Úvod: Incidence nádorů štítné žlázy celosvětově stoupá. Mezi nejčastější zhoubné nádory štítné žlázy patří dobře diferencované karcinomy (WDTC), zejména papilární karcinom štítné žlázy (PTC) a folikulární karcinom štítné žlázy (FTC), které patří mezi nejčastější zhoubné nádory endokrinního systému. Méně často je diagnostikován medulární karcinom štítné žlázy (MTC). Genetické změny určují agresivní chování nádorů a zvyšují metastatický potenciál nádorů štítné žlázy. Cílem práce je zjistit incidenci bodových mutací genů a fúzních genů u pacientů s cytologií Bethesda III–VI jako možného prediktoru indikace rozsahu chirurgických výkonů na štítné žláze. Metodika: Studie byla prospektivně-retrospektivní a zahrnovala pacienty operované na Klinice otorinolaryngologie a maxilofaciální chirurgie 3. LF UK a ÚVN Praha v období 1. 7. 2019 do 1. 7. 2022, tedy období 36 měsíců. Do studie bylo zařazeno celkem 273 osob. V detekci BRAF V600E genu byla použita alela specifického realtime PCR (LC480, Roche). Mutace TERT byla detekována přímou sekvenací (CEQ 8000, BeckmanCoulter), vzorky byly analyzovány PCR (MiSeq, Illumina) a dále byl použit Thyro-ID panel (4base) detekce dalších 12 genů. Dále bylo testováno 23 fúzních genů včetně ALK, BRAF, GLIS3, NTRK1, NTRK3, PPARG, RET genu využitím realtime PCR, MTC test mutací genu RET a RAS. Výsledky: Do souboru bylo zařazeno 273 operovaných s předoperační cytologií Bethesda III–VI. V souboru bylo 21 (7,7 %) mužů a 256 (93,77 %) žen. Histologicky bylo potvrzeno 103 (37,72 %) karcinomů a ve 170 případech (62,27 %) s nálezem nezhoubného nádoru. Bethesda III benigních histologií bylo 118 (63,78%), 67 pacientů (36,21 %) si vyslechlo diagnózu karcinomu. Bethesda IV benigních histologií bylo 50 (70,42 %) a 21 (29,58 %) maligních nádorů. Bodová mutace BRAF V600E byla detekována u 63,85 % PTC a jen jednou u benigního nádoru a jednoho NIFTP nálezu. V souboru bylo zastoupení PTC 83 (76,14 %), FTC a jeho varianty 14 (12,84 %) a MTC byl detekován u 6 (5,5 %) nádorů souboru. Závěry: Bodová mutace BRAF V600E byla detekována u 63,85 % PTC a jen jednou u benigního nádoru a jednoho NIFTP nálezu.
Introduction: The incidence of thyroid tumours is increasing worldwide. The most common malignant tumours of the thyroid gland include well-differentiated carcinomas (WDTC), especially papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC). Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is less commonly diagnosed. Genetic changes determine the aggressive behavior of tumours and increase the metastatic potential of thyroid tumours. The aim of the study is to determine the incidence of point gene mutations and gene fusions in patients with Bethesda III–VI cytology as a possible predictor of indication of the extent of surgical procedures on the thyroid gland. Materials and methods: The study was prospective-retrospective and included patients operated on at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery of the 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and the Military University Hospital from July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2022, i.e. a period of 36 months. In the detection of the BRAF V600E gene, the allele of specific Real-Time PCR (LC480, Roche), the TERT gene mutation by direct sequencing (CEQ 8000, Beckman Coulter) was used, samples were analyzed by PCR (MiSeq, Illumina), and the Thyro-ID panel (4base) was used to detect another 12 genes. In addition, 23 fusion genes were tested, including ALK, BRAF, GLIS3, NTRK1, NTRK3, PPARG, and RET gene using Real-Time PCR, and MTC test for mutations in the RET gene and RAS. Results: The study included 273 patients with preoperative cytology Bethesda III–VI. The study was based on 21 (7.7%) men and 256 (93.77%) women. In the group, 103 (37.72%) cancers were histologically confirmed and 170 (62.27%) were found to have a benign tumour. Bethesda III were benign histologies with 118 (63.78%) that were verified, and 67 patients (36.21%) were diagnosed with any type of carcinoma. In Bethesda IV, there were 50 (70.42%) confirmed benign histologies and 21 patients (29.58%) had malignant tumours. BRAF V600E point mutation was detected in 63.85% of papillary thyroid carcinoma and only once in a benign tumour, and one NIFTP case was confirmed. Papillary carcinoma was presented in 83 (76.14%) patients, follicular carcinoma and its variants was in 14 (12.84%) patients, and medullary carcinoma was detected in 6 (5.5%) cases in the group. Conclusions: BRAF V600E point mutation was detected in 63.85% of well differentiated thyroid carcinomas and in other diagnoses, any mutation detected was rare.
