Lies Langouche

Structure-activity relationship and signal transduction of gamma-MSH peptides in GH3 cells: further evidence for a new melanocortin receptor.

Glycemic and nonglycemic effects of insulin: how do they contribute to a better outcome of critical illness?

Intensive insulin therapy protects the endothelium of critically ill patients.

The role of insulin therapy in critically ill patients.

Glucose metabolism and insulin therapy.

Survival benefits of intensive insulin therapy in critical illness: impact of maintaining normoglycemia versus glycemia-independent actions of insulin.

Intensive insulin therapy in the intensive care unit: update on clinical impact and mechanisms of action.

Endocrine aspects of acute and prolonged critical illness.

The dynamic neuroendocrine response to critical illness.

Therapy insight: the effect of tight glycemic control in acute illness.

Modulating the endocrine response in sepsis: insulin and blood glucose control.

The type II iodothyronine deiodinase is up-regulated in skeletal muscle during prolonged critical illness.

Indication and practical use of intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill.

Tight blood glucose control with insulin in the ICU: facts and controversies.

Effect of intensive insulin therapy on insulin sensitivity in the critically ill.

Tight blood glucose control: what is the evidence?

Glycemic control modulates arginine and asymmetrical-dimethylarginine levels during critical illness by preserving dimethylarginine-dimethylaminohydrolase activity.

Modulation of regional nitric oxide metabolism: blood glucose control or insulin?

Effect of insulin therapy on coagulation and fibrinolysis in medical intensive care patients.

Polymorphisms in innate immunity genes predispose to bacteremia and death in the medical intensive care unit.

Expression of thyroid hormone transporters during critical illness.

Adiponectin, retinol-binding protein 4, and leptin in protracted critical illness of pulmonary origin.

Changes in the central component of the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis in a rabbit model of prolonged critical illness.

Molecular mechanisms behind clinical benefits of intensive insulin therapy during critical illness: glucose versus insulin.

Alterations in adipose tissue during critical illness: An adaptive and protective response?

Tight glycemic control protects the myocardium and reduces inflammation in neonatal heart surgery.

Molecular analysis of sepsis-induced changes in the liver: microarray study in a porcine model of acute fecal peritonitis with fluid resuscitation.

Critical illness evokes elevated circulating bile acids related to altered hepatic transporter and nuclear receptor expression.

Critical illness induces alternative activation of M2 macrophages in adipose tissue.

Contribution of nutritional deficit to the pathogenesis of the nonthyroidal illness syndrome in critical illness: a rabbit model study.

Effect of tight glucose control with insulin on the thyroid axis of critically ill children and its relation with outcome.

Endocrine, metabolic, and morphologic alterations of adipose tissue during critical illness.

Impact of early nutrient restriction during critical illness on the nonthyroidal illness syndrome and its relation with outcome: a randomized, controlled clinical study.

Reduced cortisol metabolism during critical illness.

Impact of early parenteral nutrition on muscle and adipose tissue compartments during critical illness.

Critical illness induces nutrient-independent adipogenesis and accumulation of alternatively activated tissue macrophages.

Impact of parenteral nutrition versus fasting on hepatic bile acid production and transport in a rabbit model of prolonged critical illness.

Withholding parenteral nutrition during critical illness increases plasma bilirubin but lowers the incidence of biliary sludge.

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Impact of duration of critical illness on the adrenal glands of human intensive care patients.

Hypothalamic-pituitary hormones during critical illness: a dynamic neuroendocrine response.

Effect of Early Parenteral Nutrition on the HPA Axis and on Treatment With Corticosteroids in Intensive Care Patients.

Liver X receptor activation enhances CVB3 viral replication during myocarditis by stimulating lipogenesis.

Neuropathological Correlates of Hyperglycemia During Prolonged Polymicrobial Sepsis in Mice.

Thyroid function in critically ill patients.

Cholestatic liver (dys)function during sepsis and other critical illnesses.

Drug-induced HPA axis alterations during acute critical illness: a multivariable association study.

Circulating 3-T1AM and 3,5-T2 in Critically Ill Patients: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.

Premorbid obesity, but not nutrition, prevents critical illness-induced muscle wasting and weakness.

Stimulation of Intracellular Free Calcium in GH3 Cells byγ 3-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone. Involvement of a Novel Melanocortin Receptor?

Proliferation and differentiation of adipose tissue in prolonged lean and obese critically ill patients.