Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: T helper1 (Th1) cells were determined to have important roles in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We aimed to investigate relationship between Th1 cytokines (IFN γ, IL-2 and TNF-α) and T2D.Material and methods: The study included 32 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients (T2DPs) who had not begun to take antidiabetic agents except from insulin and 30 healthy subjects (CG) who did not have glucose intoerance (fasting or af...

Introduction: Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-23 is a peptid, released from bone tissue and osteogenic cells. Phosphatonins regulate phosphate homeostasis in some phosphate wasting disorders such as X-linked hypophosphatemia, otozomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets, and tumor-induced osteomalacia.FGF-23 is a possible phosphatonin: it regulates phosphate homeostasis by PTH independent actions.Objective: In the present study, we ai...

Combined hyperlipidemia is characterized by elevated levels of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), triglyceride and mild decrease in high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. It is difficult to achieve desirable decreases of LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and increasing of HDL cholesterol with monotherapy in patients with mixed hyperlipoproteinemia. This retrospective study was carried out to assess the safety atorvastatin-fenofibrate combination therapy.<p...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), affects approximately 5% to 10% all women. Insulin resistance is highly associated with this syndrome. Insulin resistance is associated with increased oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Oxidized LDL autoantibody levels are generally measured to evaluate the degree of LDL oxidation. In the present study, we aimed to measure serum titers of oxidized LDL autoantibodies in patients with PCOS.Twenty-five ...

ObjectivesMale prolactinoma patients mostly have hypogonadotropic symptoms. While treatment with dopamine agonists (DAs; such as bromocriptine or cabergoline) leads to recovery of sexual glands, it can lead to impulsive control disorders as an undesirable side effect. The aim of this retrospective study is to determine the level of testosterone that eliminates symptoms, provides fertility and does not cause this undesirable side effect regardless of prol...

Background: Adrenal incidentaloma (AI) is described as an adrenal mass detected on imaging not performed for adrenal disease. In coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, chest CT evaluation was performed for all ages in adults. In this study, we aimed to detect adrenal adenoma(s) which were identified with chest CT, during COVID-19 diagnostic work-up to find AI prevalence in our population.Methods: All patients who underwent chest CT examination for...

Although Diabetic ketoalkalosis (DKAlk) has beendescribed as a mixed acid-base disorder over half a century ago, there is unawareness among physicians. Here, we present two cases to emphasize DKAlk which is more common than it’s thought.Case-1: A thirty-year-old female patient with type-1 diabetes and ten weeks of pregnancy presented with several weeks of vomiting. She also reported that she had hyperthyroidism for 2 weeks and that she used propylt...