ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Nature Metabolism. 2020;2(2):192–209. doi: 10.1038/s42255-020-0171-3.This experimental mouse study examined whether or not dedifferentiated β cells could be reversed or targeted by pharmacological intervention for diabetes remission. They identified evidence for β-cell dedifferentiation and dysfunction which could be reversed by single and combined pharmacological approach...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jul 1;105(7):dgaa247. 10.1210/clinem/dgaa247. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32407531/Based on a structured summary of a case series of 43 well-defined patients, these authors propose for regular screening and preventive examinations in ROHHAD patients and list the therapeutic options. Although these recommendat...

Obesity (Silver Spring) 2020 Aug;28(8):1512–1518. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32935936/These authors analysed a cohort of n=399 overweight and obese children (age 2–12 years), who underwent a 1-year lifestyle intervention, to test whether possible alternatives to the BMI z-score (%BMIp95, %BMIp50, BMImz) might correlate better with changes in % total body fat (%BF) a...

BMJ. 2020 Dec 10;371:m4337. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4337.In brief: Owners of dogs which have with diabetes are more likely to develop T2DM themselves than owners of dogs without diabetes. The underlying mechanisms might include shared diabetogenic health behaviours and environmental exposures. No shared risk of diabetes was found between cat owners and their cats.Co...

Heart. 2020 Nov 23:heartjnl-2020-317802. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317802. PMID: 33234670.In brief: This parallel-arm trial randomly assigned 294 adults with abdominal obesity/dyslipidemia to 1 of 3 dietary guidelines: healthy diet; Mediterranean diet; or ‘green Mediterranean’ diet. All groups received physical activity guidelines. Weight loss was higher in the two...

Front Endocrinol 2021; 12:624507. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.624507– This systematic review identified 41 Chinese studies totalling 7,853,756 newborns who underwent neonatal CAH screening– The overall incidence of CAH in China was 1/23,024 (95% CI, 1/25,757 to 1/20,815)– Among the CAH patients, the Male:Female ratio was 1.92:1, and 76% presented with salt wasting<p class=...

JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(3):e214117. https://bit.ly/3zopFZ4This prospective observational cohort study (n=4638) measured vitamin D level in the year before undergoing COVID-19 testing. The risk of a positive COVID-19 test in Black, but not White, individuals was 2.64-fold higher if vitamin D level was 30–40 ng/ml compared to > 40 ng/ml.Vitamin D may improve immune functi...

Human Reproduction, 2021; 36(7): 1948–1958https://bit.ly/3vtcByFThis cross-sectional study shows that men who had been exposed in utero to endocrine disruptors (EDC) are twice more likely to have a low sperm count, below the reference values per ejaculation set by the World Health Organisation.Male reproductive function is known to be highly sensitive to a number of chemical compou...

Hormone Research in Paediatrics 2020;93:548–557https://bit.ly/2ToJvmvThe authors studied 2,657 German children aged 5-18 years to look for social patterning in the age at puberty timing and circulating gonadotrophin levels. Lower socio-economic status (SES) was associated with earlier thelarche, longer duration of puberty, and overweight in girls, but not age at menarche. In boys, lower SES showed a tren...

Hum Genet. 2021 Nov;140(11):1553-1562. doi: 10.1007/s00439-021-02259-2.Brief Summary: This paper describes 5 related Karelian Bear Dogs (KBDs) with a canine hypopituitarism phenotype. Genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) and next-generation sequencing revealed a homozygous candidate gene defect in POU1F1. The study thus presents a novel animal model for human hypopituitarism.</...