Endocrine Abstracts

Background: It was previously shown that the levels of several biomarkers increase due to acromegaly disease-related inflammation and that some markers are parallel to the activity of the disease. It was also known that growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) is increased in several cardiovasculary inflammatory and metabolic diseases. The present study aimed to investigate the possible relationship of GDF-15 with acromegaly disease activity by comparing it with healthy indiv...