Endocrine Abstracts

Fat tissue is highly active tissue, both metabolically and as endocrine tissue, which produced large number of bioactive peptides, known as adipocitokines. They seem to contribute in pathogenesis of obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and vascular disease. Adipocitokines and low grade inflammation could be connection between obesity and coexisting diseases. This is the reason we believe that body weight reduction could have posi...

C reactive protein is a sensitive marker of subclinical inflammation. C-reactive protein is associated with obesity, diabetes mellitus and increased cardiovascular risk. The mechanism of elevated CRP levels could have connections with insulin resistance. Inflammation seems to have significant role in pathogenesis of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study is to show that the subjects with greater insulin resistance, measured by HOMA-IR have higher levels of ...

Background: This study was conducted to determine whether prolactin (PRL) influences radiological findings of benign breast lesions.Patients and methods: We observed 50 patients with nipple discharge: 23 patients with normal serum prolactin levels (group 1; n=23) and 27 patients with hyperprolactinemia (group 2a; n=27). Patients observed during this study underwent breast ultrasonography (US) and mammography. Patients with hyperprolactinemi...

Background and aims: Many obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are not adequatly controlled with oral antidiabetic therapy (OAD), even with combination between metformin and sulfonylurea (SU). When OADs no longer maintain good glycaemic control in obese T2DM, it is necessary to add insulin therapy. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of adding premixed insulin aspart 30(BIAsp30) vs. premixed human insulin 30/70 (BHI30) to support metformin therapy in ...

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the influence of medicamentous and physiological hyperprolactinemia on bone turnover in female rats.Methods: Experimental animals (18 weeks old, Wistar female rats) were divided in the following groups: Group I: 9 rats, three week pregnant; Group II: ten female rats that were i.m. administrated Sulpirid (10 mg/kg) twice daily for three weeks; Group III: ten female rats that were i.m. administrated Sulpirid...