Endocrine Abstracts

Studies on the distribution of Somatostatin Receptor (sst)-subtypes on endocrine tumors, the development of sst-subtype specific analogues, the elucidation of phenomena like receptor desensitization and ligand-receptor internalization, and the potential consequences (and reversal) of the epigenetic silencing of sst offer new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in endocrine diseases:1. apart from sst2 activation, Somatostatin analogues target...

SWJ Lamberts, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands. AbstractSteven Lamberts is Professor of Medicine at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has a special interest in endocrinology, notably pituitary diseases, the endocrinology of aging, glucocorticoid sensitivity and neuroendocrine tumours.He serves as an editorial board member on a number of endocrine and medical journals and ...