Articles by author - Jerzy Sowinski

Circulating leptin levels are not influenced by thyroid status in hypothyroid and euthyroid women.

Owecki M, El Ali Z, Wasko R, Nikisch E, Dziubandowska A, Sulikowska A, Sowiński J.

Journal Article 2007; 28(4): 417-421 PubMed PMID: 17693966  Keywords:  Adult, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Hypothyroidism:blood, Leptin:blood, Middle Aged, Thyroid Gland:metabolism, Thyroidectomy:adverse effects, Thyrotropin:blood, Thyroxine:blood, Triiodothyronine:blood,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Leptin regulates body weight by suppressing food intake and increasing energy expenditure. Alterations in thyroid hormone leve.....

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The prevalence of autoantibodies to: myosin, troponin, tropomyosin and myoglobin in patients with circulating triiodothyronine and thyroxine autoantibodies (THAA).

Ruchala M, Kosowicz J, Baumann-Antczak A, Skiba A, Zamyslowska H, Sowinski J.

Journal Article 2007; 28(3): 259-266 PubMed PMID: 17627259  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Autoantibodies:blood, Autoimmune Diseases:immunology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myoglobin:immunology, Myosins:immunology, Thyroid Diseases:immunology, Thyroxine:immunology, Triiodothyronine:immunology, Tropomyosin:immunol.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Anti-thyroglobulin, anti-thyroid-peroxidase and anti-TSH receptor antibodies have been observed with high frequency in autoimmu.....

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Ghrelin concentrations in acromegalic patients in relation to the administered therapy.

Wasko R, Jaskula M, Komarowska H, Zamyslowska H, Sowinski J, Waligorska-Stachura J.

Journal Article 2006; 27(1-2): 162-168 PubMed PMID: 16670671  Keywords:  Acromegaly:blood, Adult, Aged, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Ghrelin, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neurosurgical Procedures, Octreotide:therapeutic use, Peptide Hormones:blood,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Very little is still known about ghrelin in cases of GH hypersecretion. We decided to evaluate whether ghrelin concentrations .....

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Premature fusion and excessive calcification of coronal sutures in patients with Klinefelter syndrome.

Kosowicz J, Owecki M, El Ali Z, Sowiński J.

Journal Article 2006; 27(1-2): 137-141 PubMed PMID: 16648783  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Calcinosis:diagnostic imaging, Cranial Sutures:diagnostic imaging, Female, Humans, Karyotyping, Klinefelter Syndrome:diagnostic imaging, Male, Parietal Bone:diagnostic imaging, Radiography, Skull:diagnostic imaging,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to report on radiographic features of the cranial vault abnormalities frequently seen but not yet .....

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The evaluation of ghrelin mRNA expression in human somatotroph adenomas.

Wasko R, Jaskuła M, Plewa R, Komarowska H, Poreba E, Goździcka-Józefiak A, Liebert W, Bednarek J, Sowiński J.

Journal Article 2006; 27(1-2): 169-173 PubMed PMID: 16648773  Keywords:  Actins:metabolism, Adenoma:metabolism, DNA, Complementary:biosynthesis, Ghrelin, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases:metabolism, Human Growth Hormone:metabolism, Humans, Peptide Hormones:biosynthesis, Pituitary Neoplasms:metabolism, RNA, Messenger:b.    Citation

: Ghrelin is one of the peptides involved into GH-release, binding to specific GHS receptors on hypothalamus and pituitary. The ghrelin pe.....

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Clinical significance of the insulin-like growth factor I gene promoter (P1) polymorphism in thyroid nodular disease.

Wasko R, Michalek K, Pacholska J, Obrepalska-Steplowska A, Gozdzicka-Jozefiak A, Sowinski J.

Journal Article 2005; 26(6): 699-703 PubMed PMID: 16380677  Keywords:  Adenoma:diagnosis, Adolescent, Adult, Biomarkers, Tumor:genetics, Carcinoma:diagnosis, Female, Goiter:diagnosis, Humans, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I:genetics, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Genetic:genetics, Promoter Regions, Genetic:genetics, Risk Ass.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Due to the recent increase of incidence of thyroid nodules and the known risk of malignant transformation, there is an elevate.....

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