ALLMedicine™ Adrenocorticotropin Center

Sep 17th, 2021 - To better comprehend the physiology of cephalopods, we used a minimal invasive technique of skin mucus swabs to measure immunoreactive corticosteroids in three cephalopod species commonly kept in captivity and promoted as new model organisms: Eupr...

Sep 1st, 2021 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a proinflammatory and prothrombotic condition, but its impact on adrenal function has not been adequately evaluated. A 46-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain, hypotension, and skin hyperpigmentation ...

Jul 30th, 2021 - Cushing disease is a potentially fatal endocrine disorder caused by adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-secreting microadenomas in the pituitary gland. Accurate detection and localization of the adenomas is the key to clinical treatment. This study analyse...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Mechanisms underlying pituitary corticotroph adenoma adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) production are poorly understood, yet circulating ACTH levels closely correlate with adenoma phenotype and clinical outcomes. We characterized the 5' ends of proopiome...

May 26th, 2021 - To investigate whether a combination of the low-dose (1 μg) adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) stimulation test and glucagon stimulation test (GST) could overcome the problem of equivocal results with the GST or ACTH test alone in patients with pituitary ...