24th Joint Meeting of the British Endocrine Societies

Programme: Attended Posters Monday and Tuesday, 7-8 November 2005

Mon 4 Apr | Tues 5 Apr | Wed 6 Apr | Attended Posters

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Posters will be on display in Hall D. Please note that even-numbered posters will be attended on Tuesday 5 April at 11.45-13.00 and odd-numbered posters will be attended on Wednesday 6 April at 11.45-13.00.

Diabetes and metabolism Growth and development
Endocrine tumours and neoplasia Steroids 
Thyroid Clinical
   
Diabetes and metabolism
P1 Study of catecholamine secretion in obstructive sleep apnoea
Tan TMM, Hoy LJ, Haque S, Davison AG & Metcalfe KA
 
P2 Rosiglitazone increases testosterone levels in hypogonadal men with type 2 diabetes
Kapoor D, Goodwin E, Channer KS & Jones TH
 
P3 Low insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) concentration predicts weight gain in normal weight subjects with type 2 diabetes
Heald AH, Karvestedt L, Anderson SG, McLaughlin J, Knowles A, Wong L, White A, Brismar K & Gibson M
 
P4 Silencing of leptin and resistin gene expression by RNA interference in vitro
Brown RE, Ur E & Wilkinson M
 
P5 A study of obesity awareness in obese patients attending a District General Hospital
John LJ & Ooi CG
 
P6 A comparison study between the new ADA criteria for the diagnosis of dysglycaemia and the old ADA/WHO criteria
Al Saraj F, King T, Corbett M, Dillion D, McAteer S, Tormey W & Sreenan S
 
P7 Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes in adults in Ireland
Cawood TJ, McKenna MJ, Gallagher CG, Smith D, Chung WY, Gibney J & O'Shea D
 
P8 Hyperinsulinaemia-associated endotoxaemia and its relationship to type 2 diabetes mellitus
Creely SJ, McTernan PG, Harte AL, Farmer J & Kumar S
 
P9 Assessment of angiogenic factors and microalbuminuria and electroretinography in type 1 diabetes mellitus
Assem H, Abdel Megeed MA & Abdel Halim N
 
P10 Assessment of subclinical neuropathy in children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
Assem H, Mahmoud S, Omar M, Khalil I, Abdel Megeed MA & Saad S
 
P11 The risk of vascular complications in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Al Saraj F, McAteer S, Galvin J, Keelan T, Fitzgerald D & Sreenan S
 
P12 Refractory hypertension can often be helped by the use of the potent vasodilator minoxidil: results in 13 patients, 12 of whom were already receiving angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor antagonists
Black RNA, Hunter SJ & Atkinson AB
 
P13 A comparative analysis of clinical outcomes in a multidisciplinary weight management clinic
D'Costa RV, Guthrie G, Martinez-Riquelm A & Kennedy RL
 
P14 Effects of hormone replacement therapy and raloxifene on C-reactive protein in healthy postmenopausal women
Kumru S, Yildiz MF, Godekmerdan A & Yilmaz B
 
P15 Prostaglandin synthesis in adipose tissue from women with simple obesity - differences between omental and subcutaneous depots
Quinkler M, Bujalska IJ, Tomlinson JW, Smith DM & Stewart PM
 
P16 Hypothalamic expression of the glucose sensing KATP channel component Kir 6.2 is altered in animal models of obesity and diabetes
Gyte AC, Pritchard LE, Brennand J & White A
 
P17 Targeted inactivation of hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PDH) results in impaired reactivation of glucocorticoids and endorses a pivotal role for H6PDH in regulating 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1
Lavery GG, Draper N, Parker KL, Walker EA & Stewart PM
 
P18 Murine expression of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1) and hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PDH)
Hewitt KN, Bujalska IJ, Draper N, Onyimba CU, Walker EA & Stewart PM
 
P19 Cholesterol feeding induces fatty streak formation in the testicular feminised mouse
Nettleship JE, Jones RD, Channer KS & Jones TH
 
P20 Is ghrelin involved in BMI determination in patients with type 2 diabetes?
García E, Gueorguiev M, Lecoeur C, Grossman A, Walley A, Froguel P & Korbonits M
 
P21 Fatty liver disease is associated with both endotoxaemia and sub-clinical inflammation which is further aggravated by diabetes
da Silva NF, Harte AL, Hill MJ, Kumar S, Day CP & McTernan PG
 
P22 The effect of a high fat, high cholesterol diet on blood glucose in pigs
Massey KA, Laws J, Perkins KS, Beattles S, Filby L, Hatton E, Lomax MA, Haskard DO, Buckingham J, Jarvelin MR, Corson AM, Lean J & Clarke L
 
P23 Upregulation of adiponectin receptors in human adipose tissue from women with the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Tan BK, Chen J, Digby JE, Keay SD, Karteris E & Randeva HS
 
P24 Glucocorticoid-induced mineralisation of vascular pericytes
Kirton JP, Wilkinson FL, Canfield AE & Alexander MY
 
