Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare endocrine malignancy with an unfavorable prognosis. Despite the poor prognosis in the majority of patients, no improvements in treatment strategies have been achieved. Therefore, the discovery of new prognostic biomarkers is of enormous interest. Sterol-O-acyl transferase 1 (SOAT1) is involved in cholesterol esterification and lipid droplet formation. Recently, it was demonstrated that SOAT1 inhibition leads to impaired steroidogenesis ...

BackgroundThe ESE-ENSAT guidelines suggest adjuvant mitotane for patients with adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) at high risk of recurrence following radical surgery. This indication has a limited evidence base, lacking results from randomized controlled trials. No suggestion is available in low-risk patients, since studies did not stratify patients for prognosis. The randomized controlled study ADIUVO compared the efficacy of adjuvant mitotane (MIT) treatm...

Introduction: In Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia (PBMAH), cortisol secretion may be consecutive to physiological stimuli, through the illegitimate expression of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) in adrenocortical cells. The most characterized is the overexpression of GIP receptor (GIPR) leading to food-dependent Cushing syndrome (FDCS) but it has not been associated with the consecutive inactivation of ARMC5 responsible for 25% of PBMAH. This work aimed to ...