ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: J Endocrinol Invest. 2020 Feb;43(2):209–217. giulia.rodari@unimi.itGrowth hormone deficiency (GHD) is the most common endocrine late effect in children with tumours involving the hypothalamus-pituitary (HP) area or exposed to cranial, craniospinal or total body radiotherapy (RT). The location of brain tumours in continuity with the sellar/suprasellar area and HP radiatio...

A selection of papers with high impact challenging current knowledge and practice in pediatric thyroidology were published during the last year. On the molecular level, the proof of intracellular compartmentalization of the TSH/TSHR signaling cascade changes our view on TSH/TSHR signaling adding an new level of regulation. On the hormonal level, the fact that thyroid hormones regulate cardiac function and metabolic activity mainly by a noncanonical thyroid hormone receptor ind...

To read the full abstract: J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017;123:1101-1109IGF-1 is a major regulator of growth plate chondrocyte proliferation. While knockout studies reveal substantial impact from both systemic as well from locally-derived IGF-1, transport and distribution patterns within the growth plate remain unknown. Theoretical approaches have been developed to understand the distributio...

Sex Dev. 2021;15(5-6):392-410. PMID: 34634785, doi: 10.1159/000519238. Brief Summary: This review summarizes how non-coding genomic variants are identified and validated, and why non-coding defects found in DSD patients have to be considered when investigating the genetic etiology of DSD.Accurate genetic diagnosis of 46,XY DSD patients remains crucial for early treatment and ...

To read the full abstract: Front. Endocrinol. 2020; 11:106. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00106• The authors assessed the relationship between markers of a stressful environment and final height in adult men and women in 71 countries (including 31 countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD]).• They found that the more stressful the e...

Brief summary: The authors assessed the relationship between markers of a stressful environment and final height in adult men and women in 71 countries (including 31 countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD]). They found that the more stressful the environment, the shorter the adult height. By order of decreasing importance, the relationship between markers of a stressful environment and height were income inequality > ...

Nat Rev Cardiol. 2022, 19(8):543-554. doi: 10.1038/s41569-021-00647-9This review discusses the role of apo-lipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins (commonly estimated by LDL cholesterol) in the process of atherosclerosis throughout the life-course. The authors comprehensively describe the development of atherosclerosis according to the response-to-retention hypothesis, and they presen...

To read the full abstract: Sci Rep 2017;7:10722This paper elegantly describes how precise quantification of ingested radioactive iodine in the Japanese population was measured after the Fukushima catastrophe. The mainstay of such a detailed analysis by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare was the sequential quantification and documentation of all sources of radioactive iodine in...

Eur J Prev Cardiol 2022;29(5):758-65. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwab152Brief Summary: This retrospective study identified an association between high maternal cholesterol levels during pregnancy with more severe heart attacks in young adult offspring.Comment: During pregnancy, physiological increases in total cholesterol and triglyceride (TG) levels occur due to increases in i...

In Brief: Clinical symptoms of Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) and related disorders present during late childhood and adulthood. This study found that newborns with this group of conditions require specific care at birth due to increased risk of neonatal complications.Commentary: Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) and related disorders, newly referred to as inactivating PTH/PTHrP signalling disorders (iPPSD), are rare endocrine diseases. Their many clinical ...