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ey0017.4-7 | New perspectives | ESPEYB17

4.7. Circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 is positively associated with growth and cognition in 6- to 9-year-old schoolchildren from Ghana

B Grenov , A Larnkjaer , R Lee , A Serena , C Molgaard , KF Michaelsen , MJ Manary

To read the full abstract: J Nutr. 2020 Jun1;150(6):1405–1412.There is increasing evidence that dairy milk positively affects linear growth, weight and body composition in children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (1)(2). This effect of milk on growth has been proposed to be mediated by IGF-I (2), (3). The aim of this double-blinded, controlled trial was to evaluate the effect of milk supplements on circulating IGF-I and to...

ey0016.11-6 | Tracking, Programming, and Epigenetics | ESPEYB16

11.6. Adipose tissue mitochondrial dysfunction in human obesity is linked to a specific DNA methylation signature in adipose-derived stem cells

M Ejarque , V Ceperuelo-Mallafre , C Serena , E Maymo-Masip , X Duran , A Diaz-Ramos , M Millan-Scheiding , Y Nunez-Alvarez , C Nunez-Roa , P Gama , PM Garcia-Roves , MA Peinado , JM Gimble , A Zorzano , J Vendrell , S Fernandez-Veledo

To read the full abstract: Int J Obes (Lond). 2019;43(6):1256–1268This epigenome-wide association study in stromal/stem cells (ASCs), derived from subcutaneous adipose tissue samples of lean and obese subjects, revealed a specific DNA methylation signature in adipocyte precursors associated with obesity, which has a significant impact on the metabolic phenotype and the mitochondrial...