Endocrine Abstracts

Human breast cancer tissue is able to concentrate estrogens. 17-beta-estradiol (E2) and estrone (E1) are produced locally through several mechanisms, e.g. from conjugated and unconjugated steroid hormones uptaken from the circulation. This study was aimed to investigate the correlation between endogenous serum sex steroid concentrations and tumour receptor status in postmenopausal breast cancer patients undergoing surgical intervention. The study involved 740 postmenopausal pa...

Issue: The use of thyroglobulin (Tg) as tumor marker in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is limited in the presence of thyroglobulin-antibodies (TgAb) but it is generally believed that this is true only for TgAb concentrations over the normal ‘cut off’ point.The aim: Of this study was to investigate if TgAb-s in the normal range, considered to be physiological, may also influence the accuracy and clinical relevance of Tg measurement.<p c...

Early life events have special importance in the development and may affect the lifetime vulnerability to diseases. For correct interpretation of the long-term consequences it is crucial to understand the immediate effects. The role of vasopressin in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation as well as in stress-related affective disorders is important therefore we addressed the question if the lack of this hormone will modify the perinatal stress reactivity.<p class="...

17α-Hydroxylase-C17,20-lyase (P45017α) is a key regulator enzyme of the steroid hormone biosynthesis in both the adrenals and the testes. Inhibition of this enzyme can block androgen synthesis in an early step, and may thereby be useful in the treatment of prostatic carcinoma, which is androgen-dependent in the majority of cases. Abiraterone and its analogues have been found strong inhibitors of P45017α suggesting that steroid de...

Background: von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) is a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by alterations of the vhl tumor-suppressor gene. Patients with VHL are at risk for development of retinal, central nervous system and spine hemangioblastomas, clear-cell renal cell carcinomas, pheochromocytomas, endolymphatic sac tumors and cysts; and pancreatic islet cell tumors. Based on the presence or absence of pheochromocytoma as a phenotypic marker, VHL can be divided into di...

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the diagnostic performance of a high-sensitive thyroglobulin (Tg) immunoradiometric assay (BRAHMS Tg-S) in the follow-up of papillary and follicular thyroid cancer patients treated with total/nearly total thyreoidectomy and radioiodine ablation therapy. During TSH suppression serum Tg concentration was measured 6 weeks prior to the radioiodine ablation (onT4-Tg before ablation) as well as 3 months following treatment (onT4–Tg a...

Issue: Macroprolactin (MPRL) is a high molecular mass complex of prolactin with minimal bioactivity in vivo that may be the cause of elevated serum prolactin (PRL) as determined by immunoassay. Unrecognised macroprolactinemia can lead to misdiagnosis and mistreatment. The frequency of MPRL is highly dependent on the affinity of the antibody used in the assay.The aim of this study: Was to compare the frequency and quantity of MPRL measured by a first and ...