Issue 2/2013
Content (36 Articles)
Ghrelin: a new treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease?
Patric J. D. Delhanty, Aart J. van der Lely
Role of glycemic variability in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): still an uphill climb
Annunziata Lapolla, Nino Cristiano Chilelli
The use of positron emission tomography with 11C-methionine in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
Filomena Cetani, Claudio Marcocci
Cachexia in chronic heart failure: endocrine determinants and treatment perspectives
Norman Mangner, Yae Matsuo, Gerhard Schuler, Volker Adams
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: clinical and molecular aspects
Henrik Falhammar, Marja Thorén, Jan Calissendorff
Erectile dysfunction as a cardiovascular risk factor in patients with diabetes
Giorgio Gandaglia, Andrea Salonia, Niccolò Passoni, Piero Montorsi, Alberto Briganti, Francesco Montorsi
Ectopic acromegaly due to growth hormone releasing hormone
Ali A. Ghazi, Alireza Amirbaigloo, Azizollah Abbasi Dezfooli, Navid Saadat, Siavash Ghazi, Marina Pourafkari, Farrokh Tirgari, Dheepti Dhall, Serguei Bannykh, Shlomo Melmed, Odelia Cooper
Common pathophysiological mechanisms involved in luteal phase deficiency and polycystic ovary syndrome. Impact on fertility
Georgios Boutzios, Maria Karalaki, Evangelia Zapanti
Polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene and risk of autoimmune thyroid diseases: a meta-analysis
Ming Feng, Hua Li, Su-Fang Chen, Wei-Fang Li, Fang-Bin Zhang
Concordance of the late night salivary cortisol in patients with Cushing’s syndrome and elevated urine-free cortisol
Suhail A. R. Doi, Justin Clark, Anthony W. Russell
Hematological parameters are associated with metabolic syndrome in Japanese community-dwelling persons
Ryuichi Kawamoto, Yasuharu Tabara, Katsuhiko Kohara, Tetsuro Miki, Tomo Kusunoki, Masanori Abe, Tateaki Katoh
Reference values for handgrip strength in young people of both sexes
Tiziana Montalcini, Valeria Migliaccio, Ferro Yvelise, Stefania Rotundo, Elisa Mazza, Alessandra Liberato, Arturo Pujia
Correlation of high urinary Smad1 level with glomerular hyperfiltration in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Wen-Jin Fu, Yao-Gao Fang, Ren-Tang Deng, Shu Wen, Mei-Lian Chen, Zhi-Hong Huang, Hui-Hua Tang, Shi-Long Xiong, Xian-Zhang Huang, Qian Wang
C-reactive protein concentration as a significant correlate for metabolic syndrome: a Chinese population-based study
Tsan Yang, Chi-Hong Chu, Po-Chien Hsieh, Chih-Hsung Hsu, Yu-Ching Chou, Shih-Hsien Yang, Chyi-Huey Bai, San-Lin You, Lee-Ching Hwang, Tieh-Chi Chung, Chien-An Sun
Ginkgo biloba L. extract enhances the effectiveness of syngeneic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in lowering blood glucose levels and reversing oxidative stress
Ming Ren, Shujuan Yang, Jianhui Li, Yulin Hu, Zhixing Ren, Shuping Ren
Glycemic variability in gestational diabetes mellitus and its association with β cell function
Jian-bin Su, Xue-qin Wang, Jin-feng Chen, Gang Wu, Yan Jin, Feng Xu, Xiao-hua Wang, Yu-tian Liu
Administration of ghrelin improves inflammation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis during and after non-alcoholic fatty liver disease development
Yan Li, Jie Hai, Lake Li, Xuehui Chen, Hua Peng, Meng Cao, Qinggui Zhang
Pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP)-A expressed in the mammary gland controls epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation
Makoto Nakasato, Hitoshi Kohsaka, Tetsuya Mizutani, Gen Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Taya, Kentaro Nagaoka
Leptin stimulation of cell cycle and inhibition of apoptosis gene and protein expression in OVCAR-3 ovarian cancer cells
Anna Ptak, Elzbieta Kolaczkowska, Ewa L. Gregoraszczuk
Is every joint symptom related to acromegaly?
Gonca Örük, Figen Tarhan, Mehmet Argın, Mustafa Özmen
Insulin-like growth factor I, growth hormone, and insulin sensitivity: the effects of a one-year cholecalciferol supplementation in middle-aged overweight and obese subjects
Elena Kamycheva, Vivian Berg, Rolf Jorde
QT dispersion in patients with acromegaly
Mustafa Unubol, Ufuk Eryilmaz, Engin Guney, Mevlut Ture, Cagdas Akgullu
The effects of sonographic and demographic features and needle size on obtaining adequate cytological material in sonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules
Mehmet Fatih İnci, Fuat Özkan, Mürvet Yüksel, İsmail Şalk, Murat Şahin
Serum ischemic modified albumin levels might not be a marker of oxidative stress in patients with hypothyroidism
Kerem Ersoy, İnan Anaforoğlu, Ekrem Algün
Levothyroxine replacement therapy with vitamin E supplementation prevents oxidative stress and cognitive deficit in experimental hypothyroidism
Tianrong Pan, Mingkui Zhong, Xing Zhong, Yanqing Zhang, Defa Zhu
Chief cell and clear cell parathyroid adenoma do not influence clinical and biochemical expression of the sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism
Shweta Varshney, Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Uma Nahar, Viral N. Shah, Anil Bhansali, Arnanshu Behera
Changes in adipokines but not in body composition after one week of prednisone intake in physically fit women
Laetitia Jollin, Nathalie Rieth, Rémy Thomasson, Virgile Amiot, Françoise Lasne, Katia Collomp
Dietary composition of carbohydrates contributes to the development of experimental type 2 diabetes
K. Hodgson, B. Govan, N. Ketheesan, J. Morris
Double pituitary adenomas
D. Iacovazzo, A. Bianchi, F. Lugli, D. Milardi, A. Giampietro, E. Lucci-Cordisco, F. Doglietto, L. Lauriola, L. De Marinis
18F-DOPA PET/CT revealed synchronous neuroendocrine tumors in two sisters with MEN2A syndrome
Giorgio Treglia, Paola Castaldi, Vittoria Rufini
Bilateral intrathyroidal hemorrhage after fine needle aspiration completely resolved by compression without thyroidectomy
Young Sun Lee, Hong Sun Baek, Tae Sun Park, Heung Yong Jin
Treatment of acute multiorgan dysfunction occurring in congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Bing Han, Bingli Liu, Liqiong Xue, Wei Liu, Yingli Lu, Jie Qiao
Morphometric characteristics, cell proliferation parameters and apoptosis indices do not correlate with tendency to relapse in non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas
R. M. Ruggeri, F. Trimarchi, L. Curtò