Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: MCL-1 and PD-L1 proteins are related to carcinogenesis mechanisms in differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Tumor antigens stimulate the expression of PD-1 in immune cells, which binds to PD-L1 of tumor cells, inducing immune escape from the tumor. MCL-1, an anti-apoptotic member of the BCL-2 family and has a high oncogenic potential. The relationship of these markers with prognosis in DTC remains unknown. We aim to evaluate the clinical utility of immunohistochem...

Objectives: BRAFV600E mutation is present in 50% of aggressive papillary thyroid carcinoma(PTC). TERT promoter (pTERT) mutations (C228T, C250T) are related to cancer growth and reduced overall- and disease-free survivals in differentiated thyroid carcinomas(DTC). We report a patient with an extremely aggressive PTC presenting in the primary lesion two pTERT mutations (C228T and C250T), and absence of BRAFV600E.<p class="abstext"...

Introduction: DNA methylation is one of the epigenetic mechanisms existing to regulate gene expression. It is believed that methylation of DNA is susceptible of change by environmental and nutritional factors. Thus, epigenetics provides a mechanism which may explain the etiology of some metabolic disorders and obesity.Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze the DNA methylation level of several lipoprotein lipase (LPL)-promoter-CpG island in human viscer...