Endocrine Abstracts

Low-T3 syndrome (euthyroid sick syndrome) develops in critically ill patients. Due to the catabolic state, accompanying critical illnesses, enhanced oxidative damage to macromolecules is expected to occur in subjects suffering from the low-T3 syndrome.The study aimed at evaluating the level of lipid peroxidation products in blood serum, collected from critically ill patients with the low-T3 syndrome and at estimating the ...

Ghrelin has been considered one of the factors that might contribute to the development of pituitary somatotropinoma.The aim of our study was to assess whether serum concentrations of ghrelin differ in patients with acromegaly treated with surgery or/and long-acting octreotide (LAO) and also to evaluate the presence of ghrelin mRNA in tissues of somatotroph adenomas. The appoval of Ethical Committee to perform the study was obtained.<p class="abstext...