Endocrine Connections

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Increased serum cystatin C levels and responses of pancreatic α- and β-cells in type 2 diabetes	66
Preoperative blood pressure targets and effect on hemodynamics in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma	53
Puberty and fertility in classic galactosemia	47
Validity and reliability of the German version of the shortened thyroid-specific quality of life questionnaire (ThyPRO-39de)	39
Increased fT4 concentrations in patients using levothyroxine without complete suppression of TSH	38
Endogenous serum glucocorticoid concentrations, steroidogenic enzyme activity, and 90-day mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: an observational cohort study	36
Predominance of CD4+ T cells in metastatic cervical lymph nodes in papillary thyroid carcinoma	33
(Not) getting what you want: frustration and emotion regulation in children with sex chromosome trisomies	31
Normal-high IGF-1 level improves pregnancy rate after ovarian stimulation in women treated with growth hormone replacement therapy	30
Impact of parathyroidectomy on quality of life in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1	30
Iodine activates NLRP3 inflammasomes in PBMCs of patients with autoimmune thyroiditis and regulates Th1 and Th17 cell differentiation	29
Gender-affirming hormone therapy: effects on cardiovascular risk and vascular function	29
In-depth exploration of differences of sex development: 5-year experience in a tertiary center	25
Cardio-psycho-metabolic outcomes of bariatric surgery: design and baseline of the WAS trial	24
Vitamin D level regulates serum lipids discrepantly in adults with and without dyslipidemia	24
Molecular cloning, expression, and functional features of IGF1 splice variants in sheep	23
Prepuberal insulin secretory indices are long-term predictors of short adult stature in cystic fibrosis	23
Hospitalizations, emergency room visits and causes of death in 198 patients with permanent hypoparathyroidism: a retrospective Austrian study (2005–2022)	22
Evolving landscape of clinical trials in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in the past two decades	21
Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma combined with Graves’ disease: retrospective case series and literature review	20
GLP-1 and PYY for the treatment of obesity: a pilot study on the use of agonists and antagonists in diet-induced rats	20
Hyperthyroidism in adolescents	19
Radiotherapy-related insufficiency fractures and bone mineral density: what is the connection?	19
GNEN-1: a spontaneously immortalized cell line from gastric neuroendocrine neoplasia	18
Serum irisin levels increase in girls with central precocious puberty not dependent on BMI: a pilot study	18

Diagnostic accuracy of Afirma gene expression classifier, Afirma gene sequencing classifier, ThyroSeq v2 and ThyroSeq v3 for indeterminate (Bethesda III and IV) thyroid nodules: a meta-analysis	17
Development and validation of a risk score model for prediction of lower extremity arterial disease in Chinese with type 2 diabetes aged over 50 years	17
Role of adipokines in embryo implantation	16
The impact of Klinefelter syndrome on socioeconomic status: a multicenter study	16
Effect of adrenocorticotropic hormone infusion on circulating sclerostin levels	16
SGLT2 inhibitors for patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD: a narrative review	16
Impaired colonic motility in high-glycemic diet-induced diabetic mice is associated with disrupted gut microbiota and neuromuscular function	15
Testosterone in men with hypogonadism and transgender males: a systematic review comparing three different preparations	15
Narrative literature review of antidiabetic drugs’ effect on hyperuricemia: elaborating actual data and mechanisms	15
Pancreas agenesis and fetal growth: a semiquantitative analysis	15
Txnip deficiency promotes β-cell proliferation in the HFD-induced obesity mouse model	15
Diagnostic performance of the calcium/phosphate ratio for primary hyperparathyroidism in southwest China	14
The significance of short-term preoperative calcium and activated vitamin D3 supplementation in thyroidectomy: a randomized trial and prospective study	14
Urinary estrogen metabolites and breast cancer risk in Chinese population	14
Performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a meta-analysis	13
Factors associated with disease control failure in acromegaly patients treated with pegvisomant: an ACROSTUDY analysis	13
Locoregional progression-free survival of bone metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer	13
Obese patients with higher TSH levels had an obvious metabolic improvement after bariatric surgery	13
Non-thyroidal illness syndrome predicts outcome in adult critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
T3 as predictor of mortality in any cause non-critically ill patients	13
Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels with aggressiveness of papillary thyroid cancer	12
Effect of COVID-19 on the clinical course of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes	12
Autoimmune thyroid disease correlates to islet autoimmunity on zinc transporter 8 autoantibody	12
Determination of vitamin D status in singleton and twin gestations using CLIA and LC-MS/MS	12
PLK1 inhibitors as a new targeted treatment for adrenocortical carcinoma	12
