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Both injectable and nasal spray calcitonins have been utilized in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis for over 25 years. More widespread use of calcitonin in the treatment of osteoporosis has been hampered in part due to poor patient acceptability and compliance and the inability of patients to take this medication as an oral pill.
Hamdy, Ronald C., Daley, Dane N.
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Identification and characterisation of calcitonin receptor isoforms expressed in glioblastoma derived glioma stem and U-87 MG cells. [PDF]
Glioblastoma cells express calcitonin receptor variants (CT receptor isoforms) that may help them survive stress. Using qPCR, transcript‐specific long‐read nanopore sequencing, immunofluorescence co‐localisation and comparative sequence analysis, this study identifies a novel alternatively spliced CALCR transcript that encodes the CTb receptor isoform ...
Gupta P +7 more
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The natural history of post-traumatic algodystrophy. [PDF]
Algodystrophy, particularly in it's less severe form, is a poorly recognised and ill understood condition which, when it occurs after fracture, delays rehabilitation.
Bickerstaff, Derek Richard
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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]
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 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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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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Medullary thyroid cancer. Returning to the need to determine the preoperative basal calcitonin level in patients with thyroid nodular pathology [PDF]
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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Amylin and Calcitonin: Potential Therapeutic Strategies to Reduce Body Weight and Liver Fat
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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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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