194th Meeting for the Society for Endocrinology

Programme: Attended Posters

Mon 3 Nov | Tues 4 Nov | Wed 5 Nov | Attended Posters

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Clinical case reports

P1

A young woman with allergic rhinitis and proximal myopathy

 

Kashyap AS, Anand KP & Kashyap S

 

 

P2

A case of hyperthyroidism presenting as haematological malignancy

 

Evans KM & Flanagan DE

 

 

P3

Profound hypothyroidism in a patient with lactose intolerance

 

Kapoor D, Adekunle D & Jones TH

 

 

P4

Acromegaly with optic atrophy in a case of macroadenoma of pituitary with no pressure effect on optic chiasm

 

Srinivasan R, Thomson GA, Kumar VR & Fernando D

 

 

P5

An unusual case of phaeochromocytoma

 

Clarke MA, Choo-Kang A, Cooper M, Kumar S, Dodson P & Rahim A

 

 

P6

Gestational DI and oligohydramnios

 

Qureshi AI, Bano G & Nussey SS

 

 

P7

Tuberous Sclerosis and Cushing's syndrome: a rare association

 

Tigas S, Carroll P, Jones R, Bingham E, Russell-Jones D, Powell M & Scobie IN

 

 

P8

Tall or thin

 

Shariff M, Dhillo WS,Tunariu N, Todd JF, Seal LJ & Meeran K

 

 

P9

A rare cause of hypoglycaemia

 

Alsafadi H, Ansari H, Biggs P & Randeva HS

 

 

P10

Transphenoidal basal encephalocoele presenting with panhypopituitarism

 

Abdalla TME, Wenham S, Adams C, Wayte A & Wilton A

 

 

P11

Now you see it,now you don't: a variable pituitary mass

 

Lee S, Battersby R, Romanowski C & Newell-Price J

 

 

P12

Uneventful pregnancy in a patient with pituitary apoplexy

 

Mehta S, Girling J & Cassar J

 

 

P13

Surgical treatment for insulinoma and disappearance of type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

Garg R, Patankar A, Jones GR & Agarwal AK

 

 

P14

Relapsing lymphocytic hypophysitis with progressive hypopituitarism and permanent neurological deficit

 

Abdalla TME, Adams C, Birch P, Wayte A &WiltonA

 

 

P15

A case of acth secreting benign mediastinal carcinoid with hypocalcaemia

 

Goulden PA & Spring MW

 

 

P16

What is the clinical relevance of macroprolactinaemia? A clinical case report

 

Boyle JG & McLellan AR

 

 

P55

Persistent vomiting:an uncommon presenting symptom of thyrotoxicosis in a woman with type 1 diabetes

 

Srinivas Shankar U, Rutter MK & Ewins D

 

 

P56

Recognizing parathyroid carcinoma

 

Srinivas Shankar U, Rutter MK & Ewins D

 

 

Cytokines

P17

Effect of cathepsin d and prostate specific antigen on latent transforming growth factor-beta in breast cancer cell lines

 

Lai LC & Wong SF

 

 

P18

Effect of maternal nutrient restriction during late-gestation on the hepatic insulin-like growth factor system in neonatal sheep

 

Hyatt MA, Walker D, Stephenson T & Symonds ME

 

 

P19

Effect of chronic prolactin administration on the somatotrophic axis in one-week-old lambs

 

Jones C, Pearce S, Hyatt MA, Walker D, Stephenson T & Symonds ME

 

 

P20

Investigation of growth hormone secretion and sensitivity in rheumatoid arthritis
Mittal G, Marcora S, Lemmey A, Wayte A, Maddison PJ & Wilton A

 

 

P21

GH and nitric oxide production by pig pituitary cells in different culture

 

Saleri R, Cavalli V & Tamanini C

 

 

P22

Pro-adrenomedullin N terminal 20 peptide (PAMP) causes proliferation of human endothelial and adrenocortical cells

 

