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15 YEARS OF PARAGANGLIOMA: Metabolism and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma

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2D-DIGE proteomic analysis identifies new potential therapeutic targets for adrenocortical carcinoma.

scientific article published on March 2015

A new mechanism involving ERK contributes to rosiglitazone inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma inflammatory effects in human endothelial cells

scientific article published on 31 January 2008

A novel functional estrogen receptor on human sperm membrane interferes with progesterone effects

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

A unique neuroendocrine cell model derived from the human foetal neural crest

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Acrosome reaction is impaired in spermatozoa of obese men: a preliminary study.

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Adrenocortical carcinoma: the dawn of a new era of genomic and molecular biology analysis

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Age as a Predictive Factor of Testosterone Improvement in Male Patients After Bariatric Surgery: Preliminary Results of a Monocentric Prospective Study

scientific article published on 01 February 2013

Analysis of circulating extracellular vesicle-associated microRNAs in cortisol-producing adrenocortical tumors.

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Analysis of circulating microRNAs in adrenocortical tumors

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Androgens regulate phosphodiesterase type 5 expression and functional activity in corpora cavernosa

scientific article published on 5 February 2004

AnnexinV binding and merocyanine staining fail to detect human sperm capacitation

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Assessment of VAV2 Expression Refines Prognostic Prediction in Adrenocortical Carcinoma.

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Body weight loss reverts obesity-associated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Can the positive association of osteocalcin with testosterone be unmasked when the preeminent hypothalamic-pituitary regulation of testosterone production is impaired? The model of spinal cord injury

scientific article published on 04 May 2018

Cancer-testis Antigen FATE1 Expression in Adrenocortical Tumors Is Associated with A Pervasive Autoimmune Response and Is A Marker of Malignancy in Adult, but Not Children, ACC

scientific article published on 14 March 2020

Characterization of human adult stem-cell populations isolated from visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue

scientific article published on 7 July 2009

Characterization of membrane nongenomic receptors for progesterone in human spermatozoa

scientific article published in May 2002

Circulating tumor cells and microemboli can differentiate malignant and benign pulmonary lesions

scientific article published on 15 July 2017

DNA Methylation Is an Independent Prognostic Marker of Survival in Adrenocortical Cancer.

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Detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma: a monocentric preliminary study

scientific article published on 8 July 2013

Determinants of testosterone recovery after bariatric surgery: is it only a matter of reduction of body mass index?

scientific article published on 16 March 2013

Dissecting the origin of inducible brown fat in adult humans through a novel adipose stem cell model from adipose tissue surrounding pheochromocytoma

scientific article published on 27 June 2014

Effect of a vitamin D3 analogue on keratinocyte growth factor-induced cell proliferation in benign prostate hyperplasia

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Effect of liraglutide on proliferation and differentiation of human adipose stem cells

scientific article published on 06 January 2015

Effects of estrogenic compounds on human spermatozoa: evidence for interaction with a nongenomic receptor for estrogen on human sperm membrane

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Effects of hypoxia on endothelin-1 sensitivity in the corpus cavernosum.

scientific article published in December 2003

Elocalcitol inhibits inflammatory responses in human thyroid cells and T cells.

scientific article published on 27 March 2008

Endothelium-dependency of yohimbine-induced corpus cavernosum relaxation

scientific article published in August 2002

Enhancement of mouse sperm motility by the PI3-kinase inhibitor LY294002 does not result in toxic effects on preimplantation embryo development

scientific article published on 26 August 2005

Estrogens, but not androgens, regulate expression and functional activity of oxytocin receptor in rabbit epididymis

scientific article published in November 2002

Evaluation and diagnostic potential of circulating extracellular vesicle-associated microRNAs in adrenocortical tumors.

