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ey0019.5-13 | Translational highlights | ESPEYB19

5.13. C-type natriuretic peptide-induced PKA activation promotes endochondral bone formation in hypertrophic chondrocytes

K Hirota , T Hirashima , K Horikawa , A Yasoda , M Matsuda

Endocrinology 163, bqac005. (2022).Abstract: https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov/35041746/In Brief: C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is known to stimulate enchondral bone formation, but the distinct cellular pathways and cellular targets are unclear. This study used in vivo and in vitro biosensor systems to identify cGMP-induced activation of PKA as a major effect of CNP with growth promoting e...

ey0019.8-14 | Reviews | ESPEYB19

8.14. Should Dehydroepiandrosterone be administered to women?

ME Wierman , K Kiseljak-Vassiliades

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022; 107(6): 1679-1685. PMID: 35254428https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35254428/Brief Summary: This review summarizes the evidence on the potential benefits and risks of androgen prohormones, such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), in normal women and those with DHEA-deficient states.Physiologically, the concentrations of DHEA and DHEAS increase...

ey0019.9-5 | Adrenal function after cancer treatment | ESPEYB19

9.5. Adrenocortical function in children with brain tumors and pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients

K Shah , JW Boyd , JR Broussard , K Ginn , R Rahmetulla , K Hurst , RK Goyal

rakeshkgyl@gmail.com J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2022; 44: e469-e473. PMID: 34054040.Brief Summary: This monocentric, retrospective study investigated adrenal insufficiency (AI) prevalence in a large group of children with brain tumors (BT, 398 patients) and children treated with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT, 268 patients). AI was diagnosed in 14 BT patients (27.4% of the 51 tested) and 14 HCT re...

ey0017.2-15 | Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Neonatal and Long-term Consequences | ESPEYB17

2.15. Efficacy of fish oil and/or probiotic intervention on the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus in an at-risk group of overweight and obese women: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial

O Pellonpera , K Mokkala , N Houttu , T Vahlberg , E Koivuniemi , K Tertti , T Ronnemaa , K Laitinen

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2019 Jun;42(6):1009–1017. PMID: 30967436Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing in incidence, affecting approximately 14% of pregnancies. Preventing GDM may significantly improve outcome for both mothers and offspring. The pathogenesis of GDM involves insulin resistance, pancreatic beta-cell failure and an increase in inflamm...

ey0015.15-14 | Memories that persist into adulthood | ESPEYB15

15.14 Epigenetic modulation of Fgf21 in the perinatal mouse liver ameliorates diet-induced obesity in adulthood

X Yuan , K Tsujimoto , K Hashimoto , K Kawahori , N Hanzawa , M Hamaguchi , T Seki , M Nawa , T Ehara , Y Kitamura

To read the full abstract: Nature Communications 2018;9:636We know that good nutrition early in life has profound and long-lasting effects on body weight in later life. Malnutrition during pregnancy or infant formula feeding may be stored on the offspring genome as epigenetic memory and persist into adulthood, thereby influencing the susceptibility to metabolic diseases, such as obes...

ey0015.15-15 | How dangerous is Bisphenol A really? | ESPEYB15

15.15 FDA Statement from Foods and Veterinary Medicine, on National Toxicology Program draft report on Bisphenol A

X Yuan , K Tsujimoto , K Hashimoto , K Kawahori , N Hanzawa , M Hamaguchi , T Seki , M Nawa , T Ehara , Y Kitamura

To read the full report: https://www.fda.gov/NewsEventsThe report, issued by the U.S. National Toxicological Program (NTP), presents the initial results of a multimillion dollar study conducted for more than 5 years by scientists at FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research. It looked at the effects of different doses of BPA evaluating chronic and e...

ey0019.2-20 | Maternal Obesity and Long-term Infant Consequences | ESPEYB19

2.20. Obesity class impacts adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes independent of diabetes

K Neal , S Ullah , SJ Glastras

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 Mar 24;13:832678. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.832678. PMID: 35399939.Brief Summary: This retrospective case note study assessed the impact of different classes of obesity on maternal and neonatal outcomes. Higher classes of maternal obesity were associated with increased rates of caesarean section, GDM and gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia.<p class...

ey0019.14 | Christa Flück and Ken Ong | ESPEYB19

14. The Year in Science & Medicine

Fluck Christa E. , Ong Ken K.

Preface: A PubMed search for “Medicine and Science” limited to the last 12 months will return 303 153 hits, and if filtered for reviews 38 153. These numbers change to 802 and 127, respectively, when the search is performed with the term “Science and Medicine”. This shows that it is exceedingly difficult to search for “the” most important articles to provide in this chapter. Thus we have taken a different approach, by asking members of the team of...