ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

In the past year, there were a large number of scientific publications on disorders of the thyroid gland or the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis in children and adults. In this chapter, you will find a selection of the probably most impactful publications in this field published in the period June 2023 to July 2024, of importance to the discipline of pediatric endocrinology.To get you excited, here is a short overview: “Disruption of Notch ...

To read the full abstract: Endocr Rev. 2019;40(1):193–235This paper combines a comprehensive review of current knowledge on pathophysiologic mechanisms contributing to hypothalamic obesity in craniopharyngioma patients with a systematic literature review of intervention studies for weight management in this patient population. Findings of both reviews are merged into evidence-...

d.vanderkaay@erasmusmc.nl or abhimanyu.garg@utsouthwestern.edu.J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021, 106, 3621–3633. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab549Brief Summary: This expert perspective proposes that a thorough review of medical history and physical examination is generally sufficient to diagnose ...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(32):3018–3031. wassim.chemaitilly@stjude.orgThis retrospective study, with cross-sectional health outcomes analysis, evaluated Leydig cell function in 1516 childhood cancer survivors at a median duration of 22.0 years after cancer diagnosis. These patients are part of the St Jude Lifetime Cohort. An age- and sex-matched community control grou...

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021; 68: e28894. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33459500/This cross-sectional observational study examined reproductive function in a nationwide cohort of female childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors.Self-reported reproductive characteristics (age at menarche, virginity status, desire for children, pregnancy rates, and adverse ...

joelh@broadinstitute.org Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Nov;29(11):1899–1906. doi: 10.1002/oby.23271. Epub 2021 Sep 21. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34549538/Brief Summary: This longitudinal study assessed body composition in a cohort of children at ages 1, 3, and 6 months and 4 years (n...

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 6;382(6):534–544. PMID: 32023373Neonatal hypoglycaemia is one of the most common biochemical findings in the newborn period and is an important cause of brain injury. However, despite being so common there is no consensus regarding the glucose threshold concentration at which treatment for asymptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia sho...

To read the full abstract: PLoS One. 2019; 14(12): e0226753. PMID: 31869387.Glucocorticoids (cortisol in humans, corticosterone in most rodents) are steroid hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex into the systemic circulation in an ultradian, circadian, and stress-related fashion under the control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. These cholesterol-derived molecules partici...

To read the full abstract: Stem Cell Res Ther. 2018 Nov 21; 9 (1):317Spermatogonial stem cell transplantation (SSCT) could become a fertility restoration tool for childhood cancer survivors. However, the colonization efficiency of transplanted spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) in animal models is about 12%, and the effectiveness of this procedure needs to be improved before clinical imple...

Brief Summary: This research identifies a role for SEMA6A in puberty onset by regulating median eminence vascular permeability.The authors elegantly use murine transgenics of Sema6a -/- combined with cell biology, biochemical assays and human genetics to identify a previously unknown role for Sema6a in regulating vascular permeability of endothelial cells within the median eminence (ME) to maintain neuroendocrine homeostasis. The role of SEMA6A ...