ESPE Abstracts

Background: Cardiovascular disease is one of the most prominent causes of mortality world widely. A key related factor of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the presence of dyslipidemia. Together with elevated blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia is a component of metabolic syndrome and associated with an increasing incidence of coronary heart disease.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to investigate the co...

Background: Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is an autosomal recessive diseases.Objective and hypotheses: To explore the characterization of ATP8B1, ABCB11 and ABCB4 gene mutational spectrum in children from South China.Method: By using PCR combined with direct DNA sequencing for 32 patients.Results: Six patients were diagnosed as PFIC.Conclusion: Six novel mutations...

Background: IGF1R gene mutation usually cause IUGR. The children born with IUGR were prone to some kinds of brain function disorders.Objective and hypotheses: The dysfunction of the brain was caused by the abnormal oligodendrocyte development.To establish lentivirus vector of IGF1R gene mutation (R709Q) and transfect oligodendrocyte precursors (Ge6). Observe the IRS/MAPK and PI3K/Akt/PKB signaling pathway and the change of proliferation, differentiation,...

Background: The etiology of central precocious puberty (CPP) still remains unknown. The abnormal expression of Fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO)-mediated N6-methyladenosine (m6A) has been confirmed to play the crucial roles in CPP. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of FTO-mediated m6A modification of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on CPP with puberty onset.Methods: The qRT-PCR and immunofluorescence...

Key words: growth hormone defificiency，growth hormone, height，bone ageObjective: To evaluate the height and bone age (BA) of prepubertal growth hormone deficiency (GHD) children in the first year after long-term growth hormone treatment.Methods: According to the degree of bone age lag before treatment，36 prepubertal GHD children were divided into two groups&#xF...

Background: Hepatoblastoma is the most common malignant pediatric hepatic tumor virtually confined to infants and young children. Accompanied by raised levels of alpha fetoprotein (AFP)，rarely, the beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β hCG) levels may also be elevated, which can cause male peripheral precocious puberty (PPP).Objective: To report a case of HB presented with PPP with elevated serum AFP, β h...

Introduction: Cushing's syndrome(CS) is rare in the pediatric population, and the cause vary with age. Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) is one of the causes of CS, though it is a rare disorder. It has been proposed that in children with CS, PPNAD should be suspected. Here we report a young boy with CS due to PPNAD associated with a somatic mutation of the PRKACA.Case Presentation: The child w...

Objectives: To report a case of concomitance of diabetes mellitus, severe acanthosis nigricans, short stature in a 6-year boy.Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of a patient with diabetes, acanthosis nigricans and short stature followed at the Departments of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Fudan University. This rare case was undergoing whole exome sequencing....

Objective: To investigate the etiology and clinical features of Chinese children with PAI.Method: 427 children (age 0–18 years) with PAI followed at our institution between September 1989 and March 2016 were studied.Results: 1. 228 males and 199 female (1.14:1) were included. Median age at diagnosis was 1.66 (10th–90th, 0.06~8.73 yrs.2. An identified diagnosis(clinical or genetic) was obtained in 93...

Objectives: To explore the clinical value of common pathogenic gene detection in the diagnosis and treatment in hyperglycemia infants and children.Subjects and Methods: Subjects were in-patients with hyperglycemia, age of onset before 1 year-old, or insulin antibody negative and with family history of diabetes. Gene sequencing for ABCC8, KCNJ11, INS and GCK were performed and potential mutations were analyzed. The pati...