Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Depression and associated medication, especially Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, may associate high fracture risk through serotonin (but not only). Obesity has been recently proved to be correlated with a higher fracture risk for a few sites as ankle, elbow, shoulder, etc. Moreover, depression and some anti-depressants may increase the calories intake and consecutive increased of Body Mass Index (BMI) is registered.Aim: We present ...

Introduction: Ghrelin, a peptide hormone produced in the stomach, stimulates secretion of growth hormone and regulates appetite and energy homeostasis. Various other effects attributed to ghrelin may contribute to many aspects of cancer development and progression.Material and Methods: Using polyclonal antibody immunohistochemistry, we assessed (by intensity scoring) the immunolocalization of ghrelin in 70 tissue samples, and described particularities wi...