ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: EMBO Mol Med 2018;e9569:1–18TUBB1 encodes a member of the beta-tubulin protein family. Beta-tubulins and alpha-tubulins form dimers, which assemble into microtubules belonging to the intracellular cytoskeleton structure.The authors identified three different mutations in TUBB1 by whole exome sequencing in a large co...

To read the full abstract: Nat Med. 2019 Mar;25(3):439–447.Prenatal screening for trisomy 21, trisomy 18, trisomy 13, and sex chromosome aneuploidies can be performed using next-generation sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the maternal circulation. This article describes a new non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) approach for the detection of de novo or paternally inheri...

Brief Summary: This study suggests that excessive interferon-γ–mediated responses have a pathogenic role in APS-1 and provides the foundation for therapies that affect interferon-γ–mediated disease.Commentary: Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS-1), also known as autoimmune polyendocrinopathy, candidiasis, and ectodermal dystrophy (APECED), is an autosomal recessive multiorgan syndrome caused by loss-of-function variants in ...