ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 3;11(1):21590. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00939-7. PMID: 34732776.Brief Summary: This study describes the molecular and electrophysiological analysis of the cerebral network generated from cerebral organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) on a patient with neonatal diabetes mellitus due to a KCNJ11 mutation. Some patients w...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Aug 1; 103(8):2785GH deficiency (GHD) is common among children treated for cancer, especially among childhood cancer survivors (CCS) with tumors/surgery in the hypothalamic-pituitary (HP) region, CCS exposed to HP radiation or CCS exposed to cranial (CIR), craniospinal (CSI), or total body irradiation (TBI). However, most of existi...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Aug 1; 103(8): 2794This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted by a US Endocrine Society Task Force in order to inform new guidelines on the management of childhood cancer survivors (CCS). The aim of this review was to evaluate the effects of GH therapy on final height, risk of diabetes mellitus, lipid abnormalities, met...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jul ;102 (7):2356-2363[Comments on 6.6, 6.7 and 6.8] These 3 papers deal with endocine pharmacological treatment of patients with GD.The first article by Chew et al. (6.6), from Australia, systematically reviews different pharmacolo...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Nov 1;105(11):dgaa563. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa563. PMID: 32818257.This manuscript describes an unusual case of a baby born with a homozygous Nkx2.2 mutation who developed severe neonatal diabetes mellitus and then on follow up went onto develop severe obesity characterized by marked hyperphagia.Nkx2.2 is an important transcription factor...

Abstract: FASEB J. 2019;33:4962–4974.In brief: Glucocorticoid-induced growth impairment is reverted by the mitochondrial peptide humanin in dexamethasone-treated mice without attenuation of anti-inflammatory effects.Comment: Humanin (HN) is a 24 aminoacid peptide that was originally discovered as a neuroprotective factor and later shown ...

To read the full abstract: Cell Metab. 2018, 27, 226-236Upon sustained cold exposure, white adipose tissue (WAT) can undergo substantial remodeling, characterized by the appearance of thermogenic brown-like or beige adipocytes. This “browning” of white fat depot also happens in humans and is associated with anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects. This is why WAT “browning&#...

Brief summary: This study used a Delphi approach to generate consensus guidelines for screening of asymptomatic childhood cancer survivors for thyroid dysfunction and recommendations for the management of abnormal thyroid screening results.A Delphi panel of 40 clinical experts (oncologists, endocrinologists, and primary care physicians) participated in three rounds of anonymous questionnaires, formatted as clinical scenarios. Consensus was defined by agr...

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2021; 118 (7) e2003926118https://bit.ly/35huXbaBy analysing data from Israeli health records, including millions of hormone blood tests, the authors find peaks during winter−spring in the circulating levels of all primary hormones involved in human growth, stress, metabolism and reproduction. By contrast, the pituitary-derived regulatory hormones peak in summer. This circannual c...

To read the full abstract: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019; 7(11): 855-865. PMID: 31542384A.Endogenous Cushing’s syndrome is a rare, serious endocrine condition characterized by chronic overproduction of cortisol (1). It is most often caused by a pituitary adenoma (i.e. Cushing’s disease), while other causes include ectopic ACTH secretion or primary adrenal neopl...