Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Subclinical hypothyroidism (subhypo) is linked to gestational hypertension (gestHT) and preeclampsia. Thyroid hormones have major influence on mitochondrial activity and the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) reflects the functional status of the mitochondria.Aim: The aim was to estimate whether mitochondrial function is impaired in pregnant women with or without gestHT.Methods: We included third trimester pregnan...

Introduction: Patients who do not develop overt hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy for benign euthyroid goiter have permanently increased serum levels of TSH and decreased levels of thyroid hormones within the reference ranges. Thyroid hormones are major regulators of mitochondrial function, and the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) can be measured by flow cytometry analysis of living cells as the fluorescence intensity of stained peripheral mononuclear blood cells (M...