Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundPrimary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is known to be associated with cardiac and metabolic morbidities. Chronic hypercalcemia in PHPT patients has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of mortality, particularly due to cardiovascular disease, during long-term follow-up. Endocan is secreted by vascular endothelial cells and is involved in the regulation of important endothelial functions. Endocan secretion increases in a variety of ...

ObjectivesEvidence from recent studies suggests that patients with adrenal incidentaloma have increased cardiovascular risk. In our study, we aimed to investigate the levels of irisin, nesfatin-1 and the relationship between levels of these relatively new molecules with cardiometabolic risk markers; carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT) thickness in patients with ...

BackgroundPapillary thyroid cancer (PTC), has a slow progression and good prognosis and is often treatable, but may show recurrence and metastasis. Age, sex, histopathologic variants of PTC, lymphatic or vascular invasion, lymph node involvement are among the factors affecting the occurrence of metastasis. Endocan is produced in vascular endothelial cells, epithelial cells lining the distal tubules of the kidney, submucosal glands of bronchus and lungs. ...