{"title":"Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000543580","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000543580","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"368"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143536954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current and Future Strategies in Insulin Development and Treatment.","authors":"Jantje Weiskorn, Banshi Saboo, Thomas Danne","doi":"10.1159/000540424","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000540424","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Recent advances in insulin research open new avenues for treatment, both, for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. In developed countries, standardized \"ultra-rapid-acting insulins\" are now also used in addition to rapid-acting insulins. First- and second-generation basal analogs are available. Third-generation basal analogs, which only need to be applied once a week, are in the pipeline.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Second-generation \"ultra-rapid-acting insulins\" insulins with faster onset and offset of action may be particularly useful for multiple daily injections and automated insulin delivery systems. An improved time-action profile of bolus insulin would be able to cover the rapid increase in glucose after meals with a rapid fall thereafter to avoid postprandial hypoglycemia. The third-generation basal insulins allowing once-weekly dosing made major steps toward becoming a clinical reality. However, issues with insulin affordability and availability remain problematic even in more affluent countries. Biosimilar insulins products can provide people with additional safe, high-quality, and potentially cost-effective options for treating diabetes. Particularly in low-middle income countries insulin therapy is facing issues not only of access but also storage, lack of diabetes education, and stigma.</p><p><strong>Key message: </strong>With the new bolus insulins, the physiological insulin secretion pattern can be mimicked better and better and hypoglycemia can be avoided. With the ever longer pharmacokinetic action profiles of the basal analogs, the injection frequency is reduced, which leads to better adherence and quality of life, but these insulins are not available for everyone who needs it worldwide.</p>","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"396-404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141758409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Novel Pathogenic Variant in Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 outside the Furin-Recognizing RXXR Motif in an Autosomal Dominant Hypophosphatemic Rickets Patient.","authors":"Hiroyuki Tanaka, Mayuko Tamura, Mirai Muto, Yuka Kinoshita, Nobuaki Ito, Akira Oka, Sachiko Kitanaka","doi":"10.1159/000538388","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000538388","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets (ADHR) is caused by pathogenic variants in the fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) gene, which plays a key role in the regulation of phosphorus metabolism. FGF23 has the RXXR motif recognized by furin, leading to cleavage between R179 and S180 and thereby inactivating the protein's function. Previously reported variants in FGF23 causing ADHR occurred only affecting residues R176 or R179, which are located in the RXXR motif, leading to impaired cleavage. Impairment of protein cleavage increases bioactive FGF23 levels, subsequently resulting in the development of ADHR.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>A 13-year-old boy with ADHR with the appearance of rickets on bone radiographs as well as documented hypophosphatemia was found to have a novel S180I variant in the FGF23 gene. Unlike previously reported pathogenic variants, this novel variant was located outside the RXXR motif. Subsequently, Western blotting showed that the S180I mutant was resistant to proteolysis than the wildtype, similar to pathogenic variant model mutant (R176Q/R179Q).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The novel variant in FGF23 presented herein, found in a patient with ADHR, is the first pathogenic variant found outside the typical furin recognition sequence. It exhibits proteolysis resistance due to impaired cleavage.</p>","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"274-281"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133119/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140143323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arianna Maiorana, Francesco Tagliaferri, Roberta Iannuzzi, Gabriele Canciani, Silvia M Bernabei, Carmen Campana, Stefania Caviglia, Benedetta Greco, Francesca R Lepri, Antonio Novelli, Milena Pizzoferro, Maria C Garganese, Marco Spada, Paola Francalanci, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, Arianna Maiorana
