ABSTRACT
The effect of benserazide administration on the secretion of GH, PRL, and TSH has been considered as an index of dopamine regulatory actions. Nine acromegalic patients and nine normal subjects were given a single 125 mg oral dose of benserazide, and serum GH, PRL, and TSH were determined by RIA methods every 30 min for 4 h. Benserazide did not alter GH values either in normal subjects or in acromegalic patients. A significant increase of serum PRL was found in both groups, and the increase was similar in normoprolactinemic and in hyperprolactinemic acromegalic patients. A significant increase in TSH levels was found only in acromegalic patients. Thus, a decrease in dopamine outside the blood-brain barrier did not affect GH secretion, whereas PRL secretion was changed in the acromegalic as well as in the control group.
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Acromegaly/blood , Benserazide/pharmacology , Growth Hormone/blood , Hydrazines/pharmacology , Prolactin/blood , Thyrotropin/blood , Adult , Dopamine/physiology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Hepatitis B Antigens/analysis , Hepatitis B/immunology , Hepatitis, Chronic/immunology , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Hepatitis B/epidemiology , Hepatitis B Antibodies/analysis , Hepatitis B Antigens/immunology , Hepatitis delta Antigens , Hepatitis, Chronic/epidemiology , Humans , Infant , Male , RadioimmunoassaySubject(s)
Hepatitis B Antigens/immunology , Hepatitis B/immunology , Hepatitis, Chronic/immunology , Adult , Child , Hepatitis B Antibodies/analysis , Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/analysis , Hepatitis B e Antigens/analysis , Hepatitis B e Antigens/immunology , Hepatitis delta Antigens , Humans , RadioimmunoassayABSTRACT
Secretory periodicity of prolactin (PRL) is preserved in women with breast cancer in spontaneous or surgical menopause. Hormone titres occurring during the day may be occasionally significantly higher in respect to the ones observe in normal controls at the same hours. The periodicity features calculated by the Fourier's method show however normal indices, namely mesor (mean PRL titres in the 24 hours) phase, amplitude and frequency of oscillations.
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Breast Neoplasms/metabolism , Prolactin/metabolism , Adult , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Circadian Rhythm , Female , Fourier Analysis , Humans , Hypophysectomy , Mastectomy , Menopause , Pituitary Gland/metabolism , Prolactin/bloodABSTRACT
The 24-hour periodicity of PRL secretion in 7 prolactinoma subjects of both sexes has been studied by means of the Fourier's harmonic analysis. In all cases elevated PRL titres have been found, that did not show the physiological changes due to sleep and wake. In most of the cases could not be demonstrated either a significant secretory periodicity or secretory episodes occurred with a frequency higher than in the control groups. Such secretory features may depend on changes in the neoplastic cells' receptors for regulating neurotransmitters.
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Adenoma/metabolism , Pituitary Neoplasms/metabolism , Prolactin/metabolism , Circadian Rhythm , Female , Fourier Analysis , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
The direct and indirect immunofluorescence technique has been used to study liver biopsies in children affected by different forms of chronic HBsAg positive Hepatitis. The method allows to study the long run changes of the antigens correlated to HBV and of the related immunological phenomena both in serum (autoantibodies) and in the tissue (immunoglobulins and immunocomplexes in the liver). The results obtained are satisfactory.
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Hepatitis B/pathology , Liver/pathology , Biopsy , Child , Chronic Disease , Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/analysis , Humans , PrognosisABSTRACT
STH circadian secretion has been investigated in 11 acromegalic patients. The physiological STH nocturnal surge is not present in acromegaly, but when data are evaluated by Fourier's cosines analysis, a rhythmicity is however found also in acromegaly. The characteristics of harmonics, namely periodicity, amplitudes and phases, are largely different in respect to pattern of normal subjects, where the rhythmicity is represented by an harmonics with 24-hour periodicity.
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Acromegaly/blood , Circadian Rhythm , Growth Hormone/metabolism , Pituitary Gland, Anterior/metabolism , Adult , Female , Growth Hormone/blood , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
PRL levels over 24 hours have been studied in 9 acromegalic patients (4 men and 4 women). Hormone levels were found significantly higher than age and sex matched normal subjects in 4 cases (2 males and 2 females). PRL and STH levels were significantly correlated in men, but not in women. A 24-hour periodicity of PRL secretion was found in 4 cases, however in 2 of them the phase was anticipated in respect to the control group. In 4 of the remaining subjects the hormone secretion is made up by a succession of episodes with higher frequency than in the control group. Only in one case no significant periodicity of secretion was observed.
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Acromegaly/blood , Circadian Rhythm , Pituitary Gland, Anterior/metabolism , Prolactin/metabolism , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prolactin/bloodSubject(s)
Gonadotropins, Pituitary/metabolism , Growth Hormone/metabolism , Myotonic Dystrophy/metabolism , Pituitary Gland, Anterior/metabolism , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Follicle Stimulating Hormone/metabolism , Humans , Luteinizing Hormone/metabolism , Male , Middle Aged , Periodicity , Prolactin/metabolism , Testis/metabolism , Testosterone/metabolismABSTRACT
Prolactin and somatotropin secretory rhythmicity was studied in 7 inhibited depression male patients, evaluated by the Hamilton Rating Scale for depression, before and after trazodone (400 mg i.v. once daily) treatment. The mean 24-hour hormone levels of the patients were comparable to the controls. Trazodone enhances the prolactin value, increasing chiefly the titres during sleep which were lower in respect to controls before treatment. The drug decreases the mean 24-hour somatotropin levels, mainly the values during sleep. A serotoninergic effect is possibly involved. An improvement of mood has been observed in all cases.