Endocrine Abstracts

Visceral obesity among postmenopausal women often leads to the development of metabolic syndrome (MS), but there is a subgroup of normal weight postmenopausal women displaying metabolic disturbances who are diagnosed to have MS. These subjects often show insulin resistance, however little is known about the effects of adiponectin and sex hormone binding globuline SHBG) on MS in this subset of women.The aim of the study was: i) to assess serum SHBG, total...

Autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) is characterised by infiltration of the thyroid by lymphocytes and other immune cells. Autoantibodies to thyroid-specific antigens: thyroglobulin (TG) and thyroperoxidase (TPO) are also produced. The penetration of inflammatory cells into target organ is regulated by cytokines and adhesion molecules expressed on thyroid endothelial cells. E-selectin is one of the selectin family, and is responsible for interaction between leukocytes and endothelium...