P25 Lys-gamma3-MSH stimulated lipolysis in the 3T3-L1 adipocyte cell line may be mediated through a novel melanocortin receptor
Harmer SC, Lowry PJ & Bicknell AB
 
P26 Physiological concentrations of testosterone inhibit extracellular calcium entry via voltage-gated calcium channels in the A7r5 vascular smooth muscle cell line
Hall J, Jones RD, Kang P, Channer KS, Peers C & Jones TH
 
P27 Maternal consumption of a high-meat, low carbohydrate diet during pregnancy impairs glucose tolerance in the adult offspring
Reynolds RM, Godfrey KM, Haselden S, Sheill AW, Barker DJ, Campbell-Brown M & Phillips DI
 
P28 Expression of adiponectin receptors in fetal and adult human adrenal cortex
Karteris E, Digby JE, Chen J & Randeva HS
 
P29 Differential modulation of orexin receptors by hyperglycaemia in the mouse heart
Karteris E, Chen J, Zervou S, Pelengaris S, Khan M & Randeva HS
 
P30 Gene polymorphisms related to metabolic and cardiac complications in patients with primary aldosteronism
Ronconi V, Agostinelli L, Turchi F, Rilli S, Mantero F, Giacchetti G & Boscaro M
 
P31 Elevated endotoxin levels as a mediator of consistent chronic sub-clinical inflammation in CABG patients
Baker AR, da Silva NF, Ranasinghe A, Pagano D, Bonser RS, Kumar S & McTernan PG
 
P32 Rosiglitazone and phenformin, but not metformin activate AMP-activated protein kinase and stimulate nitric oxide release in human aortic endothelial cells
Boyle JG, Cleland SJ, Salt IP & Connel JMC
 
P33 Testosterone does not promote A7r5 rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cell growth
Kerry KE, Jones RD, Channer KS & Jones TH
 
P34 Control of MC2-R expression during adipogenesis
Noon LA, Clark AJL & King PJ
 
P35 Study of the effect of testosterone upon apoptosis in the rat aortic A7r5 vascular smooth muscle cell line
Kerry KE, Jones RD, Channer KS & Jones TH
 
Growth and development
P36 SOCS proteins inhibit leptin signalling in MCF-7 cells
Fazeli M, Maamra M & Ross RJM
 
P37 Internalization of the melanocortin 2 receptor is required for erk activation by ACTH in H295R adrenocortical cells
Janes ME & Clark AJL
 
P38 Modulation of somatostatin receptors expression by genistein in human umbilical vein endothelial cells
Zhong W & Atkin SL
 
P39 Expression of somatostatin receptors in normal human kidney
Bhandari S, Zhong W, Long E & Atkin SL
 
P40 Purifying growth hormone on an affinity column using his-tagged growth hormone receptor
  Bowles CE, Wilkinson IR, Sayers JR & Ross RJM
   
P41 Nuclear factor kappa B signalling in the folliculo-stellate cell line TtT/GF
  Mehet DK, Solito E, John CD & Buckingham JC
   
P42 Hyperinsulinaemia and insulin resistance in an animal model of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
  Robinson JE, Chambers G, Shah A, Hardy K, Franks S & Evans NP
   
P43 Kisspeptin-10 stimulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in adult male rats following central and peripheral administration
  Thompson EL, Patterson M, Murphy KG, Smith KL, Dhillo WS, Todd JF, Ghatei MA & Bloom SR
   
P44 The regulation of neurokinin B and its preferred NK3 receptor during pregnancy
  Page NM, Dakour J & Morrish DW
   
P45 Bioactivity of macroprolactin in vitro
  Kavanagh L, Smith TP & McKenna TJ
   
P46 Differential effects of CREB (cAMP responsive element binding) protein expression between normal ovarian surface epithelial cells and cell lines derived from ovarian cancers
  Gubbay O, Rae MT, Zeleznik AJ & Hillier SG
   
P47 In vitro effects of prolactin and bromocriptin on seminal vesicle contractions in rat
  Kutlu S, Ogras S, Onur R, Ozcan M, Orhan I, Aydin M & Ayar A
   
P48 Fertilization in superovulated sheep is disturbed by oestrogenic anovulatory follicles
  Veiga-Lopez A, Gonzalez-Bulnes A, Tresguerres JAF, Dominguez V, Ariznavarreta C & Cocero MJ
   
P49 Expression of iodide transporters in human placental tissue
  Burbridge E, Nawoor Z, Smith DF, Sheehan S, O'Herlihy C & Smyth PPA
   
P50 Nebivolol inhibits spontaneous and oxytocin-induced contractions in the rat uterus
  Kavak B, Simsek M, Kutlu S, Ozcan M, Kumru S, Yilmaz B & Kelestimur H
   
P51 Radioimmunoassay (RIA) method for salivary testosterone: reference ranges in children, adult men and adult women
Teoh Y, Macintyre H, Ahmed F & Wallace M
 
P52 The value of ultrafiltration in the detection of macroprolactin
Kavanagh L, Smith TP & McKenna TJ
 
