ESPE Abstracts

Objective: Dyslipidemia is a disease characterized by a genetic or multifactorial disorder of lipid and/or lipoprotein metabolism. Childhood dyslipidemia is a rare genetic metabolic disease that can cause serious cardiovascular disease and seriously endanger children's health.Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 10 patients with dyslipidemia who were admitted to the Department of Endocrinology, C...

Background: Rathke’s cleft cysts (RCC) are benign, epithelial lined cystic remnants of the craniopharyngeal duct, and are a common radiological differential for lesions involving the sellar and sellar/suprasellar region. RCC are not very common in children.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the clinical characteristics of RCC in children.Method: A retrospective analysis was conducted in 24 patients with RCCs diagnosed be...

Objective: Excessive exposure to glucocorticoids (GCs) during gestation period not only causes fetal growth retardation but also increases the risk of adult metabolic diseases. 11 Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD2) is a kind of glucocorticoid metabolic enzymes, which plays a role to the placental GCs barrier during gestation period. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect and mechanism of sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling on regulation the expression of...

Keywords: Prader-Willi syndrome; Gut microbiota; Insulin sensitivity; Metagenomics sequencing; Obesity.Aim: Obesity is the main driving factor for comorbidities in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) patients due to overeating behaviors. The gut microbiota has been implicated in the aetiology of obesity and associated comorbidities. The purpose of the present study is to characterize the fecal microbiota in Chinese patients with...