Association of central obesity and high body mass index with function and cognition in older adults	12
Immune checkpoint inhibitor induced hypophysitis: a specific disease of corticotrophs?	12
Long-term effects of prenatal undernutrition on female rat hypothalamic KNDy neurons	12
Mfn2 regulates mitochondria-associated ER membranes to affect PCOS oocyte development	12
Total thyroidectomy: reduction in postoperative hypoparathyroidism	12
Longitudinal changes of serum metabolomic profile after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in obesity	12
Sex steroid levels in corresponding cerebrospinal fluid and serum samples quantified by mass spectrometry in men	11
Reduced serum concentrations of biomarkers reflecting Leydig and Sertoli cell function in male patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia	11
Intracellular FGF1 promotes invasion and migration in thyroid carcinoma via HMGA1 independent of FGF receptors	10
Maintaining bone health by estrogen therapy in patients with advanced prostate cancer: a narrative review	10
Individual and joint effects of trehalose and glutamate on diabetic retinopathy: a propensity score-matched case–control study	10
The distinct hepatic metabolic profile and relation with impaired liver function in congenital isolated growth hormone-deficient rats	10
Hyperthyroidism in pregnancy: evidence and hypothesis in fetal programming and development	10
Mildly elevated serum prolactin level may be a protective factor for preventing thickening of the carotid intima-media in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	9
Increased thyroid malignancy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism	9
Transition readiness among adolescents with rare endocrine conditions	9
The impact of mitotane therapy on serum-free proteins in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma	9
Chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes mellitus	9
Composite pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma-ganglioneuroma: analysis of SDH and ATRX status, and identification of frequent HRAS and BRAF mutations	9
Captopril challenge test: an underutilized test in the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism	9
Exploration of the shared gene signatures and comorbidity mechanisms of primary aldosteronism and atrial fibrillation	9
Smoking enhances proliferation, inflammatory markers, and immunoglobulins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Graves’ patients	9
Discontinuation of long-term growth hormone treatment in adults with growth hormone deficiency: a survey of UK practice	9
Resting energy expenditure in children at risk of hypothalamic dysfunction	9
Etiology, clinical characteristics and mortality among Indian patients with Addison’s disease	9

Decreased β-catenin expression contributes to IFNγ-induced chemokine secretion and lymphocyte infiltration in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis	9
High-coverage targeted lipidomics revealed a novel serum lipid dysregulation profile in adult growth hormone deficiency	9
Serum adiponectin level is negatively related to insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome	9
Graves’ disease in children with Down syndrome	9
Plasma levels of glucagon but not GLP-1 are elevated in response to inflammation in humans	9
Salvage surgery for cervical radioiodine refractory 18F-FDG-PET positive recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer	9
Determining minimal important change for the thyroid-related quality of life questionnaire ThyPRO	9
From classical dualistic antagonism to hormone synergy: potential of overlapping action of glucagon, insulin and GLP-1 for the treatment of diabesity	9
Patients with Cushing’s syndrome suffer from provoked venous thromboembolism and are anticoagulated in various patterns	8
The use of prednisolone versus dual-release hydrocortisone in the treatment of hypoadrenalism	8
Striatal DAT availability does not change after supraphysiological glucose loading dose in humans	8
Identification of potential biomarkers for diabetic cardiomyopathy using LC-MS-based metabolomics	8
Association of fasting plasma glucose change trajectory and risk of hypertension: a cohort study in China	8
The role of serum testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in kidney function and clinical outcomes in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Reduced anti-Müllerian hormone levels in males with inherited bone marrow failure syndromes	8
Register-based information on thyroid diseases in Europe: lessons and results from the EUthyroid collaboration	8
Beyond A1C: exploring continuous glucose monitoring metrics in managing diabetes	8
Risk stratification in differentiated thyroid cancer with RAI-avid lung metastases	8
GIPR rs10423928 and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Shanghai	8
Reversible central adrenal insufficiency in survivors of COVID-19: results from a 24-month longitudinal study	8
Epigenetics in thyroid cancer: a bibliometric analysis	8
Management of neuroendocrine neoplasms: conformity with guidelines in and outside a center of excellence	8
Association of plasma free triiodothyronine levels with contrast-induced acute kidney injury and short-term survival in patients with acute myocardial infarction	7
Experience with burdens of diabetes device use that affect uptake and optimal use in people with type 1 diabetes	7
