ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

T1DI Study Group. Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 21;13(1):1514. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35314671/Brief Summary: This study of 5 birth cohorts of individuals at high risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D) used machine learning methods to explore trajectories from autoantibodies appearance to T1D progression. They identified 11 distinct latent health states and individuals progressed according to one o...

Cell Rep Med 2022;3:100598. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35492248/Brief Summary: This study used a combination of mice models and cultured human islets to show that a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and estrogen (E2) dual agonist (GLP1-E2) provides superior protection from insulin-deficient diabetes compared to GLP-1 and E2 monoagonists. Pancreatic islet protection...

patricia.iozzo@ifc.cnr.it Int J Obes (Lond) 2022, 46(1):50–58. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00941-zBrief Summary: This experimental study was conducted with fa/fa rats that have a homozygous defect in the leptin receptor and therefore severe leptin resistance. The animals develop extreme obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. The study of y...

regis.coutant@chu-angers.fr J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Mar 24;107(4):e1568–e1576. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab845https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34918072/Brief Summary: This cross-sectional study describes how levels of Sertoli and Leydig cell hormones differ between 351 obese and overw...

To read the full abstract: Hum Reprod. 2020, May 15; 10.1093/humrep/deaa041. doi: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/articleabstract/35/5/1099/5837511This study provides a comprehensive reference of the protein-coding and non-coding genome from 24 testes and 24 ovaries of human fetuses. It used an RNA sequencing approach to investigate non-coding sequences, and to ident...

To read the full abstract: Disease Models & Mechanisms vol. 13,3 dmm040105. 13 Mar. 2020. doi: https://dmm.biologists.org/content/13/3/dmm040105.longThese authors developed an in vitro model to study human GnRH neuron transcriptome during developmental differentiation. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the hypothalamus govern t...

To read the full abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019; 116(44): 22294-22299. PMID: 31611378.Androgen biosynthesis in the human fetus proceeds through the adrenal sex steroid precursor dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), which is converted to testosterone in the gonads, followed by further activation to 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in genital skin, thereby facilitating male external genit...

To read the full abstract: JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Aug 5;173(10):e192430. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2430.The authors systematically reviewed published evidence on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children aged 2–13 years. Based on data on 477 620 children from 28 European countries, they conclude that the prevalence is very high but appears to have stabilized in ...

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...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Feb. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-02288. [Epub ahead of print]Short stature is the most common reason for referral to pediatric endocrinologists. Familial short stature (FSS) is used to describe a child with a stature below the normal but within the parental target range and with at least one short parent.In the last years, there has been a widesp...