ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

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: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2019 Dec;91(6):770–775. PMID: 31520536Diazoxide is the first line treatment for patients with hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (HH). The vast majority of patients tolerate diazoxide well without any major complications. However, diazoxide is known to cause several side effects including hypertrichosis, neutropaenia, thrombocytop...

To read the full abstract: Horm Res Paediatr. 2019;92:293–301Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in childhood may influence bone accrual and bone peak mass, ultimately affecting bone density in adulthood (1). In prepubertal GHD children, there is no evidence of increased risk of fractures, but relative lower bone density measured by dual X ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been reported. Interpretation of DXA values in small children is biased by bo...

To read the full abstract: Nat Biomed Eng. 2020 May;4(5):499–506. doi: 10.1038/s41551-019-0508-y.Glucose-responsive insulin delivery systems that mimic pancreatic endocrine function could enhance health and improve quality of life for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with reduced β-cell function. However, insulin delivery systems with rapid in vivo glucose-respon...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Invest. 2020;130(5):2319–2331.This clinical study assessed the effect of the β3-adrenergic agonist mirabegron on glucose homeostasis in obese individuals.Chronic activation of β3-receptors in mice leads to the appearance of brown-like (e.g. ‘beige’) adipocytes in white adipose tissue, a process referred to as ...

To read the full abstract: The New England journal of medicine. 2019;380(22):2136–45.Here, Inge et al. explored whether the outcomes of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) differ according to the age of the patient at the time of surgery. They analysed retrospective data on the 5-year outcomes of RYGB in 161 adolescents from the Teen-LABS-study (1) and in 396 adults with a history...

To read the full abstract: Horm Res Paediatr: 2018;89(6):413–422.This study examined the clinical and molecular aspects of girls with Turner syndrome and hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycemia (HH). Records of girls with hyperinsulinism and Turner syndrome were reviewed.The findings expand on previous observations suggesting a link between Turner syndrome and hyperins...

To read the full abstract: Cell Metab. 2019 4;29:1363–1375.Mesenchymal stem and/or stromal cells (MSCs) regulate immune system and have been associated with inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The IGF system is mainly known for its role in the regulation of growth, development and metabolism. A possible role of IGF-I in inflammation has recently been proposed [1, 2], whereas the e...

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2019;380(22):2136–2145These authors describe the 5-year follow-up of a multicenter patient cohort of adolescents with severe obesity who underwent gastric bypass surgery to lose weight and improve cardiometabolic risk factors (the Teen-LABS study; n=161, age 13–19 years at time of surgery). They compared these data with a simila...

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med 2018;378:1987-1998FGF-23 is the primary regulator of phosphate homeostasis and acts by inhibiting phosphate reabsorption in the kidney (1). Loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding phosphate-regulating endopeptidase homolog X-linked (PHEX) results in excess circulating FGF-23, which impairs renal phosphate reabsorption causing hypophosphatemia...