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ey0015.15-13 | The importance of being earnest about diurnal variation | ESPEYB15

15.13 A Transcriptional Circuit Filters Oscillating Circadian Hormonal Inputs to Regulate Fat Cell Differentiation

Z Bahrami-Nejad , ML Zhao , S Tholen , D Hunerdosse , KE Tkach , S van Schie , M Chung , MN Teruel

To read the full abstract: Cell Metabolism 2018;27:854-868. e8People gain weight due to treatment with glucocorticoid (GC) drugs, but also in chronic stress and disrupted circadian rhythms. We now learn that fat-cell maturation increases if the trough in exposure to GC lasts less than 12 hours. A long pulse of glucocorticoids lasting 48 hours led most of the cells to differentiate under the ...

ey0020.2-10 | Long-Acting Growth Hormone (LAGH) | ESPEYB20

2.10. Long-acting PEGylated growth hormone in children with idiopathic short stature

X Luo , S Zhao , Y Yang , G Dong , L Chen , P Li , F Luo , C Gong , Z Xu , X Xu , H Gong , H Du , L Hou , Y Zhong , Q Shi , X Chen , X Chen , L Xu , R Cheng , C Su , Y Ma , L Xu , L Zhang , H Lu

Brief summary: This randomized, multicenter, controlled, phase II study compared the effects of high-dose (HD) once-weekly PEGylated-recombinant human growth hormone (PEG-rhGH) to low-dose (LD) and to an untreated control group of children with idiopathic short stature (ISS) over a period of 52 weeks. PEG-rhGH was effective in increasing height gain in a dose dependent manner with both doses being well tolerated during the observation period.PEG-rhGH is ...