P53 Adult growth hormone replacement therapy and neuroimaging surveillance in brain tumour survivors
Jostel A, Mukherjee A & Shalet SM
 
P54 A new sustained-release preparation of human growth hormone: pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and safety profile
Jostel A, Mukherjee A, Smethurst L & Shalet SM
 
P55 Constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) is associated with the GPR54 gene but not with leptin (L), leptin receptor (LR) and cocaine and amphetamin regulated transcript (CART) genes
Banerjee I, Trueman J, Patel L, Hall CM, Price DA, Hirschhorn JN, Palmert MR, Read A & Clayton PE
 
P56 Obese subjects have lower satiety
Giles C, le Roux CW, Aylwin SJB, Hunt C, Ghatei MA, Frost G & Bloom SR
 
P57 Partial GH deficiency is associated with an adverse serum lipid profile
Murray RD, Wieringa G & Shalet SM
 
P58 Growth hormone replacement in patients with hypopituitarism and severe growth hormone deficiency
Gonzalez S, Sugunendran S & Atkin SL
 
P59 In vitro demonstration of the effect on RNA splicing of a novel growth hormone receptor mutation
David A, Metherell L, Shaw NJ, Camacho-Hübner C, Chew SL, Savage MO, Khoo B & Clark AJL
 
P60 PTTG and PBF in human placenta: the effects of intra-uterine growth restriction
Boelaert K, Pemberton HN, Bulmer JN, McCabe CJ, Franklyn JA & Kilby MD
 
P61 The effects of modifying the fatty acid composition of lipids used in total parenteral nutrition (TPN) on the growth and development of the preterm piglet
Hyde MJ, Perkins KS, Laws J, Dodds PF, Symmons R, Geering R, Litten JC, Corson AM, Lean IJ & Clark L
 
P62 Separase and securin: their roles in the developing human fetal brain
Pemberton HN, Boelaert K, Kilby MD, Franklyn JA & McCabe CJ
 
P63 The effect of maternal dietary fat supplementation on the immunoglobulin status of their offspring
Cordrey A, Laws J, Perkins KS, Lean IJ, Buckingham J, Jarvelin MR & Clark L
 
P64 Epigenetic programming of the human endothelial nitric oxide pathway
Abbott LP & Newell-Price J
 
P65 Effect of active and treated acromegaly on PTH concentration, PTH target-organ sensitivity and phosphocalcium metabolism
Fraser WD & Vora JP
 
P66 The circadian rhythm of osteoprotegerin and its association with parathyroid hormone secretion
Joseph F, Chan BY, Corlett P, Durham BH, Ahmad AM, White HD, Wherley N, Vinjamuri S, Gallagher JA, Fraser WD & Vora J
 
P67 Assessment for osteoporosis in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism - audit
John LJ, Saleem S, Ishorari J & Joseph K
 
P68 Effect of phosphate supplementation on PTH target-organ sensitivity during growth hormone replacement in adult growth hormone deficiency
White HD, Ahmad AM, Durham BH, Joseph F, Fraser WD & Vora JP
 
P69 Effects of raloxifene and oestradiol on bone turnover parameters and histology in female rats
Yilmaz B, Canpolat S, Kumru S, Colakoglu N, Seyran AD, Turkoz Y & Firat S
 
P70 Modulatory effects of Aroclors 1221 and 1254 on bone turnover and vertebral histology in intact and ovariectomized rats
Yilmaz B, Seyran AD, Sandal S, Aydin M, Colakoglu N, Kocer M & Carpenter DO
 
P71 Effect of grape procyanidins on free radical-induced oxidative damage in MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cells in vitro
Zhong J & Zhang L
 
P72 IL-1 and glucocorticoids synergistically enhance 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase expression in osteoblastic MG-63 cells: a novel mechanism for steroid induced bone loss
Kaur K, Crook R, Bujalska I, Cooper MS, Stewart PM & Hewison M
 
P73 Effects of raloxifene on serum cytokine concentrations in healthy postmenopausal women
Kumru S, Godekmerdan A, Yildiz MF & Kutlu S
 
P74 Two novel missense mutations in GPR54 in a subject with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Semple RK, Achermann JC, Ellery J, Farooqi IS, Karet FE, Stanhope RG, O'Rahilly SP & Aparicio SA
 
P75 A comparison of vascular reactivity in postmenopausal women receiving testosterone and conventional HRT versus conventional HRT
Lane HA, Smith JC, Davies N, Cockcroft J, Morris K, Scanlon MF & Davies JS
 
P76 Intercellular adhesion molecule 1, ICAM-1, in polycystic ovary syndrome: relationship to insulin resistance or obesity
Vrbikova J, Vankova M, Sramkova D, Hill M, Stanicka S, Dvorakova K, Cibula D, Kvasnickova H, Vondra K & Bendlova B
 
P77 UCP1 (A-3826G) and PPARG2 (Pro12Ala) polymorphisms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Vankova M, Sramkova D, Lukasova P, Vcelak J, Stanicka S, Dvorakova K, Vondra K, Cibula D, Vrbikova J & Bendlova B
 
