Endocrine Abstracts

Tumors of thyroid gland are one of the most prevalent forms of human cancers. Despite the various molecular mechanisms, mutations or polymorphisms of p53 have a potential role in the development and/or progression of human malignancies including thyroid. A common variation in p53 that results in adenine to proline change in codon 72 has been identified as a predisposing factor for various cancers since controversial results have been reported. In this study, we investigated co...

Background: It is currently present in the literature that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) defects are associated with a great number of diseases including cancers. The role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations/variations in the development of thyroid cancers is a highly controversial topic. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of mt-DNA control region (CR) variations in thyroid tumor occurrence and the influence of mtDNA haplogroups on susceptibility t...