Expression of obestatin and ghrelin in papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Fri, 11/28/2008 - 04:00
Authors: Karaoglu A, Aydin S, Dagli AF, Cummings DE, Ozercan IH, Canatan H, Ozkan Y
Ghrelin and obestatin are two peptide hormones with opposing roles in the control of appetite: orexigenic and anorexigenic, respectively. Loss of appetite is a common, serious complication of many forms of malignancy. The goals of this study were to investigate: (i) whether there are differences in ghrelin and obestatin peptide expression in thyroid tissues from a series of papillary carcinoma cases and normal controls, and (ii) whether there are correlations between tissue ghrelin and obestatin levels in series of papillary carcinoma cases and normal controls. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that in sections of benign human thyroid tissue, anti-ghrelin antibody reacted with intense staining in coll... MedWorm Sponsored Message: Find out how you can get your message across here by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.
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