P78 Testogel - an effective and acceptable androgen replacement
Meston N, Cowsill C, Wass JAH & Turner HE
 
P79 A 2-year audit of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) clinic at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Ghosh D, Murphy C & Elsheikh M
 
P80 The biological variation of the LH/FSH ratio in normal women and those with polycystic ovarian syndrome
Cho LW, Jayagopal V, Kilpatrick ES, Holding S & Atkin SL
 
P81 Testogel - improves well being and libido in hypogonadal men
Cowsill C, Meston N, O'Connor M, Wass JAH & Turner HE
 
P82 Assessment and diagnostic workup of male hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism
Ahmed A, Mirza Q & Winocour P
 
P83 Differential effects of pregnancy on different high molecular mass forms of serum prolactin
Ahlquist JAO, Dearman G, Fahie-Wilson MN & Everitt A
 
Endocrine tumours and neoplasia
P84 DNA array analysis of a vitamin D-resistant variant of MCF-7 breast cancer cells
Townsend K, Colston KW, Bujalska IJ, Campbell MJ & Hewison M
 
P85 Tissue specific regulation of IGF-I expression by GH
Ogunkolade BW, Khalaf S, Kelly PA, Bustin SA, Kelly P, Binart N, Kopchick JJ & Jenkins PJ
 
P86 Adiponectin receptor expression in human prostate cancer cell lines
Mistry T, Karteris E, Digby JE, Chen J, Desai KM & Randeva HS
 
P87 Expression and role of 'steroid superfamily' receptors in meningioma
Bilko D, Renner U, Stalla GK & Newton CJ
 
P88 Long term culture of MCF-7 breast cancer cells with siRNA to the IGF-I receptor causes continued transcriptional silencing of the IGF-I receptor and decreased cell proliferation
McVittie CJ, Ogunkolade W, Khalaf S, Macaulay V, Bustin SA, Carpenter R & Jenkins PJ
 
P89 Cell cycle dysregulation in breast cancer - the roles of Jab1 and Archipelago
Bonner SE, Morris DG, Korbonits M, Laban CL, McCarthy K, Al-Mufti R, Carpenter R & Grossman AB
 
P90 The effect of somatostatin analogues on p27 and on mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in different human pituitary tumour cells
Hubina E, Czirjak S, Goth MI, Grossman AB & Korbonits M
 
P91 Superoxide dismutase expression in human uterine cervix carcinoma cells (HeLaS3) treated with cytostatics or nucleoside drug
Adzic M, Niciforovic A, Isenovic ER & Radojcic MB
 
P92 Is survivin regulated by c-Myc?
Cosgrave N, Hill A & Young L
 
P93 Associations and interactions between the co-regulatory protein SRC-1 and Ets-2 in breast cancer
McIlroy M, Myers E, Hill AD & Young L
 
P94 Development of a tamoxifen resistant breast cancer cell line
McVittie CJ, Khalaf S, Bustin SA, Carpenter R & Jenkins PJ
 
P95 Diagnostic mutation testing in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1): support for the current referral criteria
Vaidya B, Owen M, Hattersley AT & Ellard S
 
P96 Experience of intrarterial calcium stimulation in the localisation of insulinomas
Morganstein DL, Jha A, Jackson J, Meeran K, Todd JF & Devendra D
 
P97 External pituitary irradiation normalizes serum insulin-like growth factor-I levels in a significant percentage of patients with acromegaly
Mullan K, Abram WP, Hunter SJ, McCance DR, McConnell M, Leslie H, Sanabria C, Sheridan B & Atkinson AB
 
P98 What is the final outcome in patients with macroprolactinoma resistant to dopamine agonists?
Trifanescu R, Karavitaki N, Coculescu M, Turner HE & Wass JAH
 
P99 Natural history of non-functioning pituitary adenomas managed conservatively at a single neuroendocrine unit
Hughes DG, Sinclair D, Holland J, Heald AH & Ciin L
 
P100 BRAF mRNA is over-expressed in pituitary adenomas, but the oncogenic BRAF mutation V5999E is not a frequent finding
Pedder-Smith S, Emery M, Musat M, Korbonits M & Grossman AB
 
P101 Patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disease: prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and other cardio-vascular risk dyslipidaemia and other cardio-vascular risk factors
Furlong N, Deepak D & MacFarlane IA
 
P102 Localisation of unilateral aldosterone secreting tumours in hypokalaemic hypertensive subjects
Jatyasena C, Meeran K & Devendra D
 
P103 Peripituitary tumour surveillance imaging in patients receiving growth hormone replacement
Chung TT, Evanson J, Besser GM, Chew SL, Grossman AB, Monson JP & Drake WM
 
P104 Acromegaly outcomes: the Exeter experience
Goss LA, Forbes MI, Macleod KM, Daly ME, Donohoe M, Hattersley AT & Vaidya B
 