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Expression and function of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor in human olfactory GnRH-secreting neurons: an autocrine GnRH loop underlies neuronal migration

scientific article published on 16 October 2003

Expression and regulation of endothelin-1 and its receptors in human penile smooth muscle cells

scientific article published in December 2002

Expression of functional estrogen receptors in human fetal male external genitalia.

scientific article published in April 2003

Extracellular calcium negatively modulates tyrosine phosphorylation and tyrosine kinase activity during capacitation of human spermatozoa

scientific article published in July 1996

Extracellular signal-regulated kinases modulate capacitation of human spermatozoa

scientific article published in June 1998

Fascin-1 Is a Novel Prognostic Biomarker Associated With Tumor Invasiveness in Adrenocortical Carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Feasibility and safety of minimal-incision thyroidectomy for Graves' disease: A prospective, single-center study

scientific article published on 21 August 2012

Functional differences in visceral and subcutaneous fat pads originate from differences in the adipose stem cell

scientific article published on 4 May 2012

Germline Mutation in KIF1Bβ Gene Associated with Loss of Heterozygosity: Usefulness of Next-Generation Sequencing in the Genetic Screening of Patients with Pheochromocytoma

scientific article published on 30 May 2020

Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) measurement in frozen whole blood depends on baseline values of fresh samples.

scientific article published on 20 October 2012

How do sperm swim? Molecular mechanisms underlying sperm motility.

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Human bladder as a novel target for vitamin D receptor ligands

scientific article published on 30 November 2004

Human fetal adrenal cells retain age-related stem- and endocrine-differentiation potential in culture

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Human sperm activation during capacitation and acrosome reaction: role of calcium, protein phosphorylation and lipid remodelling pathways.

scientific article published on 15 August 1996

Human spermatozoa as a model for studying membrane receptors mediating rapid nongenomic effects of progesterone and estrogens.

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Hypogonadism as an additional indication for bariatric surgery in male morbid obesity?

scientific article published on 12 August 2014

Identification and Characterization of Functional Nongenomic Progesterone Receptors on Human Sperm Membrane1 ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 1998

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Functional Estrogen Receptor on Human Sperm Membrane That Interferes with Progesterone Effects

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Identification, characterization and biological activity of oxytocin receptor in the developing human penis.

scientific article published on 10 December 2004

Identification, localization and functional activity of oxytocin receptors in epididymis

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Identification, localization and functional in vitro and in vivo activity of oxytocin receptor in the rat penis.

scientific article published in March 2005

Increased phosphorylation of AKAP by inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase enhances human sperm motility through tail recruitment of protein kinase A.

scientific article published in March 2004

Intracellular calcium increase and acrosome reaction in response to progesterone in human spermatozoa are correlated with in-vitro fertilization

scientific article published in January 1995

Is cleaved glucagon-like peptide 1 really inactive? Effects of GLP-1(9-36) on human adipose stem cells

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

Is early measurement of glycated albumin and HbA1c useful for the prediction of treatment response in type 2 diabetes?

scientific article published on 18 September 2015

Management of adrenocortical carcinoma: a consensus statement of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE).

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Markers of human sperm functions in the ICSI era.

scientific article published on January 2011

Massive Weight Loss Obtained by Bariatric Surgery Affects Semen Quality in Morbid Male Obesity: a Preliminary Prospective Double-Armed Study

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Metformin as a new anti-cancer drug in adrenocortical carcinoma

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Molecular markers of human sperm functions.

scientific article published on 20 February 2008

Molecular mechanisms during sperm capacitation.

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Molecular mechanisms underlying the pro-inflammatory synergistic effect of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma in human microvascular endothelium

scientific article published on 26 September 2009

Morphofunctional effects of mitotane on mitochondria in human adrenocortical cancer cells.

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

New insights in the clinical and translational relevance of miR483-5p in adrenocortical cancer.

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Nongenomic activation of spermatozoa by steroid hormones: facts and fictions.

scientific article published on 28 February 2009

Nongenomic effects of progesterone on spermatozoa: mechanisms of signal transduction and clinical implications.

scientific article published in November 1998

Nongenomic progesterone receptor on human spermatozoa: biochemical aspects and clinical implications.

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH—BASIC SCIENCE: Effect of Chronic Tadalafil Administration on Penile Hypoxia Induced by Cavernous Neurotomy in the Rat

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Osteocalcin increase after bariatric surgery predicts androgen recovery in hypogonadal obese males

scientific article published on 05 December 2013

Oxytocin receptor is expressed in the penis and mediates an estrogen-dependent smooth muscle contractility

scientific article published on 22 December 2003

Pathophysiology of sperm motility

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Peripheral regulatory mechanisms in erection.

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma): Is the genomic activity the only answer?

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Peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is required for modulating endothelial inflammatory response through a nongenomic mechanism

scientific article published on 26 May 2010

Perspectives in GLP-1 Research: New Targets, New Receptors.

scientific article published on 15 April 2016

Perspectives on cardiovascular effects of incretin-based drugs: From bedside to bench, return trip.

