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Insulin and its analogs: actions via insulin and IGF receptorsR Vigneri
Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi Nesima Hospital, Italy
Acta Diabetol 47:271-8. 2010..Prospective clinical studies, however, may add further useful information on the issue of the insulin analogs' possible differences with respect to native insulin...
Elevated PC-1 content in cultured skin fibroblasts correlates with decreased in vivo and in vitro insulin action in nondiabetic subjects: evidence that PC-1 may be an intrinsic factor in impaired insulin receptor signalingL Frittitta
Institute of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, University of Catania, Garibaldi Hospital, Italy
Diabetes 47:1095-100. 1998..These studies indicate, therefore, that the elevation of PC-1 content may be a primary factor in the cause of insulin resistance...
Rats that are made insulin resistant by glucosamine treatment have impaired skeletal muscle insulin receptor phosphorylationD Spampinato
Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi Hospital, Italy
Metabolism 52:1092-5. 2003..8 +/- 10.7 v 55.7 +/- 5.8 nmol x mg(-1) x min(-1)) was not different in the 2 groups. Our data show that GlcN-induced insulin resistance is mediated, at least in part, by impaired skeletal muscle IR autophosphorylation...
Insulin analogues differently activate insulin receptor isoforms and post-receptor signallingL Sciacca
Endocrinology, Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi Nesima Hospital, Via Palermo 636, 95122 Catania, Italy
Diabetologia 53:1743-53. 2010..The characterisation of these effects was the aim of the present study...
The Q allele variant (GLN121) of membrane glycoprotein PC-1 interacts with the insulin receptor and inhibits insulin signaling more effectively than the common K allele variant (LYS121)B V Costanzo
Institute of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, University of Catania, Ospedale Garibaldi, Italy
Diabetes 50:831-6. 2001....
Evidence for genetic epistasis in human insulin resistance: the combined effect of PC-1 (K121Q) and PPARgamma2 (P12A) polymorphismsR Baratta
Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi Hospital, P zza S M di Gesù, 95123 Catania, Italy
J Mol Med (Berl) 81:718-23. 2003..e., insulin sensitivity index and M value) and insulin secretion (i.e., HOMA-B%) indexes...
Acute changes in clinical parameters and thyroid function peripheral markers following L-T4 withdrawal in patients totally thyroidectomized for thyroid cancerC Regalbuto
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 29:32-40. 2006..Alternative procedures, such as the use of recombinant human TSH, should be used whenever possible...
Aggressive fibromatosis of the neck initiated after thyroidectomyS Arena
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 29:78-81. 2006..Therefore, the patient received external radiation therapy (total dose 60 Gy) with clinical benefit. The patient is without symptoms 1 yr after surgery...
Healing of chronic necrobiosis lipoidica lesions in a type 1 diabetic patient after pancreas-kidney transplantation: a case reportD Gullo
University of Catania, Catania, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 30:259-62. 2007....
A ten-year (1989-1998) perspective study of the incidence of Type 1 diabetes in the district of Catania (Sicily) in a 0-14 year age groupM L Arpi
Institute of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, University of Catania, Ospedale Garibaldi, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 25:414-9. 2002..The study revealed a non-random spatial distribution of T1DM incidence in children not accounted for by known demographic factors. A significant seasonal pattern and temporal trend of incidence were also detected...
Usefulness of recombinant human thyrotropin in the radiometabolic treatment of selected patients with thyroid cancerG Pellegriti
Istituto di Medicina Interna e Malattie Endocrine e del Metabolismo, University of Catania Medical School, Ospedale Garibaldi, Catania, Italy
Thyroid 11:1025-30. 2001..Its efficacy to treat advanced metastatic disease should be further investigated...
The Q121 PC-1 variant and obesity have additive and independent effects in causing insulin resistanceL Frittitta
Istituto di Medicina Interna, Endocrinologia e Malattie del Metabolismo, Ospedale Garibaldi, Universita di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86:5888-91. 2001..05) of BMI, gender, age, and waist circumference. In conclusion, the Q121 PC-1 variant and obesity have independent and additive effects in causing insulin resistance...
Chronic exposure to high leucine impairs glucose-induced insulin release by lowering the ATP-to-ADP ratioM Anello
Institute of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism and S Signorelli Diabetes Center, Ospedale Garibaldi, Italy
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 281:E1082-7. 2001..The abnormal plasma amino acid levels often present in obesity and diabetes may, therefore, affect pancreatic islet insulin secretion in these patients...
Immunostaining for Met/HGF receptor may be useful to identify malignancies in thyroid lesions classified suspicious at fine-needle aspiration biopsyA Ippolito
Istituto di Medicina Interna e di Malattie Endocrine e del Metabolismo, University of Catania, Italy
Thyroid 11:783-7. 2001..These data suggest that Met immunostaining of suspicious cytological smears are useful for identifying malignant lesions, especially those with a papillary histotype...
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571 enhances thyroid cancer cell motile response to Hepatocyte Growth FactorF Frasca
Istituto di Medicina Interna, Malattie Endocrine e del Metabolismo, Universita di Catania, Ospedale Garibaldi, Piazza S Maria di Gesù, 95123 Catania, Italy
Oncogene 20:3845-56. 2001..These data suggests that c-Abl and/or STI571-inhibited tyrosine kinases can negatively regulate the Met receptor to restrain the motile response in thyroid cancer cells...
A soluble PC-1 circulates in human plasma: relationship with insulin resistance and associated abnormalitiesL Frittitta
Istituto di Medicina Interna, Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Universita di Catania, Ospedale Garibaldi
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84:3620-5. 1999..In conclusion, PC-1 circulates in human plasma, and its concentration is related to insulin sensitivity. This may help to plan studies aimed at understanding the role of PC-1 in insulin resistance...
High insulin levels do not influence PC-1 gene expression and protein content in human muscle tissue and hepatoma cellsL Frittitta
Institute of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, University of Catania, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy
Diabetes Metab Res Rev 16:26-32. 2000..Data were compared with those obtained in matched insulin sensitive or resistant healthy subjects. In addition, the effect of high insulin concentration on PC-1 protein content was studied in HepG2 cells...
Negative/low expression of the Met/hepatocyte growth factor receptor identifies papillary thyroid carcinomas with high risk of distant metastasesA Belfiore
Cattedra di Endocrinologia, University of Catania, Italy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 82:2322-8. 1997..99; P = 0.0099), and vascular invasion (hazard ratio = 3.19; P = 0.0358). These findings suggest a role for Met/HGF-R in papillary thyroid cancer and its clinical use to select patients with a high risk of distant metastases...
BRAF(V600E) mutation and the biology of papillary thyroid cancerF Frasca
Endocrinologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Specialistica, University of Catania, PO Garibaldi Nesima, Via Palermo 636, Catania, Italy
Endocr Relat Cancer 15:191-205. 2008..These results indicate that BRAF((V600E)) mutation is a marker of aggressive disease in both micro- and macro-PTCs. Moreover, for the first time, a possible link between BRAF((V600E)) mutation and environmental carcinogens is suggested...
The IGF system in thyroid cancer: new conceptsV Vella
Cattedra di Endocrinologia, Istituto di Medicina Interna, Malattie Endocrine e del Metabolismo, University of Catania, Ospedale Garibaldi, Catania, Italy
Mol Pathol 54:121-4. 2001..These data indicate that both IR/IGF-I-R hybrids and IR-A play an important role in the overactivation of the IGF system in thyroid cancer and in IGF-I mitogenic signalling in these tumours. J Clin PATHOL: Mol Pathol..