{"title":"Congenital Hyperinsulinism of a Large Italian Cohort: A Retrospective Study.","authors":"Arianna Maiorana, Francesco Tagliaferri, Roberta Iannuzzi, Gabriele Canciani, Silvia M Bernabei, Carmen Campana, Stefania Caviglia, Benedetta Greco, Francesca R Lepri, Antonio Novelli, Milena Pizzoferro, Maria C Garganese, Marco Spada, Paola Francalanci, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, Arianna Maiorana","doi":"10.1159/000538943","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000538943","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>To evaluate and describe the diagnostic process, medical, nutritional, and surgical approach, and neurological outcome, we report data from a large Italian cohort of patients with congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively analyzed 154 CHI patients admitted to Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù from 1985 to 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Hypoglycemia occurred within the first year of life in 85.5% of patients, median time to diagnosis was 1 day (IQR 14 days). Ninety-two percent of patients were treated with diazoxide: 66.9% were responsive. Octreotide was administered to 28.6% of patients: 61.4% were responsive. Forty percent of patients were off-therapy, mostly from diazoxide. Thirty-four percent of patients carried mutations in ABCC8, 12.6% were syndromic, and 9.2% were transient CHI. Surgery was performed in 23/47 diazoxide-unresponsive and 2/95 diazoxide-responsive patients: 64.0% were focal at histology. Combining data from genetics, pancreatic venous sampling, 18F-DOPA PET/CT, and histology, 80.6% resulted diffuse, 16.7% focal, and 2.8% atypical CHI. Post-surgical diabetes developed in 6 patients. Neurocognitive evaluation revealed developmental delay or intellectual disability in 15.7% of 70 patients, mostly of a mild degree. Epilepsy was documented in 13.7% of 139 patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our diagnostic and therapeutic results are mainly consistent with the international indications and the CHI Global Registry data, with relatively low rates of neurological outcomes. Good outcomes were likely associated with early diagnosis and prompt management of patients because the majority of patients were diagnosed within 2 weeks. Remarkably, it is of utmost importance to spread the knowledge and refer CHI patients to multidisciplinary expert centers.</p>","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"478-490"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141160034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christoph Saner, Hannah Ochsner, Flurina Annacarina Maria Saner, Christa E Flück, Gabby Atlas, Anja Wueest, Margaret Zacharin, Christoph Saner
{"title":"Sex Hormone Treatment for Female Children and Young Adults with Disorders Affecting Hypothalamic, Pituitary, and Ovarian Function.","authors":"Christoph Saner, Hannah Ochsner, Flurina Annacarina Maria Saner, Christa E Flück, Gabby Atlas, Anja Wueest, Margaret Zacharin, Christoph Saner","doi":"10.1159/000539697","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Normal hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) endocrine function is essential for female pubertal and psychosocial development and for ongoing adult physical, sexual, and psychosocial health. Girls with hypogonadism, any endocrine disorder causing abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) or with contraception needs may require sex hormone treatment. Challenges include evolving needs of a young girl through the course of sexual maturation, potential health risks related to the use of sex hormones for pubertal induction, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), menstrual management, and/or contraception.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>To ensure optimal sex hormone treatment, both a comprehensive understanding of the underlying disorder affecting HPO endocrine function and a professional communication with the patient and physicians involved are warranted. In this narrative mini-review, we discuss pubertal induction and HRT for girls with hypogonadism and the management of AUB and contraception for young women up to age 30 years. Additionally, we provide advice on management of AUB and contraception in young women with common conditions including polycystic ovary syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and others. A PubMed-literature search including articles published over the last 20 years, together with clinical experience of the authors was integrated to provide treatment recommendations.</p><p><strong>Key message: </strong>Sex hormone treatment, where needed, requires comprehensive understanding of a range of available options. When tailored to individual needs, with flexibility to accommodate changing circumstance in young women it is safe, well tolerated and provides both physical and psychosocial health.</p>","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"585-596"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12416880/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141295960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"31st Annual Meeting of the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Endocrinología pediátrica (SLEP) 2024, Santiago, Chile, September 11-14, 2024 - Abstracts.","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000543821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000543821","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":"98 Suppl 1","pages":"1-40"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143414116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Helen MacGloin, Nadia Schoenmakers, Catherine Moorwood, Charles R Buchanan, Ved Bhushan Arya
