Issue 1/2014
Content (45 Articles)
Lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and increased risk of liver diseases: is there a causal link?
Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne
Myocardial metastases from neuroendocrine tumors: incidence and relevance
Dik J. Kwekkeboom
Approach to geriatric patients with subclinical thyroid disorders
Graziano Ceresini, Michela Marina
Managing Cushing’s disease: the state of the art
Annamaria Colao, Marco Boscaro, Diego Ferone, Felipe F. Casanueva
Impact of social determinants of health on outcomes for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review
Rebekah J. Walker, Brittany L. Smalls, Jennifer A. Campbell, Joni L. Strom Williams, Leonard E. Egede
Episodic hormone secretion: a comparison of the basis of pulsatile secretion of insulin and GnRH
Craig S. Nunemaker, Leslie S. Satin
Does vitamin D improve liver enzymes, oxidative stress, and inflammatory biomarkers in adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease? A randomized clinical trial
Nasrin Sharifi, Reza Amani, Eskandar Hajiani, Bahman Cheraghian
A polymorphism near MC4R gene (rs17782313) is associated with serum triglyceride levels in the general Japanese population: the J-MICC Study
Sakurako Katsuura-Kamano, Hirokazu Uemura, Kokichi Arisawa, Miwa Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Kenji Wakai, Rieko Okada, Sadao Suzuki, Naoto Taguchi, Yoshikuni Kita, Keizo Ohnaka, Tara Sefanya Kairupan, Daisuke Matsui, Isao Oze, Haruo Mikami, Michiaki Kubo, Hideo Tanaka
PTH-C1: a rat continuous cell line expressing the parathyroid phenotype
Sergio Fabbri, Simone Ciuffi, Valeria Nardone, Ana Rita Gomes, Carmelo Mavilia, Roberto Zonefrati, Gianna Galli, Ettore Luzi, Annalisa Tanini, Maria Luisa Brandi
Complications in thyroid resurgery: a single institutional experience on 233 patients from a whole series of 4,752 homogeneously treated patients
M. R. Pelizzo, M. Variolo, C. Bernardi, M. Izuzquiza, A. Piotto, G. Grassetto, P. M. Colletti, I. Merante Boschin, D. Rubello
Which diet for prevention of type 2 diabetes? A meta-analysis of prospective studies
Katherine Esposito, Paolo Chiodini, Maria Ida Maiorino, Giuseppe Bellastella, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Dario Giugliano
A critical role for CK2 in cytokine-induced activation of NFκB in pancreatic β cell death
Caroline Jaksch, Peter Thams
4-Phenylbutyric acid attenuates endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated pancreatic β-cell apoptosis in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes
Min Zhu, Mei Guo, Li Fei, Xiao-qin Pan, Qian-qi Liu
Effect of cilostazol on carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetic patients without cardiovascular event
Ji Hye Huh, Hannah Seok, Byung-Wan Lee, Eun Seok Kang, Hyun Chul Lee, Bong Soo Cha
Serum prolidase enzyme activity and oxidative stress levels in patients with diabetic neuropathy
Refah Sayın, Mehmet Aslan, Mehmet Emin Kucukoglu, Arda Luleci, Murat Atmaca, Ramazan Esen, Halit Demir
Influence of high-normal serum TSH levels on major cardiovascular risk factors and Visceral Adiposity Index in euthyroid type 2 diabetic subjects
A. Giandalia, G. T. Russo, E. L. Romeo, A. Alibrandi, P. Villari, A. A. Mirto, G. Armentano, S. Benvenga, D. Cucinotta
Risk profiles for metabolic syndrome and its transition patterns for the elderly in Beijing, 1992–2009
Li-Xin Tao, Wei Wang, Hui-Ping Zhu, Da Huo, Tao Zhou, Lei Pan, Qi Gao, Yan-Xia Luo, Li-Juan Wu, Xia Li, Zhe Tang, Xiu-Hua Guo
68Ga-DOTA-TOC-PET/CT detects heart metastases from ileal neuroendocrine tumors
Jan Calissendorff, Anders Sundin, Henrik Falhammar
Transarterial embolization (TAE) is equally effective and slightly safer than transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) to manage liver metastases in neuroendocrine tumors
Francesco Fiore, Michela Del Prete, Renato Franco, Vincenzo Marotta, Valeria Ramundo, Francesca Marciello, Antonella Di Sarno, Anna Chiara Carratù, Chiara de Luca di Roseto, Annamaria Colao, Antongiulio Faggiano
Familial Cushing syndrome due to thymic carcinoids in a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 kindred
Xiaohua Li, Jing Su, Li Zhao, Jingcheng Wu, Xiaoying Ding, Fang Fang, Yijie Wu, Haiyan Sun, Yongde Peng
Lifetime, untreated isolated GH deficiency due to a GH-releasing hormone receptor mutation has beneficial consequences on bone status in older individuals, and does not influence their abdominal aorta calcification
Anita H. O. Souza, Maria I. T. Farias, Roberto Salvatori, Gabriella M. F. Silva, João A. M. Santana, Francisco A. Pereira, Francisco J. A. de Paula, Eugenia H. O. Valença, Enaldo V. Melo, Rita A. A. Barbosa, Rossana M. C. Pereira, Miburge B. Gois-Junior, Manuel H. Aguiar-Oliveira
