reimann
Autonomic and Neuroendocrinological Laboratory, Dept of Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Atheroscler Suppl 10:39-43. 2009..Using retinal vascular imaging techniques, we attempted to investigate the microvascular benefit of a single LDL apheresis in hypercholesterolemia...
The Janus faces of allopurinol-allopurinol hypersensitivity syndromeAnne-Kathrin Tausche
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Am J Med 121:e3-4. 2008
The European perspective on diabetes prevention: development and Implementation of A European Guideline and training standards for diabetes prevention (IMAGE)Peter E H Schwarz
Department of Internal Medicine III, Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Technical University Dresden, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Diab Vasc Dis Res 4:353-7. 2007....
LDL apheresis improves deranged cardiovagal modulation in hypercholesterolemic patientsManja Reimann
Autonomic and Neuroendocrinological Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Atherosclerosis 213:212-7. 2010..To evaluate the impact of LDL apheresis on autonomic cardiovascular control we investigated hypercholesterolemic patients before and after a single LDL apheresis in comparison to an age-matched control group...
[Severe progression of coronary heart disease in a patient with elevated lipoprotein (a) level in spite of optimal LDL-C decrease]Sabine Fischer
Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden
Herz 32:578-82. 2007..All other risk factors, e.g., diabetes or hypertension, should be strictly managed as well. Cardiologic and angiologic examinations have to be an integral part of the treatment of these patients...
Low-density lipoproteins induce the renin-angiotensin system and their receptors in human endothelial cellsR A Catar
Department of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Medical Clinic and Policlinic III, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Horm Metab Res 39:801-5. 2007..These data suggest a novel link between hypercholesterolemia and hypertension in patients with the metabolic syndrome...
Current progress and future challenges in the biochemical diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomasG Eisenhofer
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Germany
Horm Metab Res 40:329-37. 2008..Improvements in treatment may in the future come from several fronts, but proof of efficacy ideally will require well-coordinated multicenter prospective trials in larger numbers of patients than in previous studies...
Glycoxidised LDL isolated from subjects with impaired glucose tolerance increases CD36 and peroxisome proliferator-activator receptor gamma gene expression in macrophagesJ Graessler
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pathological Biochemistry, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology, Fetscherstrasse 74, D 01307 Dresden, Germany
Diabetologia 50:1080-8. 2007....
Metabolic syndrome and the endocrine stress systemV Lamounier-Zepter
Medical Clinic III, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Horm Metab Res 38:437-41. 2006..This brief review discusses the role of stress and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction in the development of metabolic syndrome as well as new insights into the crosstalk between adipose tissue and endocrine stress system...
Nitric oxide and endothelin after lipid apheresis - a pilot studyJ Beyer-Westendorf
Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
Atheroscler Suppl 10:70-3. 2009..Whether the improvements of endothelial function after lipid apheresis are mediated by increased NO-production or by an altered turnover of vasoconstrictors such as ET-1 is still unknown. This was the onset of the present study...
Haplotypes in the promoter region of the ADIPOQ gene are associated with increased diabetes risk in a German Caucasian populationP E H Schwarz
III Medical Clinic Department of Endocrinopathies and Metabolic Diseases, Dresden, Germany
Horm Metab Res 38:447-51. 2006..006) after correction for BMI and age. Our observations suggest that diploid combinations of haplotype in the adiponectin gene promoter region contribute to the genetic risk of T2D in individuals from a German Caucasian population...
Apoptosis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and diabetes: a feature of diabetic cardiomyopathy?F Kuethe
Klinik fur Innere Medizin I, Friedrich Schiller Universitat Jena, Jena, Germany
Horm Metab Res 39:672-6. 2007....
A novel device for islet transplantation providing immune protection and oxygen supplyB Ludwig
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Department of Medicine III, Dresden, Germany
Horm Metab Res 42:918-22. 2010....
Human adipocytes induce an ERK1/2 MAP kinases-mediated upregulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) and an angiotensin II-sensitization in human adrenocortical cellsA W Krug
Medical Clinic III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, D 01309 Dresden, Germany
Int J Obes (Lond) 31:1605-16. 2007..In addition to a direct stimulation, a sensitization toward angiotensin II (AngII) might be involved. The second objective was to determine a possible adipokines-induced sensitization of human adrenocortical cells to AngII...
[New oral antidiabetic agents--clinical perspectives]S Fischer
Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der technischen Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
Internist (Berl) 49:495-501. 2008..In the near future one should await the discovery of more oral antidiabetic agents acting through modulation of important enzymes in glucose metabolism and transport pathways...
Alcohol consumption and other psycho-social conditions as important factors in the development of diabetic foot ulcersN Altenburg
Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, Dresden, Germany
Diabet Med 28:168-74. 2011..To characterize bio-psycho-social factors, particularly mental disorders and self-harm behaviour, associated with the development of diabetic foot ulcers...
Global meta-analysis of the C-11377G alteration in the ADIPOQ gene indicates the presence of population-specific effects: challenge for global health initiativesP E H Schwarz
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine III, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Pharmacogenomics J 9:42-8. 2009..Thus, to examine diabetes risk, a more global approach including the design of population-specific experimental strategies should be used, which will be crucial in developing health education and policies in a global health programme...
