Endocrine Abstracts

BRAF point mutations are found in 29-69% of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). BRAF is a serine-threonine kinase involved in the phoshorylation of MAPK signaling pathway. The mutation is located in the exon 15 of BRAF, resulting in the substitution of valine to glutamate at codon 600 (V600E). Mutation generates unregulated B-Raf activity that leads to increased cellular proliferation. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of BRAF mutation in the Czech population...

Objective: The aim of this study was to quantitatively estimate SSTR2 in clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas (CNFAs) with use of RNA in-situ hybridization (ISH) and quantitative real-time RT-PCR and correlate the results of both methods.Methods: A standard histological and immunohistochemical examination was performed on the resected pituitary tumour. Afterwards in-situ hybridization for somatostatine 2 receptor (SSTR2) RNA wa...