Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The IGF1 and 2 are polypeptides that share structural similarities to insulin and affect carbohydrate metabolism mainly by activating the IGF1 receptor. We report a patient presenting with prostate tumour and severe hypoglycaemia.Case presentation: An 82-year-old male presented with frequent seizures and severe hypoglycaemia. Four year prior to the current presentation the patient had been diagnosed with prostate carcinoma, however, he refu...

It is well known that hypophyseotrophic dopamine (DA) exhibits a tonic inhibitory effect on pituitary lactotrops in vivo. We have previously observed that prolactin (PRL) cells obtained from lactating rats become partially resistant to DA following a brief suckling period compared to non-suckled control female rats. This, so-called “desensitization” (and a parallel appearance of “tolerance”) to DA is mediated through by a selective change of protein phospha...

The angiotensin II (AngII) hormone exerts a number of biological effects through the type 1 angiotensin II receptor (AT1R). One of the main targets of AngII are vascular smooth muscle cells, their stimulation activates many signaling pathways and results in gene expression changes.Affymetrix Gene Chip experiments were performed to analyze the effects of AngII stimulation on gene expression. For the determinations, aortic thoracic aorta from young male Wi...

A 17-year-old boy was referred to our Department. In his medical history Crohn’s disease had been supposed because of abdominal pain and distention. He had previously undergone minor surgery as having large tongue with neuromas and hypertrophic gums. Due to his marfanoid appearance, arachnodactyly, massive eyebrows and lips together with his medical history, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN2B) was suspected, which is a very uncommon hereditary disease. It consist...

Salsolinol (1-methyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline), is a recently identified endogenous prolactin (PRL) releasing factor. Salsolinol (SALS) seems to be a selective and potent stimulator of PRL secretion both in vivo and in vitro. 1-Methyl dihydroisoquinoline (1MeDIQ) is an antagonist of salsolinol induced prolactin release and causes increase in plasma norepinephrine (NE) level. SALS decreased the peripheral tissue dopamine (DA) level dose depende...

Object: Adolescence is the period during which the greatest accrual of bone mineral occurs. During puberty, changes of bone metabolism primarily depend on maturity. Diagnosis and therapy of childhood bone diseases is difficult due to the lack of reference ranges of metabolic bone markers. Our aim was to establish the reference values of bone markers in primary school students (mean age: 13.2±1.2 years; 65 girls, 56 boys).Methods: The children were d...

BackgroundHypothyroidism due to autoimmune thyroiditis (AITD) leads to atherogenic lipid profile and therefore might increase the cardiovascular risk of patients. Fetuin-A is a hepatokine with a role in the regulation of mineralization, metabolism and the cardiovascular system. Fetuin-A levels are known increased in obesity-linked diseases. To date, the role of fetuin-A in autoimmune thyroiditis has not been thoroughly investigated.<p class="abstext"...

The degree of intrinsic and interpatient phenotypic heterogeneity and its role in tumour evolution is poorly understood. Phenotypic divergence can be achieved via the inheritance of alternative transcriptional programs. Cell-type specific transcription is maintained through the activation of epigenetically-defined regulatory regions including promoters and enhancers. In this work, we annotated the epigenome of 47 primary and metastatic oestrogen-receptor (ERα)-positive br...

Introduction: Combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD) may be associated with mutations of genes coding for pituitary transcription factors, of which the PROP1 and Pit1, gene mutations have been most extensively studied. However, there are controversial data about the prevalence of these gene mutations in non-acquired childhood-onset CPHD patients.Objectives: To examine the prevalence and spectrum of PROP1 and Pit1 gene mutations in CPHD patients a m...