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CpG methylation haplotypes of the
insulin gene promoter as a predictive biomarker in a cohort of children and
adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Eleni P. Kotanidou, Konstantina Mouzaki, Ioanna Chouvarda, Elisavet Koutsiana, Alexandra Kosvyra, Vasiliki Regina-Tsinopoulou, Styliani Giza, Anastasios Serbis, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou
Abstract
Eleni P. Kotanidou
Konstantina Mouzaki
Styliani Giza
Anastasios Serbis
Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou 2nd Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioanna Chouvarda
Elisavet Koutsiana
Alexandra Kosvyra
Vasiliki Regina-Tsinopoulou
Laboratory of Computing, Medical Informatics and Biomedical Imaging Technologies School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Background: Cytosine-guanine (CpGs) sites in genome can be identified as methylated or unmethylated; the combination of them in the genetic sequence of an individual includes a methylation haplotype (methyl-haplotype) for a specific locus. The insulin gene promoter (IGP) expression is highly regulated by methylation mechanisms. Our aim was to identify IGP methylhaplotypes among children/adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and to deploy a predictive model for the classification of cases and controls, using methyl-haplotypes as biomarkers. Methods: DNA from peripheral whole blood of 40 participants (20 T1D) was extracted and IGP region was sequenced by Next Generation Sequencing. A python-based pipeline for targeted deep bisulfite sequenced amplicons (ampliMethProfiler) was applied to estimate methylation status. Methylation profile at 10 CpG sites proximal to transcription start site of the IGP was recorded (site 1/-357, site-2/- 345, site 3/-234, site 4/-206, site 5/-180, site 6/-135, site 7/-102, site 8/69, site 9/-19, site 10/+60). Methylation of each site was coded as 0(zero) for unmethylation or 1(one) for methylation. A single read with the 10 CpG sites could result in “1111111111” methyl- haplotype (all methylated), in “000000000” methyl-haplotype (all unmethylated) or any other combination. The generated methyl-haplotypes were tested as predictive biomarkers in five different classifiers (Random forest/Support Vector Machine Radial and Linear/Generalized Linear Regression/Linear Discriminant Analysis). Predictive models were evaluated with the Receiver Operating Characteristics.
Results: 469 different methyl-haplotypes were recorded. After normalization of the features according to the number of readings, three distinct methyl-haplotypes: “1110101110”, “1110111110” and “1111111100” were more closely related to T1D compared to the controls (p-values: 0.00018,0.00032, 0.00095 respectively). The Support Vector Machine Radial presented the best accuracy (0.82±0.09) and a balanced performance between the two categories having sensitivity 0.86±0.12 and specificity 0.77±0.15.
Conclusions: Methylation based biomarkers, such as IGP methyl-haplotypes 1110101110, 1110111110 and 1111111100 could serve as a strategy to identify individuals at high risk for T1D.
Keywords: children, type 1 diabetes, DNA methylation, insulin gene, epigenetics
(cross-sectional)
ADA: American Diabetes Association
CpGs: Cytosine-Guanine sites
GLM: Generalized Linear Regression
IGP: Insulin Gene Promoter
ISPAD: International Society for Pediatric and Adolescence Diabetes
LDA: Linear Discriminant Analysis
NGS: Next Generation Sequencing
MWW: Mann-WhitneyWilcoxon test
RF: Random forest
SVM: Support Vector Machine
TSS: Transcription Start Site
ΣΔ1:
(International Society for Pediatric and Adolescence
(Nextera XT, DNA Library Preparation Kit, Research Illumina).
(pair–end reads)
NGS
Illumina.
(α) Random forest (RF), (β) Support Vector Machine Linear (SVM Linear), (γ) Support Vector Machine Radial (SVM Radial), (δ) Generalized Linear Regression (GLM), (ε) Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA),
(Receiver Operating Characterisitc-
(16).
