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Eun Young Kim  (Kim EY) 3 Articles
Obesity and Metabolism
Recurrent Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome Caused by α-Lipoic Acid in Type 2 Diabetes
Sang Mook Bae, Myoung Nam Bae, Eun Young Kim, Il Kyu Kim, Min Woo Seo, Jin Kyeong Shin, Sung Rae Cho, Gui Hwa Jeong
Endocrinol Metab. 2013;28(4):326-330.   Published online December 12, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2013.28.4.326
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Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) is characterized by spontaneous hypoglycemia caused by insulin autoantibodies in the absence of exogenous insulin administration. Some drugs containing sulfhydryl compounds are known to initiate the onset of IAS. A 67-year-old female who had diabetes for 5 years visited the outpatient clinic at our institution due to diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy. She was prescribed α-lipoic acid (ALA), which contains two sulfur atoms. Two weeks later, she complained of recurrent hypoglycemic symptoms. We detected a high level of insulin and high titers of insulin autoantibodies. Her human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotype included the DRB1*0406 allele, which indicates a high level of susceptibility to IAS. She was treated with prednisolone. After this episode, she experienced two more hypoglycemic events after taking ALA for diabetic neuropathy in other hospitals. As ALA can be used to treat diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy, physician discretion is advised based on the possibility of IAS due to ALA in diabetic patients.

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  • Long-term follow-up after discharge witnesses a slow decline of insulin autoantibodies in patients with insulin autoimmune syndrome complicated with Grave’s disease: a report of two cases
    Lili Zhao, Jinzhi He, Shandong Ye, Chao Chen, Jie Zhu, Chunchun Xiao, Tingni Wu, Zhicheng Liu
    BMC Endocrine Disorders.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia
    A. A. Akmedova, F. O. Ushanova
    FOCUS. Endocrinology.2023; 4(3): 74.     CrossRef
  • Effects of alpha lipoic acid on metabolic syndrome: A comprehensive review
    Nahid Najafi, Soghra Mehri, Mahboobeh Ghasemzadeh Rahbardar, Hossein Hosseinzadeh
    Phytotherapy Research.2022; 36(6): 2300.     CrossRef
  • Alpha-Lipoic Acid and Glucose Metabolism: A Comprehensive Update on Biochemical and Therapeutic Features
    Umberto Capece, Simona Moffa, Ilaria Improta, Gianfranco Di Giuseppe, Enrico Celestino Nista, Chiara M. A. Cefalo, Francesca Cinti, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Antonio Gasbarrini, Andrea Giaccari, Teresa Mezza
    Nutrients.2022; 15(1): 18.     CrossRef
  • Analysis of the clinical characteristics of insulin autoimmune syndrome induced by alpha‐lipoic acid
    Zuojun Li, Yanhong Su, Dan Yi, Cuifang Wu, Weijin Fang, Chunjiang Wang
    Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.2021; 46(5): 1295.     CrossRef
  • Scientific opinion on the relationship between intake of alpha‐lipoic acid (thioctic acid) and the risk of insulin autoimmune syndrome
    Dominique Turck, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Stefaan de Henauw, Karen Ildico Hirsch‐Ernst, John Kearney, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Inge Mangelsdorf, Harry J McArdle, Androniki Naska, Carmen Pelaez, Kristina Pentieva, Alfonso Siani, Frank Thies, Sophia Tsabouri,
    EFSA Journal.2021;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Management of Insulin Autoimmune Hypoglycaemia: Single‐centre experience from Western India with systematic review of world literature
    Muniraj Patel, Ravikumar Shah, Swati Ramteke‐Jadhav, Virendra Patil, Shivendra Kumar Patel, Anurag Lila, Nalini Shah, Tushar Bandgar
    Clinical Endocrinology.2020; 92(5): 409.     CrossRef
  • Glucose Changes in a Patient With Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome Demonstrated by Continuous Glucose Monitoring
    Shi-Dou Lin, Shang-Ren Hsu
    AACE Clinical Case Reports.2019; 5(1): e35.     CrossRef
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    Einas Alrashidi, Thamer Alessa
    Case Reports in Endocrinology.2019; 2019: 1.     CrossRef
  • Insulin autoimmune syndrome in an Argentine woman taking α-lipoic acid: A case report and review of the literature
    Valentina Izzo, Carla Greco, Diana Corradini, Marco Infante, Maria Teresa Staltari, Maria Romano, Alfonso Bellia, Davide Lauro, Luigi Uccioli
    SAGE Open Medical Case Reports.2018;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Assessment and Management of Anti-Insulin Autoantibodies in Varying Presentations of Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome
    David Church, Luís Cardoso, Richard G Kay, Claire L Williams, Bernard Freudenthal, Catriona Clarke, Julie Harris, Myuri Moorthy, Efthmia Karra, Fiona M Gribble, Frank Reimann, Keith Burling, Alistair J K Williams, Alia Munir, T Hugh Jones, Dagmar Führer,
    The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.2018; 103(10): 3845.     CrossRef
  • Current Status of Health Foods Including Their Interactions with Drugs and Adverse Events
    Yoshiro Saito
    YAKUGAKU ZASSHI.2018; 138(12): 1511.     CrossRef
  • Autoimmune hypoglycaemia caused by alpha-lipoic acid: a rare condition in Caucasian patients
    A Veltroni, G Zambon, S Cingarlini, M V Davì
    Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports.2018;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • GLP‑1R agonists ameliorate peripheral nerve dysfunction and inflammation via p38 MAPK/NF‑κB signaling pathways in streptozotocin‑induced diabetic rats
    Jingjing Ma, Min Shi, Xiangcheng Zhang, Xiaoning Liu, Juan Chen, Ridong Zhang, Xingzhou Wang, Hong Zhang
    International Journal of Molecular Medicine.2018;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Insulin autoimmune syndrome associated with alpha-lipoic acid in a young woman with no concomitant disease
    Sang Bae Lee, Min Young Lee, Ji Hong You, Seong Han Kim, Ji Sun Nam
    Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine.2017; 34(1): 115.     CrossRef
  • The insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) as a cause of hypoglycaemia: an update on the pathophysiology, biochemical investigations and diagnosis
    Adel A.A. Ismail
    Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM).2016; 54(11): 1715.     CrossRef
  • Brief Review of Articles in 'Endocrinology and Metabolism' in 2013
    Won-Young Lee
    Endocrinology and Metabolism.2014; 29(3): 251.     CrossRef
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Thyroid
The Expression of Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Seunghwan Kim, Sun Wook Cho, Hye Sook Min, Kang Min Kim, Gye Jeong Yeom, Eun Young Kim, Kyu Eun Lee, Yeo Gyu Yun, Do Joon Park, Young Joo Park
Endocrinol Metab. 2013;28(3):192-198.   Published online September 13, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2013.28.3.192
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Background

