ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Cell 2019;177 (3):59–-607.e9. PMID 31002796.A recent GWAS showed that the heritability of thinness was comparable to that of obesity (1). Some loci showed effects across the entire BMI distribution. This is also true for variants in MC4R. The present study analyzed data on ˜0.5 million people from UK Biobank, with a focus on 61 nonsynonymous var...

To read the full abstract: J Med Genet. 2018;55:693–700.This genetic study identified, by whole exome sequencing, mutations in the insulin receptor substrate 4 gene (IRS4) in 5 families with isolated central congenital hypothyroidism. Thus, the authors add a fifth genetic cause of isolated congenital hypothyroidism to the previously known genes: TSHB, TRHR, IGSF1, ...

Nat Commun. 2018 Dec 14;9(1):5319.doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07784-9. PubMed [citation] PMID: 30552336Initial steps in the sex determination of the (human) testis depend on SRY regulating SOX9, but the exact mechanism that controls SOX9 expression remains unknown. These authors discovered four overlapping copy number variations (CNVs) upstr...

To read the full abstract: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Oct; 53 (10):1278Early cardiovascular disease is relatively common among childhood cancer survivors (CCS). A high risk of accelerated atherosclerosis and a 8.2-fold higher cardiac mortality rate have been reported (1). Arterial stiffness, an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in adults, seems to incre...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2018;19:1471–1480It has been debated whether or not new technologies, in particular the combination of insulin pumps and continuous glucose testing, will improve patient satisfaction and quality of life rather than only metabolic control and risk of microvascular complications. Indeed, the use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2018;19:749–755.Disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) may lead to full blown eating disorders and these might impair patients’ adherence to chronic disease management. Both type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and celiac disease (CD) are associated with DEBs. Adolescents with T1D and eating disorders have worse metabolic control and a higher...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2018 May;19(3):388-392Mutations in FOXP3 are associated with a severe, early-onset, autoimmunity syndrome known in males known as IPEX (immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked; OMIM [Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man] 304930). The gene maps to chromosome Xp11.23 and encodes a 431–amino acid protein, also named &#8216...

To read the full abstract: Sci Rep 2017; 22(7):12225The GH/IGF1 axis has historically been considered the most relevant regulator of growth. However, defects in the GH/IGF1 axis can be identified only in a minority of children with short stature. Human growth is dependent on chondrocyte proliferation and hypertrophy as well as structure and function of extracellular matrix in the gro...

To read the full abstract: J Bone Miner Res 2018;33(7):1260-1271Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is characterized by early-onset skeletal fragility, often short stature, blue sclerae and some other features. OI is caused by mutations in the two genes encoding type I collagen, namely COL1A1 and COL1A2. Some previous reports have indicated that when the mutation involves the C-propeptide cleavage site in e...

To read the full abstract: Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2018 May 16[Comments on 6.19 and 6.20] These two publications, a review and a consensus statement, are especially useful in the clinical care for individuals with disorders affecting the sex development, albeit in different ways. Since the Chicago consensus in 2005, the knowledge of the ...