Association of obesity with diabetic retinopathy in US adults with diabetes in a national survey	7
Higher blood pressure in normal weight women with PCOS compared to controls	7
In patients with anorexia nervosa, myokine levels are altered but are not associated with bone mineral density loss and bone turnover alteration	7
Pediatric obesity and skin disease: cutaneous findings and associated quality-of-life impairments in 103 children and adolescents with obesity	7
The visceral fat area/subcutaneous fat area ratio is positively associated with carotid atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	7
Abnormal uptake related to the thyroid gland on somatostatin receptor-targeted PET imaging: reported prevalence and rate of thyroid malignancy and parathyroid adenomas	7
The evolving role of whole-exome sequencing in the management of disorders of sex development	7
Homocysteine is an indicator of arterial stiffness in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome	7
100 YEARS OF VITAMIN D: Dose–response for change in 25-hydroxyvitamin D after UV exposure: outcome of a systematic review	7
25-Hydroxylase vitamin D deficiency in 27 Saudi Arabian subjects: a clinical and molecular report on CYP2R1 mutations	7
Functional hypogonadism in adolescence: an overlooked cause of secondary hypogonadism	7
4-Phenylbutyric acid improves free fatty acid-induced hepatic insulin resistance in vivo	7
Bone health in childhood cancer survivors, is there really a problem? Pitfalls of assessment, calculating risk, and suggested surveillance and management for osteonecrosis and low and very low bone mi	7
Confusion in the interpretation of prolactin levels caused by inappropriately low reference intervals	7
Association between serum uric acid and renal outcome in patients with biopsy-confirmed diabetic nephropathy	7
Preserved C-peptide secretion is associated with higher time in range (TIR) on intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring in Chinese adults with type 1 diabetes	7
Quality of life in men with Klinefelter syndrome: a multicentre study	7
Untreated thyroid autoantibody-negative SCH increases the risk of spontaneous abortions	7
Bone metastases from neuroendocrine tumors: clinical and biological considerations	7
Impairment in insulin secretion without changes in insulin resistance explains hyperglycemia in patients with acromegaly treated with pasireotide LAR	7
Effects of low-dose oral micronised progesterone on sleep, psychological distress, and breast development in transgender individuals undergoing feminising hormone therapy: a prospective controlled stu	7
Myeloperoxidase G-463A and CYBA C242T genetic variants in gestational diabetes mellitus	7
Autoimmune disease and interconnections with vitamin D	7
Typical morphological characteristics of the immunohistochemical subtypes of pituitary microadenomas: a dual center study	7
Impact of gender-affirming treatment on bone health in transgender and gender diverse youth	7
Socioeconomic status in Danish transgender persons: a nationwide register-based cohort study	7
Goodbye and farewell to Endocrine Connections!	6
Comprehensive genetic testing approaches as the basis for personalized management of growth disturbances: current status and perspectives	6
Exercise alleviates renal interstitial fibrosis by ameliorating the Sirt1-mediated TGF-β1/Smad3 pathway in T2DM mice	6
Frequent SLC12A3 mutations in Chinese Gitelman syndrome patients: structure and function disorder	6
From biological marker to clinical application: the role of anti-Müllerian hormone for delayed puberty and idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia in males	6
Predictive value of highly sensitive basal versus stimulated thyroglobulin measurement in long-term follow-up of thyroid cancer	6
Sex chromosome aneuploidies and fertility: 47,XXY, 47,XYY, 47,XXX and 45,X/47,XXX	6
The effect of estradiol add-back: a longitudinal MRI study in prostate cancer patients	6
NETest: serial liquid biopsies in gastroenteropancreatic NET surveillance	6
Accuracy of papillary thyroid cancer prognostic nomograms: a systematic review	6
Endocrine and metabolic late effects following cancer treatment: challenges and controversies	6
Sexually dimorphic distribution of kiss1 and kiss2 in the brain of yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii	6
Health-related quality of life following FDG-PET/CT for cytological indeterminate thyroid nodules	6
The association of elevated serum lipocalin 2 levels with diabetic peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes	6
Growth hormone upregulates the pro-tumorigenic galectin 1 in mouse liver	6
Bilateral macronodular adrenocortical disease (BMAD): a single centre experience	6
The value of plasma metanephrine measurements during adrenal vein sampling	6
The role of menin in bone pathology	6
ENDO-ERN ON RARE ENDOCRINE CONDITIONS: Endo-ERN in its fifth year: a pinch of care, science, curiosity and new horizons	6
Trends in regional morphological changes in the brain after the resolution of hypercortisolism in Cushing’s disease: a complex phenomenon, not mere partial reversibility	6
Clinical data and basal gonadotropins in the diagnosis of central precocious puberty in girls	6
Effects and safety of metformin in patients with concurrent diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Change in the pituitary stalk deviation angle after transsphenoidal surgery can predict the development of diabetes insipidus for pituitary adenomas	6
