ea0011p939 | Thyroid | ECE2006
Pasquali D
, Rossi V
, Bellastella G
, Esposito D
, Quinto MC
, Bellastella A
, Sinisi AA
Recently it has been shown that somatostatin (SST) might be of therapeutic value in the treatment of active Gravesophthalmopathy (GO). SST and somatostatin receptors (sst) transcripts are expressed and functional in cultured orbital fibroblasts deriving from GO patients (FGO). Octreotide, the SST analogue currently used is able to inhibit in vitro growth and activity of FGO. New analogues with wider sst-affinity are now available for in vitro experim...