Endocrine Abstracts

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 2016 56 273–290. DOI: 10.1530/JME-15-0283...

Introduction: Hormone-producing pituitary cell lineages derive from SOX2+ embryonic precursors. These cells maintain multipotency into early postnatal life, acting as the resident population of pituitary stem cells (PSCs) and contributing extensively to all the endocrine cell lineages. Additionally, paracrine signalling from PSCs is important for cell proliferation of neighbouring progenitors (PMC7803373). It is not known if SOX2+ PSCs are involved in the regulation of additio...

Background: Treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in childhood focuses on growth and development; however the relationship of childhood treatment with adult health outcomes is not established. We explored this by examining relationships between final height (FH) and cardiometabolic risk in CAH adults.Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of 65 men (80% salt wasting (SW) and 20% non-SW) and 134 women (74% SW and 26% non-SW), aged 18–69 years....

Background: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may have increased cardiovascular (CV) risk but the mechanisms are unclear. Microparticles (MP), small circulating vesicles released from platelets, monocytes and endothelial cells, are elevated in patients with CV disease, and may increase CV risk through altered cell content and/or increased surface exposure of procoagulant phosphatidylserine (PS).Aims: To compare MP characteristics between women ...

Background: Quality of life (QoL) has been variously reported as normal or impaired in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) adults. We found impaired QoL in UK CAH adults (Arlt et al. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2010 95 5110–5121) and now report the relationship between QoL (SF-36) and health outcomes in these patients.Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of 151 CAH adults with 21-hydroxylase defi...

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) represents the most common inborn metabolic error and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. There is a paucity of clinical data in adult patients, a lack addressed by congenital adrenal hyperplasia adult study executive (CaHASE), a multicentre cross-sectional study of the health status of adults with CAH that recruited 203 patients from 17 centres (54% of patients contacted). Psychometric evaluation was assessed by validat...

CaHASE is a multicentre cross-sectional study of the health status of adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Although fertility is considered to be reduced in both sexes, few published series report the proportion that has actively sought pregnancy. About 203 patients were recruited from 17 centres. Four patients (3, 11-hydroxylase, 1 HSD3B2 deficient) were excluded from analysis. Demographics are shown in Table 1.<table boarder="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="...

Background: Alemtuzumab (ALTZ) is a humanised monoclonal anti-CD52 antibody used as effective treatment for relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), causing panlymphopenia with subsequent lymphocyte repopulation. Unfortunately, around 40% of patients develop secondary humoral autoimmunity, mainly affecting the thyroid gland. Anti-thyrotropin-receptor (TSHR) autoantibodies (TRAb) can stimulate (TSAb), block (TBAb) or not affect (‘neutral’) TSHR function, with TSAb...

Background: Alemtuzumab (ALTZ) is a humanised monoclonal anti-CD52 antibody used as effective treatment for relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), causing panlymphopenia with subsequent lymphocyte repopulation. Unfortunately, around 40% of patients develop secondary humoral autoimmunity, mainly affecting the thyroid gland. Anti-thyrotropin-receptor (TSHR) autoantibodies (TRAb) can stimulate (TSAb), block (TBAb) or not affect (‘neutral’) TSHR function, with TSAb...

The pituitary gland is a critical endocrine organ regulating multiple essential physiological processes including growth, reproduction, metabolism and the stress response. Hormone-producing pituitary cell lineages are derived from a population of embryonic precursors expressing the transcription factor SOX2. These cells maintain multipotency into early postnatal life, acting as the resident population of pituitary stem cells (PSCs) and contributing to all the endocrine cell li...