Endocrine Abstracts

Soybean diet could involve in the development of goitre according to antithyroid effects of isoflavones. Isoflavones from Soybean could induce not only inhibition of thyroid peroxidase (TPO) catalyzed reactions but they are allergens for patients suffering from atopic or autoimmune diseases. Two hundred-sixty patients with thyroid autoimmunity (150 with Graves’ disease, 110 with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis) were investigated for the sensitization against Soybean. Allerge...

Vitamin D plays an important role in the adaptive and innate immunity besides its skeletal effects. Some autoimmune disease is associated with vitamin D deficiency highlighting its crucial involvement in the onset of autoimmune diseases. This study investigated the relationship between the vitamin D supply and the serum IL-6, IL-17A and antibody levels against thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and TSH receptor in autoimmune thyroid diseases. Serum IL-6, IL-17A and antibody levels again...

The human homeostasis is determined by psycho-neuro-endocrine-immuno processes. This biological balance-system depends on their communication of direct environment (eg. nutrition, respiration, etc. as in the metabolism). The basic of human communication-way with environment are defined by nutrition. This contains various agents: eg. proteins, lipids, sugars, vitamins, ions, etc. When the elements of nutrition is substituted, the markers of homeostatic processes and regulations...

The authors retrospectively analyzed the efficacy of diagnostic procedures and the outcome of treatment by the analysis of data of 187 patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) examined between 1958 and 2004 at the 2nd Department of Medicine of Semmelweis University. Aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) was detected in 135 patients, whereas idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA) was found in 46 patients. Other subtypes of PA included 5 patients with unilateral primary adrenocortica...