Background: The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and autoimmunity in the Portuguese
population has not yet been estimated. However, the national prevalence of the metabolic …

Background While contributions of dyslipidemia to autoimmune diseases have been
described, its impact on thyroid autoimmunity (TA) is less clear. Programmed cell death 1 …

Methods: Fifty-five autoantibody positive hashimoto patients and 55 antibody negative
control groups who came to Sakarya University Medicine Faculty Endocrinology Outpatient …

Ghrelin is a peptide hormone produced mainly in the gastrointestinal tract known to regulate
several physiological functions including gut motility, adipose tissue accumulation and …

Purpose Ghrelin is an orexigenic peptide hormone secreted in times of stress and hunger. It
is deeply involved in the regulation of metabolism and energy homeostasis, promoting …

In women with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and vitamin D deficiency we have found
reference levels of relevant metabolichormonal parameters except for parathormone and …

Background: We aimed to examine the association of urinary iodine concentration with
Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) risk, and particularly, to investigate whether the HT-related …

Objective Ghrelin plays a role in several processes of cancer progression, and numerous
cancer types express ghrelin and its receptor. We aimed to investigate serum levels of …

Background: A potential role of preproghrelin polymorphisms on autoimmune thyroid
diseases (AITDs) has not been established equivocally yet. Aim: To estimate the association …

Este é um estudo de corte transversal com delineamento descritivo, com dois grupos
populacionais, tipo antes e depois, com abordagem quantitativa do tipo analítica com …