Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Ovarian cryopreservation is an emerging technique that may advance breeding of endangered species and preservation of reproductive capacity in young women cancer patients who will undergo chemo/radiotherapy destruction of ovarian tissue.Materials and methods: A total of twelve mature female rabbits were used in experiment. Rabbits were anesthetized and then subjected to laparotomy. Bilateral oophorectomy was used to save one ovary as fresh con...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) not only is congenital disease that known as insulin-dependent diabetes, often occurs in children and adolescents. Recent advances in quantitative proteomics including fluorescence two-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) and matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) have offered opportunities to discover plasma proteins as biomarkers for tracking the progression and for underst...

Objective: Maternal and female fetal virilization is subject to exaggerating androgen secretion of pregnancy luteomas which is associated with the protective capacity of placenta safeguard against hormone conversion and presents with variable extent of female pesudohermapharotidism as exposure in critical gestational stage.Patient(s): A nulligravida woman suffering from bilateral hydronephrosis and recurrent acute pyelonephritis caused by bilateral solid...

Both of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and estrogen receptor (ER) contribute to the development of thyroid cancer. Previously, the activation of ERα was found to promote the proliferation of thyroid cancer cells, whereas activation of either ERβ or PPARγ resulted in apoptosis of thyroid cancer cells. Furthermore, a transactivation between ER and PPARγ was reported in estrogen-responsive malignancy, such as breast cancer. Howev...

Adiposity predisposes to insulin resistance and type II diabetes. Adipose tissue is an active endocrine organ, secreting adipokines with important physiological actions. Adiponectin is a recently discovered adipokine whose levels are, paradoxically, decreased in obesity despite the increase in adipocyte mass. Adiponectin suppresses triglyceride accumulation, increases fatty acid oxidation and activates AMP kinase (AMPK) in skeletal muscle, improving insulin signalling, and it ...

Introduction: Mutations in AIP have been associated with the familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) syndrome, an autosomal dominant disease with incomplete penetrance characterised by pituitary adenomas in a familial setting. However, the mechanisms by which AIP inactivation promotes pituitary tumorigenesis are unknown. Studies of AIP in model organisms, such as the fruitfly, harbouring the AIP orthologue CG1847, as well as the zebrafish, are theoretically promising models...