P105 Clinically mute adrenal tumours - study of 63 cases
Gheorghiu ML, Hortopan D, Dumitrascu A, Stefanescu AM, Trifanescu R, Niculescu D & Coculescu M
 
P106 Selective parathyroid venous sampling in patients with complicated primary hyperparathyroidism
Ogilvie CM, Brown PL, Matson M, Carpenter R, Drake WM, Jenkins PJ, Chew SL & Monson JP
 
P107 Hypercalcaemia in acromegaly is not always due to MEN-1
Tsametis C, Karavitaki N, Fazal-Sanderson V, Turner HE & Wass JAH
 
P108 Attenuation of vasopressin-induced antidiuresis in poorly-controlled type 2 diabetes
Agha A, Smith D, Finucane F, Sherlock M, Morris A, Baylis P & Thompson CJ
 
P109 Leptin and the diurnal rhythm of blood pressure
Joseph F, Ul-Haq M, Ahmad AM, Whittingham P, White HD, Wallace AM, Fraser WD & Vora JP
 
P110 Symptomatic Rathke cleft cysts: systematic review of 10 cases with long follow-up
Karavitaki N, Georgas G, Ansorge O, Adams CBT & Wass JAH
 
P111 Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) replacement enhances IGF-I generation in hypopituitary patients on growth hormone replacement
Brooke AM, Kalingag N, Maher K, Walker D, Hinson J & Monson JP
 
P112 Implications of severe hyponatraemia in neurosurgical patients
Sherlock M, O'Sullivan E, Agha A, Behan LA, Finucane F, Owens D, Rawluk D & Thompson CJ
 
P113 Late endocrine effects after treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer
Gleeson HK, Turnbull L, Jostel A, Donne A, Sykes AJ, Slevin NJ & Shalet SM
 
P114 How useful is IGF-I in adults with GH deficiency?
DeSilva S, Soni A, Tsametis C, Marland A, Karavitaki N, Suliman S, Turner HE & Wass JAH
 
P115 A novel finding of activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis with increased cortisol production rates and circulating cortisol concentrations in 24-hour profiling study in cranially irradiated adult cancer survivors
Darzy KH & Shalet SM
 
P116 The dynamics of GH secretion in adult cancer survivors with severe radiation-induced GH deficiency
Darzy KH, Pezzoli SS, Thorner MO & Shalet SM
 
P117 The incidence and pathophysiology of hyponatraemia after subarachnoid haemorrhage
Sherlock M, O'Sullivan E, Agha A, Behan LA, Rawluk D, Brennan P & Thompson CJ
 
P118 The natural history of post-traumatic hypopituitarism: implications for assessment and treatment
Agha A, O'Kelly P, Tormey W, Phillips J & Thompson CJ
 
P119 Comparison of long term psychological health in patients with treated pituitary Cushing's and Nelson's syndrome vs adrenal Cushing's
Ghosh S, Heald AH, Gibson C, Bray S, Anderson SG, O'Driscoll K, Davis JRE, Buckler H & Fowler HL
 
P120 GH, ACTH and cortisol responses to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia and exercise in healthy young men
Clark PM, Armada-da-Silva PAS, Williams JW, Sage HJ, Jones DA & Toogood AA
 
P121 Absence of specific effect of DHEA-S deficiency on mood and quality of life in Addison's disease
Adma P, Heald AH, Kane J, Gibson C, Davis JRE, Buckler H & Fowler H
 
P122 Lymphocytic hypophysitis: what is the long-term outcome?
Tsametis C, Karavitaki N, Ansorge O, Turner HE & Wass JAH
 
P123 Screening and prevalence of endocrine and radiological pituitary abnormalities in adult-onset Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Jayasena CNL, Lewis DH, Chu A, Meeran K & Devendra D
 
P124 Central relaxin-3 administration causes hyperphagia in male Wistar rats
McGowan BMC, Stanley SA, Smith KL, White NE, Connolly MM, Gardiner JV, Ghatei MA & Bloom SR
 
P125 Oestrogen interacts with TNFalpha signalling pathways to stimulate human prolactin gene transcription
Adamson AD, Friedrichsen S, Wilding M, White MRH & Davis JRE
 
P126 Complement C5a receptors are expressed throughout the anterior pituitary gland
Francis K, Lewis BM, Monk P, Scanlon MF & Ham J
 
P127 Does annexin-1 have a biological function in the adrenal gland?
Omer S, Davies EL, Christian HC, Buckingham J & Morris JF
 
P128 PYY (3-36) inhibits food intake in both fed and fasted states
Parkinson JRC, Small CJ, Ghatei MA & Bloom SR
 
P129 Telomerase-mediated immortalisation of human embryonic olfactory GnRH neuroblasts
Kim S, Gonzalez D, Brazma D, Hu Y, Peters G & Bouloux P
 
Steroids
P130 Refolding and purification of recombinant human hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from bacterial inclusion bodies
Walker OJ, Walker EA, Stewart PM & Ride JP
 
P131 Identification of the sites of expression of the Triple A syndrome mRNA in the rat using in situ hybridisation
Storr HL, Clark AJL, Priesley JV & Michael GJ
 