Vakharia K, Renshaw D & Hinson J

 

 

Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular

P23

Relationship between insulin resistance and exercise test parameters in asymptomatic type II diabetics without any documented evidence of coronary artery disease

 

Ugur-Altun B, Altun A, Tatli E, Arikan E & Tugrul A

 

 

P24

Pancreatic islet protective effect of vanadium in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, histological,immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

 

Ahmadi S, Karimian SM, Sotoudeh M & Bahadori M

 

 

P25

Testosterone-induced vasodilatation of isolated human mesenteric resistance arteries is independent of the vascular endothelium

 

Jones RD, Rowell KO, Pugh PJ, Shorthouse AJ, Adam IJ, Channer KS & Jones TH

 

 

P26

The relationship between serum levels of testosterone and inflammatory cytokines in men with coronary artery disease

 

Nettleship JE, Jones RD, Pugh PJ, Channer KS & Jones TH

 

 

P27

Hypertension and plasma renin activity in women with turner syndrome

 

Ho S-L, Gleeson HK, Smethurst L, Murray RD & Shalet SM

 

 

P28

Does insulin formulation matter in antenatal diabetes care?

 

Kumar J, Baynes K, Pender S, Lowy C, Jones R & Carroll P

 

 

P29

The effects of acute hyperinsulinemia and insulin sensitivity on plasma homocysteine in non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome

 

Sumarac-Dumanovic M, Micic D, Mirkovic D, Macut Dj, Kendereski A, Zoric S, Cvijovic G & Pejkovic D

 

 

Endocrine tumours and neoplasia

P30

Extracts from the marine sponges Anthosigmella varians and Spongia barbara lower cyclin B1 levels,cause a G2/M cell cycle block and trigger apoptosis in SW-13 human adrenal carcinoma

 

Brown JW, Cappell S, Perez-Stable C & Fishman LM

 

 

P31

Cyclosporin A enhances ceramide signalling in human breast cancer cells in response to N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) retinamide

 

Abbara A & Schrey M

 

 

P32

Acquired prolactin deficiency reflects residual pituitary function after treatment for Cushing's disease

 

Mukherjee A, Murray RD, Teasdale GM & Shalet SM

 

 

P33

Phaeochromocytoma and multifocal gastrointestinal stromal tumours carney triad variant or a new syndrome?

 

Zachariah S, Bano G & Nussey SS

 

 

P34

An audit of sestamibi scanning in the investigation of primary hyperparathyroidism

 

Morganstein DL, Heetun M & Burke J

 

 

P35

The sensitivity of (super)123i-MIBG in the detection of histologically confirmed catecholamine-producing tumours

 

Ismail M, Foley R, Drake WM, Grossman AB, Jenkins PJ, Chew SL, Besser GM, Resnek R, Britton K & Monson JP

 

 

P36

Macroprolactinomas in men:long-term efficacy of bromocriptine treatment

 

Chattopadhyay A, Bhansali A & Dash RJ

 

 

P37

Normalisation of serum IGF-I by pegvisomant is not associated with a reduction in median nerve size in patients with active acromegaly

 

Drake WM, Loureira RA, Besser GM, Monson JP, Trainer PJ, Reznek RH & Sohaib SA

 

 

P38

Ghrelin and a novel ghrelin isoform have potential autocrine/paracrine roles in hormone-dependent cancer

 

Jeffery PL, Herington AC & Chopin LK

 

 

P39

Use of continous glucose monitoring system in the medical management of insulinomas

 

Baldeweg SE, Hope S, Tibbals J, Davidson B &Vanderpump M

 

 

P40

The effect of pegvisomant therapy on plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinases 2,9 and vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with acromegaly

 

Paisley AN, Randeva HS, Alsafadi H, Roberts ME, Monson JP, Drake WM & Trainer PJ

 

 

P41

Intraoperative parathyroid hormone determinations

 

Honour JW, Phillips I, Hodkinson R, Nelson D & Kurzawinski T

 

 

P42

Subclinical growth hormone excess, significant or irrelevant?