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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibition enhances human sperm motility and sperm-zona pellucida binding

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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibition enhances human sperm motility.

scientific article published in September 2001

Prevalence and number of circulating tumour cells and microemboli at diagnosis of advanced NSCLC.

scientific article published on 26 July 2015

Progesterone and spermatozoa: a long-lasting liaison comes to definition

scientific article published on 7 September 2011

Progesterone stimulates p42 extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p42erk) in human spermatozoa

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Prognostic and Monitoring Value of Circulating Tumor Cells in Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Preliminary Monocentric Study

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

Regulation of epididymal contractility during semen emission, the first part of the ejaculatory process: a role for estrogen.

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Reply to the "Letter to the Editor" Ma Z-G, Yuan Y-P, Zhang X, Tang Q-Z. SGLT1: A potential target for human ischemic and hypertrophic heart? Int J Cardiol (2017)

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Report on the 9th European Workshop on Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology of the Testis

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Role of a-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) in reproduction.

scientific article published on January 2011

Role of endothelin-1 in the migration of human olfactory gonadotropin-releasing hormone-secreting neuroblasts

scientific article published on 30 June 2005

Role of the PPAR-γ system in normal and tumoral pituitary corticotropic cells and adrenal cells.

scientific article published on 10 September 2010

Rosiglitazone impairs proliferation of human adrenocortical cancer: preclinical study in a xenograft mouse model.

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Rosiglitazone inhibits adrenocortical cancer cell proliferation by interfering with the IGF-IR intracellular signaling.

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Searching for Classical Brown Fat in Humans: Development of a Novel Human Fetal Brown Stem Cell Model.

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Seminal but not Serum Levels of Holotranscobalamin are Altered in Morbid Obesity and Correlate with Semen Quality: A Pilot Single Centre Study

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Sex steroids and leptin regulate the "first Kiss" (KiSS 1/G-protein-coupled receptor 54 system) in human gonadotropin-releasing-hormone-secreting neuroblasts

scientific article published on 4 March 2008

Sex steroids and odorants modulate gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion in primary cultures of human olfactory cells

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Signal transduction pathways in human spermatozoa

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Sodium-dependent glucose transporters (SGLT) in human ischemic heart: A new potential pharmacological target.

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

Src activation triggers capacitation and acrosome reaction but not motility in human spermatozoa

scientific article published on 26 August 2008

Stimulation of protein tyrosine phosphorylation by platelet-activating factor and progesterone in human spermatozoa

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

Tankyrase, a positive regulator of telomere elongation, is over expressed in human breast cancer

scientific article published in December 2004

Testosterone Regulates RhoA/Rho-Kinase Signaling in Two Distinct Animal Models of Chemical Diabetes

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Testosterone regulates PDE5 expression and in vivo responsiveness to tadalafil in rat corpus cavernosum.

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Testosterone restores diabetes-induced erectile dysfunction and sildenafil responsiveness in two distinct animal models of chemical diabetes

scientific article published in March 2006

The Adipose Stem Cell as a Novel Metabolic Actor in Adrenocortical Carcinoma Progression: Evidence from an In Vitro Tumor Microenvironment Crosstalk Model

scientific article published on 04 December 2019

The Y606C RET mutation causes a receptor gain of function

scientific article published on 31 January 2008

The next step: mechanisms driving adrenocortical carcinoma metastasis.

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The paramount role of cytokines and chemokines in papillary thyroid cancer: a review and experimental results

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Tyrosine kinase inhibition reduces the plateau phase of the calcium increase in response to progesterone in human sperm

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Tyrosine phosphorylation of the a kinase anchoring protein 3 (AKAP3) and soluble adenylate cyclase are involved in the increase of human sperm motility by bicarbonate

scientific article published in September 2004

Uteroglobin and transglutaminase modulate human sperm functions

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Value of Molecular Classification for Prognostic Assessment of Adrenocortical Carcinoma

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Vitamin D3 analogue inhibits keratinocyte growth factor signaling and induces apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells

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Which is the main molecular target responsible for the cardiovascular benefits in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial? A journey through the kidney, the heart and other interesting places

scientific article published on 10 September 2016

Xenograft models for preclinical drug testing: Implications for adrenocortical cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on October 26, 2011

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