Sedentary lifestyle and precocious puberty in girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian experience	6
Fertility and pregnancy in adrenal insufficiency	6
Maternal adiposity, smoking, and thyroid function in early pregnancy	6
Perceptions and awareness of endocrine disruptors among moms in Serbia and health implications	6
Hormone replacement in survivors of childhood cancer and brain tumors: safety and controversies	6
Ferroptosis as a potential new therapeutic target for diabetes and its complications	6
Acknowledgement to reviewers	6

Increased risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis is closely associated with osteoporosis in women but not in men with type 2 diabetes	6
New gene discoveries in skeletal diseases with short stature	6
Association between radioactive iodine uptake and neutropenia in untreated Graves’ disease	5
Levothyroxine use and the risk of colorectal cancer: a large population-based case–control study	5
Exonic WT1 pathogenic variants in 46,XY DSD associated with gonadoblastoma	5
Pancreatic and gut hormones as predictors of new-onset prediabetes after non-necrotising acute pancreatitis: a prospective longitudinal cohort study	5
Spectrum of thyroid dysfunction and dementia: a dose–response meta-analysis of 344,248 individuals from cohort studies	5
Testosterone therapy increases the anticoagulant potential in men with opioid-induced hypogonadism: a randomized, placebo-controlled study	5
Effects of adipocyte-specific Dkk1 deletion on bone homeostasis and obesity-induced bone loss in male mice	5
Correlation of metabolic characteristics with maternal, fetal and placental asprosin in human pregnancy	5
Early expression of requisite developmental growth hormone imprinted cytochromes P450 and dependent transcription factors	5
Epidemiologic trends of and factors associated with overall survival in patients with neuroendocrine tumors over the last two decades in the USA	5
Influence of growth and metabolic markers on hs-troponin T and NT-proBNP levels in healthy children	5
Challenges past, present and future for Endocrine Connections	5
Nomogram for predicting 5-year metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease risk: retrospective cohort study	5
FLNA overexpression promotes papillary thyroid cancer aggression via the FAK/AKT signaling pathway	5
Decreased programmed cell death ligand 2-positive monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells and programmed cell death protein 1-positive T-regulatory cells in patients with type 2 diabetes: implicati	5
High C-reactive protein is associated with increased risk of biochemical hypogonadism: a population-based cohort study	5
PAI-BEL: a Belgian multicentre survey of primary adrenal insufficiency	5
Aldosterone-producing adenoma is associated with urolithiasis in primary aldosteronism	5
Update on dyslipidemia in hypothyroidism: the mechanism of dyslipidemia in hypothyroidism	5
Predictive factors of polycystic ovary syndrome in girls with precocious pubarche	5
Validation of a commercial enzyme immunoassay to assess urinary oxytocin in humans	5
Relationship of microRNA locus with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case–control study	5
The association between serum adenosine deaminase levels and Graves’ disease	5
Free triiodothyronine/free thyroxine ratio in children with congenital hypothyroidism	5
Efficacy and safety of a 30-day methylprednisolone treatment protocol for subacute thyroiditis: a prospective study	5
Free testosterone and cardiometabolic parameters in men: comparison of algorithms	5
Natural history and surgical outcome of incidentally discovered clinically nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas	5
Protective effect of GLP-1 analog liraglutide on podocytes in mice with diabetic nephropathy	5
Patient selection for islet or solid organ pancreas transplantation: experiences from a multidisciplinary outpatient-clinic approach	5
Response of multiple hormones to glucose and arginine challenge in T2DM after gastric bypass	5
Low-dose short synacthen test with salivary cortisol in patients with suspected central adrenal insufficiency	5
A critical evaluation of the EU-virtual consultation platform (CPMS) within the European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions	5
Long noncoding RNA DLEU2 drives the malignant behaviors of thyroid cancer through mediating the miR-205-5p/TNFAIP8 axis	5
Comparisons of clinical outcomes between newly diagnosed early- and late-onset T2DM: a real-world study from the Shanghai Hospital Link Database	5
Low FT3 is an independent marker of disease severity in patients hospitalized for COVID-19	5
Tumor growth rate in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor patients undergoing PRRT with 177Lu-DOTATATE	5
Vitamin D: marker, measurand & measurement	5
Sex-specific association between urinary kisspeptin and pubertal development	5
Analysis of children with familial short stature: who should be indicated for genetic testing?	5
The predictive value of plasma uridine for type 2 diabetes and its atherosclerotic complications	5
Is hypercalcaemia immediately life-threatening? A prospective study	4
Inverse relationship between IL-6 and sodium levels in patients with COVID-19 and other respiratory tract infections: data from the COVIVA study	4
