ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2019 Jul;104(4):F353–F359. PMID:30232094.In preterm and in the very low birthweight infants, hyperglycaemia is associated with increased risks of mortality, brain injury, retinopathy of prematurity and worse neurodevelopmental outcomes (1). Treatment of hyperglycaemia with continuous insulin infusion leads to increas...

To read the full abstract: Diabetologia. 2020 Feb;63(2):324–337. PMID:31773193Maternal obesity is a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes in the offspring. Exposure to maternal obesity alters pancreatic islet structure and function, including reduced beta-cell mass and impaired glucose stimulated insulin secretion, which both increase susceptibility to type 2 diab...

To read the full abstract: PLoS Genet. 2020;16:e1008770.Præstholm et al. quantified by a genomics approach histone H3 acetylation – an epigenetic mark for DNase accessible chromatin – at thyroid hormone target gene enhancers to challenge the current model of genome binding action of T3 (type 1 action of thyroid hormone receptors (TR)) [1]. For this, they investigated genome-wide the liver of WT mice at hypothyroid and hyp...

To read the full abstract: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019, Jun; 104: 228–37. doi: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306453018312307?via%3DihubThe effect of sex hormones on long-term regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis was studied in 25 transgender individuals (10 trans-female) at baseline and after 3 months ...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019; 104(12): 6148–6154. PMID: 31393570.Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency has an incidence of 1 in 10 000 to 20 000 in most populations. It is one of the most common monogenic autosomal recessive disorders (1). It has been suggested that the condition is common because it may confe...

To read the full abstract: Clin Epigenetics. 2020; 12: 55. PMID: 32264940.A large body of evidence has documented the long-term consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on social and health outcomes in later life (1). However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Epigenetic mechanisms may explain the lasting effects of early life adversity (2</stron...

To read the full abstract: Cereb Cortex. 2020; 30(5): 2777–2788. PMID: 31819952.Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), most commonly caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency, is an autosomal recessively inherited life-threatening impairment in cortisol and, in the severe salt wasting form, aldosterone synthesis. The implementation of neonatal screening programs for CAH and the continuous imp...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Mar;21(2):319–327. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12971. Epub 2020 Jan 3. PMID: 31885123Dissatisfaction with technologies, discontinuation of use and inappropriate adjustments of insulin pump settings pose important areas of concern in adolescents using diabetes technologies. This study searched for predictors of hybrid closed loop (HCL) discontinuation...

To read the full abstract: Elife 2019;8:e43999.Two populations of Kisspeptin neurons are described in the hypothalamus. One population is located in the rostral part of the hypothalamus (the anteroventral periventricular nucleus, AVPV); the other is in the arcuate nucleus (ARC). The major difference between these populations is the opposing effects of 17b-estradiol (E2) on Kiss1...

To read the full abstract: Nat Commun. 2018;9:4455.Here, the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date on thyroid function and dysfunction, in 72,167 individuals testing 8 million genetic variants, substantially increased the number of loci that are involved in the regulation of thyroid function. It provides functional evidence that two newly identified genes are involved in t...