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- BRAF mutace,
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- bodová mutace * genetika MeSH
- incidence MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory štítné žlázy * diagnóza genetika klasifikace patologie MeSH
- onkogenní fúze genetika MeSH
- prospektivní studie MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Klíčová slova
- obezitologie,
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- endokrinologie * MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- obezita terapie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- biografie MeSH
- O autorovi
- Hainer, Vojtěch, 1944- Autorita
Background: Recent studies have suggested that pathogenic variants of the DICER1 gene could be a driver of alterations in some pediatric thyroid nodules, but data are still limited. The aim of this study was to detect variants in the DICER1 gene in a large cohort of pediatric thyroid nodules and then correlate them with clinicopathological data, with a focus on the disease prognosis in patients with thyroid carcinoma. Methods: This retrospective cohort study consisted of 350 pediatric and young adult patients (aged 2-21 years) with thyroid nodules, from whom 275 fresh-frozen thyroid nodule samples and 92 fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) samples were collected. After an analysis of variants in major genetic alterations of thyroid tumors, variants in the DICER1 gene were identified using next-generation sequencing and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification methods. Peripheral blood was analyzed from patients with DICER1-positive tumors. The results of genetic analysis were then correlated with clinicopathological data. Results: Variants in the DICER1 gene were detected in a total of 24/350 (6.9%; 95%CI [4.4;10.0]) pediatric and young adult patients, respectively, in 10/119 (8.4%; [4.1;14.9]) patients with benign fresh-frozen tissue, in 8/141 (5.7%; [1.9;9.5]) with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and in 6/86 (7.0%; [4.1;14.6]) patients with FNAB. No other gene alteration was found in DICER1-positive samples. Germline DICER1 variants were identified in 11/24 (45.8%; [25.6;67.2]) patients. Two somatic (biallelic) variants in the DICER1 gene were found in 9/24 (37.5%; [18.8;59.4]) thyroid nodules. Somatic deletions of at least 3 Mbp long were revealed in 2/24 (8.3%; [1.0;27.0]) cases. DICER1-positive PTCs were significantly associated with the follicular subtype of PTC (p = 0.001), encapsulation (p = 0.006) and were larger in size (p = 0.035), but with no extrathyroidal extension (p = 0.039), and less frequent lymph node metastases (p = 0.003) compared with DICER1-negative PTCs. Patients with DICER1-positive PTC had an excellent response to treatment in 75% of cases. Conclusions: Variants of the DICER1 gene are frequently found in the thyroid nodules of pediatric and young adult patients. In our patients, DICER1-positive PTCs showed low invasiveness. Our findings support considering more conservative management for DICER1-positive low-risk PTCs.
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- DEAD-box RNA-helikasy * genetika MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- nádory štítné žlázy * genetika patologie MeSH
- papilární karcinom štítné žlázy genetika patologie MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- ribonukleasa III * genetika MeSH
- tenkojehlová biopsie MeSH
- uzly štítné žlázy * genetika patologie MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
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- léčba obezity MeSH
- Publikační typ
- biografie MeSH
- oslavné články MeSH
- O autorovi
- Hainer, Vojtěch, 1944- Autorita
Thyroid cancer is associated with a broad range of different mutations, including RET (rearranged during transfection) fusion genes. The importance of characterizing RET fusion-positive tumors has recently increased due to the possibility of targeted treatment. The aim of this study was to identify RET fusion-positive thyroid tumors, correlate them with clinicopathological features, compare them with other mutated carcinomas, and evaluate long-term follow-up of patients. The cohort consisted of 1564 different thyroid tissue samples (including 1164 thyroid carcinoma samples) from pediatric and adult patients. Samples were analyzed for known driver mutations occurring in thyroid cancer. Negative samples were subjected to extensive RET fusion gene analyses using next-generation sequencing and real-time PCR. RET fusion genes were not detected in any low-risk neoplasm or benign thyroid tissue and were detected only in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs), in 113/993 (11.4%) patients, three times more frequently in pediatric and adolescent patients (29.8%) than in adult patients (8.7%). A total of 20 types of RET fusions were identified. RET fusion-positive carcinomas were associated with aggressive tumor behavior, including high rates of lymph node (75.2%) and distant metastases (18.6%), significantly higher than in NTRK fusion, BRAF V600E and RAS-positive carcinomas. Local and distant metastases were also frequently found in patients with microcarcinomas positive for the RET fusions. 'True recurrences' occurred rarely (2.4%) and only in adult patients. The 2-, 5-, 10-year disease-specific survival rates were 99%, 96%, and 95%, respectively. RET fusion-positive carcinomas were associated with high invasiveness and metastatic activity, but probably due to intensive treatment with low patient mortality.
