Endocrine Abstracts

Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) is a rare pulmonary pathology which encompasses a spectrum of findings ranging from simple neuroendocrine cell proliferation to discrete nodules, and is strongly associated with carcinoid tumours. Patients, typically female, are often asymptomatic, but may present with overt pulmonary symptoms, such a dyspnoea, cough or pleuritic chest pain; however, even in their absence, a degree of obstructive or mixed o...

Both brown (BAT) and white (WAT) adipose tissue have neuroanatomically well characterized sympathetic innervation (with activation initiating lipid mobilization), but little evidence to support the presence of a (putatively counter-regulatory) parasympathetic input.Parasympathetic actions are mediated through muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR). The mouse 3T3-L1 (white fat-derived) cell line expresses M1, M3 and M4 mAChR during differen...