Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Heterozygous inactivating mutations of the calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) gene cause mild alterations in calcium metabolism (familiar hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH)). However, in addition to the parathyroid gland CaSR expression was recently identified in the myocardium and many other endocrine cells including pancreatic islet cells, entero-endocine cells and adipose tissue. So far, it is unknown whether FHH is associated with cardio-metabolic altera...

Acromegaly is amongst other symptoms associated with myopathy, alterations of energy expenditure and insulin action which are mediated by growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). It is unclear to which extent these abnormalities remain after treatment. Thus, we examined glucose metabolism, intracellular fat deposition and mitochondrial function in patients with prior acromegaly (AM).Six AM (4f/2 m, age: 49±10 years, body mass inde...