Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Chronic catecholamine overproduction in pheochromocytoma may lead to a proinflammatory and hypermetabolic state characterized by increased resting energy expenditure and brown adipose tissue activation. Non-neoplastic hypercortisolaemia aka pseudo-Cushing syndrome (PCS) is a physiological overactivation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis by e.g. depression, eating disorders, extreme exercise, obesity, alcoholism, poorly controlled diabetes and c...

Objectives: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. Its heritability is the highest among common cancers, as evidenced by family-based studies. Thyroid hormone receptor β gene (THRB), a known tumor suppressor, is crucial for the proper thyroid function, therefore its polymorphisms are likely to affect the risk for thyroid cancer.Aim of the study: In order to identify alleles that might modify...