2002
Role of the interleukin-6/interleukin-6 soluble receptor cytokine system in mediating increased skeletal sensitivity to parathyroid hormone in perimenopausal women.
Insogna K, Mitnick M, Pascarella J, Nakchbandi I, Grey A, Masiukiewicz U. Role of the interleukin-6/interleukin-6 soluble receptor cytokine system in mediating increased skeletal sensitivity to parathyroid hormone in perimenopausal women. Journal Of Bone And Mineral Research 2002, 17 Suppl 2: n108-16. PMID: 12412787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsBone and BonesBone ResorptionCollagenCollagen Type ICytokinesDisease Models, AnimalEstrogensFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHyperparathyroidismInterleukin-6MenopauseMiceMiddle AgedOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalParathyroid HormonePeptidesPostmenopausePredictive Value of TestsPremenopauseReceptors, Interleukin-6Reference ValuesRetrospective StudiesConceptsIL-6/ILInterleukin-6Skeletal sensitivityPerimenopausal periodPrimary hyperparathyroidismPerimenopausal womenCytokine systemInterleukin-6 soluble receptorSerum IL-6 valuesEstrogen-deficient stateUrine N-telopeptideInterleukin-6/interleukinAction of PTHGroup of patientsIL-6 valuesSerum IL-6/ILEstrogen modulatesIL-6sRIL-6sR.Perimenopausal groupUrine NTXPremenopausal womenSkeletal complicationsCytokine profileExaggerated releaseEvidence that the IL-6/IL-6 Soluble Receptor Cytokine System Plays a Role in the Increased Skeletal Sensitivity to PTH in Estrogen-Deficient Women
Masiukiewicz US, Mitnick M, Gulanski BI, Insogna KL. Evidence that the IL-6/IL-6 Soluble Receptor Cytokine System Plays a Role in the Increased Skeletal Sensitivity to PTH in Estrogen-Deficient Women. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2002, 87: 2892-2898. PMID: 12050269, DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.6.8577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEstrogen-deficient womenIL-6/ILSkeletal sensitivityIL-6IL-6sREstrogen deficiencyCytokine systemIL-6 soluble receptorUrine N-telopeptideAction of PTHPrevious animal studiesNTx excretionPTH infusionPostmenopausal womenSerum calciumN-telopeptideCytokine productionTNF-alphaExaggerated increaseIL-1betaHormonal statusBaseline valuesSoluble receptorAnimal studiesColony-stimulating factor-1
1984
Biochemical and Histomorphometric Characterization of a Rat Model for Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy*
INSOGNA K, STEWART A, VIGNERY A, WEIR E, NAMNUM P, BARON R, KIRKWOOD J, DEFTOS L, BROADUS A. Biochemical and Histomorphometric Characterization of a Rat Model for Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy*. Endocrinology 1984, 114: 888-896. PMID: 6546543, DOI: 10.1210/endo-114-3-888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-bearing animalsBone-resorbing activityHumoral hypercalcemiaDay 13Dihydroxyvitamin D valuesFractional phosphorus excretionQuantitative bone histomorphometryAction of PTHImmunoreactive PTH levelsTumor-bearing groupLeydig cell tumorMale Fisher ratsBone cell functionPTH levelsNephrogenous cAMPDihydroxyvitamin DTumor transplantationCell tumorsBone resorptionBone histomorphometryRat modelTumor groupControl animalsFisher ratsMarked suppression