{"title":"Congenital Central Hypothyroidism Caused by Novel Variants in IGSF1 Gene: Case Series of 3 Patients.","authors":"Helen MacGloin, Nadia Schoenmakers, Catherine Moorwood, Charles R Buchanan, Ved Bhushan Arya","doi":"10.1159/000536385","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536385","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Congenital central hypothyroidism occurs either in isolation or in conjunction with other pituitary hormone deficits. Loss of function mutations in the immunoglobulin superfamily member 1 (IGSF1) gene cause X-linked central hypothyroidism and represent the most common genetic cause of central hypothyroidism. In addition to central hypothyroidism, some patients with IGSF1 deficiency have hypoprolactinemia, transient and partial growth hormone deficiency, early/normal timing of testicular enlargement but delayed testosterone rise in puberty, and adult macro-orchidism. Here, we describe a case series of 3 patients with central hypothyroidism caused by two novel IGSF1 mutations.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>Three males (including two siblings) were diagnosed with central hypothyroidism between 0.06 and 1.5 years of age. Additional features included hypoprolactinemia, normal cortisol and growth hormone - insulin like growth factor 1 axis, high body mass index, birth weight greater than 0 SDS, and isolated speech delay. Genetic testing identified two novel IGSF1 mutations [(c.1829G>A, p.W610* and c.3692G>A, p.(Cys123Tyr)]. Both variants have not been reported in the gnoMAD database (∼90,000 individuals) and are predicted to be deleterious.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Loss-of-function mutations in IGSF1 represent the most common genetic cause of central hypothyroidism. Detailed phenotyping of IGSF1 deficiency from extensive case series has led to the formulation of recommendations for clinical management of these patients. We have highlighted the potential adverse consequences of delayed treatment of CCH (speech delay).</p>","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"89-95"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139722341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martine Cools, Earl Y Cheng, Joanne Hall, Julie Alderson, Anne-Marie Amies Oelschlager, Adam H Balen, Yee-Ming Chan, Mitchell E Geffner, Claus H Gravholt, Tülay Güran, Piet Hoebeke, Peter Lee, Ellie Magritte, Dina Matos, Ken McElreavey, Heino F L Meyer-Bahlburg, Richard C Rink, Alexander Springer, Konrad M Szymanski, Eric Vilain, Jo Williams, Katja P Wolffenbuttel, David E Sandberg, Ramnath Subramaniam
{"title":"Multi-Stakeholder Opinion Statement on the Care of Individuals Born with Differences of Sex Development: Common Ground and Opportunities for Improvement.","authors":"Martine Cools, Earl Y Cheng, Joanne Hall, Julie Alderson, Anne-Marie Amies Oelschlager, Adam H Balen, Yee-Ming Chan, Mitchell E Geffner, Claus H Gravholt, Tülay Güran, Piet Hoebeke, Peter Lee, Ellie Magritte, Dina Matos, Ken McElreavey, Heino F L Meyer-Bahlburg, Richard C Rink, Alexander Springer, Konrad M Szymanski, Eric Vilain, Jo Williams, Katja P Wolffenbuttel, David E Sandberg, Ramnath Subramaniam","doi":"10.1159/000536296","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536296","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the last 15 years, the care provided for individuals born with differences of sex development (DSD) has evolved, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches. However, these developments have not convinced some stakeholders to embrace the current model of care. This care model has also paid insufficient attention to socio-cultural differences and global inequalities.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>This article is an opinion statement, resulting from in-depth discussions and reflection among clinicians, patients, and family support organizations based in the USA and Europe, where we seek areas of common ground and try to identify opportunities to further develop resources. The product of these conversations is summarized in 10 panels. The corresponding sections provide additional discussion on some of the panel items.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>Participants identified areas of agreement, gained a deeper understanding of the reasons behind disagreements on certain matters, and identified the necessary steps to foster future consensus. We offer preliminary recommendations for guiding clinical management and resource allocation. By promoting a broader consensus, we aim to enhance the quality of care and well-being for individuals of all ages who have a DSD.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>In the last 15 years, the care provided for individuals born with differences of sex development (DSD) has evolved, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches. However, these developments have not convinced some stakeholders to embrace the current model of care. This care model has also paid insufficient attention to socio-cultural differences and global inequalities.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>This article is an opinion statement, resulting from in-depth discussions and reflection among clinicians, patients, and family support organizations based in the USA and Europe, where we seek areas of common ground and try to identify opportunities to further develop resources. The product of these conversations is summarized in 10 panels. The corresponding sections provide additional discussion on some of the panel items.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>Participants identified areas of agreement, gained a deeper understanding of the reasons behind disagreements on certain matters, and identified the necessary steps to foster future consensus. We offer preliminary recommendations for guiding clinical management and resource allocation. By promoting a broader consensus, we aim to enhance the quality of care and well-being for individuals of all ages who have a DSD.</p>","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"226-242"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11965812/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139681028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nikolaos Daskas, Peta Sharples, Marcus Likeman, Stafford Lightman, Elizabeth Crowne