 

Belchetz PE

 

 

Growth and development

P43

Effects of maternal cold exposure during late gestation on ghrelin MRNA abundance in the ovine liver

 

Butt EA, Pearce S, Stephenson T & Symonds ME

 

 

P44

Poster withdrawn

 

 

P45

Effect of protein supplementation to the mother at specific stages of gestation on fetal adipose tissue

 

Davies D, Mostyn A, Gardner D, Pearce S, Hopkins G, Butt E, Ramsey MM, Stephenson T & Symonds ME

 

 

P46

The influence of birth weight on adipose tissue uncoupling protein 3 expression and thyroid regulation in neonatal pigs

 

Mostyn A, Litten JC, Perkins KS, Symonds MS & Clarke L

 

 

P47

Lanreotide Autogel in acromegaly: a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis

 

Cendros JM, Peraire C, Troconiz I & Obach R

 

 

P48

QLS-H,A measure of quality of life in adult UK GHD

 

Patel S, Ross RJM & Edwards D

 

 

Neuroendocrinology and behaviour

P49

QLS-H,a measure of quality of life in adult UK GHD

 

Patel S & Edwards DJ

 

 

P50

The oxytocin response to increased plasma sodium following ovariectomy and oestrogen replacement

 

Hartley DE, Dickson SL & Forsling ML

 

 

P51

See Thyroid

Bone

P52

SRANK-l and OPG are increased in some osteoporotic patients

 

Jabbar S, Weston C, Drury J & Varey J

 

 

P53

Vitamin D insufficiency and plasma levels of SRANK-l and OPG in osteoporotic women

 

Jabbar S, Drury J & Varey J

 

 

P54

SRANK-l and OPG correlate with bone mineral density in osteoporosis

 

Jabbar S, Drury J & Varey J

 

 

P55 & 56

See Clinical case reports

 

 

Reproduction

P57

Ovarian follicle culture:an old technique revisited

 

Qureshi AI, Bano G, Whitehead S, Nussey SS & Mason HD

 

 

P58

Audit of the effects of Sibutramine and Metformin in the management of polycystic ovarian syndrome - clinical experience from an endocrine clinic

 

Boardman S, Reid C, Benjamin M & Horrocks PM

 

 

P59

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), its receptors (KDR and Flt-1) and eNOS are up-regulated in the rat uterine cervix during pregnancy

 

Mowa CN, Jesmin S, Sakuma I, Hattori Y, Togashi H, Papka RE & Yoshioka

 

 

P60

Aromatase is abundantly expressed in neonatal rat penis but down-regulated in adulthood

 

Jesmin S, Mowa CN, Sakuma I, Hattori Y, Togashi H & Kitabatake A

 

 

P61

Prostaglandin production and timing of parturition in sheep fed a diet high in N-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids

 

Elmes M, Poore K, Newman J, Green LR, Cheng Z, Abayasekara DRE,Hanson MA & Wathes DC

 

 

P62

Hyperemesis in pregnancy not the usual suspects

 

Rosenthal JM, Bano G, Hameed A, Sharma A & Nussey S

 

 

P63

The influence of polycystic ovary syndrome on ovarian gene expression

 

Leonard AJ, Evans IM, El Mahdi E, Sinha AK, Ekins RP & Hardiman P

 

 

Steroids

P64

The short synacthen test and the overnight metyrapone test in the investigation of adrenal suppression in patients on prednisolone therapy

 

Nichols AL, Colvin J, Barnes S & Wheeler MJ

 

 

P65

Opposite effects of dexamethasone and oestardiol on annexin 1 expression

 

Solito E, Froud K, Christian H, Morris J & Buckingham J

 

 

P66

Hydrocortisone Induced Inhibition of Nuclease Activities in Rat Liver Nuclei

 

Artsruni IG, Matinyan KS, Demirkhanyan LH, Mndgoyan EO & Gevorgyan ES

 