(MIS5033021),
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The incidence of thyroid cancer in the paediatric population is constantly rising during the last few decades. There are important differences in thyroid cancer between children and adults, as children present more frequently with advanced-stage disease in the time of diagnosis but have considerably lower mortality rates due to differences in molecular findings. Several risk factors, including iodine deficiency, previous radiation exposure, autoimmune thyroiditis and some genetic syndromes have been associated with the development of thyroid cancer. The greater risk of malignancy of thyroid nodules in children necessitates careful evaluation of a combination of clinical, imaging and histopathological findings aiming at early diagnosis and proper risk stratification, which will determine postoperative management and surveillance. Total thyroidectomy with or without adjuvant therapy with radioactive iodine is considered to be the gold standard in paediatric thyroid cancer and leads to high survival rates. The recent discoveries in the molecular mechanisms implicated in the various types of thyroid cancer and especially in the follicular subtype (the vast majority of cases) have provided new therapeutic opportunities through the use of targeted therapies for patients with disease not amenable to surgery and refractory to radioactive iodine. It is of the utmost importance that these patients are managed by a multidisciplinary team (paediatric endocrinologists, oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, endocrine surgeons and psychologists) in centers with experience in paediatric population.
Keywords: thyroid cancer, children, radioactive iodine, precision medicine
Eleni Tsotridou
Savvas Kolanis
Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou
2nd Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University General Hospital
AHEPA
Skarpa, 2011 (16)
Corrias, 2008 (17)
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Evaluation of lower esophagus and its pathology with transabdominal ultrasound in pediatric patients
Sfakiotaki Rodanthi, Pitsoulaki Despoina, Athanasiou Anastasia, Hountala Anna
Abstract
Pediatric lower esophageal disorders, apart from gastroesophageal reflux, are rare in the pediatric population. The most common ones include hiatal hernia, esophagitis, esophageal varices, duplication cyst, and achalasia. These disorders have a spectrum of clinical symptoms, including a number of asymptomatic cases. Clinical examination can provide little information in patients who are asymptomatic. However morphologic and functional information of lower esophagus can be acquired rapidly, relatively inexpensive, with no patient discomfort and no radiation exposure by transabdominal ultrasonography. The educational objective of this pictorial essay is to present the imaging findings and the contribution of transabdominal sonography in the diseases of lower esophagus. Taking into account these findings, pediatricians can adapt the treatment protocol to the different diagnostic results.
Children's Hospital "P. & A. Kyriakou", Athens, Greece, Radiology Department
Athanasiou Anastasia
Children's Hospital "P. & A. Kyriakou", Athens, Greece, 1st Department of Pediatrics
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The term pulmonary blastoma stands for a rare but highly malignant tumor of the lungs in childhood. It involves the intrathoracic mesenchyma, both the pulmonary and the pleura. In 1988 the International Pleuropulmonary Blastoma Registry (IPPBR) was founded to organize centrally the collection and qualification of the biopsies and medical records of the patients diagnosed with Pleuropulmonary blastoma. In this short review, there is also a comment regarding the translation of the term pleuropulmonary blastoma in Greek, which is being translated as if the term pleura refers to the ribs and not to the thin fluid-filled space that covers the lungs due to the linguistic phenomenon of reborrowing. Usually it is being diagnosed before the fourth year of age and it is responsible for the 15% of all primary pediatric tumors. In 75% of the cases it is sporadic and in the rest 25% it is seen in children with congenital lung cyst or in children from families with other malignancies or serious conditions. It affects both genders equally with small predominance of males in certain types. It is categorized as Type I (I-Ir), type II and type III. The prognosis is not good in general, mostly for types II-III, since there is often metastasis, in contrast to type I, where the rates of survival can be as high as 90%.
