Endocrine Abstracts

Abundant evidence demonstrates that long-term cytokine-mediated inflammation is a risk factor for obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Our previous study shows a significant association between IL4 genotypes and T2DM, as well as between IL4 genotypes and the lower circulatory levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C). In addition, IL4 has anti-hyperglycemic function by improving insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance as well as being involved in lipid m...

The aims of this study are to assess the clinical characteristics of papillary and follicular thyroid cancer in young patients. We performed a retrospective analysis of 116 patient aged 20 years who underwent thyroidectomy and a mean follow-up of 11.1±0.6 years. There were 28 (24.1%) patients were classified into the residual cancer or relapse groups. Two of the 28 patients died of thyroid cancer. Thirteen patients who showed relapsed underwent 131I whole body scan; six o...