Diabetes in all hospitalized cases in Germany 2015–2019 and impact of the first COVID-19 year 2020	4
Prevalence of adrenal insufficiency among patients with euvolemic hyponatremia	4
Findings from a public engagement programme for school children aged 13–15 years about endocrinology	4
Clinical features and complications of acromegaly at diagnosis are not all the same: data from two large referral centers	4
Serum adenosine deaminase levels are associated with diabetic kidney disease in type 2 diabetic patients	4
Spectrum of neuro-developmental disorders in children with congenital hyperinsulinism due to activating mutations in GLUD1	4
Patient journey experiences may contribute to improve healthcare for patients with rare endocrine diseases	4
Magnetic resonance imaging does not distinguish Kallmann syndrome from normosmic isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism	4
Variation in serum adrenal hormones in female 21-hydroxylase deficient patients	4
RET mutated C-cells proliferate more rapidly than non-mutated neoplastic cells	4
The liver-alpha-cell axis after a mixed meal and during weight loss in type 2 diabetes	4
Cholecalciferol supplementation effectively improved tertiary hyperparathyroidism, FGF23 resistance and lowered coronary calcification score: a prospective study	4
A high TSH level is associated with diabetic macular edema: a cross-sectional study of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	4
Thyroid disorders and the incidence of type 2 diabetes: insights from a 10-year cohort study in Germany	4
Clinical and molecular characterization of parathyroid carcinoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1	4
Baseline MRI findings as predictors of hypopituitarism in patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas	4
Bone turnover markers, and growth and bone parameters in infants participating in a vitamin D intervention study	4
Society for Endocrinology guidelines for the diagnosis and management of post-bariatric hypoglycaemia	4
Clinical features and outcomes of adrenal schwannoma: a study of 13 cases from a single centre	4
Starting point for benchmarking outcomes and reporting of pituitary adenoma surgery within the European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions (Endo-ERN): results from a meta-analysis and surv	4
Assessing treatment adherence is crucial to determine adequacy of mineralocorticoid therapy	4
Elevated serum trimethylamine oxide levels as potential biomarker for diabetic kidney disease	4
Oral estrogen leads to falsely low concentrations of estradiol in a common immunoassay	4
Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on patients with primary adrenal insufficiency: a cross-sectional study	4
Performance of renin assays in selecting fludrocortisone dose in children with adrenal disorders	4
Identification of NID1 as a novel candidate susceptibility gene for familial non-medullary thyroid carcinoma using whole-exome sequencing	4
The essential role of forkhead box P4 (FOXP4) in thyroid cancer: a study related to The Cancer Genome Atlas and experimental data	4
Early and late endocrine complications of COVID-19	4
Iodine nutritional status, the prevalence of thyroid goiter and nodules in rural and urban residents: a cross-sectional study from Guangzhou, China	4
Insulin therapy and biliary tract cancer: insights from real-world data	4
Association of maternal thyroid dysfunction and autoimmunity with adverse birth outcomes	4
Person-centered support for patients with a pituitary tumor following surgery	4
Comparison of modified-release hydrocortisone capsules versus prednisolone in the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia	4
Metformin reverts aortic calcifications and elastin loss induced by an experimental metabolic syndrome	4
Hyperthyroidism incidence in a large population-based study in northeastern Italy	4
Growth and disease burden in children with hypophosphatasia	4
Assessment of perinodular stiffness in differentiating malignant from benign thyroid nodules	4
The natural course of newborns with transient congenital hypothyroidism	4
53BP1 expression as a biomarker to differentiate thyroid follicular tumors	4
Systemic immune-inflammation index is associated with decreased bone mass density and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women but not in premenopausal women	4
The impact of neonatal 17-hydroxyprogesterone cutoff determination in a public newborn screening program for congenital adrenal hyperplasia in Southern Brazil: 3 years’ experience	4
Perinatally diagnosed congenital craniopharyngiomas in the KRANIOPHARYNGEOM trials	4
Outcome of COVID-19 infections in patients with adrenal insufficiency and excess	4
A preliminary screening system for diabetes based on in-car electronic nose	4
Electrolyte and acid-base imbalance in severe COVID-19	4
Age-dependent sex differences in calcium and phosphate homeostasis	4
Efficacy and safety of oral alpha-lipoic acid supplementation for type 2 diabetes management: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of randomized trials	4
Thyroid function in COVID-19 and the association with cytokine levels and mortality	4
Desmopressin prescription safety in adult inpatients: a real-world tertiary centre experience	4
Thyrotropin reference interval in older adults	4
Optimal injection interval for testosterone undecanoate treatment of hypogonadal and transgender men	4