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ey0015.10-24 | Therapy and interventions | ESPEYB15

10.24 Management of T1DM with a very low-carbohydrate diet

BS Lennerz , A Barton , RK Bernstein , RD Dikeman , C Diulus , S Hallberg , ET Rhodes , CB Ebbeling , EC Westman , WS Yancy Jr , DS Ludwig

To read the full abstract: Pediatrics. 2018;14. pii: e20173349On social media, parents of children with T1DM can find several sources that recommend ‘low carb diets’. Especially on lay community websites, such diets are recommended to eliminate blood glucose spikes and improve metabolic control. On the other hand, parents should be aware that the risk for hypoglycemia and especially ...

ey0019.14-7 | Steroidogenesis and beyond | ESPEYB19

14.7. Placental uptake and metabolism of 25(OH)vitamin D determine its activity within the fetoplacental unit

B Ashley , C Simner , A Manousopoulou , C Jenkinson , F Hey , JM Frost , FI Rezwan , CH White , EM Lofthouse , E Hyde , LDF Cooke , S Barton , P Mahon , EM Curtis , RJ Moon , SR Crozier , HM Inskip , KM Godfrey , JW Holloway , C Cooper , KS Jones , RM Lewis , M Hewison , SDD Garbis , MR Branco , NC Harvey , JK Cleal

eLife 2022;11:e71094 doi: 10.7554/eLife.71094Brief summary: Using placental perfusion, placental fragment culture and primary term human cytotrophoblast culture experiments, the authors signify the relationship between maternal vitamin D, placental vitamin D metabolism and fetal vitamin D exposure.In this study, the uptake of radio-labelled vitamin D (13C-25(OH)D...

ey0016.4-6 | Clinical Trials | ESPEYB16

4.6. rhIGF-1/rhIGFBP-3 in preterm Infants: A phase 2 randomized controlled trial

D Ley , B Hallberg , I Hansen-Pupp , C Dani , LA Ramenghi , N Marlow , K Beardsall , F Bhatti , D Dunger , JD Higginson , A Mahaveer , OJ Mezu-Ndubuisi , P Reynolds , C Giannantonio , M van Weissenbruch , N Barton , A Tocoian , M Hamdani , E Jochim , A Mangili , JK Chung , MA Turner , LEH Smith , A Hellstrom

To read the full abstract: J Pediatr. 2019;206:56–65.e8.IGF-I plays a key role in fetal growth and development [1]. IGF-I exerts pleiotropic effects including cell proliferation, survival and differentiation, but also influencing metabolism and angiogenesis.Very preterm newborns show a rapid decline serum IGF-I concentrations that remain low for the first week...

ey0017.14-8 | (1) | ESPEYB17

14.8. Patient-customized oligonucleotide therapy for a rare genetic disease

J Kim , C Hu , C Moufawad El Achkar , LE Black , J Douville , A Larson , MK Pendergast , SF Goldkind , EA Lee , A Kuniholm , A Soucy , J Vaze , NR Belur , K Fredriksen , I Stojkovska , A Tsytsykova , M Armant , RL DiDonato , J Choi , L Cornelissen , LM Pereira , EF Augustine , CA Genetti , K Dies , B Barton , L Williams , BD Goodlett , BL Riley , A Pasternak , ER Berry , KA Pflock , S Chu , C Reed , K Tyndall , PB Agrawal , AH Beggs , PE Grant , DK Urion , RO Snyder , SE Waisbren , A Poduri , PJ Park , A Patterson , A Biffi , JR Mazzulli , O Bodamer , CB Berde , TW. Yu

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2019 Oct 24;381(17):1644-1652. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1813279.This remarkable case report - by authors from Boston Children’s Hospital and funded by Mila’s Miracle Foundation - describes the development and use of a patient-customised antisense oligonucleotide drug that was tailored specifically against the unique DNA sequence mutation in a 6-ye...