 

P67

Design of oestrogen responsive reporter constructs for use in cell culture:use of CMV promoter

 

Derecka K, Wang C-K, Sheldrick ELR & Flint APF

 

 

P68

Estradiol action on phospholipid composition of rat liver chromatin

 

Gevorgyan ES, Demirkhanyan LH, Artsruni IG, Yavroyan ZhV, Matinyan KS & Hakobyan NR

 

 

P69

Reduced expression of 11beta- hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase type 2 in kidney biopsies of patients with renal failure

 

Quinkler M, Zehnder D, Lepenies J, Hughes S, Savage COS, Hewison M & Stewart PM

 

 

P70

Effects of food deprivation on the expression and signalling of orexin and orexin receptors in the rat hypothalamus and adrenal gland

 

Karteris EK, Machado RJM, Grammatopoulos DKG, Hillhouse EWH & Randeva HSR

 

 

P71

Oestrogen receptor alpha but not oestrogen receptor beta expression is downregulated by dexamethasone in human scalp hair dermal papilla

 

Nelson LD, Taylor AH, Bharkhada RJ, Messenger AG, Laing I & Thornton MJ

 

 

P72

Normal synacthen test response and evolution of schmidt's syndrome in brittle type 1 diabetes

 

Ahmed A & Winocour P

 

 

Thyroid

P51

An epidemiological clinical study on Ukrainian patients with severe postoperative hypoparathyroidism using a new questionnaire instrument

 

Bohrer T, Pasteur I, Lyutkevych O, Fleischmann P, Sitter H, Rybakov S, Hofmann C,Tronko M & Rothmund M

 

 

P73

Management of thyroid nodule audit

 

Ibrahim IM & Perros P

 

 

P74

An audit of the management of differentiated thyroid cancer in a specialist clinic in a large district hospital

 

Mukhtar MEA, Williams L & Elsheikh M

 

 

P75

An audit of initial management of thyroid nodules in secondary care

 

Ibrahim IM, Perros P & Jones NAG

 

 

P76

Urticaria the presenting symptom of thyrotoxicosis

 

Mousa AM & Knight G

 

Endocrinology and Diabetes Day

Diabetes, Metabolism & Cardiovascular

DP1

Silent myocardial ischemia in patients with type II diabetes mellitus without the clinical manifestations of ischemic heart disease in Turkish population

 

Ugur-Altun B, Altun A, Guldiken S, Kara M & Tugrul A

 

 

DP2

Diurnal variation in insulin sensitivity

 

Murray J, Darko D, Bermudez C, Anyaoku V & Robinson S

 

 

DP3

Pancreatic islet protective effect of vanadium in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, histological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

 

Ahmadi S, Karimian SM, Sotoudeh M & Bahadori M

 

 

DP4

Ambulatory blood glucose measurement in a non-patient group of women reporting symptoms of reactive hypoglycaemia

 

Simpson EJ, Holdsworth M & Macdonald IA

   

DP5

An audit of the management of differentiated thyroid cancer in a specialist clinic in a large district hospital

 

Mukhtar MEA, Williams L & Elsheikh M

   

DP6

An unusual case of phaeochromocytoma

 

Clarke MA, Choo-Kang A, Cooper M, Kumar S, Dodson P & Rahim A

 

 

DP7

Modulation of nicotine mediated responses in human gingival fibroblasts by platelet derived growth factor and the alkaline phosphatase inhibitor

 

Soory M & Suchak A

   

DP8

Transforming growth factor beta and insulin like growth factor mediated responses, to serial concentrations of nicotine, using androgen biomarkers in human gingival fibroblasts

 

Soory M & Suchak A

   

DP9

Treatment of metabolic syndrome with topiramate. An open study

 

Messina G, Proietti R & Faroni JV

   

DP10

Confirmation of altered hypoglycaemia awareness by structured questionnaire and continuous ambulatory glucose profiles in those with Type 1 diabetes mellitus complicated by severe hypoglycaemia

