Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: The selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene, exerts a part of its actions through the estrogen receptor alpha activation. We explored if polymorphisms of ESR1 gene modify the effects of 6 months raloxifene treatment on endothelial function.Methods: Two intronic (PvuII and XbaI), and one exonic polymorphism (P325P) of ESR1 were analyzed in 53 postmenopausal women, mean age 59.7+6.2. The flow mediated endothelium ...

The ideal antiresorptive agent to preserve or further increase bone mineral density (BMD) following teriparatide treatment is not known. We aimed to compare BMD changes after one year of therapy with denosumab or bisphosphonates in osteoporotic patients who had completed treatment with teriparatide. We retrospectively analyzed 140 women (age 74 years, 26 years from menopause, BMI 27 kg/m2 on average) with severe postmenopausal osteoporosis who had been treated betwe...

Serum urate level has recently been associated with increased bone mineral density (BMD). Teriparatide, an osteoanabolic medication for osteoporosis, is associated with increased incidence of hyperuricemia. Hence, we hypothesized that changes in serum urate are associated with changes in BMD and procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (P1NP) during treatment with teriparatide.We collected data from 151 women (mean age 72 years, mean BMI 26.6 kg/m2<...