Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: There is a significant link between the increased activity of estrogen and its metabolites in endometrial carcinogenesis. Polymorphisms of the gene involved in metabolism of estrogen can modulate risk for the development of endometrial cancer. CYP1B1 plays an important role in estrogen metabolism. In our study, the frequency of three CYP1B1 gene polymorphisms (4326 C> G, 4390 A> G and 355 G> T) were studied in obese and non-obese women with endometrio...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene influence tissue sensitivity of GR. Several studies have shown different effects of BclI GR polymorphism on body composition and metabolic parameters. The objective of this study was to explore the effect of BclI GR polymorphism on the body composition and glucose metabolism. Biochemical tests and hormonal evaluation were performed in 106 consecutive women with adrenal incidentalomas (AI...

Introduction: Chronic endogenous hypercortisolism in Cushing’s syndrome imposes a great clinical burden of comorbidities, some of which might persist even after disease remission. Our aim was to analyze factors that predict long-term comorbidities after surgical remission of Cushing’s disease (CD).Subjects and methods: We retrospectively analyzed 37 patents (91.9% females) aged 39.5±13.9 years (10-70) with diagnosed CD, treated in our inst...

Objectives: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Aim of our study was to determine the frequency of cardiovascular risk factors using Framingham Scoring system (FSS) in PCOS and controls.Methods: FFS included age, value of cholesterol and HDL (mmol/L), smoking and systolic blood pressure (sysBP, mmHg). We also determined LDL (mmol/l), oxidized LDL (OxLDL, U/l) and triglycerides (mmol/l). We studied...

Introduction: A relation between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was demonstrated recently. Both NAFLD and PCOS are associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. NAFLD liver fat score (NAFLD-LFS) has been implicated as a non-invasive surrogate marker for NAFLD. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of NAFLD in different PCOS phenotypes using NAFLD-LFS.Methods: W...

Introduction: Cortisol has important roles in the regulation of body composition and hypercortisolaemia have major impact on body fat distribution. The aim of this study was to analyze differences in adipose tissue distribution in women with Cushing’s disease and Cushing’s syndrome due to adrenal adenoma.Method: We evaluated 12 women with Cushing’s syndrome, six with ACTH secreting pituitary adenomas (Group A) and six with adrenal adenomas...

Introduction: There is a link between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Here, we analyzed transaminazes and their relation to insulin resistance (IR) in PCOS women.Methods: We analyzed 600 women with PCOS diagnosed using ESHRE/ASRM criteria (age:25.6±5.9 years, BMI: 30.6±6.9 kg/m2), and 125 BMI-matched healthy controls (age: 31.4±5.3 years, BMI: 29.6±6.8 kg/m2). IR was...

Introduction: Luteinizning hormone (LH/hCG) responsiveness has been documented in both normal and pathological adrenal glands, but it is unclear whether chronic exposure to LH could affect adrenal function by increasing LH receptor (LHR) expression.Subjects and methods: We studied 12 postmenopausal women with previously documented adrenal tumor. All patients underwent standard hormonal testing for assessment of tumor functionality. Then hCG test was perf...

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is rare malignancy associated with poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to present clinical characteristics and survival of patients with ACC and to analyse the effect of prognostic factors on survival.We retrospectively analysed 69 patients (46 female and 23 males) with pathologically confirmed ACC who were treated in our hospital between January 2005 and December 2015. The median age at diagnosis was 51,0 years (rang...

Introduction: Dyslipidaemia is a common metabolic derangement in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and may be represented with different lipid alterations. The aim of this study was to evaluate lipid profile in different PCOS phenotypes.Methods: We evaluated 365 PCOS women (PCOS: 25.05±6.24 kg/m2; 25.48±5.21 years) diagnosed using ESHRE/ASRM criteria and 125 BMI-matched healthy women (controls: 25.41±5.16 kg/m2; 30.35&...