Endocrine Abstracts

Background: While the epidemiology of overall and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) has been reported, data specific to lung NENs remain scarce. Such understanding is crucial in designing tailored strategies to improve care and outcomes. We examined the incidence, overall survival (OS), and disease-specific death (DS-deaths) for lung NENs.Methods: We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study of adult patients with incident lu...

Investigations of bone disorders which are often inherited have yielded important insights in the molecular mechanisms of bone development, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. However, these studies have been hampered by the lack of available patients and affected families. To overcome this limitation, we have investigated mice treated with the chemical mutagen N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) for hereditary bone disorders. Mice were kept in accordance with national welf...

We are investigating mice treated with the chemical mutagen N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) to establish models for hereditary bone disorders such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and skeletal dysplasias. We report on one such mouse model designated Longpockets (Lpk). Mice were kept in accordance with national welfare guidelines and project license restrictions. Lpk/+ mice are viable and fertile, present with short humeri by two weeks of birth and have a...