Etiology of hypopituitarism in tertiary care institutions in Turkish population: analysis of 773 patients from pituitary study group database
F. Tanriverdi, H. S. Dokmetas, N. Kebapcı, F. Kilicli, H. Atmaca, S. Yarman, M. E. Ertorer, E. Erturk, F. Bayram, A. Tugrul, C. Culha, M. Cakir, M. Mert, H. Aydin, M. Taskale, N. Ersoz, Z. Canturk, I. Anaforoglu, M. Ozkaya, G. Oruk, Z. Hekimsoy, F. Kelestimur, T. Erbas
Cardiovascular events in acromegaly: distinct role of Agatston and Framingham score in the 5-year prediction
Marta Ragonese, Angela Alibrandi, Gianluca Di Bella, Ignazio Salamone, Soraya Puglisi, Oana Ruxandra Cotta, Maria Luisa Torre, Francesco Ferrau, Rosaria Maddalena Ruggeri, Francesco Trimarchi, Salvatore Cannavo
Vitamin D status, liver enzymes, and incident liver disease and mortality: a general population study
Tea Skaaby, Lise Lotte Nystrup Husemoen, Anders Borglykke, Torben Jørgensen, Betina Heinsbæk Thuesen, Charlotta Pisinger, Lars Ebbe Schmidt, Allan Linneberg
Diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasonography for preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas
Reyhan Ersoy, Osman Ersoy, Berna Evranos Ogmen, Sefika Burcak Polat, Mehmet Kilic, Nilufer Yildirim, Levent Ozturk, Bekir Cakir
Association between calcaneus quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters and thyroid status in middle-aged and elderly Chinese men with euthyroidism: a population-based cross-sectional study
Yun Shi, Min Sun, Zhixiao Wang, Qi Fu, Mengdie Cao, Zhenxin Zhu, Chuchen Meng, Jia Mao, Yu Duan, Wei Tang, Xiaoping Huang, Jieli Lu, Yufang Bi, Guang Ning, Wei He, Tao Yang
Relationship of lean body mass with bone mass and bone mineral density in the general Korean population
Seong-Su Moon
DNA demethylation enhances myoblasts hypertrophy during the late phase of myogenesis activating the IGF-I pathway
Pamela Senesi, Livio Luzi, Anna Montesano, Ileana Terruzzi
Impact of thyroid status and age on comprehensive geriatric assessment
Silvana Oliveira e Silva, I. Thien Chan, Maryna A. Lobo Santos, Marcela Cohen, Mayra de La Roque P. Araujo, Julia da Silva Almeida, Andressa Simões, Helder Renato B. Givigi, Mario Vaisman, Carlos M. Paixão Jr., Patricia de Fatima dos S. Teixeira
Natural history of small radioiodine-avid bone metastases that have no structural correlate on imaging studies
Eyal Robenshtok, Azeez Farooki, Ravinder K. Grewal, R. Michael Tuttle
Can increased tumoral vascularity be a quantitative predicting factor of lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma?
Hyun Joo Shin, Eun-Kyung Kim, Hee Jung Moon, Jung Hyun Yoon, Kyung Hwa Han, Jin Young Kwak
Additional BRAF mutation analysis may have additional diagnostic value in thyroid nodules with “suspicious for malignant” cytology alone even when the nodules do not show suspicious US features
Jae Young Seo, Eun-Kyung Kim, Jin Young Kwak
Current prevalence of goiter determined by ultrasonography and associated risk factors in a formerly iodine-deficient area of Turkey
Mustafa Kocak, Cihangir Erem, Orhan Deger, Murat Topbas, Halil Onder Ersoz, Emine Can
Quality of life, social situation, and sexual satisfaction, in adult males with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Henrik Falhammar, Helena Filipsson Nyström, Marja Thorén
Non-functioning adrenal incidentalomas caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency or carrier status?
Henrik Falhammar
Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity, personality traits, and BCL1 and N363S polymorphisms of the glucocorticoid receptor gene in metabolically obese normal-weight women
Joanna Porzezińska-Furtak, Barbara Krzyżanowska-Świniarska, Tomasz Miazgowski, Krzysztof Safranow, Ryszard Kamiński
Synergistic effect of androgen receptor (CAG repeat length) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (Glu298Asp variant) gene polymorphisms on seminal parameters in men with idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia
Nicola delli Muti, Giacomo Tirabassi, Eddi Buldreghini, Andrea Lenzi, Giancarlo Balercia
Surgical biopsies in patients with central diabetes insipidus and thickened pituitary stalks
Fangfang Jian, Liuguan Bian, Shouyue Sun, Jun Yang, Xiao Chen, Yufan Chen, Qinyun Ma, Fei Miao, Weiqing Wang, Guang Ning, Qingfang Sun
Elastographic presentation of synchronous renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the thyroid gland
Massimiliano Andrioli, Luca Persani
McArdle’s disease in the seventh decade: challenges in diagnosis and management
Marta Almeida Ferreira, Arlindo Guimas, Raquel Faria
The essential use of FNA-calcitonin for detecting medullary thyroid cancer
P. Trimboli, L. Guidobaldi, A. Crescenzi, M. Bongiovanni, L. Giovanella