P132 Immunomodulatory 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 synthesis by dendritic cells and macrophages is highly dependent on the availability of inactive substrate 25D3 levels
Evans KN, Burke F, Hughes SV, Freeman L, Sansom DM & Hewison M
 
P133 Modulation of glucocorticoid sensitivity by retroviral gene transfer
Le Rouzic P, Gillingham H, Berry A, Garside H, White A & Ray DW
 
P134 Haplotype analysis of the aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) and 11beta- hydroxylase gene (CYP11B1) locus
Barr M, Wilkinson DM, Freel EM, MacKenzie SM, Brain N, Fraser R, Davies E & Connell JMC
 
P135 ACTH stimulates mitogenic signalling pathways but does not affect cell division in the human adrenal H295R adrenal cell line
Whitworth EJ & Hinson JP
 
P136 Establishment of physiological and supra-physiological testosterone dosing regimen in mice
Nettleship JE, Jones RD, Channer KS & Jones TH
 
P137 Development of a cortisol binding capacity assay for use in the newborn
Smith J, Armstrong L, Hoftijzer D, Midgley P, Mallam B, Armstrong J, Yorke J, Edwards A & Wilson C
 
P138 WNK kinases; a novel pathway regulating electrolyte balance and blood pressure, which is mutated in pseudohypoaldosteronism type II
O'Reilly M, Marshall E, Mittal M, Kenyon CJ & Brown RW
 
P139 Profiling aldosterone and salt responsive pathways in an inducible hypertensive mouse model
Marshall E, Forster T, Dickenson P, Roy D, Mullins J, Kenyon C & Brown R
 
P140 N-POMC peptides activate adrenal ERK signaling pathways
Pepper DJ & Bicknell AB
 
P141 Chronic glucocorticoid excess does not cause fatty liver disease in mice
Raubenheimer PJ, Nyirenda M & Walker BR
 
P142 Medication management and quality of life in patients with primary adrenal insufficiency
White KG, Wass JAH, Elliott AE & Baker SJK
 
P143 Salivary testosterone measurement for monitoring treatment of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
Perry RJ, Mayo A, Deeb A, MacIntyre H, Wallace AM, Hughes IA & Ahmed SF
 
P144 Increased 5alpha-reductase activity during the luteal phase of the normal menstrual cycle
Quinkler M, Hughes BA & Stewart PM
 
P145 The aldosterone/renin ratio using renin concentration compared with renin activity in a healthy population
Al-Hashmi KM, Wallace AM & Connell JMC
 
P146 Natural history of metabolic progression for autoimmune Addison's disease in subjects with adrenal autoantibodies
Devendra D & Meeran K
 
Thyroid
P147 Seaweed - a marine thyroid?
Burbridge E, Smith D, Kraan S & Smyth PPA
   
P148 Gene regulation by the c-terminal pxxp motif of pituitary tumour transforming gene (PTTG)
Gokce C, Tannahill LA, Stratford AL, Khanim FL, Pemberton HN, Kim DS, Gittoes NJL, Boelaert K, Franklyn JA & McCabe CJ
 
P149 Thyroid hormone (T3) activates GH/IGF-I signalling during skeletal development
O'Shea PJ, Sriskantharajah S, Yao H, Suzuki H, Cheng SY, Chassande O, Samarut J & Williams GR
 
P150 Antisense chemoradioimmunotherapy consisting of antiEGFscFv linked onto high energy radioisotopes, vinorelbine and 21- nucleotide double stranded siRNA targeted to DNMT1 induce apoptosis in anaplastic thyroid CCCa characterised by hypermethylated oncosuppressor Gadd45 promoter CpG islands and overexpression of bcl-2, VEGF and Raf-1
Giannios J, Lambrinos P, Michailakis E, Maragudakis E & Alexandropoulos N
 
P151 Psychometric validation of new measures of hypothyroid-dependent quality of life (QoL) and symptoms
McMillan CV, Bradley C, Razvi S & Weaver JU
   
P152 Thyroid follicular cells express receptors for vascular endothelial growth factors which have an autocrine role
Susarla R, Watkinson JC & Eggo MC
   
P153 Plasminogen activators in human thyrocytes: regulation and role
Susarla R, Watkinson JC & Eggo MC
 
P154 Can deacetylation promote radioiodide uptake in thyroid cancer?
Clarke C, Burbridge E & Smyth PPA
 
P155 Expression of connective tissue growth factor in human thyroid tissue
Nguyen QD, Buchanan MA, Watkinson JC & Eggo MC
 
P156 Regression mapping of the HLA association with Graves' disease
Simmonds MJ, Howson JMM, Heward JM, Cordell HJ, Foxall H, Carr-Smith J, Gibson SM, Walker N, Tomer Y, Franklyn JA, Todd JA & Gough SCL
 
P157 The Birmingham Elderly Thyroid Study (BETS): TSH and fT4 values in 5784 community-living subjects aged 60 and over
Parle JV, Franklyn JA, Wilson S, Roberts L, Holder R, Sheppard MC, Hobbs FDR, Roalfe A, Gammage M, Heath C & Pattison H
 
