ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0017.10-8 | (1) | ESPEYB17

10.8. An anti-CD3 antibody, teplizumab, in relatives at risk for type 1 diabetes

KC Herold , BN Bundy , SA Long , JA Bluestone , LA DiMeglio , MJ Dufort , SE Gitelman , PA Gottlieb , JP Krischer , PS Linsley , JB Marks , W Moore , A Moran , H Rodriguez , WE Russell , D Schatz , JS Skyler , E Tsalikian , DK Wherrett , AG Ziegler , CJ Greenbaum , Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Study Group

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2019 Aug 15;381(7):603–613. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa 1902226.Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune disease that leads to destruction of insulin producing beta cells, which leaves the patient dependent on exogenous insulin for survival. Some interventions have delayed the loss of insulin production in T1DM, but interventions to prevent clinic...

ey0016.8-3 | New Mechanisms | ESPEYB16

8.3. Steroidogenic differentiation and PKA signaling are programmed by histone methyltransferase EZH2 in the adrenal cortex

M Mathieu , C Drelon , S Rodriguez , H Tabbal , A Septier , C Damon-Soubeyrand , T Dumontet , A Berthon , I Sahut-Barnola , C Djari , M Batisse-Lignier , JC Pointud , D Richard , G Kerdivel , MA Calmejane , V Boeva , I Tauveron , AM Lefrancois-Martinez , A Martinez , P Val

To read the full abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2018; 115(52): E12265–E12274.The adrenal cortex plays a central role in regulating body homeostasis through the production of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids that control many important physiologic functions, such as metabolism, inflammation and arterial blood pressure. The production of these hormones, known as steroid...