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ey0015.12-3 | New Mechanism | ESPEYB15

12.3 The rs7903146 Variant in the TCF7L2 Gene Increases the Risk of Prediabetes/Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Adolescents by Impairing beta-Cell Function and Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity

C Cropano , N Santoro , L Groop , C Dalla Man , C Cobelli , A Galderisi , R Kursawe , B Pierpont , M Goffredo , S Caprio

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care 2017;40:1082-1089Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) is a protein encoded by the TCF7L2 gene located on chromosome 10q25.2-q25.3 and is involved in the development of a wide variety of cell lineages and organs. The rs7903146 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org...

ey0018.10-8 | (1) | ESPEYB18

10.8. Absence of islet autoantibodies and modestly raised glucose values at diabetes diagnosis should Lead to testing for MODY: lessons from a 5-year pediatric Swedish National Cohort study

A Carlsson , M Shepherd , S Ellard , M Weedon , A Lernmark , G Forsander , K Colclough , Q Brahimi , C Valtonen-Andre , SA Ivarsson , H Elding Larsson , U Samuelsson , E Ortqvist , L Groop , J Ludvigsson , C Marcus , AT Hattersley

Diabetes Care. 2020; 43:82–89. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0747.It is often difficult to identify maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) in pediatric patients close to diabetes onset. Hence, misdiagnosis and unnecessary insulin treatment are still common.This study reports the discriminatory clinical features at diabetes onset in Swedish pediatric patients (age 1–18 y...