Endocrine Abstracts

Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that low-normal levels of serum IGF-I are associated with increased risk of acute myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, coronary and carotid artery atherosclerosis.The IGF-I system is involved in the regulation of cardiovascular physiopathology: it has a physiological role in regulating glucose, protein and lipid metabolism, and in promoting proliferation, differentiation and migration of many cell types....

A-M Colao, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy. AbstractDr Annamaria Colao has been involved in clinical laboratory research since 1980 as a student in Medicine. At that time, she entered into the study group of hypothalamus-pituitary tumours and was mentored by Dr Gaetano Lombardi. Since that time, her publications and research have focused on pituitary tumours, especially prolactinomas and acromegaly. Bes...