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Glycyrrhetinic acid, the active principle of licorice, can reduce the thickness of subcutaneous thigh fat through topical applicationDecio Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35100 Padua, Italy
Steroids 70:538-42. 2005....- History of aldosterone on its 50th birthdayCristina Fiore
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
J Nephrol 19:S124-6. 2006..The paper describes the impact of mineralocorticoid substances on water regulation from Theophrastus (IV century B.C.) to Thomas Addison (1849). It also opens to the missed discovery of aldosterone of I.A. Macchi... - Polycystic ovary syndrome: Implications of measurement of plasma aldosterone, renin activity and progesteroneDecio Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Italy
Steroids 77:655-8. 2012.... - High prevalence of thyroid ultrasonographic abnormalities in primary aldosteronismDecio Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endocrinology, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35100 Padua, Italy
Endocrine 22:155-60. 2003..001) and, in particular, in female patients. From these data it seems to be worth considering the existence of primary hyperaldosteronism in patients with multinodular goiter and hypertension... - Idiopathic primary hyperaldosteronism: normalization of plasma aldosterone after one month withdrawal of long-term therapy with aldosterone-receptor antagonist potassium canrenoateD Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 28:236-40. 2005..These data are consistent with possible regression of idiopathic primary hyperaldosteronism after long-term therapy with potassium canrenoate, or in alternative to a persistent effect of potassium canrenoate, on aldosterone synthesis... - Alzheimer's disease: pathophysiological implications of measurement of plasma cortisol, plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, and lymphocytic corticosteroid receptorsDecio Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35100 Padua, Italy
Endocrine 22:113-8. 2003..These data support the hypothesis of a dysregulation of the adrenal pituitary axis in Alzheimer's disease, which is probably the consequence of damage to target tissues by corticosteroids... - Licorice reduces serum testosterone in healthy womenDecio Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35100 Padua, Italy
Steroids 69:763-6. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Licorice can reduce serum testosterone probably due to the block of 17-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and 17-20 lyase. Licorice could be considered an adjuvant therapy of hirsutism and polycystic ovary syndrome... - Licorice consumption and serum testosterone in healthy manD Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 111:341-3. 2003..Licorice treatment, in addition, did not affect the response of testosterone and 17-OHP to stimulation with beta-HCG... - Some considerations about evolution of idiopathic primary aldosteronismD Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endocrinology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 32:623-5. 2009..From all these considerations it follows that the concept of normal range of aldosterone should be revised and the use of aldosterone receptor blockers should be revisited... - Treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome with spironolactone plus licoriceDecio Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 131:61-7. 2007.... - Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor I in a Sydney Olympic gold medallistD Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Endocrinology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Br J Sports Med 36:148-9. 2002..It was concluded that the normal range for GH in athletes must be reconsidered for doping purposes, because athletes are subject to stress and thus to wide variations in GH levels... - Effect of licorice on PTH levels in healthy womenMee Jung Mattarello
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences-Endocrinology, University of Padua, Italy
Steroids 71:403-8. 2006..The effect of licorice on calcium metabolism is probably influenced by several components of the root, which show aldosterone-like, estrogen-like and antiandrogen activity... - Inositol administration reduces oxidative stress in erythrocytes of patients with polycystic ovary syndromeGabriella Donà
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padua, Viale G Colombo 3, Padua, Italy
Eur J Endocrinol 166:703-10. 2012..We investigated oxidative-related alterations in erythrocytes and anti-inflammatory effects of inositol in women with PCOS before and after treatment with myo-inositol (MYO)... - Antiviral effects of Glycyrrhiza speciesCristina Fiore
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
Phytother Res 22:141-8. 2008..Future research needs to explore the potency of compounds derived from licorice in prevention and treatment of influenza A virus pneumonia and as an adjuvant treatment in patients infected with HIV resistant to antiretroviral drugs... - In vitro effects of glycyrrhetinic acid on the growth of clinical isolates of Candida albicansDonatella Pellati
Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Via Gabelli, 63, 35121 Padua, University of Padua, Italy
Phytother Res 23:572-4. 2009..2 microg/mL) of 18-beta GA. The results demonstrate that 18-beta GA is a promising biological alternative for the topical treatment of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC)... - A history of the therapeutic use of liquorice in EuropeCristina Fiore
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endocrinology, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35128 Padua, Italy
J Ethnopharmacol 99:317-24. 2005..Finally, a comparison between traditional use in and outside Europe, with the most important recent scientific studies concerning its use, is presented... - Identification of the mineralocorticoid receptor in human spermatozoaCristina Fiore
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy
Int J Mol Med 18:649-52. 2006..Further studies should be performed in order to elucidate a possible physiological role of aldosterone in regulating electrolyte concentration, and the pro-oxidant effect of excess aldosterone in this new target tissue... - Effect of aldosterone and glycyrrhetinic acid on the protein expression of PAI-1 and p22(phox) in human mononuclear leukocytesLorenzo A Calo
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Clinica Medica 4, University of Padua, Padua 35100, Italy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:1973-6. 2004..In addition, the results confirm our previous data on a direct effect of glycyrrhetinic acid at the level of mineralocorticoid receptors... - Effect of glycyrrhetinic acid on membrane band 3 in human erythrocytesCristina Fiore
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, Padova, Italy
Arch Biochem Biophys 479:46-51. 2008..In conclusion, in human erythrocytes, GA is proposed to strengthen membrane integrity against both oxidative and proteolytic damage... - Long-term results of adrenalectomy in patients with aldosterone-producing adenomas: multivariate analysis of factors affecting unresolved hypertension and review of the literatureFranco Lumachi
Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy
Am Surg 71:864-9. 2005.... - The expression of the human steroid sulfatase-encoding gene is driven by alternative first exonsLuisa Dalla Valle
Comparative Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 107:22-9. 2007..In conclusion, the regulation of STS transcription appears to be more complex than previously thought, suggesting that this enzyme plays a substantial role in intercellular integration... - Unilateral adrenal tumor, erectile dysfunction and infertility in a patient with 21-hydroxylase deficiency: effects of glucocorticoid treatment and surgeryC Scaroni
Department of Endocrinology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 111:41-3. 2003..Impotence during treatment is probably due to a decrease of excessive adrenal androgens while testicular androgen production is still suppressed... - Aldosterone and the conquest of landL Colombo
Department of Biology, University of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 29:373-9. 2006..In conclusion, the phylogenetic history of aldosterone documents the erratic progression of evolutionary changes in the course of the strenuous struggle for environmental resources and survival... - Effect of licorice on the reduction of body fat mass in healthy subjectsD Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 26:646-50. 2003..Since the subjects were consuming the same amount of calories during the study, we suggest that licorice can reduce fat by inhibiting 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 at the level of fat cells... - Oxidative stress-related proteins in a Conn's adenoma tissue. Relevance for aldosterone's prooxidative and proinflammatory activityL A Calò
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Clinica Medica 4, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, Padua, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 33:48-53. 2010..Aldosterone also induces fibrosis and remodeling through direct effect on non-classical mineralocorticoid (MR) target tissues. However, studies on the role of aldosterone on OxSt and related factors in humans are lacking... - Licorice from antiquity to the end of the 19th century: applications in medical therapyCristina Fiore
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Ospedale, Padua, Italy
J Nephrol 17:337-41. 2004 - On the mechanism of mitochondrial permeability transition induction by glycyrrhetinic acidCristina Fiore
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche-Endocrinologia, , Via Ospedale 105, 35129 Padua, Italy
Biochim Biophys Acta 1658:195-201. 2004..Most likely the reactive group of GE is the carbonyl oxygen in C-11 which, by interacting mainly with a Fe/S centre of mitochondrial complex I, generates an oxygen-centered radical responsible for the pro-oxidant action... - Effect of canrenone and amiloride on the prooxidative effect induced by aldosterone in human mononuclear leukocytes in vitroC Fiore
