Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Iodine deficiency is a common problem of public health that usually causes thyroid enlargement called goiter. It is estimated that 750 million people worldwide are at risk of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD). IDD can be presented with a wide variety of clinical manifestations, which induce congenital anomalies, cretinism, deaf mutism, psychomotor defects and severe goiter.About 17 years after the initiation of salt iodization in Iran, this...

Objective: Obesity and fat deposition in tissues along with inflammatory response may induce insulin resistance and finally type 2 diabetes mellitus Salsalate, a prodrug form of salicylate can inhibit IKKβ and NF-kappaB inflammatory pathway as a potential pharmacologic target in diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of salsalate as an anti-inflammatory drug to resolve endothelial dysfunction in diabetic patients.Methods: This...