ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2020 Mar;43(3):526–533. doi: 10.2337/dc19-1013. Epub 2020 Jan 13. PMID:31932458Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is defined as diabetes that develops in the first 6 months of age. In Western countries, the most common causes of NDM are activating mutations in the KCNJ11/ABCC8 genes. Neurological dysfunction is also common (up to 30%) in pati...

To read the full abstract: Diabetes. 2020 Mar;69(3):477–483. doi: 10.2337/db19-1029. Epub 2019 Dec 27. PMID: 31882561Endoplasmic recticulum (ER) stress plays an important role in the etiology of several forms of diabetes mellitus. There is evidence that ER stress plays a role in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. More importantly molecular defects in the ER stress pathway are linked to monoge...

To read the full abstract: BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care2019; 7:e000721. PMID: 31908791Understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) has helped to transform the clinical management of some patients. Those with NDM due to mutations in the KCNJ11/ABCC8 genes can now be switched to oral sulphonylurea treatment and their daily insu...

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2020 Apr 9. pii: dc190324. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0324. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32273272TransientNeonatalDiabetes (TNDM) develops in the first six months of life, and then remits only to relapse again during adolescence and adulthood. The three main genetic causes of TNDM are: 1) 6q24 abnormalities, 2) activating mutations in genes encoding the ATP-sensi...

To read the full abstract: Mol Genet Genomic Med., 2019 Oct;7(10):e00753. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.753. Epub 2019 Aug 23. PMID: 31441606The unique population in the State of Qatar comprises over 2.6 million people who derived primarily from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South Asia regions. Around 15% are indigenous Qataris of Arabian Peninsula ancestries, who have also immigrated to the St...