Issue 1/2016
Content (41 Articles)
Structured nursing educational programs improve quality of life outcomes in patients with Cushing’s syndrome
Sofia Llahana, Nicola Thomas
Reassessing the grade of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
David S. Klimstra
The role of patient education in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes: an overview
Adriana Coppola, Loredana Sasso, Annamaria Bagnasco, Andrea Giustina, Carmine Gazzaruso
Non-functioning pituitary adenomas: growth and aggressiveness
Kristin Astrid Øystese, Johan Arild Evang, Jens Bollerslev
Association of depression with pre-diabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and previously diagnosed diabetes: a meta-analysis
Shengguang Chen, Qian Zhang, Guoxing Dai, Jiawen Hu, Chenting Zhu, Lijie Su, Xianzheng Wu
Spontaneous hypoglycemia: diagnostic evaluation and management
Leelavathy Kandaswamy, Rajeev Raghavan, Joseph M. Pappachan
Twenty years of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: is reclassification worthwhile and feasible?
Federica Grillo, Manuela Albertelli, Francesca Annunziata, Mara Boschetti, Andrea Caff, Simona Pigozzi, Diego Ferone, Luca Mastracci
Glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms modulate cardiometabolic risk factors in patients in long-term remission of Cushing’s syndrome
Sean H. P. P. Roerink, M. A. E. M. Wagenmakers, J. W. A. Smit, E. F. C. van Rossum, R. T. Netea-Maier, T. S. Plantinga, A. R. M. M. Hermus
Alleviation of high-fat diet-induced atherosclerosis and glucose intolerance by a novel GLP-1 fusion protein in ApoE−/− mice
Yuelin Kong, Yue Tong, Chen Chen, Mingming Gao, Xiangdong Gao, Wenbing Yao
Blood glucose fluctuation accelerates renal injury involved to inhibit the AKT signaling pathway in diabetic rats
Changjiang Ying, Xiaoyan Zhou, Zhenzhen Chang, Hongwei Ling, Xingbo Cheng, Wei Li
Association between insulin resistance and impairment of FGF21 signal transduction in skeletal muscles
Ja Young Jeon, Sung-E Choi, Eun Suk Ha, Tae Ho Kim, Jong Gab Jung, Seung Jin Han, Hae Jin Kim, Dae Jung Kim, Yup Kang, Kwan-Woo Lee
Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 on advanced glycation endproduct-induced aortic endothelial dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: possible roles of Rho kinase- and AMP kinase-mediated nuclear factor κB signaling pathways
Song-tao Tang, Qiu Zhang, Hai-qin Tang, Chang-jiang Wang, Huan Su, Qing Zhou, Wei Wei, Hua-qing Zhu, Yuan Wang
mTORC1 pathway mediates beta cell compensatory proliferation in 60 % partial-pancreatectomy mice
Wenyi li, Hongli Zhang, Aifang Nie, Qicheng Ni, Fengying Li, Guang Ning, Xiaoying Li, Yanyun Gu, Qidi Wang
Undercarboxylated osteocalcin is associated with insulin resistance, but not adiponectin, during pregnancy
Panudda Srichomkwun, Natnicha Houngngam, Sophitsachi Pasatrat, Thipaporn Tharavanij, Lalita Wattanachanya, Weerapan Khovidhunkit
CLM29 and CLM24, pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives, have antitumoral activity in vitro in anaplastic thyroid cancer, with or without BRAF mutation
Poupak Fallahi, Silvia Martina Ferrari, Concettina La Motta, Gabriele Materazzi, Guido Bocci, Federico Da Settimo, Paolo Miccoli, Alessandro Antonelli
Molecular profiles of cancer stem-like cell populations in aggressive thyroid cancers
Mariavittoria Dima, Valeria Pecce, Mauro Biffoni, Cira Rosaria Tiziana Di Gioia, Giovanni Tallini, Marco Biffoni, Francesca Rosignolo, Antonella Verrienti, Marialuisa Sponziello, Giuseppe Damante, Diego Russo, Cosimo Durante
Combined use of conventional smear and liquid-based preparation versus conventional smear for thyroid fine-needle aspiration
Soo-Yeon Kim, Eun-Kyung Kim, Hee Jung Moon, Jung Hyun Yoon, Hyeong Ju Kwon, Mi Kyung Song, Jin Young Kwak
Serum thyrotropin level of 30 μIU/mL is inadequate for preablative thyroglobulin to serve as a prognostic marker for differentiated thyroid cancer
Teng Zhao, Jun Liang, Zhenqing Guo, Jiao Li, Yansong Lin
Dynamic risk stratification for medullary thyroid cancer according to the response to initial therapy
Hyemi Kwon, Won Gu Kim, Min Ji Jeon, Dong Eun Song, Yu-Mi Lee, Tae-Yon Sung, Ki-Wook Chung, Jong Ho Yoon, Suck Joon Hong, Jung Hwan Baek, Jeong Hyun Lee, Tae Yong Kim, Won Bae Kim, Young Kee Shong
Association of cord blood des-acyl ghrelin with birth weight, and placental GHS-R1 receptor expression in SGA, AGA, and LGA newborns
Martha I. González-Domínguez, Maria-Luisa Lazo-de-la-Vega-Monroy, Silvio Zaina, Myrna Sabanero, Leonel Daza-Benítez, Juan Manuel Malacara, Gloria Barbosa-Sabanero
Long-term effects of growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy on hematopoiesis in a large cohort of children with GH deficiency
Andrea Esposito, Donatella Capalbo, Lucia De Martino, Martina Rezzuto, Raffaella Di Mase, Claudio Pignata, Mariacarolina Salerno