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endocrinology, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35100 Padua, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 32:895-8. 2009..The addition of aldosterone-receptor antagonist canrenone produced a higher inhibition than sodium channel blocker amiloride on the effect of aldosterone on p22phox protein expression... - Genital tract infections and infertilityDonatella Pellati
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Endocrinology, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35100 Padua, Italy
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 140:3-11. 2008..Tropical diseases necessitate monitoring as for their diffusion or re-diffusion in the western world... - Pseudohyperaldosteronism: pathogenetic mechanismsDecio Armanini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences-Endocrinology, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35100 Padua, Italy
Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 40:295-335. 2003..Another genetic cause of pseudohyperaldosteronism is the syndrome of Liddle, which is due to a mutation of the gene encoding for beta and gamma subunits of the sodium channels... - Identification of the 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 mRNA and protein in human mononuclear leukocytesC Fiore
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endocrinology University of Padua, Padua 35128, Italy
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 117:514-8. 2009..Dehydrogenase activity could not be demonstrated. It is suggested that, although enzyme activity of 11beta-HSD1 in circulating MNL is low, it is apparently ready for enhancement after MNL migration to sites of inflammation... - Spironolactone in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome: effects on clinical features, insulin sensitivity and lipid profileE Zulian
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 28:49-53. 2005.... - Polycystic ovary syndrome: implications of corticotropin in the regulation of blood pressure, aldosterone, and androgen secretionDecio Armanini
Hypertension 50:e24; author reply e25. 2007 - Spontaneous resolution of idiopathic aldosteronism after long-term treatment with potassium canrenoateDecio Armanini
Hypertension 50:e69-70. 2007 - Grapefruit juice inhibits 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in vivo, in manMario Palermo
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 59:143-4. 2003 - Cortisol and ACTH response to oral dexamethasone in obesity and effects of sex, body fat distribution, and dexamethasone concentrations: a dose-response studyRenato Pasquali
Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Unit, University of Bologna, I 40100 Bologna, Italy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:166-75. 2002..On the other hand, our data suggest that, at least in women, abdominal fat distribution may partially counteract the progressively greater suppressibility of the HPA axis that would be expected according to increasing BMI... - Different inactivating mutations of the mineralocorticoid receptor in fourteen families affected by type I pseudohypoaldosteronismPaola Sartorato
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unité 478, Faculte de Medecine Xavier Bichat, 75018 Paris, France
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88:2508-17. 2003..Their absence in some families underscores the importance of an extensive investigation of the hMR gene and the role of precise diagnostic procedures to allow for identification of other genes potentially involved in the disease... - Glycyrrhetinic acid-induced permeability transition in rat liver mitochondriaMauro Salvi
Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica, Universita' di Padova, Istituto di Neuroscienze del C.N.R, Unita' per lo Studio delle Biomembrane, Via G. Colombo 3, 35121 Padua, Italy
Biochem Pharmacol 66:2375-9. 2003..All these observations indicate that glycyrrhetinic acid is a potent inducer of mitochondrial permeability transition and can trigger the pro-apoptotic pathway... - A particular phenotype in a girl with aldosterone synthase deficiencyTracy A Williams
Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, Hypertension Unit, San Vito Hospital, Strada San Vito 34, 10133 Turin, Italy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:3168-72. 2004..This case of ASD is of particular interest because despite the apparent lack of aldosterone synthase activity, the patient displays low-normal aldosterone levels, thus raising the question of its source... - Aldosterone, inflammation, and preeclampsiaDecio Armanini
Hypertension 45:e10. 2005 - Glycyrrhetinic acid as inhibitor or amplifier of permeability transition in rat heart mitochondriaValentina Battaglia
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova, CNR Institute of Neurosciences, Padova, Italy
Biochim Biophys Acta 1778:313-23. 2008..The reported results also explain the mechanism of apoptosis induction by GE in cardiomyocytes... - Mononuclear leukocyte mineralocorticoid receptors. A possible link between aldosterone and atherosclerosisDecio Armanini
Hypertension 47:e4; author reply e4-5. 2006