 

Thomas RM, Leech N & Shaw JAM

   

DP11

A prospective audit of triple therapy in type 2 patients

 

James A, Levy DM & Davison RM

   

DP12

Now you see it,now you don't: a variable pituitary mass

 

Lee S, Battersby R, Romanowski C & Newell-Price J

   

DP13

Asymptomatic type 1 diabetes mellitus

 

Thomas CM & Krentz AJ

   

DP14

Onset of insulin-resistant stage in a type II diabetic rat model is associated with diminished levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in the penis: implications in the pathogenesis of erectile dysfunction in diabetes

 

Jesmin S, Sakuma I, Mowa CN, Salah-eldin A, Hattori Y & Kitabatake A

 

 

DP15

Estradiol action on phospholipid composition of rat liver chromatin

 

Gevorgyan ES, Demirkhanyan LH, Artsruni IG, Yavroyan ZhV, Matinyan KS & Hakobyan NR

   

DP16

An audit of initial management of thyroid nodules in secondary care

 

Ibrahim IM, Perros P & Jones NAG

 

 

DP17

The effect of maternal nutrition during the first or second half of gestation on glucose tolerance of the SOW

 

Corson AM, Litten JC, Perkins KS, Laws J & Clarke L

 

 

DP18

Phaeochromocytoma and multifocal gastrointestinal stromal tumours: carney triad variant or a new syndrome?

 

Zachariah S, Bano G & Nussey S

   

DP19

Effect of the mode of conception on incidences of apoptotic and proliferative cells in full term human placentas

 

Basir GS, Cheung PT, Cheung ANY & Lao TT

   

DP20

Pituitary metastasis from an unknown primary

 

Swamy A & Scobie IN

   

DP21

An audit on adherence to renal guidelines in prevention and early management of renal disease in type 2 diabetes

 

Srinivasan R, Thomson GA, Kumar VS & Fernando D

   

DP22

A case of ACTH secreting benign mediastinal carcinoid with hypocalcaemia

 

Goulden PA & Spring MW

   

DP23

Use of continous glucose monitoring system in the medical management of insulinomas

 

Baldeweg SE, Hope S, Tibbals J, Davidson B & Vanderpump M

 

 

DP24

Evidence for a cholinergic defect in the brain of the obese-diabetic (ob/ob) mouse

 

Suri SK, Scriven H, Lintern MC, Bailey CJ & Smith ME

 

 

DP25

Effect of ß-endorphin on glucose uptake and muscle fatigue in resting and contracting muscles of normal and obese-diabetic (ob/ob) mice

 

Evans AAL, Khan S, Bailey CJ & Smith ME

   

DP26

Serum c-reactive protein (crp) is related to age and body mass index (bmi) in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) but not to insulin sensitivity

 

Laing I, Yates AP, Mather E & Pickersgill M

   

DP27

Does insulin formulation matter in antenatal diabetes care?

 

Kumar J, Baynes K, Pender S, Lowy C, Jones R & Carroll P

   

DP28

Prevalence and management of cardiovascular disease in a diabetic-renal cohort

 

Jayapaul M, Messersmith R, Bennett-Jones DN, Mead PA & Large DM

 

 

DP29

Spontaneous differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into an islet

 

Milne HM, Burns CJ, Minger S, Persaud SJ & Jones PM

 

 

DP30

What is the clinical relevance of macroprolactinaemia? A clinical case report

 

Boyle JG & McLellan AR

   

DP31

Bicuspid aortic valve is assocmiated with increased arterial stiffness in adult women with Turner Syndrome

 

Ostberg JE, Donald AE, Storry C, Lloyd N, McCarthy C, Halcox J & Conway

 

 

DP32

Normal synacthen test response and evolution of schmidt's syndrome in brittle type 1 diabetes

 

Ahmed A & Winocour P

   

DP33

Poster withdrawn