Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) and cardiomyopathy (DC) are two major complications of diabetes that account for over two thirds of deaths among diabetic patients. Our previous studies have shown that thyroid hormone (TH) signalling – in addition to its critical role in physiological growth and organ development – plays similar roles in pathological conditions that encompass cellular dedifferentiation, cyto-architectural reorganization and compensatory growth. Though the r...