ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020. Vol 105(8), 2789–2802. doi: https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa354The authors performed a randomized crossover trial of Late Dinner (22:00 hours) vs Routine Dinner (18:00) in a laboratory setting in 20 healthy adult volunteers. Meal contents and sleep period (23:00-07:00) were kept the same in both arms and sleep patterns were u...

Cell Stem Cell. 2021 Sep 2;28(9):1657-1670.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2021.04.006. PMID: 33961804.Brief Summary: The authors established a novel protocol to generate hypothalamic arcuate organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells, which could be utilized to investigate the arcuate nuclei development and the underlying mechanism of arcuate nucleus-related diseases. <p class="abst...

Hum Mol Genet. 2022 May 10:ddac093. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddac093. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35535691Brief Summary: This genome-wide association study (GWAS) of patients with thyroid dysgenesis identified a genetic risk locus for thyroid athyreosis and ectopy. In depth genetic analyses of the disease associated region suggested a new disease mechanism of thyroid dysgenesis mediated by impaired Wnt ...

Nature. 2021 Jul;595(7867):455-459.Abstract: https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov/34194040/In brief: Using cryo-electron microscopy, the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is visualized with different ligands demonstrating, in great detail, how calcimimetic drugs lock the CaSR homodimer in an assymetric configuration, exposing one of the two protomers for G-protein coupling, whereas calciolytic dru...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Oct 21;106(11):e4520-e4530. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab448. Erratum in: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Nov 15;: PMID: 34160619https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/106/11/e4520/6308284Brief Summary: This cross-sectional study of 355 girls with Central Precocious Puberty (CPP) evaluates t...

yufang@mail.xjtu.edu.cn Front Pharmacol 2022 13:820621. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.820621Brief Summary: This national cross-sectional survey in Pakistan found poor availability of insulin in the public sector, even for brands manufactured by domestic companies.Access to insulin remains a major issue worldwide in low- and middl...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Invest. 2020 Feb 3;130(2):641–654. doi: 10.1172/JCI127378. PMID: 31845906.Congenital pituitary hypoplasia (CPH) is a multifactorial disorder, in which the pituitary has not developed correctly. The underlying mechanisms are mostly unknown, and studies are limited by the lack of appropriate disease models. This work modelled the effect of a novel OTX2</e...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020, Apr; 67: e28169. doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32020769This thought-provoking paper looked at the malignancy risk in DSD from a different perspective. In this study, patients with malignant germ cell tumors (GCT) were identified in registries of pediatric GCT treatment from 1995 to 2005 and were then cross-referenced with ...

To read the full abstract: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019; 7(11): 855-865. PMID: 31542384A.Endogenous Cushing’s syndrome is a rare, serious endocrine condition characterized by chronic overproduction of cortisol (1). It is most often caused by a pituitary adenoma (i.e. Cushing’s disease), while other causes include ectopic ACTH secretion or primary adrenal neopl...

To read the full abstract: Eur J Endocrinol. 2019 May 1;180(5):281–290.This longitudinal prospective study of 61 children with a 5-10 years follow-up post severe traumatic brain injury evaluates the prevalence of pituitary deficiency and precocious puberty.In children, retrospective and prospective studies report variable rates of hypothyroidism...