ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

PLoS One. 2020 Jun 26;15(6):e0234970. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234970.In brief: Metabolite signatures were compared between children with normal weight, obesity, and both obesity and T2DM, by measuring 273 analytes in fasting plasma and a 24-hour urine sample. Twenty-two urine metabolites were uniquely associated with T2DM. Adolescents with T2DM have altered purine nucleoti...

To read the full abstract: Nature Communications 2018;9:1544Obesity prevalence is generally higher in women than in men, and there is also a sex difference in body fat distribution. Sex differences in obesity can be explained in part by the influence of gonadal steroids on body composition and appetite; however, behavioural, and socio-cultural factors may also play a role. Here is th...

Brief Summary: This retrospective, single-center study from Kobe Children’s Hospital, Japan, analyzed height SDS (main outcome) and risk of short stature (height <-2 SDS, secondary outcome) in 89 children with malignant diseases who underwent initial allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) with different conditioning intensities. More intensive conditioning conferred a substantially higher risk of short stature at 3 years after HSCT.<p class="abst...

Abstract: Endocrinology, Volume 159, Issue 7, July 2018, Pages 2741–2758In brief: Eldecalcitol, a long acting active vitamin D3 analogue with lower affinity for vitamin D receptor and resistance to inactivation by vitamin D 24-hydroxylase, causes FGF23 resistance. This leads to complete restoration of renal phosphate transport and NaPi-2a protein levels and improves ra...

In Brief: The authors use cell-tracing of Axin2-positive chondroprogenitor cells in the resting zone during and after food restriction to demonstrate that nutrient availability influences the balance between accumulation and differentiation of resting zone chondrocytes and that this is influenced by Igf-1.Commentary: Catch-up growth is the rapid growth that occurs after growth-inhibiting conditions have been cured or removed. The molecular mechanism for ...

To read the full abstract: Nat Comm 2019; 10(1): 1718Steroid receptor coactivator (SRC)-1 mediates nuclear hormone receptors and transcription factor-dependent transcription (1), and interacts with STAT3 (2) an important mediator of leptin-induced POMC expression and hence satiety (3). Src-1 knockout mice are obese (4), however, the underlying mechanism is unclear. In a...