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Amylin and Calcitonin: Potential Therapeutic Strategies to Reduce Body Weight and Liver Fat

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
The hormones amylin and calcitonin interact with receptors within the same family to exert their effects on the human organism. Calcitonin, derived from thyroid C cells, is known for its inhibitory effect on osteoclasts.
David S. Mathiesen   +10 more
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Calcitonin [PDF]

open access: greenJournal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1968
Giraud V. Foster
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Amylin Receptor 1 Mutagenesis Revealed a Potential Role of Calcitonin Serine 29 in Receptor Interaction [PDF]

open access: yesBiomedicines
Background: The amylin receptor is a receptor for the peptide hormone amylin, and its activation is known to reduce body weight. The amylin receptor functions as a heterodimer complex that consists of the calcitonin receptor for peptide hormone ...
Hyeseon Song   +5 more
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Acetate-Mediated Odorant Receptor OR51E2 Activation Results in Calcitonin Secretion in Parafollicular C-Cells: A Novel Diagnostic Target of Human Medullary Thyroid Cancer

open access: yesBiomedicines, 2023
Medullary thyroid cancer originates from parafollicular C-cells in the thyroid. Despite successful thyroidectomy, localizing remnant cancer cells in patients with elevated calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen levels remains a challenge.
Hyeon Jeong Lee   +9 more
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Aggressive clinical course of medullary thyroid microcarcinoma [PDF]

open access: yesMedicinski Glasnik Specijalne Bolnice za Bolesti Štitaste Žlezde i Bolesti Metabolizma "Zlatibor", 2022
Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a form of neuroendocrine tumor that arises from parafollicular C cells which produce calcitonin. In addition to calcitonin, these cells produce smaller amounts of other peptides, including carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA ...
Janić Tamara   +6 more
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Calcitonin-secreting neuroendocrine neoplasms of the lung: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

open access: yesEndocrine Connections, 2021
Calcitonin-secreting neuroendocrine neoplasms of the lung are rare, with few cases reported in the literature. Differentiating between medullary th yroid carcinoma and an ectopic source of calcitonin secretion can represent a complex diagnostic conundrum
David C Llewellyn   +8 more
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Medullary thyroid cancer. Returning to the need to determine the preoperative basal calcitonin level in patients with thyroid nodular pathology [PDF]

open access: yesЭндокринная хирургия, 2019
There are International and Russian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma. There is a recommendation to determine the basal level of calcitonin for all patients with nodular thyroid disease at the all of these ...
Elena E. Stanyakina   +5 more
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Serum Calcitonin-Negative Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Series of 19 Patients in a Single Center

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
IntroductionMedullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare cancer that accounts for 5% of thyroid cancers. Serum calcitonin is a good biomarker for MTC, which is used for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of recurrence. Calcitonin-negative MTC (CNMTC) is
Sun Jung Kim   +4 more
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Case Report: Medullary Thyroid Cancer Workup Initiated by Unexpectedly High Procalcitonin Level—Endocrine Training Saves Life in the COVID-19 Unit

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
BackgroundSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus that has caused a worldwide pandemic. The majority of medullary thyroid cancers present as a thyroid nodule.
Livia Sira   +7 more
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Sexual dimorphism in relationships between of plasma urea and some psycho-neuro-endocrine parameters

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Background. Earlier we found a strong urato-neural relationships in both men and women. Moreover, in women, the factor structure of the neural root is almost completely different from that in men.
Walery Zukow   +3 more
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