Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive endocrine neoplasia with heterogeneous molecular background and clinical outcome. Previous studies identified hypermethylation in specific genes to be associated with poor prognosis. Here, we aimed to investigate the role of methylation pattern for prognostic stratification of patients with ACC as compared to clinical parameters, using methods easily applicable in clinical routine. We investigated a total of 237 ACCs (96 ...

Background: The human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2W1 is involved in the metabolism of several endogenous substrates, including lysophospholipids and fatty acids. Using a polyclonal antibody, we previously demonstrated a high CYP2W1 immunoreactivity in adrenocortical tumors, particularly in those secreting steroids. The aim of the study was to better elucidate the relationship between CYP2W1 and steroid secretion in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) H295R cell line and in a larger seri...