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Follicular thyroid carcinomas (FTC) represent 6-10 % of all thyroid carcinomas; the evolution of FTC is quite controversial, partly due to frequent changes of the histopathological definition (minimally invasive-MIFTC or widely invasive carcinoma-WIFTC) and treatment strategies adjustments.

This research aims to examine the diagnostic procedure, therapeutic attitude and survival rates of patients with FTC, over a period of 16 years in the same institution, with a follow-up of at least 4 years, by analyzing correlations between histology subtype, treatments and the rate of recurrent disease.

We have studied 5891 patients with thyroid carcinomas who have undergone surgical or oncological treatment within the institution, between 1

January 2000 - 31

December 2015; among them we found 133 patients (2.25%) with "pure" follicular thyroid carcinoma 114 (86%) women and 19 (14%) men, with a female-male ratio of 61. The age of the patients ranged from 10 to 76 years, with an average of 47.8 years. Statistical analysis was done comparing differences among groups of MIFTC and WIFTC.

There was an unexpected high percentage of WIFTC and also an increased number of biochemically persistent and/or recurrent disease in patients with MIFTC. A stronger correlation was observed with the tumour dimensions, rather than with the histopathological subtype.

This research observed that overall survival was associated with tumour size rather than histopathological subtype and there is an important need to perform further studies to assess the effectiveness of treatment strategies.

This research observed that overall survival was associated with tumour size rather than histopathological subtype and there is an important need to perform further studies to assess the effectiveness of treatment strategies.

We aimed to investigate the potential relationship between plasma alarin levels and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

We included 154 participants, divided into four groups in a cross-sectional study design. The first group includes patients with T2DM without complications (n=30), the second group patients with T2DM with microvascular complications (T2DM-noC n=32), the third group patients with T2DM with macrovascular complications, T2DM-MV (n=32) and the last group is the healthy control group (n=60).

In our study 94 patients were diabetic; 47 females and 47 males. The control group consists of 60 people, 30 women and 30 men. It was found that these had a significant (p>0.05) variation in serum alarin levels among the T2DM (T2DM-noC=3.1±0.7 ng/mL T2DM-mV=2.8±0.4 ng/mL, T2DM-MV= 3.6±0.4 ng/mL) versus control group (15.6±2.6).We failed to find a significant variation of serum alarin levels (p>0.05) between T2DM subgroups. Atamparib datasheet Serum alarin levels were significantly higher among control patients (p<0.05). There was no difference between diabetic sub-groups.

We concluded that serum alarin levels in patients with T2DM are lower than in normal people. Further studies are needed to investigate the possible prognostic value of alarin in clinical practice in T2DM.

We concluded that serum alarin levels in patients with T2DM are lower than in normal people. Further studies are needed to investigate the possible prognostic value of alarin in clinical practice in T2DM.

studies of the changes about osteoblastogenesis and adipogenesis potential of BMSCs were not clear. As it is the critical pathway for osteogenic differentiation and bone formation, whether or not Wnt/β-catenin signalling is involved in the changes of osteogenic and adipogenic potential of BMSCs and participates in bone content decrease of ovariectomized (OVX)osteoporosis rats has been rarely reported.

BMSCs from femurs of ovariectomzed rats were isolated and cultured

. The proliferation potential of BMSCs was analysed by CCK-8 assays . Osteoblastic and adipogenic differentiation potential of the BMSCs was assessed by ALP activity assay, Alizarin red S staining, Oil red O staining and RT-PCR analysis.

The results demonstrated that BMSCs from bilateral ovariectomization rats were endowed with lower proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation potential but higher adipogenic potential than the control group

. In addition, β-catenin was found to have been decreased in OVX BMSCs, indicating that Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathways were suppressed in OVX BMSCs .

Results suggested that changes in the Wnt canonical signalling pathway may be related to imbalances of osteogenic and adipogenic potential of BMSCs, and this may be an important factor related to bone content decrease in ovariectomized osteoporosis rats.

Results suggested that changes in the Wnt canonical signalling pathway may be related to imbalances of osteogenic and adipogenic potential of BMSCs, and this may be an important factor related to bone content decrease in ovariectomized osteoporosis rats.

Symptoms related to hypersecretion of hormones in patients with pituitary adenomas do not always correlate with immunohistochemical staining results.

To evaluate the relationship between the pituitary adenomas hormone immunoexpressions and endocrine presentations.

The clinical status and immunoexpression of 72 patients who underwent transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas were analyzed.

Macroadenomas were diagnosed in 51 cases (70.84%), while microadenomas were found in 21 cases (29.16%). The 72 adenoma specimens were divided into 22 monohormonal, 21 plurihormonal, 21 immunonegative and 8 unreliable specimens. The positive immunohistochemical staining results occurred as follows prolactin and growth hormone 25% each, adrenocorticotropic hormone 13.89%, thyroid-stimulating hormone 5.56%, leuteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone 12.5%, glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit 22.22%. Statistically significant relationships between the immunohistochemical presentation and the preoperative diagnosis were found for prolactin and hyperprolactinemia, growth hormone and acromegaly and adrenocorticotropic hormone and Cushing's syndrome.

The lack of full concordance between the clinical presentations and immunohistochemical staining was mainly a result of the presence of nonfunctioning adenomas, plurihormonal adenomas and unreliable specimens. The morphometric method introduced in this study, utilizing the immunoexpression index, provided a very precise evaluation of pituitary adenomas pathology.

The lack of full concordance between the clinical presentations and immunohistochemical staining was mainly a result of the presence of nonfunctioning adenomas, plurihormonal adenomas and unreliable specimens. The morphometric method introduced in this study, utilizing the immunoexpression index, provided a very precise evaluation of pituitary adenomas pathology.