Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Combination with cabergoline may offer additional benefits to acromegalic patients on pegvisomant monotherapy. We evaluated the safety and efficacy profile of this combination and investigated the determinants of response.Design: An observational, retrospective, cross-sectional, registry-based study.Patients and methods: Fourteen acromegalic patients (9 females), who were partially resistant to somatostatin analogs and o...

Background: GH deficiency is associated with reduction in IQ and neural volumes (globus pallidum and thalamus). Significant relationships between IGF1, IGFBP3 and brain volumes have also been described in children born extremely preterm (total brain volume and cerebellum). No published studies report the relationship between markers of GH status and brain volumes in healthy children.Methods: Cognitive assessment, MRI brain and measurement of IGF1 and IGF...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an excessive accumulation of fibrous filaments in the extracellular matrix (ECM), in response to an inflammatory reaction that disrupts normal lung architecture and physiology. Collagen is the most abundant fibrous protein in the ECM. The GLP-1 receptor is highly expressed on lung tissue, where his activation plays an essential role in the synthesis and secretion of surfactant proteins. The objective of this study was to elucidate the eff...

Obesity is a chronic multifactorial disease characterized by accumulation of body fat and is associated with a number of comorbidities, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The treatment of obesity depends to the severity of the disease, however, healthy eating with caloric restriction and physical activity are important strategies. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of obesity associated with strength training on skeletal muscle morphology, body adi...

Background: Cushing’s syndrome, caused by an excess of circulating glucocorticoids, is associated with high morbidity and presents high inter-individual variability. The earlier the diagnosis, the better the treatment effectiveness and the prognosis. Hormone assays, routinely used, contribute to identify Cushing’s syndrome. However, no biomarker is currently available to directly quantify the biological action of glucocorticoids. Blood samples represent an easily obt...

Objective: 6% of people with diabetes present with diabetic foot as a complication, which means greater morbidity and mortality compared to those who do not. Its diagnosis and management by multidisciplinary teams including surgeons can improve these patients’ care. The objective was to analyze the main characteristics of patients and health results obtained, as well as to evaluate the impact of PAD (peripheral artery disease) existence in patients cared for in our multid...

Introduction: Biological diagnosis of Cushing syndrome relies on three parameters: 24 hours-free urinary cortisol; serum cortisol after 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test; late-night serum or salivary cortisol. These tests allow the diagnosis of cortisol excess but do not help in etiological diagnosis, particularly in the distinction between pseudo-Cushing and ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome, which is often challenging. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performances o...

Introduction: Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are a heterogeneous group of tumors with different presentations. Clinical management of these tumors is complex. Our aim was to evaluate the clinical characteristics/postsurgical outcomes of NFPAs and to identify predictive factors of good response to surgery.Methods: Retrospective analysis of NFPA, who underwent surgery and followed in our hospital, from 2015-2022.Results: W...

Introduction: Nivolumab is an anti-PD1 immunotherapy that restores the immune response against cancer cells, but can induce fulminant diabetes. The prevalence of such anti-PD1 induced diabetes is not clearly determined, but it has been recently estimated between 0.4% and 0.9% in recent studies. Here, we performed a monocentric epidemiological study in order to assess the prevalence and provide a description of Nivolumab-induced diabetes cases.Material an...

Introduction: Anti-thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TSHR-Abs) stimulating the thyroid (TSAb) are responsible for Graves’ disease. In some patients, the TSHR-Abs can block thyrotropin action (TBAb) and cause hypothyroidism, the switch between stimulating and blocking activity in Graves’ disease being well. This reports aims to describe clinical presentation of patients affected directly by hypothyroidism.Material and methods: Retrospective clini...