ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 2018; 79(3): 157–163.This review summarizes the current knowledge regarding the genetic susceptibility to autoimmune Addison’s disease (AAD) and the genes outside the MHC complex associated with AAD. Fourteen genes (CTLA-4, PD-L1, PTPN22, NALP1, STAT4, CIITA, BACH2, FCRL3, GPR174, GATA3, NFATC1, CLEC16A, CYP27B1, and VDR) have ...

To read the full abstract: J Endocrinol. 2019; 242(1):T69–T79.Maternal exposure to glucocorticoid therapy, or stress and anxiety during pregnancy, have been linked to alterations in the exposed offspring in their functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and stress-related behaviours. Moreover, it appears that these effects are maintained across multiple generatio...