Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: While postoperative hypoparathyroidism can usually be controlled with elemental calcium (Ca) and calcitriol therapy, rarely this treatment may be inadequate and teriparatid therapy may be used as an alternative. In the literature, it is reported that teriparatid therapy is effective and reliable in the treatment of patients with postoperative hypoparathyroidism, as well as improving quality of life and reducing the frequency of hospitalization. In this report, we pr...

Aim: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, defined as myocardial infarction (MI), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), peripheral artery disease (PAD), is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in people with diabetes mellitus (DM) and the main cause of health expenditure in these patients.Like in other parts of the world, a prospective study of the Asturian population showed that the mortality risk due to cardiovascular diseases was significantly higher...

Introduction: Endocrine disorders and kidney diseases can coexist. Some of these have a common pathophysiological background. Strategies for treating endocrinopathy or glomerulonephritis (GN) may affect the function of the endocrine system and kidney.Aim: The study was aimed to assess the correlation of kidney biopsy results performed in people with suspected GN with thyroid function, metabolic syndrome and diabetes occurrence.Mate...

Transthyretin (TTR) is well documented as a carrier for thyroid hormones. It also binds retinol binding protein preventing its filtration trough the kidneys and therefore is involved in delivering retinol to target cells. Moreover, TTR sequesters amyloid-beta impairing its deposition in nervous tissues and possibly contributing to its removal. Despite its importance in mammalian physiology, there are few studies regarding the regulation of TTR synthesis. In silico analy...

Introduction: A substantial proportion of pheochromocytomas (PCC) are detected during the work-up of an adrenal incidentaloma. Recently it has been suggested that in case of an adrenal incidentaloma with an unenhanced attenuation value <10 Hounsfield Units (HU) on CT imaging biochemical testing to rule out PCC is unnecessary. We aimed to determine the sensitivity of the 10 HU cut-off value to detect pheochromocytoma.Methods: Retrospective multicenter...

IntroductionType 2 diabetes and hyperlipidemia are primarily managed with lifestyle modifications, self-monitoring of blood glucose, and medication. Patients who are obese and cannot achieve normal blood glucose levels despite diet, exercise, and multiple medications may be considered for bariatric surgery. Many diabetic patients with very high triglyceride levels are at high risk for ASCVD and therefore after triglyceride levels are con...

Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are mostly benign lesions originating from the anterior pituitary and represent 10–15% of all the intracranial neoplasms. PitNETs can be classified in non-secretory, clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs), and secretory, comprising prolactin (PRL), growth hormone (GH) and adrenocoticotropic hormone (ACTH). Surgical resection is the first line treatment for PitNETs, whereas chemotherapy and radiotherapy are preferre...

Introduction: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is caused by a variety of genes, cytokines, receptors, and environmental factors. A series of enzymes known as type 1 and type 2 deiodinases (D1, D2) are in charge of converting thyroxine (T4) into triiodothyronine (T3). It is believed that the low free T3 (fT3) levels caused by D2 polymorphism may result in thyroid autoimmunity through the induction of inflammation. However, iodothyronine deiodinase (DIO) gene polymorphism and H...

Avoiding vitamin D deficiency can be beneficial in prevention of adverse maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes. Because of increasing level of vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) in pregnancy, the determination of free-25OHD should be required, whose adequate measure is a challenge for the analytics. Literature data are contradictory whether total-or free-25OHD fraction is more reliable taking into consideration the methods of measurement. Data of publications on free or total, bi...

Metformin has recently emerged as a potential therapeutic tool for different tumour pathologies, including prostate cancer (PCa)1, one of the leading causes of cancer-deaths in men worldwide. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the antitumor effects of metformin in PCa are not fully elucidated. In this context, previous reports have suggested a relationship between metformin and the process of alternative splicing in some cell-types. Nevertheless, the poten...