ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020 Oct 27;11:545638. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.545638. PMID: 33193079.Using human islets from CHI patients and islets from ABCC8 (SUR1) knockout mice, the authors tested several novel compounds to inhibit insulin over-secretion. These novel compounds targeted KATP channels as well as KATP indepe...

Cell Rep. 2021 Apr 13;35(2):108981. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108981. PMID: 33852861.Mutations in the promotor region of the insulin gene are associated with a subtype of neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM). These mutations lead to abnormal transcription of the insulin gene and do so by deleting the C1 and E1 cis regulatory elements, or three different single base-pair substitutions in ...

Nat Commun. 2021 Jun 7;12(1):3355. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23661-4.This study describes the interaction of individual genetic variation for autoimmune thyroid disease with risk of thyroid immune related adverse events (irAE) during or after immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment for advanced cancer.ICIs are monoclonal antibodies blocking T-cell exhaustion and...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106(3):814–825.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33236103/Here, the authors performed a randomized, 12-week, crossover study in order to assess cortisol metabolism during dual-release hydrocortisone (DR-HC) and conventional hydrocortisone (TID-HC) therapy in patients with primary adrenal insufficiency (n=50). Healthy controls (n=124) were i...

Diabetologia. 2019;62(12):2287–2297. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-04980-0This study identified different circulatory metabolite profiles in children who subsequently progress to T1D compared to children who progress to islet autoimmunity but not T1D, and antibody-negative control children.In addition to altered T cell immunity and autoantibody appearance, metaboli...

Int. J. Neonatal Screen 2020; 6: 76. doi: 10.3390/ijns6040076– CLAN (Caring and Living as Neighbours) is an Australian non-governmental organisation (NGO) committed to a rights-based approach to optimizing quality of life for children and young people living with CAH and other chronic health conditions in resource-limited settings– This paper used exploratory case study as a method t...

Epigenomics. 2021 Aug;13(15):1221-1230. doi: 10.2217/epi-2021-0096. PMID: 34337972.Brief Summary: This case cohort study assessed whether epigenetic factors explain the link between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and macrosomia. Epigenetic changes in the MEST gene were associated with both GDM and macrosomia.GDM leads to neonatal macrosomia and in the long-t...

N Engl J Med. 2021 Jul 8;385(2):189-191.Abstract: https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.kib.ki.se/34233101/In brief: This study retrospectively analysed a cohort of patients with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 and recurrent hypocalcemic seizures treated with continuous subcutaneous PTH (1-34) infusions using insulin pumps. Compared to conventional therapy, PTH (1-34)...

Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2022 Apr 15;546:111570. PMID: 35051551, doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2022.111570. Brief Summary: This report emphasizes the importance of screening for copy number variants (CNVs) using parallel genomic techniques for diagnosing unsolved cases of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) as well as other DSDs, where traditional sequencing techniques fail to detect a genetic...

T1DI Study Group. Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 21;13(1):1514. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35314671/Brief Summary: This study of 5 birth cohorts of individuals at high risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D) used machine learning methods to explore trajectories from autoantibodies appearance to T1D progression. They identified 11 distinct latent health states and individuals progressed according to one o...