Endocrine Abstracts

Irisin is a myokine correlated with lean body mass, despite its association with cardiovascular events (Mantzoros 2014). Increased muscle volume and lipoatrophy have been reported in female FPLD (Ji JCEM 214). Our aim was to determine whether irisin could help to distinguish certain lipodystrophic obesities from FPLD.Methods and patients: Circulating irisin levels (EIA Phoenix) were measured in 20 LMNA-related FPLD, 19 normal-weighed controls (H) and 13 ...

Familial Partial Lipodystrophy Syndromes (FPLD) are rare diseases characterized by partial lack of subcutaneous fat resulting in a severe metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular complications. Besides premature cell senescence, 2 main mechanisms are involved in FPLD: impaired adipocyte differentiation and lipid droplet, corresponding to two of the main causes of FPLD: LMNA-related FPLD2 and PLIN-related FPLD4. The objective of this study was to compare the clin...

Objectives: Sirolimus inhibits adipocyte differentiation (Yeh PNAS 1995). This study compares weight and fat markers in two groups of patients treated or not with sirolimus, before and after transplantation.Patients and method: Nineteen islet-alone transplanted patients treated with sirolimus and 7 islet-alone or liver-transplanted patients NOT treated with sirolimus were compared 1 year after transplantation in terms of weight, fat mass (equation of bod...

Introduction: The diagnosis of non-HIV lipodystrophies is challenging, especially since borderline forms with type 2 diabetes have been described (Strickland Diabetes Care 2013).Objective: To identify the most specific anthropometric and biological parameters enabling to differentiate lipodystrophic from obese and control subjects.Methods: This prospective study (clin.gov 2009-AO-1169-48) included 94 patients divided in 3 groups ad...

Purpose: Bone metastases (BM) are frequent in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). These patients may present skeletal-related events (SRE), the leading cause of DTC-related morbidity. We aimed to evaluate the clinical features, treatment approaches, and outcomes including overall survival (OS) of DTC patients with BM complicated by SRE and their evolution over time.Methods: 178 consecutive DTC patients harbouring BM were enrolled in this retrospective s...