Endocrine Abstracts

Vitamin D exists as two forms; D3 (UV) and D2 (plant derived). Measuring the metabolite 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) is routinely applied in research and clinical laboratories to assess vitamin D status. The Institute of Medicine and Society for Endocrinology have previously set recommended vitamin D guidelines based on combined 25OHD3 and 25OHD2 serum concentrations. In order to achieve accurate quantitation of these metabolites, the respective C3 epimers must be separately qu...

Oestradiol (E2) and oestrone (E1) are implicated in many diseases and drive cell proliferation in breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancer. Inactive sulphated oestrogens (E2S and E1S) represent a circulating reservoir forming active de-sulphated oestrogens. Therefore, new methods that accurately measure both sulphated and non-sulphated oestrogen concentrations have potential value for understanding oestrogen-related cancer. We present...