A specific nursing educational program in patients with Cushing’s syndrome
M. Antonia Martínez-Momblán, Carmen Gómez, Alicia Santos, Nuria Porta, Julia Esteve, Inmaculada Úbeda, Irene Halperin, Beatriz Campillo, Montserrat Guillaumet, Susan M. Webb, Eugenia Resmini
Effect of pasireotide on glucose- and growth hormone-related biomarkers in patients with inadequately controlled acromegaly
Herbert A. Schmid, Thierry Brue, Annamaria Colao, Mônica R. Gadelha, Ilan Shimon, Karen Kapur, Alberto M. Pedroncelli, Maria Fleseriu
Serum but not salivary cortisol levels are influenced by daily glycemic oscillations in type 2 diabetes
Giuseppe Bellastella, Maria Ida Maiorino, Annamaria De Bellis, Maria Teresa Vietri, Carmela Mosca, Lorenzo Scappaticcio, Daniela Pasquali, Katherine Esposito, Dario Giugliano
Lack of significant association between type 2 diabetes mellitus with longitudinal change in diurnal salivary cortisol: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis
Elias K. Spanakis, Xu Wang, Brisa N. Sánchez, Ana V. Diez Roux, Belinda L. Needham, Gary S. Wand, Teresa Seeman, Sherita Hill Golden
Evaluation of the glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and adrenal androgen secretion dynamics in a large cohort of patients aged 6–18 years with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia major, with an emphasis on the impact of cardiac iron load
Ahmet Uçar, Nergiz Öner, Gülcihan Özek, Mehmet Güli Çetinçakmak, Mahmut Abuhandan, Ali Yıldırım, Cemil Kaya, Sena Ünverdi, Hamdi Cihan Emeksiz, Yasin Yılmaz, Aylin Yetim
Positive autoantibodies to ZnT8 indicate elevated risk for additional autoimmune conditions in patients with Addison’s disease
Marta Fichna, Anita Rogowicz-Frontczak, Magdalena Żurawek, Piotr Fichna, Maria Gryczyńska, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz, Marek Ruchała
Increase in endogenous estradiol in the progeny of obese rats is associated with precocious puberty and altered follicular development in adulthood
Valery Ambrosetti, Marcelo Guerra, Luisa A. Ramírez, Aldo Reyes, Daniela Álvarez, Sofía Olguín, Daniel González-Mañan, Daniela Fernandois, Ramón Sotomayor-Zárate, Gonzalo Cruz
Elevated circulating levels of betatrophin are associated with polycystic ovary syndrome
Mehmet Calan, Ozgur Yilmaz, Tuncay Kume, Gokcen Unal Kocabas, Pinar Yesil Senses, Yasar Mehmet Senses, Muzaffer Temur, Ozlem Gursoy Calan
Identification of several circulating microRNAs from a genome-wide circulating microRNA expression profile as potential biomarkers for impaired glucose metabolism in polycystic ovarian syndrome
Linlin Jiang, Jia Huang, Yaxiao Chen, Yabo Yang, Ruiqi Li, Yu Li, Xiaoli Chen, Dongzi Yang
Sexual function and depressive symptoms in young women with elevated macroprolactin content: a pilot study
Robert Krysiak, Agnieszka Drosdzol-Cop, Violetta Skrzypulec-Plinta, Bogusław Okopien
An oral high dose of cholecalciferol restores vitamin D status in deficient postmenopausal HIV-1-infected women independently of protease inhibitors therapy: a pilot study
Jessica Pepe, Ivano Mezzaroma, Alessandra Fantauzzi, Mario Falciano, Alessandra Salotti, Mario Di Traglia, Daniele Diacinti, Piergianni Biondi, Cristiana Cipriani, Mirella Cilli, Salvatore Minisola
Effects of strontium ranelate on markers of cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal osteoporotic women
Marco Atteritano, Antonino Catalano, Domenico Santoro, Antonino Lasco, Salvatore Benvenga
Bone resorption following weight loss surgery is associated with treatment procedure and changes in secreted Wnt antagonists
Dag Hofsø, Jens Bollerslev, Rune Sandbu, Anders Jørgensen, Kristin Godang, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Thor Ueland
Free vitamin D does not vary through the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle
J. M. Franasiak, X. Wang, T. A. Molinaro, K. Green, W. Sun, M. D. Werner, C. R. Juneau, R. T. Scott
MRI T2 characteristics in somatotroph adenomas following somatostatin analog treatment in acromegaly
Ansgar Heck, Kyrre E. Emblem, Olivera Casar-Borota, Geir Ringstad, Jens Bollerslev
GALNT2 mRNA levels are associated with serum triglycerides in humans
Antonella Marucci, Davide Mangiacotti, Vincenzo Trischitta, Rosa Di Paola
Adrenal and thyroid metachronous metastases from renal cell carcinoma
Takafumi Taguchi, Takashi Karashima, Yoshio Terada
Diagnosis of turner syndrome in two mothers following their daughters' diagnosis
Mª Pilar Bahíllo-Curieses, Sofía Galbis-Soto, Mª Concepción Mombiedro-Arizmendi
Erratum to: The treatment with pasireotide in Cushing’s disease: effects of long–term treatment on tumor mass in the experience of a single center
Chiara Simeoli, Renata Simona Auriemma, Fabio Tortora, Monica De Leo, Davide Iacuaniello, Alessia Cozzolino, Maria Cristina De Martino, Claudia Pivonello, Ciro Gabriele Mainolfi, Riccardo Rossi, Sossio Cirillo, Annamaria Colao, Rosario Pivonello