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- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- karcinom * MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mutace MeSH
- nádory štítné žlázy * genetika patologie MeSH
- papilární karcinom štítné žlázy MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- protoonkogenní proteiny B-raf genetika MeSH
- protoonkogenní proteiny c-ret genetika MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Epidemiological studies suggest an association between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to investigate the pathophysiological markers of AD vs. T2DM for each sex separately and propose models that would distinguish control, AD, T2DM, and AD-T2DM comorbidity groups. AD and T2DM differed in levels of some circulating steroids (measured mostly by GC-MS) and in other observed characteristics, such as markers of obesity, glucose metabolism, and liver function tests. Regarding steroid metabolism, AD patients (both sexes) had significantly higher sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), cortisol, and 17-hydroxy progesterone, and lower estradiol and 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol, compared to T2DM patients. However, compared to healthy controls, changes in the steroid spectrum (especially increases in levels of steroids from the C21 group, including their 5α/β-reduced forms, androstenedione, etc.) were similar in patients with AD and patients with T2DM, though more expressed in diabetics. It can be assumed that many of these steroids are involved in counter-regulatory protective mechanisms that mitigate the development and progression of AD and T2DM. In conclusion, our results demonstrated the ability to effectively differentiate AD, T2DM, and controls in both men and women, distinguish the two pathologies from each other, and differentiate patients with AD and T2DM comorbidities.
UNLABELLED: The shape of the glycemic curve during the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), interpreted in the correct context, can predict impaired glucose homeostasis. Our aim was to reveal information inherent in the 3 h glycemic trajectory that is of physiological relevance concerning the disruption of glycoregulation and complications beyond, such as components of metabolic syndrome (MS). METHODS: In 1262 subjects (1035 women, 227 men) with a wide range of glucose tolerance, glycemic curves were categorized into four groups: monophasic, biphasic, triphasic, and multiphasic. The groups were then monitored in terms of anthropometry, biochemistry, and timing of the glycemic peak. RESULTS: Most curves were monophasic (50%), then triphasic (28%), biphasic (17.5%), and multiphasic (4.5%). Men had more biphasic curves than women (33 vs. 14%, respectively), while women had more triphasic curves than men (30 vs. 19%, respectively) (p < 0.01). Monophasic curves were more frequent in people with impaired glucose regulation and MS compared to bi-, tri-, and multiphasic ones. Peak delay was the most common in monophasic curves, in which it was also most strongly associated with the deterioration of glucose tolerance and other components of MS. CONCLUSION: The shape of the glycemic curve is gender dependent. A monophasic curve is associated with an unfavorable metabolic profile, especially when combined with a delayed peak.
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- časopisecké články MeSH
In order to understand the pathological changes associated with glucose homeostasis in old age, it is necessary to know the natural changes in the processing of proinsulin to mature insulin. While there is abundant information about insulin production and function in diabetics, the situation in healthy adults and the elderly has surprisingly rarely been investigated. The aim of the study was to determine how proinsulin secretion changes in individuals with normal glucose tolerance during the process of natural aging. A total of 761 individuals (539 women, 222 men) aged 18-90 years with normal fasting glycemia (less than 5.6 mmol/l) were divided into five groups according to age. Body composition and levels of fasting blood glucose, proinsulin, insulin, and C-peptide were determined, and the ratios of proinsulin to both insulin and C-peptide were calculated. The homeostasis model of ?-cell function (HOMA F) and peripheral insulin resistance (HOMA R) were calculated. The effect of age was assessed using an ANOVA model consisting of the factors sex, age, and sex × age interaction. Statgraphics Centurion v. XVIII statistical software was used. Glycemia, insulin, C-peptide and HOMA R increased in both sexes up to 75 years. On the contrary, proinsulin levels as well as proinsulin/insulin and proinsulin/C-peptide ratios decreased with age up to 75 years. In normoglycemic and normotolerant people, both women and men, the aging process is associated with decreased insulin sensitivity compensated by potentiation of insulin production. In older age, there is also a gradual decrease in circulating proinsulin, which can be explained by its more efficient processing into active insulin by matured healthy beta cells.
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- C-peptid MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- inzulinová rezistence * fyziologie MeSH
- krevní glukóza MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- proinsulin * krev MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- stárnutí * MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Publikační typ
- abstrakt z konference MeSH
- Publikační typ
- abstrakt z konference MeSH
