Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Salivary cortisol measurement, representing free cortisol, seems to be a promissing alternative method to serum cortisol. Besides its use in the diagnostics of hypercortisolism, it could be of help in evaluation of adrenocortical reserve. It might be useful especially in patients on estrogen replacement, which modulates transcortin and hence total cortisol levels.Aims: Compare the reliability of salivary vs. serum cortisol assessment during...

Objective: Fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF-19) and FGF-21 are novel metabolic regulators that improve insulin resistence and obesity in rodents. The objective of this study was to explore whether changes in serum concentrations of FGF-19 and FGF-21 contribute to positive metabolic effects of weight loss induced by surgical treatment of obesity – sleeve gastrectomy (SG).Methods: Serum concentrations of FGF-19 and 21, adiponectin, resistin, fatty aci...