P158 Pegylated-liposomal formulation of chimeric LNA/DNA antisense oligonucleotides against DNA MeTase and vinorelbine induces apoptosis in anaplastic thyroid cancer characterised by 5'CpG island methylation of TSGs Gadd45, p53 and Rb
Giannios J, Lambrinos P, Michailakis E, Maragudakis E & Alexandropoulos N
 
P159 Effects of maternal hyperthyroidism during early gestation on neonatal and obstetric outcome
Idris I, Srinivasan R, Simms A & Page RC
 
P160 Abnormalities in basal and stimulated TSH secretion in cranially irradiated euthyroid adult cancer survivors: does 'hidden' central hypothyroidism exist?
Shalet SM & Darzy KH
 
P161 The titration regimen is as effective and better tolerated than the block-replace regimen in the medical therapy of Graves' hyperthyroidism
Abraham P, Avenell A, Park CM, Watson WA & Bevan JS
 
P162 Screening thyroid function in early pregnancy
Anthony S, Bilous M, Hutchinson RS, Drury J, Vaidya B & Bilous RW
 
P163 Left ventricular functional reserve and central arterial stiffness in subclinical hypothyroidism
Owen PJD, Rajiv C, Swampillai J, Vinereanu D, Mathew TP, Fraser AG & Lazarus JH
 
P164 Health status is impaired in people with sub-clinical hypothyroidism
Razvi S, McMillan CV & Weaver JU
 
P165 Physical examination in thyroid diseases: should it be relied on?
Sadri M, Yiangou CY & Dhanda A
 
P166 Tri-iodothyronine and glucose insulin potassium individually improve cardiovascular performance post coronary artery bypass graft surgery without increasing systemic oxygen consumption
Ranasinghe AM, Quinn DW, Franklyn J, Graham TR, Keogh BE, Mascaro J, Rooney SJ, Wilson IC, Pagano D & Bonser RS
 
P167 Evaluation of thyroid hormone replacement therapy with two different thyroid preparations
Owen PJD, John R & Lazarus JH
 
P168 Pseudomembranous gastritis, hepatitis and iritis complicating carbimazole therapy for Graves' disease
Oswald G, Mullen P & Chinyama C
 
P169 Early response to high dose intravenous steroids in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy
Rosales CF, Perros P, Dickinson AJ & Neoh C
 
P170 Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels predict relapse of Graves' disease following carbimazole treatment
McCallum RW, Stewart A & Hopkinson H
 
P171 Quality of life is impaired in people on levothyroxine therapy and untreated people with sub-clinical hypothyroidism
Razvi S, McMillan CV & Weaver JU
 
P172 Changes in thyroid function in survivors of brain tumours followed longitudinally
Gleeson HK, Smethurst L & Shalet SM
 
P173 Incidence of selenium deficiency in thyroid disease
Bohnet HG, Broyer Y, Ebert PA & Peters N
   
P174 Clinical outcome and implications for training in thyroid surgery in a district general hospital
Rao R, Marimuthu K & Thomas P
 
P175 An audit of the outcome of a fixed dose (555 Mbq) of radioidine for hyperthyroidism
Abdalla TME, Khan S & Wilton A
 
P176 Iodine deficiency goitre in the United Kingdom - the result of a vegan diet
Park C, Watson W, Bevan J & Abraham P
 
P177 Thyroid dysfunction alters NT-proBNP concentrations
Manuchehri AM, Jayagopal V, Kilpatrick ES, Holding S & Atkin SL
 
P178 Dietary factors in thyrotoxicosis management: case report on excessive 'Brassica' intake
Helmy AFA & Soo SC
 
P179 Are urgent thyroid referral proformas successful enough in detecting thyroid cancers?
Sadri M, Yiangou C & Dhanda A
 
Clinical
P180 Pituitary apoplexy. Retrospective review of 28 patients: is surgical intervention always necessary?
Gruber AG, Kumar S, Robertson I, Howlett TA & Mansell P
 
P181 Pituitary macroadenoma: is IGF-I measurement enough to exclude growth hormone excess? Three case reports
Basu A, Heald AH, Kane J, Reid H & Buckler H
 
P182 Familial expansile osteolysis (FEO): a rare cause of tooth loss
Thomas RM, Welbury RR, Wallace R, Parr J, Hughes A, Pearce SHS & Cheetham TD
 
P183 A novel calcium-sensing receptor gene mutation in a family with an extensive history of familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia
Ryan J, Thorne J, Hoashi S, Green A & Powell D
 
P184 Refeeding Blaine: studies following a 44-day fast
Korbonits M, Blaine D, Elia M & Powell-Tuck J
   
P185 Appropriate management of CAH requires detailed mutational analysis to be interpreted within the context of family history and biochemistry
Davis NL, Robertson S, Burren CP & Crowne EC
 
P186 Isolated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) deficiency: a rare condition? Three case reports
Basu A, Heald AH, Kane J, Rudenski A & Buckler H
 
