Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypocalcemia is defined as a decreased level of calcium in the blood. The presentation of hypocalcemia varies widely, from asymptomatic to life-threatening. The most common cause of chronic hypocalcemia is postsurgical hypoparathyroidism. This may occur after removal of all parathyroid tissue during thyroidectomy and radical neck dissection for malignancies or after inadvertent interruption of the blood supply to the parathyroid glands during head and neck surger...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is one of the most frequent autoimmune and metabolic disorders in childhood and youth, developing due to autoimmune destruction of β-cells, which leads to an absolute insulin deficiency. Accumulating data suggest that gut microbiota (GM) may contribute to the pathogenesis of diabetes influencing the immune response, in which arginine-metabolizing enzymes are involved, particularly arginase. We examined the connection between GM and cyt...