Endocrine Abstracts

We are living in the electronic era and day to day exposed by estrogenic disruptors such as Bisphenol-A (BPA). Electronic gadgets such as cellular phones, CDs, DVDs, RFIDs even baby feeding bottles are made with composition of BPA and their huge application are matter of debate in present. The chronic exposures of BPA have become a major health concern. In this study we assessed the neurobehavioral alterations caused by BPA in the rats. We examined the neurobehavioral changes ...

Introduction: The efficacy and exceptionally good tolerance of estrogen blockade in the treatment of breast cancer is well recognized. Acolbifene (ACOL) is a novel and unique completely free of estrogen-like activity in both the mammary gland and uterus. In theory, this new antiestrogen represents a unique opportunity for a highly potent and specific blockade of estrogen action in the mammary gland and uterus while exerting estrogen-like beneficial effects in other tissues (se...

Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a disorder in which amenorrhea, associated to elevated levels of gonadotropins, occurs before the age of 40 years.The proband, a 36-year-old woman, was born at term after an uneventful pregnancy and delivery from healthy non-consanguineous parents. Growth and mental developmental milestones were normal. At the age of 12 years she presented menarche followed by regular menses, she had no miscarriage and had a succe...

The aim of the study was to explore the relation of female sexual function to the concentration of estradiol (E2), total testosterone (T), DHEA-S in the sample of Lithuanian women in postmenopause.Methods and participants: Two hundred and forty six postmenopausal women who fulfilled inclusion criteria were asked to fill in female sexual functioning index (FSFI) and socio-demographic questionnaire. A blood sample from all participants was taken...

Introduction: NAFLD has become the leading cause of liver disease in the Western world and has a strong association with obesity and diabetes. There are no studies of NAFLD in pregnant women.Methods: Pregnant volunteers (n=57) were recruited in the first or third trimester and evaluated for the presence of NAFLD using abdominal ultrasound scans using accepted criteria. Liver biopsies were not performed since this invasive procedure would present u...

Alterations in the thyroid axis have been reported following GH therapy both in adults and children with GH deficiency (GHD), even if the clinical significance of these changes, in small and short-term studies, remains uncertain. To evaluate the impact of GH replacement on thyroid status in a large selected cohort of prepubertal children with idiopathic GHD during a 3-years follow-up. Study outcome considered FT3, FT4 and TSH modifications (delta) during therapy and their corr...

Introduction: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common among elderly men and patients suffering from chronic diseases, the latter probably including also HIV infection. No studies, however, compared the prevalence of ED in HIV-infected and -uninfected individuals using the IIEF-15.Aim: To compare ED prevalence in young-middle aged men with and without HIV infection using the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-15) questionnaire.<p class="abstex...

Context: Weight-reducing dietary intervention (DI) promotes an improvement in insulin sensitivity (IS) since early stage of the diet. The diet-induced changes of plasma levels of cytokines and chemokines that are expressed in adipose tissue (adipokines) have been suggested to play a role.Aim: To examine relationship between the diet-induced changes of IS (assessed using homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)) and those of plasma adi...

Introduction: EURO-WABB is a European research project within the field of rare diabetes diseases. The general objective is to support efficient diagnosis, treatment and research for the overlapping rare genetic diseases Wolfram, Alstrom and Bardet-Biedl (WABB) syndromes.Methods: The project is supported by the EU DG-SANCO by the collaboration of 8 Associated Partners (AP) and 15 Collaborating Partners. University of Birmingham work as the Project Leader...

Background: The Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) has been suggested as a new gender-specific marker of visceral adipose dysfunction, strongly associated with insulin sensitivity in patients with cardio-metabolic risk.Aim: To test VAI in active acromegaly for the assessment of disease-associated metabolic risk evaluating its association with hormonal data, adipocytokine levels, insulin sensitivity and secretion parameters in a cohort of 27 subjects (15 M, 1...