ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2018 May 4; S0303-7207(18)30149-7...

To read the full abstract: JAMA Pediatr 2018;172:57-64Corticosteroids are a well-known risk factor for compromised bone health. There have been concerns regarding the use of inhaled corticosteroids in children with asthma. It is often stated that poor disease control is a greater risk for bones than the medication itself. The evidence however has not been overwhelming. Corticosteroids ...

Brief Summary: This study identifies the role of the Dlk1 gene dosage in controlling the size of the pituitary gland. Dlk1 is an imprinted gene—expression is based on parental origin—which plays a critical role in determining pituitary gland size.The authors investigated how varying the dosage of Dlk1 affects pituitary size using genetically modified mice. Elegantly both, loss-of-function and overexpression of Dlk...

NPJ Genom Med. 2021 Dec 20;6(1):107. doi: 10.1038/s41525-021-00274-w. PMID: 34930920https://www.nature.com/articles/s41525-021-00274-wBrief Summary: This cross-sectional study describes the genetic data of a cohort of patients with self-limited delayed puberty, finding a high prevalence of CCDC141 gene mutations. Usi...

Eur J Endocrinol. 2021 Oct 8;185(5):617-627. doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-0387. PMID: 34403359. https://eje.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/eje/185/5/EJE-21-0387.xmlBrief Summary: This study investigates the role of Whole Exome Sequencing in the differential diagnosis of delayed puberty, evaluating a geno...

To read the full abstract: Hum Mol Genet. 2019 Apr 15;28(8):1357–1368.This whole-exome study from a large cohort of familial self-limited delayed puberty identifies the first EAP1 mutations leading to reduced GnRH transcriptional activity and resulting in a phenotype of self-limited delayed-puberty.Enhanced at puberty 1 (EAP1) is a nuclear trans...

In Brief: In this US cohort study of 30,239 Black and White individuals aged >=45 years followed up for a median of 10 years, low baseline levels of HDL-Cholesterol (HDL-C) were associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in White (HR: 1.22; 95% CI: 1.05–1.43) but not in Black (HR: 0.94; 95% CI: 0.78–1.14) adults (P-interaction by race =0.08).Comment: The established clinical risk factors for coronary heart disea...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Sep 1;103(9):3420–3429.This whole-exome study in 67 probands and 93 relatives from a large cohort of familial delayed puberty identifies a new heterozygous HS6ST1 mutation as a novel cause of delayed puberty.The underlying pathophysiology of early and delayed puberty remains unexplained in most ...

To read the full abstract: Am J Epidemiol 2017;185:1255-1262Vitamin D and adequate dietary calcium intake are important for skeletal health and therefore it was expected that vitamin D concentration would be associated with increased fracture risk. However, here, the authors did not find any statistically significant association between concurrent 25(OH)D concentration and fracture risk. In addition...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Feb 1;103(2):649-659A minimum level of energy availability is required for the onset of puberty, whereas increased fat mass has been shown to be associated with precocious onset of puberty1,2. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified several loci for age at menarche also associated with obesity3-5. Whethe...