Vascular-adrenal niche--endothelial cell-mediated sensitization of human adrenocortical cells to angiotensin III Ansurudeen
Department of Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Horm Metab Res 38:476-80. 2006..This interaction may contribute to altered basal aldosterone release and have a role in patients with hypertension...
Cardiovascular events in patients with increased lipoprotein (a) - retrospective data analysis in an outpatient department of lipid disordersS Tselmin
Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Atheroscler Suppl 10:79-84. 2009..Our retrospective study analyzed the incidence of cardiovascular events in patients with Lp(a) plasma level of more than 250 mg/l, which has been defined as a threshold in previous publications...
Genetic variation of Neurogenin 3 is slightly associated with hyperproinsulinaemia and progression toward type 2 diabetesJ Li
Department of Endocrinopathies and Metabolic Diseases, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 116:178-83. 2008..The aim of the current study was to investigate the relevance of NGN3 variants for the clinical spectrum of diabetes development and disease progressions...
Increased aldosterone/renin quotient in obese hypertensive women: a novel role for low-density lipoproteins?V Lamounier-Zepter
Medical Clinic III, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Horm Metab Res 38:471-5. 2006....
Current aspects in the pathophysiology and treatment of chronic wounds in diabetes mellitusElena Tsourdi
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases, Department of Medicine III, Technical University Medical Center, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Biomed Res Int 2013:385641. 2013..In this paper we discuss novel adjuvant therapies with particular reference to the use of autologous skin transplants for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers which do not respond to standard care...
Mineralocorticoid-stimulating activity of adipose tissueValeria Lamounier-Zepter
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Medical Centre, University of Dresden, Germany
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 19:567-75. 2005..Indeed, adipose mineralocorticoid-stimulating activity was recently observed in isolated human adipocytes, suggesting a hitherto unknown direct involvement of adipose tissue in the regulation of blood pressure in obesity...
Impaired adrenal catecholamine system function in mice with deficiency of the ascorbic acid transporter (SVCT2)Stefan R Bornstein
Endocrinology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
FASEB J 17:1928-30. 2003..The data, however, establish a crucial role for ascorbic acid in adrenal chromaffin cell function...
The A98V single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in hepatic nuclear factor 1 alpha (HNF-1alpha) is associated with insulin sensitivity and beta-cell functionA Bergmann
Health Care Centre of Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technical University, Dresden, Germany
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 116:S50-5. 2008..The aims of the study was to determine whether two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) ile27-to-leu and ala98-to-val in the HNF-1alpha gene associate with diabetes, insulin sensitivity as well as beta-cell function...
The Metabolic Syndrome - a global challenge for preventionP E H Schwarz
Department of Internal Medicine III, Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Technical University Dresden, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
Horm Metab Res 39:777-80. 2007..A global health strategy has to take into account political, epidemiological, environmental, infrastructural and genetic aspects. The Metabolic Syndrome is not a mystery - it is a clinical paradigm and global challenge...
Mechanisms of obesity-related hypertensionV Lamounier-Zepter
Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
Horm Metab Res 36:376-80. 2004....
Adipocyte-derived products induce the transcription of the StAR promoter and stimulate aldosterone and cortisol secretion from adrenocortical cells through the Wnt-signaling pathwayS Schinner
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Rheumatology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Int J Obes (Lond) 31:864-70. 2007..However, the molecular mechanisms mediating this effect are not known...
Dissociation between ACTH and cortisol response in DEX-CRH test in patients with panic disorderKatja Petrowski
Institute of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Psychoneuroendocrinology 37:1199-208. 2012..The findings regarding the stress-specific functioning of the HPA-system are inconsistent. It is also unclear whether the HPA-system response after the Corticotropin-Releasing-Hormone (CRH) challenge becomes altered...
Modulation of dopaminergic neuronal differentiation from sympathoadrenal progenitorsVladimir Vukicevic
Molecular Endocrinology, Medical Clinic III, University Clinic Dresden, Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstr 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
J Mol Neurosci 48:420-6. 2012..Taken together, somatic adrenomedullary sympathoadrenal progenitor cells are a valid cell source for replacement therapies with a high potential for dopaminergic neuronal differentiation...
miR-125b regulates calcification of vascular smooth muscle cellsClaudia Goettsch
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases, Technical University, Dresden, Germany
Am J Pathol 179:1594-600. 2011..Evaluating the role of miRs in arterial calcification in vivo may have important therapeutic implications...
Combinatorial code of growth factors and neuropeptides define neuroendocrine differentiation in PC12 cellsDelphine Beaujean
Department of Endocrinology, University of Dusseldorf, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany
Exp Neurol 184:348-58. 2003..Therefore, in addition to glucocorticoids, chromaffin cells need a gradient of matrix, growth factors, and neuropeptides to develop the full functional phenotype of a neuroendocrine cell...
The Dresden Apheresis Center - experience with LDL apheresis and immunoadsorptionUlrich Julius
Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Atheroscler Suppl 10:12-6. 2009..The rheophoresis approach has been used in patients with age-dependent degeneration of the macula, sudden hearing loss, leg ulcers, and diabetic foot syndrome...
