Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Heat shock protein 60 (HSP60), a potentially homeostatic antigen, has been shown to be involved in physiological and non-physiological conditions. Experimental data is supporting the role of HSP60 in placental and mitochondrial steroidogenesis. Under stress conditions, HSP60 are translocated into the endothelial-cell plasma membrane and the extracellular space, promoting the atherosclerotic process. Aim: We decided to investigate the associat...

Objective: Prolactin has been adversely associated with arterial function in postmenopausal women but its vascular effects in reproductive women are unknown. Furthermore, although both circulating prolactin levels and markers of vascular function follow menstrual cycle (MC) phases, their possible inter-correlation has not been explored.Methods: Sixty healthy premenopausal women were evaluated in two distinct phases of their MC (follicular, F and luteal p...