ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

J Clin Invest. 2021 Sep 15;131(18):e144847. doi: 10.1172/JCI144847. PMID: 34237031Brief Summary: This retrospective analysis of clinical, pathologic, and genetic characteristics of n=106 children with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DCT) showed that fusion oncogene associated papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is more frequent in young children and is associated with larger tumors, extrathyroidal ...

To read the full abstract: J Bone Miner Res. 2020;35(2):248–260.In brief: This randomized open-label trial in oligoamenorrheic athletes evaluated the effects of transdermal estrogen, oral estrogen or no replacement on bone metabolism, geometry, and microarchitecture. Transdermal estrogen treatment resulted in significantly greater increases in volumetric bone mineral d...

To read the full abstract: Science 2019;365:eaat9351.As in humans, weight gain in mice leads to fatty liver disease, inflammatory adipose tissue, and insulin resistance. The depletion of the microbiota through antibiotic treatment rescued this weight gain. The cohousing of T-Myd88–/– mice transferred the weight gain to wild-type mice. The major feature of the microbiota formed within T-Myd88–/– mice was a reduction in Clostri...

Transl Psychiatry. 2022; 12(1): 109. PMID: 35296634 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35296634/Brief Summary: This mouse study identified sex and genotype-dependent effects of oral corticosterone on behavioral and physiological outcomes as well as on gene expression and epigenetics in hippocampal subregions.Glucocorticoids exert their effects by binding to glucocorticoid...