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ey0017.10-7 | (1) | ESPEYB17

10.7. Real world hybrid closed-loop discontinuation: Predictors and perceptions of youth discontinuing the 670G system in the first 6 months

LH Messer , C Berget , T Vigers , L Pyle , C Geno , PR Wadwa , KA Driscoll , GP Forlenza

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Mar;21(2):319–327. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12971. Epub 2020 Jan 3. PMID: 31885123Dissatisfaction with technologies, discontinuation of use and inappropriate adjustments of insulin pump settings pose important areas of concern in adolescents using diabetes technologies. This study searched for predictors of hybrid closed loop (HCL) discontinuation...

ey0019.10-13 | Pathogenesis | ESPEYB19

10.13. Human islet T cells are highly reactive to preproinsulin in type 1 diabetes

AM Anderson , LG Landry , AA Alkanani , L Pyle , AC Powers , MA Atkinson , CE Mathews , BO Roep , AW Michels , M Nakayama

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Oct 12;118(41):e2107208118. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34611019/Brief Summary: This in vitro study explored the reactivity to preproinsulin of CD8 T cells obtained from pancreatic islets of individuals with and without type 1 diabetes (T1D). The main finding was that CD8 T cells from T1D donors were highly reactive to peptides throughout the entire prepro...

ey0020.10-2 | New Data on the Epidemiology of T2D in Children | ESPEYB20

10.2. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic is associated with a substantial rise in frequency and severity of presentation of youth-onset type 2 diabetes

SN Magge , RM Wolf , L Pyle , EA Brown , VC Benavides , ME Bianco , LC Chao , A Cymbaluk , PG Balikcioglu , K Halpin , DS Hsia , L Huerta-Saenz , JJ Kim , S Kumar , LE Levitt--Katz , BE Marks , A Neyman , KL O'Sullivan , SS Pillai , AS Shah , AH Shoemaker , JAW Siddiqui , S Srinivasan , IH Thomas , JB Tryggestad , MF Yousif , MM Kelsey , COVID-19 and Type 2 Diabetes Consortium Kelsey

Brief summary: A significant increase in the incidence T2D occurred in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among children with obesity and males.Comment: This is the first multicenter report on the incidence of T2D during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. The average number of new diagnoses per year in the two pre-pandemic years was 825, compared with 1463 during the first pandemic year. This increase of 77% is significan...