ESPE Abstracts

Background: The acid-labile subunit (ALS) is the crucial third player in the tertiary complex for its function of prolonging the half-life of the IGF1-IGFBP3 binary complexes. IGF1 and IGFBP3 are routinely determined during the diagnostic work-up for growth hormone deficiency (GHD). The aim of the study is to evaluate the relevance of serum ALS as an additional biomarker, alone or in combination with IGF1 and IGFBP3, in the diagnosis of GHD.<p class="abste...

Therapeutic interventions in obesity in addition to the weight loss, seek to improve the profile of cytokines. It is believed that physical activity, even in the absence of significant weight loss, may favorably increase the concentration of irisin and decrease the concentration of chemerin. The aim of the study was to compare the impact of a standard lifestyle intervention (SI) with an intense intervention (II) including controlled increase of daily physical ...

Elevated chemerin level is observed in obese patients with metabolic syndrome and arterial hypertension but it is not known if measurement of this hormone have any prognostic value before the occurrence of clinically overt complications of obesity. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between serum chemerin level and 24h blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), and intima media thickness in obese children.Methods: The study ...