ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

In Brief: This manuscript was prepared from presentations given at the ESPE New Inroads for Child Health (NICHe) conference held in May 2009 in Marstrand, Sweden. It reviewed the concept of plasticity in developmental programming and evidence for the role of epigenetic mechanisms. It became widely accepted as a leading reference on this topic with currently >750 citations in Google Scholar.Comment: Ze’ev Hochberg had a brilliant, creative mind. ...

Brief Summary: This cross-sectional study in n=19 first-degree relatives of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and n=19 control individuals without obesity found that while the intrinsic adipogenic potential of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) is unaffected by a family history of T2DM, alterations in lysyl oxidase (LOX) mRNA expression and polyunsaturated fatty acids in triglycerides are linked to increased T2DM risk, independent of obesity. These findings suggest that ...

In Brief: The authors describe AlphaMissense, a machine-learning tool that predicts the pathogenicity of 71 million human coding variants. 22.8 million variants (32%) are classified as likely pathogenic and 40.9 million (57%) as likely benign. They provide these databases freely as resources to the international research community.These authors from Google DeepMind previously developed and released AlphaFold, a revolutionary machine-learning approach to ...

Brief Summary: This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from 97 cases of 17α hydroxylase/17,20 lyase deficiency identified in Turkey. It focused on diagnostic testing, laboratory characteristics, long-term outcomes and therapeutic management.This nationwide study focuses on 17α-Hydroxylase/17,20-Lyase deficiency (17OHD), a rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) caused by mutations in the CYP17A1 gene. The research aims to evalua...

Nat Commun. 2021 May 11;12(1):2677. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22859-w. PMID: 33976139This work generated an integrated single nucleus multi-omics resource to elucidate the epigenetic mechanisms that regulate transcriptional networks in the murine pituitary. The authors identified epigenetically defined cell type composition, cell type-specific and sex-specific differences in transcription...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Mar 25;106(4):1111–1128.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33382876/In this multicentre patient cohort study, the authors investigated the use of targeted metabolomics to discriminate primary hypertension (PHT) from endocrine forms of hypertension (EHT). They identified 16 metabolites that help to discriminate between PHT and EHT.Arteri...

Genet Med. 2022 Feb;24(2):384-397. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.09.019. PMID: 34906446.Brief Summary: This study extends the phenotypes related to pathogenic biallelic RNPC3 variants to cover primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) in combination with the previously associated growth hormone deficiency (GHD).The authors report 15 patients from 9 pedigrees with severe...

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2022 Feb;96(2):165-174. PMID: 34668586, doi: 10.1111/cen.14614.Brief Summary: This retrospective case-control study used data from the international DSD registry to investigate the long-term outcomes of males born small for gestational age (SGA) with hypospadias/DSD. A large cohort of 179 boys (115 males born SGA; 64 appropriate for gestational age) was investigated for growt...

Eur J Endocrinol. 2021 Dec 1;186(1):65-72. PMID: 34714774, doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-0910.Brief Summary: This brief report describes a novel gene, PPP2R3C, in the pathogenesis of complete and partial XY and XX gonadal dysgenesis (GD).GD is a very rare condition with an estimated prevalence of 1–9 cases per 100,000 live-births. GD can be classified as either complete...

katrinjs@stanford.edu Cell Metab 2021; 33(9): 1836–1852.e11http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34348115Brief Summary: This rodent study identified a novel adipokine in mice which triggers a signaling cascade similar to that of insulin. By acting via an unknown tyrosine kinase, isthmin-1 (ISM1) ameliorates metabolic disturbances associated wit...