Endocrine Abstracts

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) cells and immune cells can kill each other by death ligands. Death ligands induce apoptosis only in sensitive cells. The sensitivity to apoptosis is regulated in a complex and poorly understood manner. The aim of this study was to investigate the Fas ligand (FasL) and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) expression in PTC cells and tumor infiltrating immune cells. Twenty-six PTCs without and fifteen PTCs with cervical l...

Adipose tissue secreted hormonal mediators, adipokines play pivotal roles in the regulation of, among others, central nervous and immune systems influencing body weight, insulin action and inflammatory responses. The aim of our present study was to investigate possible associations of thyroid function with plasma levels of three of known adipokines, i.e. leptin, adiponectin and resistin in 74 Caucasian subjects without any endocrine diseases or related therapy. In order to cre...