ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Int J Obes 2019; 43(2): 384–91Studies regarding brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity in children are scarce due to the difficulties in detecting BAT by imaging and the need for elaborate techniques to measure BAT activity. Here, prepubertal children born small for gestational age (SGA, n=41) and children born appropriate for gestational age (AGA, <...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jan 1;105(1):dgz101.The aim of this prospective longitudinal study of 521 healthy children (8.8 ± 0.1) was to evaluate the correlation of circulating IGF-I levels with metabolic and cardiovascular parameters and the potential interaction with the Calcium-Phosphorus product (Ca&ast;P). 158 subjects were re-evaluated after a follow-up of 5 years. Baseline IGF-I and IGF-I/IGFBP-3 molar r...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020;105(2):dgaa465. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa465. PMID: 32685970This study aimed to identify potential (epi)genetic causes of short stature in 20 SGA children (13 boys; 7 girls) treated with rhGH. Exome sequencing, single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array (both performed in the whole cohort) and genome-wide methylation analysis (performed in a random subset of 10 ...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jul 1;102(7):2584-2594Maternal obesity and nutrient excess in utero increase the risk of future metabolic diseases. The mechanisms underlying this process are poorly understood, but probably include genetic, epigenetic alterations and changes in fetal nutrient supply. Placenta, and particularly amniotic fluid, is the in utero ...