Endocrine Abstracts

Obesity, as a chronic nutritional disorder, is a high-risk factor for type 2 diabetes, fatty liver and other metabolic diseases. Multiple lncRNAs have been confirmed concerning adipocyte differentiation and thus affect obesity, such as ADINR, Paral1, etc. Previously, we identified a lncRNA named ENST0000052114 (abbreviated to lncRNA52114), highly expressed in human mature adipocytes by differential lncRNA expression profile. Here, we explored the role and mechanism of lncRNA52...

Introduction: The effect of self-prescribed cross-sex hormone therapy on Male-to-Female (MtF) transgenders do not appear to have been well investigated and can be associated with potential serious longterm complications. The main purpose of this study is to look at the clinical and metabolic profile, and cardiovascular outcomes of MtF transgenders in Zamboanga Peninsula.Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study, done to determine the clinical and meta...

Introduction: The effect of self-prescribed cross-sex hormone therapy on Male-to-Female (MtF) transgenders do not appear to have been well investigated and can be associated with potential serious longterm complications. The main purpose of this study is to look at the clinical and metabolic profile, and cardiovascular outcomes of MtF transgenders in Zamboanga Peninsula.Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study, done to determine the clinical and meta...

Neuroendocrine castrate resistant prostate cancer (NE-CRPC) is a lethal CRPC subtype that arises as prostate cancer cells transdifferentiate to neuroendocrine cells, evading the potent selective pressure of androgen deprivation therapies (ADT). Currently, clinicians lack biomarkers to detect NE-CRPC evolution and specific therapies to target it. With ~50% of prostate cancer (PC) patients receiving ADT and NE-CRPC accounting for ~25% of CRPC deaths, CRPC and NE-CRPC are a signi...

Background: The role of ferroptosis – a regulated form of cell death – in the pathophysiology of aldosterone-producing adenomas (APA) is unclear.Objective: To identify mechanisms of ferroptosis in human adrenal cells and translate these findings to APA pathophysiology.Methods: Cell death detection, lipid ROS generation and mRNA sequencing were performed on HAC15 cells treated with the specific ferroptosis inducer RSL3 (1,...

Endocrine-Related Cancer, 2018, 25(2): 131–144 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1530/ERC-17-0415)...

One of the hallmarks of parturition in most mammals is a dramatic drop in plasma levels of progesterone (P4), which promotes myometrial relaxation, prior to labor. In humans and some other primates however, the opposite occurs and placental P4 production increases with advancing pregnancy. The expression of nuclear progesterone receptor (PR)-responsive genes is decreased in the primate uterus at term, which suggests ‘functional’ progestin withdrawal involves repressi...

3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3beta-HSD) expression is essential for the synthesis of all classes of steroid hormones, converting delta5-3beta-hydroxysteroids into hormonally active delta4-3-ketosteroids in NAD+-dependent reactions. A variety of 3beta-HSD isoforms have been described in primate, rodent and other mammals, often exhibiting distinct kinetic properties, preferential subcellular localization, as well as alternative substrate s...

IntroductionWe present the case of a 50-year-old lady who was referred to the endocrine clinic with a clinical and biochemical picture suggestive of severe thyrotoxicosis. CT scan of thorax, abdomen and pelvis (CT TAP) was performed to rule out malignancy, which showed left lobe agenesis.Case50-year-old lady presented to the GP with hyperhidrosis and unintentional weight loss. She also reported symptoms of le...

A 65-year-old gentleman was referred by his GP because of acute kidney injury and hypercalcaemia, which was associated with low levels of parathyroid hormone. He had been fit and well and was on no regular medications. Whilst his hypercalcaemia was partly correctible with saline rehydration, cautious use of bisphosphonates and cinacalcet were not effective in preventing rebound, and his nephropathy persisted. Curiously, he had longstanding low plasma alkaline phosphatase, but had normal denti...