Endocrine Abstracts

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. TH have impact on cardiac function and even appear to improve outcome after acute ischemia/reperfusion and in chronic heart failure. This project aims to investigate the influence of TH receptor alpha (TRα) on IHD using specific mouse models to assess the contribution of canonical vs. non-canonical TH signaling. Mice underwent permanent ligation of the left descending coronary artery and were tr...

Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome type-1 (APS-1) is a rare monogenic disease (1:100 000 frequency), caused by mutations in the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene, which plays a crucial role in the thymus for negative selection of self-reacting T cells. With tissue damage caused by self-reactive immune cells from early stages of life and gradually presenting with symptoms in following years, APS-1 is clinically diagnosed by presence of minimum two components of the classical tria...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) comprise a unique heterogeneous group of malignant growths that range from benign and multi-focal to highly malignant and metastatic. They are characterized by well-differentiated morphologic features and the ability to secrete neuropeptides, resulting in characteristic clinical syndromes. However, they are often diagnosed from the metastases of an unknown primary tumor. Therefore, high-quality genetic and immunohistochemical markers ...

Background: Few studies have scrutinized the spectrum of symptoms in subclinical hypothyroidism.Methods: From three DanThyr cross-sectional surveys performed in the period 1997 to 2005, a total of 8,903 volunteers participated in a comprehensive investigation including blood samples and questionnaires on previous diseases, smoking habits, alcohol intake, and education. From the three surveys we included patients with unknown subclinical hypothyroidism (<...

Background: Prior small studies have suggested increased risk of infections in patients with hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT). This study using a large managed care cohort evaluated whether chronic HypoPT is associated with increased risk of sepsis, respiratory infections, and kidney or other genitourinary (GU) infections.Methods: A retrospective cohort study using a US commercial claims database (Q1 2007–Q2 2017) was conducted to examine the association...

Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been proposed to play a role in development and course of Graves’ disease (GD). Muscle weakness and fatigue are shared features of GD and vitamin D deficiency. We aimed to investigate whether vitamin D supplementation would improve restoration of muscle performance and thyroid-related quality of life (QoL) in GD.Methods: In a double-blinded clinical trial, hyperthyroid patients with a first time diagnosis of GD w...

Background: Little is known about the risk of developing nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis in patients with chronic HypoPT treated with conventional therapy (ie, oral calcium and active vitamin D). This study evaluated whether HypoPT is associated with increased risk of these conditions.Methods: This retrospective cohort study, based on a large US commercial claims database (Q1 2007–Q2 2017), was conducted to compare the risk of nephrolithiasis a...

Background: Previous studies of smaller size signaled heightened risk of CKD in patients with chronic HypoPT treated with conventional therapy (ie, oral calcium and active vitamin D). However, little is known about CKD progression, including progression to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), in HypoPT patients.Methods: A retrospective cohort study, using a large US commercial claims database (Q1 2007–Q2 2017), was conducted to compare the risk of CKD b...

Introduction: Compared with healthy controls, women with Cushing’s syndrome (CS) in long-term remission have reduced functional brain responses during episodic and working memory testing and decreased overall levels of DNA methylation in blood cells. Here, we sought to test the hypothesis that functional brain responses in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus are related to epigenetic changes in subjects with CS in long-term remission.Methods: In t...

Background: Risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality is increased in Graves’ disease (GD) even years after initial diagnosis and treatment. The mechanisms are incompletely understood. Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with an increased risk of CVD and has been reported to occur frequently in GD. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and blood pressure (BP) are important predictors of CVD. We performed a clinical trial, testing whether vitamin D supplementation affects P...