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play a tumorigenic role related to advanced staging and poor prognosis in many human cancers including thyroid cancers. Yet, a functional role of TAMs in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has not been established. The aim of this study was to investigate TAM expression in human PTC with lymph node (LN) metastasis.

Methods

Thirty-six patients who underwent surgery after being diagnosed with PTC with LN metastasis were included. Primary tumor tissues were immunohistochemically stained with an anti-CD68 antibody and clinical characteristics according to TAM density were evaluated.

Results

The TAM densities (CD68+ cells) varied from 5% to 70%, in all tumor areas, while few cells were stained in adjacent normal tissues. TAMs were identified as CD68+ cells with thin, elongated cytoplasmic extensions that formed a canopy structure over tumor cells. Comparing clinicopathologic characteristics between tumors with low (<25%) and high (25% to 70%) TAM densities, primary tumors were larger in the high density group than in the low density group (2.0±0.1 vs. 1.5±0.1; P=0.009).

Conclusion

TAMs were identified in primary PTC tumors with LN metastasis and higher TAM densities were related to larger tumor sizes, suggesting a tumorigenic role of TAMs in human PTCs.

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    Wei Chen, Xinnian Yu, Huixin Li, Shenglong Yuan, Yuqi Fu, Huanhuan Hu, Fangzhou Liu, Yuan Zhang, Shanliang Zhong
    Oral Oncology.2024; 148: 106654.     CrossRef
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    Naimah Turner, Sarah Hamidi, Rim Ouni, Rene Rico, Ying C. Henderson, Maria Puche, Sayan Alekseev, Jocelynn G. Colunga-Minutti, Mark E. Zafereo, Stephen Y. Lai, Sang T. Kim, Maria E. Cabanillas, Roza Nurieva
    Frontiers in Immunology.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Thyroid Gland Diffuse Lipomatosis: A Case Study and Comprehensive Literature Review
    Angeliki Emmanouilidou, Michail Karanikas, Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou, Nickos Michalopoulos
    Journal of Clinical Medicine.2024; 13(21): 6376.     CrossRef
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    Hailiang Hu, Tao Zhong, Suwei Jiang
    Cancer Reports.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • The Tumor Microenvironment and the Estrogen Loop in Thyroid Cancer
    Nerina Denaro, Rebecca Romanò, Salvatore Alfieri, Alessia Dolci, Lisa Licitra, Imperia Nuzzolese, Michele Ghidini, Claudia Bareggi, Valentina Bertaglia, Cinzia Solinas, Ornella Garrone
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    Immunological Investigations.2023; 52(8): 1039.     CrossRef
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    Qi Liu, Wei Sun, Hao Zhang
    Frontiers in Pharmacology.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Yuxiao Xia, Xue Jiang, Yuan Huang, Qian Liu, Yin Huang, Bo Zhang, Zhanjun Mei, Dongkun Xu, Yuhong Shi, Wenling Tu
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    International Journal of Molecular Sciences.2022; 23(20): 12578.     CrossRef
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    Kun Wang, Haomin Li, Junyu Zhao, Jinming Yao, Yiran Lu, Jianjun Dong, Jie Bai, Lin Liao
    Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Journal of Clinical Medicine.2021; 10(7): 1455.     CrossRef
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A Case of Isolated Familial Somatotropinoma.
Hwi Ra Park, Eun A Kim, Mei Hua Jiang, Chang Soo Jang, Kyoung Wook Lee, Seong Bin Hong, Eun Young Kim, Myung Kwan Lim, Moon Suk Nam, Yong Seong Kim
J Korean Endocr Soc. 2004;19(4):398-405.   Published online August 1, 2004
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The familial occurrence of a pituitary adenoma associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 1 or Carney complex is a well-recognized entity. However, an isolated familial somatotropinoma is a rare inherited disease, which is characterized by clustering of a somatotrophic adenoma and acromegaly or gigantism in a family, but without other manifestations of MEN type 1, with only 68 cases, in 28 families, described in the literature. The mode of inheritance is autosomal dominant, with incomplete penetration, but the genetic background of these pituitary adenomas remains unknown. A family exists where both the father and son were affected. Endocrinological investigations confirmed hypersecretion of GH and IGF-1, and the pituitary adenomas were identified by magnetic resonance image in both cases. There was no symptom of MEN type 1 or other form of endocrine dysfunction. Herein is reported a case of an isolated familial somatotropinoma in Korea, with a review of the literature
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