Keywords: pulmonary blastoma, pleura, children
Koutsaftiki Chryssie
Paediatric department, Rafina’s Health Centre, Rafina
Mammas Ioannis
Department of clinical virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion Crete
Papatheodoropoulou Alexia
PICU, University General Hospital of Patras, PatrasRio
Priftis Konstantinos
Department of Paediatric pulmonology-allergology, University of Athens, Αthens
Paediatric pulmonologyallergology department, Paediatric Centre of Athens
PPB: Pleura-Pulmunary Blastoma
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Teenage girl with obesity amenorrhea and pcos- complete remission of the syndrome with weight loss
Elpis-Athina Vlachopapadopoulou, Anatoli Fotiadou, Eirini Dikaiakou, Fani Athanasouli, Stefanos Michalacos
Abstract
Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder during puberty characterized by menstrual irregularities and hyperandrogenism. Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are linked to PCOS. Diagnostic criteria for PCOS in adolescence are controversial, because common pathological features used as criteria for adult women may be normal variants for adolescents. The management of PCOS in puberty consists of lifestyle modifications and pharmacological interventions if needed.
Case presentation: We report a case of PCOS in a fourteen years old obese adolescent girl with secondary amenorrhea whose lifestyle modification alone leading to weight loss was effective to treat PCOS, restore ovulation and regular menstrual cycles. This case is reported in order to emphasize the importance to implement a step wise approach for the management of PCOS in adolescence. Primarily a modification of dietary habits and increased physical activity is recommended and in case of no improvement, medical treatment follows.
Conclusions: The diagnosis of PCOS should be contemplated in adolescent girls with menstrual disturbances, hyperandrogenemia and obesity. Other causes should be excluded. Therapeutic approach as a first step aims to a decrease of body mass index following adherence to a healthy diet and increased physical activity.
Dept. of EndocrinologyGrowth and Development, Children’s Hospital “P&A Kyriakou”
Anatoli Fotiadou
2nd Department of Paediatrics, University of Athens, “P&A Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
ΕΘ), ύψος σώματος: 161,5 εκατοστά (90η ΕΘ), ΔΜΣ: 31,1kg/m² (>95η ΕΘ), περίμετρος μέσης: 102cm (>90η ΕΘ), στάδιο ενήβωσης κατά Tanner V (μασχάλη, μαστοί, εφήβαιο). Η ασθενής παρουσίαζε δασυτριχισμό σε ανδρογονοεξαρτώμενες περιοχές (πρόσωπο, μαστοί, μέση γραμμή και κοιλιακή χώρα- Ferriman Gallwey score 12), μελανίζουσα
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FG: Ferriman Gallwey
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Hb1Ac:
HOMA IR: Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance
LH:
ΡCOS: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
SHBG:
TSH:
SHBG, DHEAS,
Βιβλιογραφία
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Vasileios Giapros
Stavrou Niarchou Avenue, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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A case report of an infantile hepatic haemangioma
D. Rallis, F. Balomenou, A. Drougia, V. Xydis, N. Giantzouli, I. Basoukas, A. Zellou4, V. Giapros
Abstract
Introduction: Infantile hepatic haemangiomas are the most common neonatal benign vascular lesions, the prognosis of which is depended on the size and the location. We describe the case of an infant with multiple cutaneous haemangiomatosis and hepatic haemangiomas.
Case report: A male term infant was diagnosed since birth with multiple pigmented cutaneous lesions. A further evaluation detected multiple hepatic haemangiomas. The thyroid function was normal, while the a-fetoprotein values were gradually decreased. The infant received orally propranolol, without presenting any side effects.
Discussion: Infantile hepatic haemangiomas may present asymptomatic, or they may be related with significant systematic complication. The diagnosis requires further imaging in cases were a strong suspicion arises due to multiple cutaneous lesions. Currently propranolol is considered as the first line treatment, and has replaced the previous options of steroids or interferon-a. Finally, the invasive approach has been limited to only specific cases.
Radiology Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina
I. Basoukas
Dermatology Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina
A. Zellou
Division of Pediatric
Gastroenterology at Children’s Hospital
“Mitera”, Athens
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