ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):1841. Published 2020 Apr 15. doi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32296068/This study by Kullmann et al. investigated the impact of brain insulin resistance on medium and long-term changes in body weight and body fat in adults at high risk for T2DM, undergoing a 24-months lifestyle intervention program (n =28 at the 24-mont...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Feb 1;104(2):390–396.doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-01105. PubMed PMID: 30247609.Polymorphisms in sex hormone genes have been described in gender dysphoric individuals with inconsistent findings. In this case-control study of 380 trans women and 344 control males, functional variants in 12 sex hormone signaling genes were studied. Significant a...

Pediatrics. 2021 Mar 22:e2020023549. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-023549. PMID: 33753543.This retrospective, single center chart review study assessed the incidence of arterial or venous thrombosis during gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) in 611 transgender adolescents. The prevalence of thrombosis risk factors was also investigated. No increased risk of thrombosis was found over a short ...

To read the full abstract: JAMA Pediatr 2018;172:1192–1195.The large prospective Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study included 3596 participants aged 3 to 18 years at baseline, and followed the large majority up to 20–30 years later. Comparing various measures of adiposity at baseline, Body Mass Index (BMI) outperformed the Triponderal Mass Index (TMI) and skinfold thicknes...

To read the full abstract: Development 2018;145. pii:dev146829Branching morphogenesis is a key process during organogenesis of ductal and exocrine organs, e.g. lung, kidney, pancreas, and liver1. Regulatory components and local interactions for lung branching morphogenesis have been described in detail, mostly relying on receptor-ligand interactions between embryonic ...

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med 2018;378:1302-1312.While it is well known that being overweight in childhood and early adulthood is linked to a higher risk of T2DM later in life, the question arises as to whether diabetes risk would change if overweight children lose weight. This large-scale longitudinal study demonstrated that men who had remission of overweight between ages 7 and 13 yea...

Brief summary: In utero the embryo and the fetus are protected by different mechanisms from too high levels of maternal thyroid hormones after transplacental passage such as deiodination and sulfatation of T4 and T3 in the placenta as well as in the tissues of the unborn child (1,2). Maternal hyperthyroidism and its treatment with anti-thyroid drugs is associated with different congenital malformation. However, so far, it remains unclear, which malformations are linke...

Brief summary: This paper investigated the effect of pubertal suppression with GnRHa and gender affirming treatment with testosterone on the growth and final height of transgender boys. They found no negative effects, and even possibly a slight boost to adult height in comparison with target and predicted heights for birth-registered sex.One of the concerning features of transgender males is being able to identify with their cisgender peers in stature. I...

Brief summary: Villanueva-Carmona et al. identified succinate as a mediating metabolite in leptin secretion. Its action is mediated by the succinate receptor SUCNR in adipocytes via the circadian clock in an AMPK/JNK-C/EBPa-dependent manner.Although the regulatory circuits of leptin action on hunger and satiety are well understood, the pathways that mediate acute leptin production in the adipose tissue are less investigated. To investigate how a...

Thyroid. 2021:387–419. doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0333.These updated ENDO-European Reference Network (ENDO-ERN), European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) guidelines for congenital hypothyroidism will serve as comprehensive review of the literature providing recommendations to all aspects of the disease.The first ...