ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0015.13-9 | Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Resource-Limited Settings | ESPEYB15

13.9 Type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults

N Lascar , J Brown , H Pattison , AH Barnett , CL Bailey , S Bellary

To read the full abstract: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2018; 6:69-80The prevalence of T2DM in youth is increasing dramatically worldwide, but the bulk of the increase is expected to take place in Africa, South East Asia and South America. Although genetic factors may seem to be the obvious reason for such geographical differences, a careful analysis of the existing literature suggests that...

ey0015.2-2 | International consensus on Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome | ESPEYB15

International consensus on Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome

F Brioude , JM Kalish , A Mussa , AC Foster , J Bliek , GB Ferrero , SE Boonen , T Cole , R Baker , M Bertoletti , G Cocchi , C Coze , M De Pellegrin , K Hussain , A Ibrahim , MD Kilby , M Krajewska-Walasek , CP Kratz , EJ Ladusans , P Lapunzina , Y Le Bouc , SM Maas , F Macdonald , K Õunap , L Peruzzi , S Rossignol , S Russo , C Shipster , A Skórka , Tatton-Brown , J Tenorio , C Tortora , K Grønskov , I Netchine , RC Hennekam , D Prawitt , Z Tümer , T Eggermann , DJG Mackay , A Riccio , ER Maher

To read the full abstract: Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2018 Apr;14(4):229-249Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a growth disorder characterized by neonatal hypoglycemia, macrosomia, macroglossia, hemihyperplasia, omphalocele, embryonal tumors (e.g., Wilms tumor, hepatoblastoma, neuroblastoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma), visceromegaly, adrenocortical cytomegaly, renal abnormalities (e.g., medullary dysplas...

ey0015.14-14 | Reliable evidence on mouse knock-outs | ESPEYB15

14.14 Disease model discovery from 3,328 gene knockouts by The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium

TF Meehan , N Conte , DB West , JO Jacobsen , J Mason , J Warren , CK Chen , I Tudose , M Relac , P Matthews , N Karp , L Santos , T Fiegel , N Ring , H Westerberg , S Greenaway , D Sneddon , H Morgan , GF Codner , ME Stewart , J Brown , N Horner , C International Mouse Phenotyping , M Haendel , N Washington , CJ Mungall , CL Reynolds , J Gallegos , V Gailus-Durner , T Sorg , G Pavlovic , LR Bower , M Moore , I Morse , X Gao , GP Tocchini-Valentini , Y Obata , SY Cho , JK Seong , J Seavitt , AL Beaudet , ME Dickinson , Y Herault , W Wurst , MH de Angelis , KCK Lloyd , AM Flenniken , LMJ Nutter , S Newbigging , C McKerlie , MJ Justice , SA Murray , KL Svenson , RE Braun , JK White , A Bradley , P Flicek , S Wells , WC Skarnes , DJ Adams , H Parkinson , AM Mallon , SDM Brown , D Smedley

To read the full abstract: Nat Genet 2017;49:1231-1238This large international initiative is a major collaboration across 25 research institutes that was set up as part of the scientific community’s response to concerns regarding the notoriously poor reproducibility of scientific research. Up to now, many mouse gene knock-outs have been made and reported, but inconsistency between finding...