P187 Pituitary mass due to lymphocytic hypophysitis presenting in late pregnancy with spontaneous post-partum resolution
Watt AJ, Bidgood KA & Watson JM
 
P188 Graves' disease and struma ovarii
Moisey RS, Nagi DK, Andrew J, Anathhanam AJ, Raja U, Ali D, Burr WA & Jenkins RC
 
P189 Myelinolysis following the treatment of Addisonian crisis
Lockett HA, Smith JC, Dyer RG & Crook NJK
 
P190 A case of insulin sensitivity
Tahrani AA, Macleod AF & West TET
   
P191 Ulcerative colitis presenting after bilateral adrenalectomy
Zachariah S, Wright J & Russell-Jones D
 
P192 Antibodyless, painless, steroid responsive thyrotoxicosis
Arosi A, Ruge P, Ratcliffe L & Rajbhandari SM
 
P193 Coexistent acromegaly and thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy: chance or association?
Arutchelvam V, Dickinson AJ, Neoh C & Perros P
 
P194 Challenges of treating hyperthyroidism
Roy Chowdhury S, Varughese GI, Redford DHA, West TET & Barton DM
 
P195 Phaeochromocytoma in pregnancy: medical or surgical management?
Rees DA, Agarwal N, Gibby OM, Scott-Coombes D, Davies JS & Scanlon MF
 
P196 A case of an angry old man
Grainge C & English P
   
P197 Cushing's syndrome in pregnancy: a case report
Rice SPL, Lane H, Chudleigh R, Gibby O, Scott-Coombes D, Davies JS, Scanlon MF & Rees DA
 
P198 Bromocriptine-sensitive acidophil-stem-cell adenoma co-secreting growth hormone and prolactin - a case report
D'Costa RV & Kalk WJ
 
P199 Pituitary failure as a presentation of previously undiagnosed metastatic lung cancer
Galliford TM & Winocour PH
 
P200 Hyperthyroidism as the cause for 'brittle' Addison's disease
Evans KM & Flanagan DE
 
P201 Controversial issues in the management of hypercalcaemia in a young patient
Varughese GI, Roy Chowdhury S & Barton DM
 
P202 Interpretation of the short synacthen test in the presence of low cortisol binding globulin
Moisey RS, Wright D, Aye M, Murphy E & Peacey SR
 
P203 An incidental phaeochromocytoma
Tahrani AA & Macleod AF
   
P204 Langerhans cell histiocytosis and auto-immune thyroiditis presenting as a thyroid mass with progressive hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction
Deepak DS, Woodcock B & MacFarlane IA
 
P205 Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positive inflammatory athropathy during long term propylthiouracil treatment in a patient with Graves' hyperthyroidism
Gruber A, Thomson GA, Fernando DJ & Idris I
 
P206 Thionamide resistant thyrotoxicosis - three illustrative cases
Lee S, Kapoor D, Thomas WEG & Jones TH
 
P207 Autoimmune thyroid disease following treatment of multiple sclerosis with Campath-1H
Wotherspoon F, Kajicek JP & Flanagan DE
 
P208 A somatostatin responsive, ACTH-secreting bronchial carcinoid - a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
McDermott JH & Sreenan S
 
P209 Late change in immunohistochemical staining in a non-functioning pituitary adenoma following treatment with GnRH analogue
Gannon DH, Nelson RJ, Moss TH & Ulahannan TJ
 
P210 Young woman with alopaecia, short stature and recurrent fractures
Kashyap AS, Anand KP, Kashyap S & Anand A
 
P211 Evolving tumour behaviour in a patient with combined Conn's and Cushing's syndrome
Forbes MI & Daly ME
 
P212 Management of a macroadenoma in pregnancy
Hatfield ECI & Meeran K
   
P213 A case of transient hypopituitarism and hyponatraemia
Raste Y, Smeeton F & Russell-Jones D
   
P214 Use of etomidate for control of severe hypercortisolism
Moyes VJ, Wat W, Akker SA, Drake WM & Monson JP
 
P215 Pituitary tumours coexisting with meningioma and astrocytoma - description of 4 cases in unirradiated patients
Palin SL & Gittoes NJL
 
P216 Genuine carcinoid syndrome but spurious adrenal carcinoma - deception by heterophile antibodies
Nag S, Webb B & Kelly W
 
P217 The association of thyroid cancer with Graves' disease: potential cost implications
Brain HPS, Bano G & Nussey SS
 
P218 Cushing's syndrome in evolution
Biswas M, Rees DA & Davies JS
   
P219 Pitfalls in the biochemical assessment of acromegaly
Mukherjee S, Rees DA, Page MD, Scanlon MF & Davies JS
 
P220 Unusual presentation of multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A
Saravanan P, Goss L, Dunn J, Paisey R, Rankin J & Macleod KM
 
P221 Adrenal crisis in an individual with panhypopituitarism and new-onset Graves' disease
Lewandowski KC, Marcinkowska M, Makarewicz J & Lewinski A