Endocrine Abstracts

Calcium and Vitamin D deficiency is a common cause of falls and fracture and supplementation with 1 g of calcium and 800 IU of vitamin D is commonly recommended.However, the serum level of 25 OHD that defines deficiency is controversial, and the 25 OHD level required to normalise serum parathyroid hormone (PTH)-in the presence of normal calcium- is often used. In this study we set out to explore how effective is 1 g of calcium and 800 IU of vitamin D in ...

Introduction: The long pentraxine-3 (PTX3) is a key component of humoral innate immunity that is expressed in various cell types during stress and tissue injury. PTX3 also acts like an oncosuppressor regulating tumor-promoting inflammation and it is implicated in tissue repair and autoimmunity. Autoimmune disease, tissue remodelling and oncogenesis often coexist in the thyroid. PTX3 role in thyroid disease is still unknown. Aim of the study is to evaluate if plasmatic levels o...

Introduction: The long pentraxine-3 (PTX3) is a key component of humoral innate immunity that is expressed in various cell types during stress and tissue injury. PTX3 also acts like an oncosuppressor regulating tumor-promoting inflammation and it is implicated in tissue repair and autoimmunity. Autoimmune disease, tissue remodelling and oncogenesis often coexist in the thyroid. PTX3 role in thyroid disease is still unknown. Aim of the study is to evaluate if plasmatic levels o...