{"title":"Cortisol Dynamics, Quality of Life, and Fatigue following Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood.","authors":"Nikolaos Daskas, Peta Sharples, Marcus Likeman, Stafford Lightman, Elizabeth Crowne","doi":"10.1159/000535231","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000535231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of acquired neurological morbidity. The prevalence of post-traumatic hypopituitarism and associated morbidity after childhood TBI is unclear. Our study investigated long-term hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function, in a prospective childhood TBI and control cohort, using measures of cortisol/cortisone secretion (physiological and stimulated), HPA axis feedback, and exploring associations with fatigue, depression, and quality of life (QoL) outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All TBI participants had data concerning severity and mechanism of TBI. All groups had clinical assessment, pituitary/brain MRI, questionnaire measures of QoL, fatigue, depression, and salivary cortisone profiles including dexamethasone suppression test. In addition, participants with moderate/severe TBI had ethical approval for baseline endocrine blood tests, overnight 12-h venous sampling of cortisol and growth hormone, and stimulated HPA axis evaluation with an insulin tolerance test (ITT).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventy-two participants with moderate/severe (n = 31, age 19.8 ± 4.2 years) or mild TBI (n = 24, age 17.8 ± 5.1 years) and matched controls (n = 17, age 18.5 ± 5.5 years) took part. Time post-TBI was 6.8-10.8 years. Baseline endocrine tests confirmed normal thyroid and posterior pituitary function. One female with moderate/severe TBI had hypogonadism. Pituitary neuroimaging was normal in all participants. In 2/25 ITT and 9/22 overnight serum profiles, peak cortisol was <500 nmol/L. The two participants with suboptimal ITT cortisol response (392 and 483 nmol/L) also had low peak spontaneous serum levels (227 and 447 nmol/L, respectively). Salivary cortisone profiles showed preservation of HPA axis circadian rhythm and suppression with dexamethasone in all but one TBI participant. TBI participants had higher morning salivary cortisone levels compared to controls. Fatigue was reported by 20/46 TBI participants but only 1/14 controls. Fatigue was not associated with stimulated (ITT) or spontaneous (overnight profile) cortisol; however, one TBI participant with severe fatigue had a suboptimal ITT cortisol response. Specific QoL attributes of health state (cognition, memory) were impaired in TBI participants compared to controls.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although not as prevalent as previously reported, HPA axis dysfunction does occur in survivors of childhood TBI, confirming the need for endocrine surveillance. However, in most of our paediatric TBI survivors assessed 7-11 years post-TBI, HPA function and circadian rhythmicity were preserved or had recovered. Chronic fatigue is a common concern post-TBI, but in the majority, it is not associated with frank HPA axis dysfunction. Morning salivary cortisone levels were higher in TBI survivors (who have a high prevalence of fatigue) compared to healthy controls, despite the recognised association of chroni","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"31-39"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139542281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guido Alarcon, Guido Alarcon, Glenn A Maston, Carol A Hoffman, Jennifer E Posey, Maria Jose Redondo, Mustafa Tosur
{"title":"Variants of Unknown Significance in Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young: High Rate of Conundrum Resolution via Variants of Unknown Significance Reanalysis.","authors":"Guido Alarcon, Guido Alarcon, Glenn A Maston, Carol A Hoffman, Jennifer E Posey, Maria Jose Redondo, Mustafa Tosur","doi":"10.1159/000539542","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539542","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In the era of next-generation sequencing, clinicians frequently encounter variants of unknown significance (VUS) in genetic testing. VUS may be reclassified over time as genetic knowledge grows. We know little about how best to approach VUS in the maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). Therefore, our study aimed to determine the utility of reanalysis of previous VUS results in genetic confirmation of MODY.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A single-center retrospective chart review identified 85 subjects with a MODY clinical diagnosis. We reanalyzed genetic testing in 10 subjects with 14 unique VUS on MODY genes that was performed >3 years before the study. Demographic, clinical, and biochemical data was collected for those individuals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After reanalysis, 43% (6/14) of the gene variants were reclassified to a different category: 7% (1/14) were \"likely pathogenic\" and 36% (5/14) were \"benign\" or \"likely benign.\" The reclassified pathogenic variant was in HNF1A and all reclassified benign variants were in HNF1A, HNF1B and PDX1. The median time between MODY testing and reclassification was 8 years (range: 4-10 years).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In sum, iterative reanalyzing the genetic data from VUS found during MODY testing may provide high-yield diagnostic information. Further studies are warranted to identify the optimal time and frequency for such analyses.</p>","PeriodicalId":13025,"journal":{"name":"Hormone Research in Paediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"524-531"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141160037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}