W. M. Wiersinga

Publication List Details

Period

1994 - 2006

Number

285

Co-Authors

Hypothalamic thyroid hormone feedback in health and disease (2006)

Fliers, E., Alkemade, J.M., Wiersinga, W.M., Swaab, D.F.

The role of the human hypothalamus in the neuroendocrine response to illness has only recently begun to be explored. Extensive changes in the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis occur within...

Prediction of treatment response by HPA-axis and glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms in major depression (2006)

Brouwer, J.P., Appelhof, B.C., Koper, J.W., Fliers, E., Huyser, J, ...

Objective: We investigated whether treatment response is predicted by hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis parameters, or by genetic polymorphisms in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), that...

Chronic local inflammation in mice results in decreased TRH and type 3 deiodinase mRNA expression in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus independently of diminished food intake (2006)

Boelen, A., Kwakkel, J., Wiersinga, W.M., Fliers, E.

During illness, changes in thyroid hormone metabolism occur, known as nonthyroidal illness and characterised by decreased serum triiodothyronine (T-3) and thyroxine (T-4) without an increase in TSH....

Glucocorticoids and relapse of major depression (dexamethasone/corticotropin-releasing hormone test in relation to relapse of major depression) (2006)

Appelhof, B.C., Huyser, J, Verweij, M., Brouwer, J.P., Dyck, R. Van, Fliers, E., ...

Background: Knowledge of pathogenic mechanisms and predictors of relapse in major depressive disorder is still limited. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis dysregulation is thought to be...

The future endocrine patient. Reflections on the future of clinical endocrinology (2003)

Lamberts, S.W., Romijn, J.A., Wiersinga, W.M.

In recent years the future position of clinical endocrinology has been extensively discussed by Western European endocrine societies. Clinical endocrinology seems to suffer from being too...

Two cases of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis successfully treated with a short course of antithyroid drugs while amiodarone was continued.

Trip, M D, Düren, D R, Wiersinga, W M

Two patients with amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis were treated successfully with potassium perchlorate and carbimazole while treatment with amiodarone was continued. These antithyroid drugs were...

Clinical criteria for the assessment of disease activity in Graves' ophthalmopathy: a novel approach.

Mourits, M P, Koornneef, L, Wiersinga, W M, Prummel, M F, Berghout, A

Patients with serious inflammatory Graves' ophthalmopathy should be treated with anti-inflammatory drugs or radiotherapy to prevent complications like fibrosis, while those with non-inflammatory...

Extraocular muscle surgery for Graves' ophthalmopathy: does prior treatment influence surgical outcome?

Mourits, M. P., Koorneef, L., Prummel, M. F., Wiersinga, W. M., ...

We analysed the results of extraocular muscle surgery in 38 patients with stable Graves' ophthalmopathy. Fixed sutures were used in all patients. A useful field of binocular single vision was...

Circulating monocyte migration inhibitory factor in serum of Graves' ophthalmopathy patients: a parameter for disease activity?

Broersma, L, Mourits, M P, Koornneef, L, Wiersinga, W M, Prummel, M P, ...

A factor which inhibits the random migration of monocytes in vitro was found in the serum of nearly half of Graves' ophthalmopathy patients. This factor was found in serum of only 4% of the healthy...

Soluble IL-2 receptor levels in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy.

Prummel, M F, Wiersinga, W M, Mourits, M P, Koornneef, L

In various autoimmune diseases circulating levels of soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) seem to be related to disease activity. Because reliable parameters of disease activity in Graves' ophthalmopathy...

Increased prevalence of antibodies to enteropathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica virulence proteins in relatives of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease

STRIEDER, T G A, WENZEL, B E, PRUMMEL, M F, TIJSSEN, J G P, WIERSINGA, W M

Infections have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of autoimmune diseases, and Yersinia enterocolitica (YE) might play a role in the development of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD)....

Both Th1- and Th2-derived cytokines in serum are elevated in Graves' ophthalmopathy

Gerding, M N, Van Der Meer, JW C, Prummel, M F, Wiersinga, W M

Increased serum cytokine levels have been reported in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease, but less is known about their levels in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO). It is not known...

Smoking and disease severity are independent determinants of serum adhesion molecule levels in Graves’ ophthalmopathy

GERDING, M N, PRUMMEL, M F, WIERSINGA, W M

Adhesion molecules play a key role in autoimmune disorders, and serum concentrations of soluble adhesion molecules are increased in Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO). Whether this is due to the strong...

Anti-heat shock protein (hsp)72 antibodies are present in patients with Graves' disease (GD) and in smoking control subjects

PRUMMEL, M F, VAN PAREREN, Y, BARKER, O, WIERSINGA, W M

Hsp72 is expressed in thyroidal tissue and on retroocular fibroblasts from patients with GD. In this study we investigated whether GD patients have hsp72 antibodies, and if they correlate with...