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ey0019.15-7 | New Hormones | ESPEYB19

15.7. A nutrient-specific gut hormone arbitrates between courtship and feeding

HH Lin , MC Kuang , I Hossain , Y Xuan , L Beebe , AK Shepherd , M Rolandi , JW Wang

Nature. 2022;602(7898):632-8. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04408-7.PubMed ID: 35140404Brief summary: This study in the fruit-fly, Drosophila melanogaster, identified a novel gut-derived, nutrient-specific neuropeptide hormone, ‘Diuretic hormone 31’ (Dh31), which triggers the insects to switch their behaviour from feeding to courtship and reproduction.Romantic di...

ey0016.2-10 | Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Neonatal and Long-term Consequences | ESPEYB16

2.10. Association of gestational diabetes with maternal disorders of glucose metabolism and childhood adiposity

WL Jr Lowe , DM Scholtens , LP Lowe , A Kuang , M Nodzenski , O Talbot , PM Catalano , B Linder , WJ Brickman , P Clayton , C Deerochanawong , J Hamilton , JL Josefson , M Lashley , JM Lawrence , Y Lebenthal , R Ma , M Maresh , D McCance , WH Tam , DA Sacks , AR Dyer , BE Metzger , Follow-up Study Cooperative Research Group HAPO

JAMA. 2018 Sep 11;320(10):1005–1016. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.11628.The aims of this study were to assess whether in utero exposure to untreated gestational diabetes (using the IADPSG criteria) is associated with long-term risk of a disorder of glucose metabolism among mothers and greater adiposity among their children at 10 to 14 years post-partum.The Hyperglycem...