Endocrine Abstracts

Most differential diagnoses of unilateral adrenal lesions include non-functional adenoma, adrenocortical carcinoma or pheochromocytoma. Primary adrenal lymphoma(PAL) is an extremely uncommon type of primary extranodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma(<1%). Most cases are bilateral (~75%), being unilateral PAL scarcely reported. The apparent unilateral involvement of this entity at presentation, in the CT scan/MRI may difficult the diagnosis, delaying the start of chemotherapy. ...

MiR-346 is an Androgen Receptor (AR)-activating miR that associates with DNA damage response (DDR)-linked transcripts in prostate cancer (PC). MiR-346 induces rapid and extensive DNA damage in PC cells through chromatin association, activation of transcription, R-loop formation and DNA replication stress, leading to checkpoint activation and cell cycle arrest. MiR-346 interacts with lncRNA, NORAD, in PC cells, which functions to maintain mitosis, DDR, and chromosomal integrity...

Background: Treatment resistance in prostate cancer can be the result of multiple different tumour cell adaptations generating castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Despite advancements in treatment, CRPC remains a highly lethal disease. Some CRPCs become AR independent with loss of AR expression and lineage plasticity, urgently requiring novel therapeutic strategies. BCL2 can be upregulated in some CRPCs and may be a therapeutic target for this disease subset.<p cl...